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A Review Of The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
Number of Words: 371 / Number of Pages: 2
... he writes, "Directly I
could just barely hear a me-yow! me-yow! down there. That was good! Says I,
me-yow! me-yow! as soft as I could, and then I put out the light and
scrambled out of the window on to the shed." This shows the boys
resourcefulness and intelligence.
I think it is sick that the group of boys made their own gang. The
gang planned to rob people, kill people and take people for ransom. Twain
illustrates this when he writes, "We ain't burglars. That ain't no sort of
style. We are highwaymen. We stop stages and carriages on the road, with
masks on and kill the people and take their watches ...
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Of Mice And Men: Loneliness And Friendship
Number of Words: 467 / Number of Pages: 2
... us….”
The theme of loneliness is explained in many ways. Old Candy has only one dog and when it is killed, he hears of George and Lennie’s dream and attaches himself to them so that he won’t end up someday totally alone and friendless. Even after Lennie kills Curley’s wife, old Candy still wants to join George and carry out the dream. Also, Crooks is betrayed to be on the verge of destruction, because “ a guy needs somebody to be near him… Don’t make no difference who the guy is, as long as he is with you.” Crooks would be willing to come to the farm and work for nothing just to have the opportuni ...
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Tess Of The D'Urbervilles
Number of Words: 923 / Number of Pages: 4
... to be a bit of a drunk. Next, she is, to a
degree, railroaded into going to claim kinship to the d'Urbervilles.
"ŚWell, as I killed the horse, mother,' she
said mournfully, ŚI suppose I ought to do
something. I don't mind going and seeing
her, but you must leave it to me about
asking for help."
Tess was very reluctant to go to the d'Urberville house and ask for help,
but for some reason, her parents chose her. At the d'Urberville's house,
Alec first harasses Tess when they go horseback riding, forcing her to le ...
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Iagos Plague
Number of Words: 1655 / Number of Pages: 7
... and innocence. Another example of Iago’s vulgarity is when he once again describes (to Brabantio), the relationship between Desdemona and Othello as, “Making the beast with two backs.” (Act 1, sc.i, line 117). His base language is shown once again. In this quote he describes making love, as a beast with two backs; this is a description that is poisonous to the human mind. He is cruel by telling Brabantio that his daughter is making a beast with Othello in bed; when he speaks of it, it is like his heart is made of stone. His vulgarity expresses his evil nature.
Also, Iago’ ...
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Hands: Paranoia
Number of Words: 1162 / Number of Pages: 5
... of shoulders and the touching of hair were a
part of the school Master's effort to carry a dream into the young minds."(p.
884) This is a man that was run out of a town for something that was not a bad
thing. Nor was this something intended the wrong way. Mr. Myers did touch only
to pass on something great, a dream. Mr. Myers was run from a town. "They
intended to hang the school master."(p. 885) "As he ran away in the darkness
they repented their weakness and ran after him."(p. 885) Mr. Myers was so
paranoid about touching someone he would do anything to keep his hands from
doing so. "When he ...
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The Black Box: Symbolic Of Death And Faded Traditions
Number of Words: 574 / Number of Pages: 3
... Human beings deal with death very similar to the way that the towns people stored the black box. People place their experiences with death in different rooms and shelves of their hearts.
The black box also symbolizes the need for a new tradition and the reluctance of the townspeople to accept change. The black box is a symbol of the lottery itself. The physical appearance of the box suggest that it was not only the black box that needed to be replaced but the tradition of the lottery . “The black box grew shabbier each year; by now it was no longer completely black but splintered badly along one ...
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Huck Finn
Number of Words: 1885 / Number of Pages: 7
... standards of society.
Huck is a moral person at the beginning of the novel before he begins his journey on the river. The character of Huck can be seen as subdued in the beginning of the novel. Huck has not let out his true self and it is important to understand this point that Mark Twain tries to get across. This is so important because at this point Huck is conforming to society and following all the standards and guidelines which it has set. The moral correctness of his actions are not questionable. The character who represents society and its views is Widow Douglas, and it is to her that Huck ...
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Macbeth- Tragic Hero
Number of Words: 1300 / Number of Pages: 5
... them to make a crucial decision. In Act IV, the Act of Falling Action, the character realizes the error in the decision. In a futile effort, they try to reverse it but ultimately fail. The damage is beyond repair. In Act V, the Act of Catastrophe, the character suffers the consequences of the decision, and is destroyed professionally, physically and socially.
In Macbeth, Shakespeare strays from the traditional structuralist point of view and takes upon a more creative point of view in a sense that the tragic decision could be anywhere in the play. Unlike most tragic plays, in Macbeth, the t ...
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The Catcher In The Rye
Number of Words: 660 / Number of Pages: 3
... pneumonia. But before he leaves this world he wants to visit his little sister, Phoebe, to say good bye. He admires her a lot and they communicate very well.
Holden realises that there are things he cannot solve by him self, and decides to rejoin his family.
The style of the book is very unusual because it is told by a sixteen-year-old boy. It can give you some problems because some of the things he tells about and observe might not be true, but extremely exaggerated. We are not even sure that he is mentally stabile since the writer of the book J. D. Salinger lets Holden tell the story from a hospi ...
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Secrets In Scarlet Letter
Number of Words: 1373 / Number of Pages: 5
... In essence, he is called upon to commit yet another sin, that of hypocrisy. Dimmesdale’s accumulated sins build inside of him, constantly afflicting his soul until it begins to affect him negatively. Thinking himself a hypocrite, he tries to ease his conscience and requite his sin by scourging himself on the chest during the night, fasting for days on end and even climbing the same platform on which Hester began her humiliation.
Walking in the shadow of a dream, as it were, and perhaps actually under the influence of a species of somnambulism (sleepwalk), Mr. Dimmesdale reached the sp ...
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