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Animal Farm: Satirical Techniques Such As Irony, Fable, And Allegory
Number of Words: 998 / Number of Pages: 4
... For example, although Napoleon seems at first to be a good leader, he is eventually overcome by greed and soon becomes power-hungry. Of course Stalin did too in Russia, leaving the original equality of socialism behind, giving him all the power and living in luxury while the common pheasant suffered. Orwell explains: “Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves any richer - except of course for the pigs and the dogs.” The perennial topic of satire is to point out the frailties of the human condition, and this is one of Orwell’s central themes in An ...
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Themes In Larsen's Passing
Number of Words: 964 / Number of Pages: 4
... gain security in a white world, but by the same token Irene, a lesbian,
must "pass" to gain security in a heterosexual society.
Until Clare arrives on the scene Irene is a "secure" woman. She
busies herself with social activities and the raising of her two boys (148).
However, something is very wrong. While en route to the printing shop,
Irene begins to voice her concerns about "queer ideas" (sex jokes) that the
boys had been coming up with (105). "If sex isn't a joke, what is it,"
Brian answers (105). He goes on to say "the sooner and more he (their son)
learns about sex, the better for him..... ...
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The Cask Of Amontillado: A Vengeful Setting
Number of Words: 634 / Number of Pages: 3
... or significant about him. This extreme amount of resentment and insecurity only highlights all the vengefulness that is built up inside of Montresor and gives the prediction of a conflict between the two.
The setting of the event as it unfolds begins at a jovial party with costumes and such. Poe establishes a rather happy and cheerful mood to surround the situation at hand in order to establish Fortunato’s state of being. Fortunato is dressed much like a clown with all the bells and whistles, which portrays him as being bright and flamboyant in the crowd. The surroundings characterize Fortunato to ...
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Catcher In The Rye: Holden Goes Through A Fall From His Innocence
Number of Words: 969 / Number of Pages: 4
... common with Allie and James Castle
and since they're both dead he feels, in the back of his mind, that he
should also be dead which makes him depressed.
Another example of a fall for Holden is when he realizes he can't erase
even half the "fuck you's" in the world. This doesn't sound very important,
but it is symbolic because he realizes that he can not be the catcher in
the rye. His dream of shielding all the innocent children from society's
harsh elements has been ruined by this one statement. Now because of this
realization he comes to the conclusion that he can not shield everybody,
not even ...
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Animal Farm
Number of Words: 1009 / Number of Pages: 4
... was a
metaphor.
The five topics I'll be covering are:
1. plot structure
2. conflict
3. point of view
4. symbolism and figuration language
5. theme and author's vision
I hope this essay shows the ideas of Eric Blair and the freedom we
have under government control.
Body-
1. plot structure
The story starts off in a form called "Manor Farm." An old white
boar called "Old Major" tells all the farm animals of a day when all the
animals would be free, and of a dream that took him back to when he was
young. In his dream he remembered ...
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Huck Finn-Racism
Number of Words: 590 / Number of Pages: 3
... into question the reason for Twain’s frequent use of the word “nigger”, not to mention the exceedingly racist views harbored by most characters. It is true that the book is peppered with racist stereotypes, lewd remarks belittling blacks, and the use of the word “nigger” over 200 times, but it is all part of the irony. Twain wrote this book not only to challenge the system of slavery, but also to do so with the most effective of literary devices: the truth. Huck Finn is not racist: It is a profound social statement on the inhumanity of slavery and of every individual’s born right to freedom. In ch ...
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Love And Lovability (wuthering
Number of Words: 274 / Number of Pages: 1
... eyes, Heathcliff took his place in the family. He saw Heathcliff as “a usurper of his father’s affections and his privileges.”(42) The young vagabond was quieter and gentler so he became a favourite of Mr. Earnshaw. Hindley’s luck took a turn for the worst when his wife, Frances, died. When she passed away, a part of himself died too. His common sense and rationality slowly disintegrated into ashes. “The servants could not bear his tyrannical and evil conduct long.”(68) He soon turned to alcohol for salvation, but his drinking habits only made him w ...
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Animal Farm: A Political Satire Of A Totalitarian Society Ruled By Dictatorship
Number of Words: 738 / Number of Pages: 3
... which will
keep them from starvation while he profits from the rest. The old boar tells
them that the source of all their problems is man, and that they must remove
man from their midst to abolish tyranny and hunger.
Days later Major dies, but the hope and pride which he gave the other
animals does not die. Under the leadership of the pigs, the most intelligent
of the animals, they rebel against their human master managing to overthrow him.
After the rebellion, under the direction of Napoleon, the most outspoken pig,
and Snowball, the most eloquent pig, the animals continue to work the farm
succes ...
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Paradise Lost: Milton's Approach To Lust, Sex, And Violence
Number of Words: 2796 / Number of Pages: 11
... Satan, like fallen humanity, not only blames others; but
also makes comic and grandiose reasons for his evil behavior. Yet, despite his
reasoning to seek revenge against God, "his true motivation for escaping from
hell and perverting paradise is, at least partly, something more basic: Satan
needs sex" (Daniel 26).
In the opening books of the poem, Satan is cast into a fiery hell that is not
only is miserable, but devoid of sex. As Satan describes when he has escaped to
Eden, in hell: "neigh joy nor love, but fierce desire, / Among our other
torments not the least, / Still unfulfilled with pain ...
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The Significance Of Food In "Like Water For Chocolate"
Number of Words: 690 / Number of Pages: 3
... two subjects into which
this story pursues. Sex, food and magic are mixed in sparingly in the
story, which revolves about Tita, third daughter of a Elena.
The time is the early 1900's and the Mexican Revolution is raging,
but in the kitchen of the family ranch, the emphasis is on cooking. The
family servant, Nacha, Tita's surrogate mother, teaches the her secrets and
makes her the next in an ancient line of great family chefs. From Nacha
and her mother Tita learns the art of cooking. While all the food did not
center around Tita, most of it was. Even from the time of birth of Tita
she was a part ...
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