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The Trial By Kafka And The Stranger By Camus: Flaws And Failures Of The Judicial System
Number of Words: 1578 / Number of Pages: 6
... purpose of the plot in The Trial is to show the downfalls of a
judicial system that is run without the public’s knowledge or input. Kafka
wants the reader see the flaws in their judicial system and to become
actively involved in the judicial reforms. He wants the reader to see that
these flaws should not just be brushed off as mere inconveniences. He uses
K. to show the life-altering (and in K.’s case, life-ending) effects that
judicial flaws can have on the public. His arrest, his search for answers,
and his trial and eventual execution all show this.
The purpose of the plot in The Stranger is to sh ...
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Song Of Solomon Interpretation
Number of Words: 1672 / Number of Pages: 7
... calling himself by that name, and believing that he cannot act independently (120). The first lesson his father teaches him is that ownership is everything, and that women's knowledge (specifically, Pilate's knowledge) is not useful "in this world" (55). He is blind to the Pilate's wisdom. When Pilate tell Reba's lover that women's love is to be respected, he learns nothing (94).
In the same episode, he begins his incestuous affair with Hagar, leaving her 14 years later when his desire for her wanes. Milkman's experience with Hagar is analogous to his experience with his mother, and serves to "[st ...
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How It Feels To Be Coloured Me: Realizing Color
Number of Words: 536 / Number of Pages: 2
... workers like they were in Eatonville. As she states, “I feel most coloured when I am thrown into a sharp white backround.” She realizes that not everyone is the same anymore as they were in Eatonville. She knows that she’s “not in Kansas anymore”, similar to what anyone would feel being out of their realm.
Unlike the days of her grandfather, when he didn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of doing anything with himself, she knows that she has the ability and capability of being able to do what she wants with her life. She is enticed by what life lies ahead of her. She isn’t worried or affriad o ...
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The Pearl: Notes Chapter 3
Number of Words: 327 / Number of Pages: 2
... home to make it appear as though he saved
Coyotito so he could get a piece of what Kino got for the Pearl. Kino
despises the doctor. He would rather kill him than speak with him, let
alone invite the doctor into his own home. The neighbors believe the
doctors motives to be what they truly are: to take advantage of Kino.
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7. The Pearl separated Kino from his neighbors and his caste. After Kino
found the pearl his neighbors wished to take it from him, while before,
they did not really care, as he was one of them.
8. By the end of the chapter Juana hates the pearl and believes it to be
evil ...
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Emily Bronte's Life And Wuthering Heights
Number of Words: 1268 / Number of Pages: 5
... man who destroys the lives of everyone around him in seeking restitution for the injustices against him as a young boy. Edgar Linton is well-mannered, considerate, financially secure gentleman who sought only the love of Catherine. Many of those who read this novel would support the blatant obvious; Edgar Linton as the unsung hero of the story. That though is the blatant obvious and the easiest choice to consider within the novel. But the true hero of the novel is Heathcliff, due to the misfortune and bleakness of his past.
When examining Heathcliff’s youth, it is very apparent to see why he h ...
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Wuthering Heights And The Them
Number of Words: 916 / Number of Pages: 4
... the structure of Wuthering Heights displays a uniqueness. Just as Elizabethan plays have five acts, Wuthering Heights is composed of two “acts,” the times before and after Catherine’s death. However, unlike stereotypical novels, Wuthering Heights has no true heroes or villains. “Although this work was written in the Romantic Period, it is not a romance. There are no true heroes or villains, only a revealing of what people truly are” (Baxter 1). With all of its unique qualities, Wuthering Heights is a very controversial book. Many critical essays have been written a ...
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A Summary Of A Christmas Carol
Number of Words: 1769 / Number of Pages: 7
... No warmth could
warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he…
Nobody ever stopped in the street to say, with gladsome looks, ‘My dear
Scrooge, how are you? When will you come to see me?'. No beggars implored
him to bestow a trifle, no children asked him what it was o'clock, no man
or woman ever once in all his life inquired the way to such and such a
place, of Scrooge." (Dickens 14).
Next there is Tiny Tim, he seems to be a symbol of hope in this story
even though he has to use a crutch to walk and he is very small. Despite
his disability, he constantly keeps ...
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Hard Times By Charles Dickens - Irony
Number of Words: 765 / Number of Pages: 3
... were brought up only knowing what they were taught by him.
Eventually, as Gradgrind’s children became older, what they were taught
began to turn sour in their minds. Tom, Grandgrind’s son, began to despise
his father and all he was taught and thus began to rebel. He took to
smoking and gambling, which eventually led to his downfall. Tom had grown
up to become a sycophantic, self-absorbed parasite. He had turned out the
exact opposite as hoped. Thomas Gradgrind had raised his children never to
wonder, but wondering intrigued them. Gradrgind had observed his children
peeking into a circus tent because ...
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Twelve Angry Men
Number of Words: 664 / Number of Pages: 3
... speaking order, voting, and demonstration. Vance takes on the leading role and handles it well. He also brings organization into the jury room by organizing the juries, the discussions, and the votes. With the excellent traits that Vance brings into the jury room, he allows the trial to run smoothly and effectively.
Dorian Harwood’s profession as nurse also shapes his actions in the jury room. In the jury room, he acts with compassion and respect. As a nurse he does the same. His compassion lies in caring for another. He relates that to the trial by thinking of the boy as one of his patients ...
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In The Middle Of The Night: Review
Number of Words: 284 / Number of Pages: 2
... of what was going on I
couldn't put the book down.
In the Middle of the Night is about an accident in a theater where a
balcony collapses on a number of small children, and kills them, and a few
are injured. The owner of the theatre kill himself and everyone is out to
blame John the usher who was investigating the noises from the balcony at
the time. Today the usher has grown up and has a son. A victim, who died in
the accident but came back to life that day, is out for revenge on the
usher's son.
The novel is hard to follow at first because there are jumps from one
character view to another, to ...
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