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Bartleby, The Failure
Number of Words: 460 / Number of Pages: 2
... early in his career,
so when he published Moby Dick, his career was already in decline. His
disappointment was only to increase as his career diminished until his death
which was hardly noticed in the literary community. The narrator also resembles
Melville, but in a different way. Melville uses the narrator to view his own
situation from a 3rd person perspective. He attempts, and is somewhat
successful, in getting readers to feel sympathy for Bartleby, therefore,
sympathy for him. On the contrary, the narrator also scorns Bartleby's
persistence after he stops copying: "In plain fact, he h ...
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Hemingway's A Farewell To Arms
Number of Words: 525 / Number of Pages: 2
... in one place too long. It had a very good story line, which was a
love story that ended up in a tragedy. The main character's wife got
pregnant and she was off to have her baby when problems started occurring.
They had to have a caesarean, and the baby dies, and when the mother of the
child starts to hemorrhage Henry knows that it was over for his wife and he
was right.
From the beginning of the book until the end, the action was up. Ever
since the front page Henry was traveling around to different towns so it
was not boring for the reader. That made it very interesting for the
reader b ...
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Beowulf 4
Number of Words: 403 / Number of Pages: 2
... He metaphorically compares it to an archer shooting an arrow through a watchman, watching its poisoned shaft go through the watchman’s helmet, not being able to resist the devil’s treacherous temptations. He realizes how much he has, then he gets a taste for more and more material possessions. All of this leads to that person not realizing what his destiny is and, perhaps, having his throne taken away from underneath him.
Also, Hrothgar gives the belief that one should be gracious for what God gives to people in life and use it wisely. He cautions Beowulf to use God’s grac ...
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A Separate Peace: Finny - How Things Change
Number of Words: 1102 / Number of Pages: 5
... the more. Finny was so perfect that he didn't care what others thought,
like when Finny wore a pink shirt as an emblem after the bombing of central
Europe. " '...Pink! It makes you look like a fairy!' 'Does it?' He used this
preoccupied tone when he was thinking of something more interesting than what
you had said." One time Finny and Gene were at the swimming pool when Finny
noticed that a boy named A. Hopkins Parker had the record for the 100 yards free
style. When Finny realized that A. Hopkins Parker had graduated before they
came, he remarked, "I have a feeling I can swim faster than A ...
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Fyodor
Number of Words: 1422 / Number of Pages: 6
... is creates a hatred towards fatherly figures. The only father seen in the novel, Marmeladov, is a drunkard and is portrayed as a “dead-beat” dad, who only drank and did not tend to his family’s need, but instead added to their misfortunes. Alcoholism is a massive problem that is mentioned in the book among numerous characters; consequently, shuns it for this reason. He abhorred alcoholics, especially alcoholic fathers.
Rodion imprisoned in the novel is the replica of in reality. After his successful release of his first novel Poor Folk in 1846 at age twenty-eight, he was arrested ...
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An Analysis Of Poe's The Fall Of The House Of Usher
Number of Words: 891 / Number of Pages: 4
... wish to
oppose his wishes, the narrator helps him entomb the body at Usher's
request. The mood in the house has worsened, and Usher is no longer
himself. The narrator finds him ranting about the storm, and he explains
to him its only a natural phenomenon, and turns to their earlier hobby of
reading to distract him. He chooses the Mad Trist, which is apparently a
story completely created by Poe (and is definitely in his style). It is a
story of a Hero, Ethelred, who forcibly enters the home of a hermit and
finds a dragon in his place. During his telling of the story, the narrator
hears noises but ...
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The Awakening: Chopin Glorifying Edna's Fatal Situation
Number of Words: 343 / Number of Pages: 2
... from this fable in his or her own life. With these assumptions in mind,
one must apply the task of figuring out what she wants people to believe and how
to behave as a result of reading her book. Edna, whose husband has held her
like a piece of furniture, a piece of personal property, suddenly becomes aware
she is a human being. Leonce certainly errs if he only values his wife as a
piece of furniture. There is nothing wrong if he believes her to be his most
prized possession. The difficulty is that Edna does not look at him in this way.
They should have appraised each other's value with mutual respe ...
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Huck Finn 2
Number of Words: 733 / Number of Pages: 3
... Huck, and takes him back to a
cabin on the other side of the river. After repeated beatings Huck escapes and makes the scene look as if he had been murdered. He then hides on Jackson Island, and returns to his life of freedom. Also on the Island is Jim, Miss Watson’s runaway slave. After finding out that the men of the town are searching for Jim, the two load up on a raft and sail down the river. Huck’s life has changed very drastically through these course of events. When he was living in town he learned manners, and how to be civilized. Now he is floating peacefully down the Mississippi R ...
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A Domestic Dilemma By Carson M
Number of Words: 527 / Number of Pages: 2
... make Martin feel uneasy. Returning from work a year ago, Martin stumbled upon his children crying and his wife intoxicated after the baby had been dropped on her “frail skull”(100). Martin then hired a maid in order to watch the children and look after Emily(100). Significantly, the setting’s effect on the family’s relationship demolishes their closeness. Martin’s surroundings “seemed vast and somehow desolate” because he is aware of his wife’s’ displeasure living up north (97). Being away from her family and friends in Alabama, Emily takes out her frustration of her new environment on her family(100). ...
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Of Mice And Men
Number of Words: 713 / Number of Pages: 3
... He remained for a friend.
George’s other strong characteristic was taking the life of a friend, out of love and compassion. He also did it out of respect, so Lennie could die with dignity.
“George was quite for a moment. “But not us,” he said. “Because____” “Because I got you an’____” “An I got you. We got each other, that’s what, that gives a hoot in hell about us,” Lennie cried in triumph. George cared, he cared a lot about Lennie.
“And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he bought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. His hand shook violently, but his face set and his h ...
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