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Picking Up The Pieces: An Analytical Look At Why The Village Of Umofia Fell Apart
Number of Words: 1525 / Number of Pages: 6
... any titles as a clansman. He was determined to be a respected
farmer of yams to ward off the shame of his unsuccessful and dishonorable
father.
Fortunately, among these people a man was judged by
his worth and not according to the worth of his father...
As the elders said, if a child washed his hands he could
eat with kings. Okonkwo had clearly washed his hands
and so he ate with kings and elders. (page 8)
This was Okonkwo's motive in life and so he remained prosperous throughout
his life and worked hard to prove ...
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Critique Of "The Invisible Man"
Number of Words: 1758 / Number of Pages: 7
... his life forever. He was to chauffeur Mr.
Norton, a founder of the college he attended. Mr. Norton was a well
educated but very ignorant man. He felt that the college was doing all of
the good that could be done. He had no idea of the evils that dwelled upon
the grounds. Dr. Bledsoe, the head of the college, had arranged for Mr.
Norton to go for a tour of the grounds, but didn't expect for him to see “
everything” at the college. Mr. Norton asked to see some of the more
unseen areas of the college, so the driver had to oblige him. Their they
met a man with an incestuous past. Mr. Norton wa ...
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"The Heptameron"
Number of Words: 844 / Number of Pages: 4
... find a suitable person of the same class. As story 42 points out, someone of the higher class could obtain someone as a mistress but not as a wife. Marriage always had to be approved by your mistress. No matter how much one loved another, it also had to be consented between both sides of the family. You could not remarry until mourning was done. And a couple could not be active right after the wife gave birth. Most of the time, when a wife becomes a widow, she goes into religious life. It was thought of most honorable to do so. Another interesting aspect to marriage in the stories, a woman could marry ...
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A Rose For Emily By William Fa
Number of Words: 854 / Number of Pages: 4
... this point in time Colonel Sartoris had been dead and there was no recollection in the cities files of what he had told her. Because she had refused to send any money to pay her taxes an alderman had shown up at her door to settle the situation. When he told her she had to pay her taxes Emily simply said “I have no taxes in Jefferson.”(Faulkner, 142) The gentleman continued insisting that she pay her taxes. Emily believed so much that she was right that she continued to say “see Colonel Sartoris. I have no taxes in Jefferson.” (Faulkner, 143) This was the first time Faulkner showed how stubborn Emily ...
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Huck Finn's Use Of The Tall Tale
Number of Words: 336 / Number of Pages: 2
... he manages
to change his fib just enough to make it believable. An example of this is when
he is caught as a stow-away on a raft and his original story is not believed by
the crew: "Now, looky-here, you're scared, and so you talk wild. Honest, now,
do you live in a scowl, or is it a lie?" (106). Huck then changes his story
just enough to make it believable, displaying his unique ability to adjust his
tale to within the parameters of believability. Throughout the novel Huck fools
many intelligent people. His youth gives him a mask of innocence, that people
don't want to disbelieve.
Stretching the ...
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The Color Purple: Nettie
Number of Words: 695 / Number of Pages: 3
... had ever had contact with were Pa and Albert; so she perceived that all men treated their wives and the women in the family like possessions to be sold to the highest bidder. For the first time in her life, Nettie met a man who, not only wanted her to learn, but also had the benefit of "a wonderful marriage" (139) based on friendship and understanding.
To her great disillusionment, the situation in Africa was appalling. In some cases, the discrimination was greater than that in the United States. In the Olinka tribe they believed, "the husband had life and death power over the wife. If he accus ...
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Resurrection In A Tale Of Two Cities
Number of Words: 1176 / Number of Pages: 5
... in the crowd are
sure that he will be found guilty, the punishment for this crime being
death. Darnay is saved by the ingeniousness of Sydney Carton, and he too
is suddenly resurrected or "recalled to life".
In both "Book the Second" and "Book the Third," the reader gets
different perspectives of the resurrection theme. Jerry Cruncher is a
body-snatcher and he refers to his late night activities as though it is an
honest trade. His son knows of his father's nocturnal activities and
expresses his desire to follow in his fathers footsteps: "Oh, Father, I
should so like to be a resurrection-man w ...
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The True Sinners
Number of Words: 1915 / Number of Pages: 7
... to Dimmesdale, “What we did had a consecration of its own. We felt it so! We said so to each other!” Hester fully acknowledged her guilt and displayed it with pride to the world. This was obvious by the way she displayed the scarlet letter. It was elaborately designed as if to show Hester was proud of what she had done. Hester is indeed a sinner; adultery is not a minor affair, even today. On the other hand, her sin has brought her not evil, but good. Her charity to the poor, her comfort to the broken-hearted, her unquestionable presence in times of trouble are all direct results of her quest for repen ...
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Review Of Hemmingway's "In Our Time"
Number of Words: 1929 / Number of Pages: 8
... order to it I believe that it does have criteria fit for a novel. If the book is compared to life it is evident that there is not a single distinct pattern that neither the book nor life itself follows. The repitition of the character Nick can be related to a main character in a novel. The similarities in the style of thought between all the male characters show a correlation with life. These correlations are the way that subcontiously we all make choices that suit our best interests, such as the people in which we choose to be around and the types of things we encounter. For example, a person wh ...
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Oliver Twist: Summary
Number of Words: 1609 / Number of Pages: 6
... appealing by describing his outrageous clothes
and uninhibited manners.
Fagin - A master criminal, whose specialty is fenang (selling stolen property).
He employs a gang of thieves and is always looking for new recruits. He is a
man of considerable intelligence, though corrupted by his self-interest. His
conscience bothers him after he is condemned to hang. He does have a wry sense
of humor and an uncanny ability to understand people. He's a very old
shrivelled Jew, whose villainous looking repulsive face was obscured by a
quantity of matted red hair.
Mr. Brownlow - A generous man, concerned ...
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