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Things Fall Apart: An Analysis
Number of Words: 401 / Number of Pages: 2
... the fear of resembling his father that he struggles to repress part of
his personality with predictably afflicted results.
This was a society where a man was judged by his own achievement and not
that of his fathers. Yams were the primary crop of Umuofia. A sign of
manliness was if you could farm yams to feed your family. Okonkwo is respected
because of his hard work.
The complex patterns of Umuofia's economic and social customs materialize
throughout this novel as we see Okonkwo compelled to rid himself of any
similarities that his father had. Unoka had no titles, was lazy and when he d ...
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All Quiet On The Western Front
Number of Words: 3318 / Number of Pages: 13
... with those representatives of his pre-enlistment and innocent days. Further, he is repulsed by the banal and meaningless language that is used by members of that society. As he becomes alienated from his former, traditional, society, Baumer simultaneously is able to communicate effectively only with his military comrades. Since the novel is told from the first person point of view, the reader can see how the words Baumer speaks are at variance with his true feelings. In his preface to the novel, Remarque maintains that "a generation of men ... were destroyed by the war" (Remarque, All Quiet P ...
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The Catcher In The Rye: Holden's View Of The World
Number of Words: 991 / Number of Pages: 4
... "Holden
is surrounded by what he views as drunks, perverts, morons and screwballs.
These convictions which Holden holds waver very momentarily during only one
particular scene in the book. The scene is that with Mr. Antolini. After Mr.
Antolini patted Holden on the head while he was sleeping, Holden jumped up
and ran out thinking that Mr. Antolini was a pervert as well. This is the
only time during the novel where Holden thinks twice about considering
someone as a pervert. After reviewing Mr. Antolini, Holden finally
concludes that maybe he wasn't making a "flirty" pass at him. Maybe he
just li ...
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Field Of Dreams
Number of Words: 1067 / Number of Pages: 4
... was called upon by forces left unknown to the viewers and himself to go on both a physical journey as well as a journey of the heart. After hearing voices proclaiming, "If you build it, they will come," Ray risked the economic and emotional stability of the family he loved dearly to build a baseball field. At first, Ray Kinsella was highly skeptical, but eventually he realized the significance of his obscure calling. Upon the completion of the baseball field, "Shoeless Joe Jackson", the baseball player who had been his father's hero before he passed away, suddenly appeared in the field to talk w ...
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Milton's Paradise Lost: A Look Within
Number of Words: 725 / Number of Pages: 3
... that of
introducing a flaws in this refined beings. Because of these refined
intelligence, these creatures should incline solely to good.
"So farwel Hope, and with Hope farwel Fear,
Farwel Remorse: all Good to me is lost;
Evil be thou my Good;"
(IV, 109-111)
In this intensely dramatic statement, Satan renounces everything that's
good. His is not a lack of intelligence, or weakness of character, very
simply an acceptance of evil. It almost justifies C. S. Lewis' observation.
"What we see in Satan is the horrible co-existence of a subtle and
incessant intellectual activity with an in ...
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Franny And Zooey And The Razor
Number of Words: 3739 / Number of Pages: 14
... she is of everyone close to her.
“I’m not afraid to compete. It’s just the opposite. Don’t you see that? I’m afraid I will – compete – that’s what scares me. That’s why I quit the theatre department. Just because I’m so horribly conditioned and people to rave about me, doesn’t make it right. I’m ashamed of it. I’m sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody. I’m sick of myself and everybody else that wants to make some kind of splash.”1
This also occurs in The Razor’s Edge. After Elliot ...
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The Last Hung: Joop's Mid-Life Crisis
Number of Words: 1232 / Number of Pages: 5
... of Diana. During the period that Joop was married to Mari, she
portrayed herself in a few ways as being Diana. She did this by giving the
name of "Worshipping Diana to the act of Joop kissing her.
Her skin was white except for one violet-colored bruise just under her
right collarbone; it never disappeared entirely during the hunting season and
came from the kick of her hefty weapons. It pleased her that he liked to kiss
this particular spot. She called it "Worshipping Diana" (Stern 112).
By doing this, Mari therefore implies that she believes she is the
goddess of hunting. No ...
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The Grapes Of Wrath
Number of Words: 1207 / Number of Pages: 5
... The method used to develop the theme of the novel is through the
use of symbolism. There are several uses of symbols in the novel from the
turtle at the beginning to the rain at the end. As each symbol is
presented through the novel they show examples of the good and the bad
things that exist within the novel.
The opening chapter paints a vivid picture of the situation
facing the drought-stricken farmers of Oklahoma. Dust is described a
covering everything, smothering the life out of anything that wants to grow.
The dust is symbolic of the erosion of the lives of the people. The dust ...
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My Lai 4: A Book Report
Number of Words: 985 / Number of Pages: 4
... area.
I could go into detail about the killing. However, most of the book
was devoted to the time before the massacre, and afterward. The officers
and GIs of "Charlie Company" were introduced in the beginning of the book:
the officers had been social outcasts all their life (LT. Calley & Medina).
Both had decided to devote their life to the military. The GIs were
selected for "Charlie Company" specifically because they had all scored
too low on the initial exam to be put into a regular battalions.
After the massacre, nothing was done. As a matter of fact, "Charlie
Company" was praised ...
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Historical Truth And Imaginati
Number of Words: 768 / Number of Pages: 3
... of Douglass' Aunt Hester being whipped. "He took her into the kitchen, and stripped her from neck to waist, leaving her neck, shoulders, and back, entirely naked. He then told her to cross her hands....After crossing her hands, he tied them with a strong rope, and led her to a stool under a large hook in the joist, put in for the purpose. He made her get upon the stool, and tied her hands to the hook.....Her arms were stretched up at their full length, so she stood upon the ends of her toes.....he commenced to lay on the heavy cowskin, and soon the warm, red blood came dripping to the floor." (pgs. 42- ...
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