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The Awakening 2
Number of Words: 973 / Number of Pages: 4
... case that she did not know what love was, for she had had infatuations that at the time (being so young) she believed was love. She consciously chose to marry Mr. Pontellier even though she did not love him. When she falls in love with Robert she regrets her decision of marrying Mr. Pontellier. Readers should not sympathize with this because she was the one who had set her own trap. She did not love her husband when she married him but will never once admit that it was a bad decision. She attributes all the problems of her marriage to the way society has defined the roles of men and women. She does no ...
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Why The Name "Things Fall Apart"
Number of Words: 488 / Number of Pages: 2
... important occurrence where one can see that Okonko's life falls
apart was when he was thrown out of the clan for a few years. From this episode
one can see that Okonko's hopes dreams have begun to fall apart. His hopes of
being a rich and popular individual had drifted away with this upsetting
incident. Okonko had no longer had his farm or animals. Also Okonko lost faith
with most of his friends. This goes to show that Okonko lost faith with his
friends, like his father lost faith with his.
Another episode that showed the downfall in Okonko's life was when Nwoye,
his oldest and favorite son, conver ...
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Rebecca By Daphan Du Maurier
Number of Words: 539 / Number of Pages: 2
... house, Mrs. De Winter discovers information about the former Mrs. De Winter, Rebecca. All along, the young lady understands that everything she does is compared to Rebecca. She becomes furious and fed up with all the reactions she receives and is convinced by Mrs. Danvers to kill herself. Close to suicide, Mrs. De Winters confronts her husband.
After a long conversation about Rebecca, he admits that Rebecca spirit is haunting them and keeping them from becoming close. Finally, Rebecca’s secrets are revealed about how she was killed. At the last scene of the book, Mrs. Danvers burns the house d ...
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Prejudice In The Color Purple
Number of Words: 385 / Number of Pages: 2
... companion
was God whom she turns inward and shares her grief with.
The man Celie calls “Mister” gained a lot of power, strength, and
almightiness by playing the part of husband to her. He was always in
control of the situation and always had control over Celie.
Finally, the consequence of the prejudice in this novel were
uplifting. The black women finally take control of their own lives, mainly
Celie, and show the other black men that they can be just as strong and
powerful and they are their own person.
In conclusion, the character in this novel, Celie, made me think
about prejudice and how to ov ...
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The Good Earth: Wang Lung - A Man Of Determination And Loyalty
Number of Words: 827 / Number of Pages: 4
... to start his life all over.
Also during the drought Wang Lung spares food and money for his uncle,
uncles's wife and their son. The uncle is a poor old gambler who would rather
gamble his money away than to spend it on his family. During the drought he
shows up in Wang Lung's fields begging for money. At first Wang Lung refuses to
dish out money to his uncle. After a time of arguementing Wang Lung finally
gives in. He states " 'It is cutting my flesh out to give to him and for
nothing except that we are of a blood' ".(46) Wang Lung is upset that he had to
give money to his uncle. Wang Lung di ...
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Huckleberry Finn: Review
Number of Words: 1506 / Number of Pages: 6
... It is
apparent Huck is more familar with busted chairs than sound ones, and he
appreciates the distinction.
Huck is also more familiar with flawed families than loving, virtuous ones,
and he is happy to sing the praises of the people who took him in. Col.
Grangerford "was a gentleman all over; and so was his family"(116). The
Colonel was kind, well-mannered, quiet and far from frivolish. Everyone
wanted to be around him, and he gave Huck confidence. Unlike the drunken
Pap, the Colonel dressed well, was clean-shaven and his face had "not a
sign of red in it anywheres"(116). Huck admired how the C ...
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The Black Cat: Deranged Narrator
Number of Words: 736 / Number of Pages: 3
... more cause to become mentally unstable.
The hanging of his cat shows how the narrator has become obsessed with
doing evil things for the sake of their evilness. This evilness is linked to
his alcoholism. The narrator was most-likely in a drunken state when he hung
his cat, which only infuriated his temper. This separation of friends had a
huge effect on the narrator's deadly temper. His temper is such that anything
that slightly annoyed him caused him to go into fits of rage.
The fits of rage which occupy the narrator for much of the story are all
linked to his pet cats. He points out t ...
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Biblical Allusions And Imagery In Steinbeck's The Grapes Of Wrath
Number of Words: 1676 / Number of Pages: 7
... because of his
"voice." Although, it did become a bestseller and receive countless awards, his
book was banned in many schools and libraries. However, critics never attacked
The Grapes of Wrath on the artistic level and they still consider it a
beautifully mastered work of art. More than any other American novel, it
successfully embodies a contemporary social problem of national scope in an
artistically viable expression.1 In The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck utilizes
Biblical imagery and allusions to illustrate the struggle of the Joad family as
a direct parallel with that of the Hebrew peopl ...
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Hamlet
Number of Words: 833 / Number of Pages: 4
... an ¡§Importance of Being Earnest¡¨. One could read simply, simplistically even, as a revenge tragedy. ¡¦s father, the king of Denmark, is killed by his brother, Claudius, who, overriding the rights of succession, appropriates both the crown and the wife of ¡¦s father. The ghost of the father reveals everything to his son, and all the elements of the revenge tragedy are in place: has an obligation to avenge the murder, the usurpation, and the adultery. This he does by killing Claudius at the end of the play. However it is clear that the theme of vengeance is merely a vehicle used by Shakespeare in or ...
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Flowers For Algernon 3
Number of Words: 326 / Number of Pages: 2
... same time wanted to have Charlie at her own level again, even if for only a short time.
If the people from the bakery had been telling Flowers For Algernon, then they
would have written about how Charlie had gone from being retarded to being a genius in just a few weeks. They hadn’t been told about the surgery. They probably would have said how they thought something really weird was going on.
If someone else had been narrating Flowers for Algernon, the story could have been very different. For instance, Charlie saw Professor Nemur as arrogant, but if Nemur had been keeping the journ ...
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