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The Red Badge Of Courage
Number of Words: 467 / Number of Pages: 2
... the things he would do. For instance, on page 34, he questions others in hope that their answers would comfort him. He feels disassociated from others, "The Youth, considering himself separated from the others..." (p29). Page 35 quotes, "He was a mental outcast." He lacked self -confidence and "continually tried to measure himself by his comrades." (p22). Despite his sorrow, the Youth was creative and compared ideas and objects to other ideas and objects. "The battle was like the grinding of an immense and terrible machine." I believe that the Youth brought the book to life through his life. At times ...
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Fiction Analysis Question # 1: Love And Acceptance
Number of Words: 623 / Number of Pages: 3
... In Everyday Use
the mother tells us that "Dee is lighter than Maggie, with nicer hair and a
fuller figure." She Fahning -2-speaks of the fire that burned and scarred
Maggie. She tells us how Maggie is not bright, how she shuffles when she
walks. Comparing her with Dee whose feet vwere always neat-looking, as if
God himself had shaped them." We also learn of Dee's "style" and the way
she awes the other girls at school with it.
The mother in I Stand Here Ironing speaks of Susan, "quick and articulate
and assured, everything in appearance and manner Emily was not." Emily
"thin and dark and fore ...
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As I Lay Dying By William Faul
Number of Words: 662 / Number of Pages: 3
... to Jefferson are washed out, he is still determined to get to Jefferson. Is Anse sincere in wanting to fulfill his promise to Addie, or is he driven by another motive? Anse plays "to perfection the role of the grief-stricken widower" (Bleikasten 84) while secretly thinking only of getting another wife and false teeth in Jefferson. When it becomes necessary to drive the wagon across the river, he proves himself to be undeniably lazy as he makes Cash, Jewel, and Darl drive the wagon across while he walks over the bridge, a spectator. Anse is also stubborn; he could have borrowed a team of mules from ...
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Living, Loving, And Learning: Buscaglia Reflection
Number of Words: 2483 / Number of Pages: 10
... he
did about ensuring his algebra students knew how to balance equations, and
sometimes the P.E./Science teacher cared a little more about the teaching the
tennis unit than she did about teaching the four life processes.
Those teachers were also the ones that had to relearn the algebra and
science lessons a few days before they taught them to us, because on paper they
were qualified to do the job, but as far as knowing the material and having an
interest in what they were trying to give to us, nothing was there. Have you
ever tried to get someone excited about a subject that you knew nothing ...
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The Yellow Wallpaper: Male Oppression
Number of Words: 1129 / Number of Pages: 5
... house that could be misinterpreted in this story is the window in the nursery. In most cases, a window symbolizes a view of hope. In this story though, the window has bars on it, symbolizing imprisonment or oppression.
An additional symbol of the narrator’s oppression is her husband, John. He is considered to be “a physician of high standing” (p.630). This along with the fact that he is her husband makes any opposition from the narrator seemingly impossible. To make matters worse, John treats the narrator not as his wife, but more as a helpless child. The narrator eventually acts childlike when s ...
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Naturalism In To Build A Fire
Number of Words: 1239 / Number of Pages: 5
... "did not lead him to meditate upon his frailty as a creature of temperature, and upon man's frailty in general, able only to live within certain narrow limits of heat and cold."(p.1745) At first when the man started his journey to the camp, he felt certain that he could make it back to camp before dinner. As the trip progressed, the man made mistake after mistake that sealed his fate. The man's first mistake was to step into a pool of water and soak his legs to the knees. This blunder forced the man to build a fire to dry his wet socks and shoes so his feet would not freeze and become frostbitten. Whe ...
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The Red Badge Of Courage: Fear
Number of Words: 522 / Number of Pages: 2
... how he will not run and take on the whole army on by himself.
When he is in the first battle he tries to run but is caught by an officer
and made to go back and fight. His attitude changed from being confident
to being scard of fighting.
Jim conklin is also a soldier in the 304th regiment who talks with
Henry and tom. When Conklin was talking to Henry and Wilson about how they
felt about fighting their first battle, he says that he will run if he sees
everyone else running. He is the only one to admit to everyone that he is
scared about fighting. He is also the only one not to run away fr ...
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The Old Man And The Sea: The Old Man
Number of Words: 533 / Number of Pages: 2
... 161). With this declaration, the older waiter places
himself in the same group as the old man. Hemingway's comparison of the old man
and the waiter becomes unmistakable through the words of the older waiter.
Loneliness and old age are the common bonds that the older waiter shares
with the old man. This is manifested through the dialogue between the two
waiters. For example, when the younger waiter boasts about his youth and
confidence, the older waiter jealously replies, “I have never had confidence and
I am not young”(Hemingway 161). The older waiter goes on further to illustrate
that a ...
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Midsummer Nights Dream: Humor
Number of Words: 597 / Number of Pages: 3
... more suited for this.
Shakespeare used something like inferred humor to get across some other meanings that added to the play. One good example is the character of Puck. Puck is a hyperactive child that gets into a lot of mischief. His attitude toward his tasks is sort of a light and airy one. He does not take life seriously, he only does what is fun.
This type of character is totally different than everyone else in the play; they are in a serious tone, while Puck is just dancing around pulling pranks on everyone. One good example of a prank that Puck created was putting an Ass' head on ...
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A Farewell To Arms
Number of Words: 795 / Number of Pages: 3
... wants to be a apart of it and deserts the army to return to Catherine. When they reunite the rain stops and there is light. They then escape to Switzerland by boat and begin to live happily. When Catherine goes into labor there is complications. The baby dies and later Catherine dies from hemorrhaging. What is love? Love is difficult to explain but, it involves a deep affection for a person or thing. At the beginning of the novel, lieutenant Frederick Henry lacks a sense of value and order in his life. He chooses to intoxicate himself and make visits to prostitutes frequently. During this time of inte ...
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