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The Catcher And The Rye -x
Words: 801 / Pages: 3 .... with Holden, who lost trying to protect his old friend.
After the fight with Straddler, Holden attempts to befriend Ackley without success because he does not want to leave Pency friendless. Holden eventually decides to leave Pency early and stay in New York until the day that he is suppose to arrive home comes. On the train to New York Holden meets the mother of student at Pency and lies about him just to be sociable while all the time laughing that he is being a phony while he hates them. Once in New York at his hotel he calls a girl he was given a phone number to but he ends up not doing anything with her and is angry with himself for it. He go .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird-society
Words: 339 / Pages: 2 .... Similar to Atticus, Boo Radley did not correspond with
his society. Also, unlike the public he didn’t gossip.
Primarily he was what the townspeople talked about. In
addition opposed to every other character cited he does not
go to church. Instead he spends his time inside his house.
Heck Tate is also his own individual. After learning
Boo Radley killed Bob Ewell, Heck Tate has a right as
sheriff to take him into custody. Despite Atticus’s demand
he does not. He knows the town does not need anymore gossip,
and claims Bob Ewell fell on his knife. If he had followed
the beliefs of the town he would have thought of Boo Radley .....
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Perils Of Obedience
Words: 365 / Pages: 2 .... of the angels". A lot of people do not have the ability to disobey authority.
Another reason people obey is that they have a sense of obligation to their duty. This is just the whole idea of completing the job that’s given to you. Some people have a fear of being perceived as brash, or rude. In general, people want to present themselves in the best way possible.
Civilian obedience also comes from the sense that the responsibility for the victim is not their own. Since they do not have the blood on their hands, so to speak, their actions do not effect them.
It was found that the reasons for obedience are not only psychological but sociolo .....
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Hawthornes Life Versus Life In
Words: 3480 / Pages: 13 .... Puritan and instilled these beliefs into Nathaniel Hawthorne. He felt so
distanced from his family he added a “w” to his last name so it would be different.
Hawthorne’s education was not the norm for a Puritan boy. He was injured when
he was nine, so he did not go to school, which was no problem for Hawthorne who was
not a big fan of school at the time. This time allowed for Hawthorne to explore and do
many things other children could not do because of school. During Hawthorne’s early
childhood he did a lot of soul searching and finding his place in society. After he
recovered from his injury he r .....
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What Is A Hero?
Words: 352 / Pages: 2 .... their whole lives were not dedicated to that cause.
On the other hand, the children of the baby boomers select a
different group of heroes. Almost all of this generation's heroes are from
the second definition of hero, a person that rises above his/her
limitations to do something significant that impacts other people's lives.
A few examples would be the Spice Girls with their “girl power” phenomenon,
Kordell Stewart being a great athlete, Michael Jordan winning 6 NBA titles,
Barry Sanders breaking the record for the most rushing yards in a single
season, and Hulk Hogan winning the WWF World Championship Title 5 times.
Aside from the hero .....
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Paradise Lost
Words: 542 / Pages: 2 .... with the lust for violence and someone who just wants revenge on God. As his speech goes on he get more worked up and irate. He whips up emotion by talking of the pain they are suffering and although he knows there will be no victory - they cannot beat God - they will at least have had some revenge. Moloch is seen as a towering pillar of strength but only by despair. Moloch is seen as an extremist. "which if not victory is yet revenge."
The next person to speak is Belial, a fair person but all that he says comes to nothing, the speech is "false and hollow", it sounds impressive but means nothing.
Mammon gets up next .....
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The Lottery 3
Words: 443 / Pages: 2 .... comes rolling along everyone is anticipating the lottery. Kids fill their pockets full of rocks and plans are discussed about making a new box. They can not wait to attend and finally get it over with. This drawing seems to transform the people. Tension builds before the lottery occurs, but the townspeople are still able to joke with one another. Tension increases in the story when the author, Shirley Jackson, implies to the reader that Mr. Hutchinson has drawn the marked paper. We assume he does because he walks up on to the stage with his family and they are then made to draw again from the worn out black box. Mr. Hutchinson reaches his h .....
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Cooper Thompsons A New Vision
Words: 580 / Pages: 3 .... inserting the introduction "Reweaving the Web of Life" by Pam McAllister.
The author depicts the traditional definitions of masculinity and problems with that. "Traditional definitions of masculinity include attributes such as independence, pride, resiliency, self-control, and physical strength."(78) Sometimes masculinity is related to violence; violence became the tool maintaining their masculinity among boys. Then, he mentions the two most critical socializing forces in a boy's life: homophobia and misogyny. He explains that homophobia, hatred of feminine qualities in men, and misogyny, hatred of feminine qualities in women, put pressure on them .....
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Medieval Morality Plays
Words: 1437 / Pages: 6 .... (Warren 2). Location wise, most morality plays were written by French and English playwrights, but they can be found throughout Europe at that time. (1). An early predecessor of the morality plays were the mystery and miracle plays of the earlier medieval period. (1). Of the two, morality plays were more similar in the aim of the messages and such to the miracle plays rather than the mystery plays. (1). The main difference between the morality and the miracle plays is that the morality plays were allegorical, not historical like the miracle plays. (1). The morality plays were also known to be more on the entertainment side than the miracle and myste .....
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Othello
Words: 511 / Pages: 2 .... tries to explain to that she did not give Cassio the handkerchief but he is too upset so he doesn't believe her. In an act of anger he kills her for no reason. Desdemona tries to show her love for when he kills her. When Lodevico asked Desdemona a question about Cassio takes it the wrong way. An example of this is when Desdemona says, " A most unhappy end. I would do much t' atone them, for the love I bear for Cassio?" gets mad and calls her a "Devil" and slaps her in front of everybody. (Page 859-860) Throughout the whole story the women were portrayed as whores to the men but they were something more. Even though Desdemona did nothing to .....
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