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A Critical Analysis Of "Revelation" By Flannery O'Connor
Number of Words: 1759 / Number of Pages: 7
... the Southern
lifestyle which the author, Flannery O'Connor, was a part of. In addition
to her Southern upbringing, another influence on the story is Flannery
O'Connor's illness. She battled with the lupus disease which has caused
her to use a degree of violence and anger to make her stories somewhat
unhappy. The illness caused a sadness inside of Flannery O'Connor, and
that inner sadness flowed from her body to her paper through her pen.
Although she was sick, O'Connor still felt proud to be who she was. By
comparison, Mrs. Turpin in “Revelation” has a good disposition about
herself. She is fa ...
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The Old Man And The Sea
Number of Words: 733 / Number of Pages: 3
... not feel that the sea has any beauty or significance other than for money. Another way that the author tells that the old man appreciates the ocean is in one of his descriptions in the book. "Most people are heartless about turtles because a turtle’s heart will beat for hours after it has been cut up and butchered. But the old man thought, I have such a heart too and my feet and hands are like theirs." Since Santiago has spent so many years of his life at sea he sees the beauty of the sea and the beauty of its creatures. This is also noted in another quotation from the book, "The iridescent bubb ...
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Slaughterhouse Five
Number of Words: 989 / Number of Pages: 4
... Billy is immediately an individual person. I is the narrator, while Billy is Billy. Their single connection is that they were both in the war.
Kurt Vonnegut places his experiences and his views in the text. He begins the book by stating, “All this happened, more or less. The war parts, anyway, are pretty much true...I’ve changed all of the names.” Viewing war as a senseless act, Slaughterhouse-Five allows Vonnegut to express his feelings on the matter. Through Billy Pilgrim, he is able to indicate his views. Many things which he viewed as senseless acts were very violent. ...
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Symbols In The Great Gatsby
Number of Words: 1107 / Number of Pages: 5
... it is not revealed to us that this
is the light at the end of Daisy's dock.
he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far
as I was from him I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I
glanced seaward--and distinguished nothing except a single green light,
minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock. (Fitzgerald
26)
Throughout the novel Fitzgerald emphasizes the color green as a
promise of hope. Through Gatsby this promise is corrupted by the means
that he tries to attain it. By attaining material wealth to win Daisy,
Gatsby also shows ...
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Great Expectations 3
Number of Words: 1751 / Number of Pages: 7
... everyday and heard the rush hour traffic slowly build and then fade. She sometimes wished that she was able to lead a normal life, but the thought came and went as fast as children with ice cream. At the age of 22 she finally realized that she would never be able to see. She came to accept this and thought that maybe God created her this way for a reason. She thought positively, she would never have to see pictures of death and destruction from wars and she would never have to look at herself and criticize. However in the back of her mind she always wanted to see her mother’s face. It was true sh ...
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Sons And Lovers
Number of Words: 1554 / Number of Pages: 6
... family was poor and working class. Lawrence was a sickly child (Croom, 1996). He had bronchitis a mere two weeks after he was born, and lung problems would plague him all his life, eventually developing into repeated bouts of pneumonia which permanently weakened his lungs (Meyers, p. 248). Eventually, it was tuberculosis, which attacked his weakened lungs, that killed him (Moynahan, p. xiii). At that time, one of the few ways for a poor person to better himself was through education. Lawrence’s mother Lydia recognized this, and encouraged it in young Lawrence. Lawrence started school at the e ...
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1984 2
Number of Words: 753 / Number of Pages: 3
... his sexual frustration lead him to the wrong conclusion. That he still thinks that he can get away with this and that the thought police will never catch him. This is where Winston unconsciously seals his fate of being caught but he feels the adventure is well worth the risk. Later in the relationship, they both are aware that the end to them is near.
There were a couple of things that Winston owned that were deemed illegal but ironically the glass paperweight seemed to be the most important. First of all, the paperweight serves no purpose in the world that Winston lives in. Another thing about i ...
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The Epic Of Gilgamesh: Gilgamesh
Number of Words: 421 / Number of Pages: 2
... of Uruk fear Gilgamesh. Most people would say that Gilgamesh himself is evil. He has sex with the virgins, he does what he wants, and he tends to offend the gods. He has lots of problems with Ishtar. By going into the forest and facing Humbaba, Gilgamesh makes a name for himself and changes the views of the people in his city. The past of Gilgamesh does not change, but the great deed of killing Humbaba, makes him a better person because he protects his city. Gilgamesh does this because of his love for Enkidu and his people. Finally and most importantly, the main reason that Gilgamesh changes from t ...
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The Joy Luck Club By Amy Tan
Number of Words: 953 / Number of Pages: 4
... June begins to feel resentful towards her mother to becoming a child prodigy. She starts to see her mothers hopes as expectations, and if June did not live up to this, she would feel like a complete failure. In one incident, during a talent show, June performs a piano piece filled with mistakes. Ultimately being embarrassed, June believed that her mother was ashamed of her. "...my mother's expression was a quiet, blank look..." (143). However, June was wrong. Suyuan was not ashamed, but upset. She was upset because June did not care about having the best for herself. June did not have high hop ...
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The Scarlet Letter: Misconstrued Identity Of Hester Prynne
Number of Words: 348 / Number of Pages: 2
... sarcastic manner. In
chapter forteen Chillingworth urges Hester to remove the A. She there
replies by saying, ‘'Were I worthy of it, it would fall away of its own
nature or transformed into something of a different puport. Hester is
saying this her old cynical husband, clearly not her best frinend. For the
safety of herself and Pearl; she must cooperateand act remorseful among the
townspeople and to keep at peace with her husband. Hester does noy agree
with her tormentors or the acursed “A” on her bosom.
Is Hester truly a Puritan or is she forced to comply and accept the
shallowness and ...
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