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Blind Idealism In Twain's "War Prayer" And Howell's "Editha"
Number of Words: 1218 / Number of Pages: 5
... the global consequences of their actions. While both stories attempt to challenge the idealistic glory of war and realistically unmask the unavoidable devastation, suffering and death, each author adopts a distinctive literary approach.
In "War Prayer", Mark Twain appeals to the moral and religious conscience of the nation, urging the populace to look deeply into the devastation of war. Twain uses a religious congregation to portray the idealistic populace. The congregation expounds on the doctrine of Manifest Destiny and the resulting imperialist philosophy that the United States' expansion of terri ...
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Black Rain: Reader Response
Number of Words: 1361 / Number of Pages: 5
... angle the house was on after the bomb to what his wife
cooked for dinner with the food rationing. He even likes to write how people
cured themselves of radiation sickness and what the burns and other injuries
look and act like. These things are like myself in the fact that he does not
like to forget what things are like, wants to see first hand what the effects
are, and is very interested in finding information about new things that he has
never seen before. He also likes to help people greatly such as his constant
wanderings looking for coal for his community. If you were depended on would
you help ...
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The Great Gatsby: Daisy's Love
Number of Words: 1253 / Number of Pages: 5
... into
a cold bath." (Fitzgerald 77)
Money seems to be one of the very top priorities in her life, and everyone that
she surrounds herself with, including her daughter, seem to accept this as mere
fact with her. She lives in one of the most elite neighborhoods in the state, in
one of the most elegant houses described in the book, and intends very much for
her daughter to grow up much like she has. "And I hope she'll be a fool --
that's the best thing a girl can be in this world today, a beautiful little
fool." (Fitzgerald 24) She raves repeatedly of boats and large windows and halls
where many a extra ...
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Critical Analysis Of Young Goo
Number of Words: 1222 / Number of Pages: 5
... territory,…and either to dream or actually to experience (Hawthorne will not say) the discovery that evil exist in every human heart…Brown is changed. He thinks there is no good on earth…Brown, waking from his dream, if it was a dream,…sees evil even where it is not…He had stumbled upon that “mystery of sin” which, rightly understood, provides the only sane and cheerful view of life there is. Understand in Brown’s fashion, if darkens and sours the world, withering hope and charity, and perverting whatever is truly good until it looks like evi ...
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Boys Life: Techniques Used To Develop Loss Of Innocence
Number of Words: 910 / Number of Pages: 4
... safety. This taught Cory that people
cared more about themselves before anyone else's safety.
The author uses magical realism many times throughout the novel.
When Cory and his friends do their annual ritual at the end of the summer,
they pretend to fly with their dogs (pg. 187). They do this at the
beginning of the summer because it shows the innocence and magic that they
begin to lose. It also shows that they lose almost all of their
responsibilities during the summer. This ritual brought the boys together
and kept them very close to one another. The author uses magical realism
during the t ...
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Alienation In "The Minister’s Black Veil"
Number of Words: 642 / Number of Pages: 3
... a silent statement. Whatever his reason for his odd clothing, Reverend Hooper’s veil caused more than a physical separation from the people of his town. The people felt the veil was "the symbol of a fearful secret between him and them" (Hawthorne 256). Their fear and confusion of the minister’s motives caused strange behavior and unnatural withdrawal from their spiritual leader.
After the initial onset of the black veil, the minister was alienated from himself. After performing the wedding, he caught a glimpse of himself in the looking-glass, and "the black veil involved his own spirit in the ho ...
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More Than A Noble Perception
Number of Words: 621 / Number of Pages: 3
... he wants. This is shown in one aside after they leave the witches. "…And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray 's in deepest consequence. Cousins, a word, I pray you. (Act1, SceneIII,line123)" This quote is stating that Banquo thinks Macbeth may do anything to get what he wants no matter what the consequences are. Duncan is the King of Scotland and Macbeth's leader. Duncan's view of Macbeth is narrow-minded. He perceives him as a loyal, noble, trustworthy, soldier whom he is very fond of. Duncan also feels Macbeth is the re ...
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Herman Hesse's Siddhartha
Number of Words: 549 / Number of Pages: 2
... from was the rich
merchant Kamaswami. Kamaswami taught Siddhartha the secrets of making money
and living the life of a rich man. While working for Kamaswami many of
Siddhartha's values stayed intact but, slowly these values began to slip away.
In many ways Kamaswami taught Siddhartha the dark side of life.
As the days went on Siddhartha began hating himself more and more. He
viewed his riches as worthless, for they did not truly bring him happiness.
Slowly he began squandering his money playing dice. He won thousands and lost
thousands in order to reach the high he felt when he carelessly ...
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Macbeth Thematic Essay
Number of Words: 852 / Number of Pages: 4
... statement would stick out in Macbeth's mind throughout the rest of the play. Macbeth's hopping back and forth between fully believing the prophecy and thinking about its distance from a real possibility. After hearing this from the witches, Macbeth begins to be driven by a negative type of ambition. Macbeth's very first words in the play are, "So foul and fair a day I have not seen" (I.ii.38). These words, of course, remind us of the witches, and they link Macbeth with forces of evil before he ever meets the witches.
Macbeth's ambition is also driven other people in a negative connotation. Another ...
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The Life And Work Of Anthony Burgess
Number of Words: 1819 / Number of Pages: 7
... experiences.
Enderby's Dark Lady was the fifth in the series, and that will be the second
book focused on in this paper. Anthony Burgess's work in A Clockwork Orange and
Enderby's Dark Lady strongly reflects significant events or influences in his
own life.
Anthony Burgess was born John Burgess Wilson in Manchester, England in
early 1917. (Stinson 1). Both of Burgess's parents were members of the theatric
arts: His father was a pianist, his mother was a musical actress. Burgess went
to a Catholic elementary school, and was one of the many victims of the "iron
discipline and largely rote memoriza ...
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