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Carson McCullers' The Member Of The Wedding: Summary
Number of Words: 748 / Number of Pages: 3
... new unit, she dubs herself F.
Jasmine so that she and the wedding couple will all have names beginning with
the letters J and a. Her positive thinking induces a euphoria which
contributes to a rejection of the old feeling that "the old Frankie had no we
to claim.... Now all this was suddenly over with and changed. There was her
brother and the bride, and it was as though when first she saw them something
she had known inside of her: They are the we of me." Being a member of the
wedding will, she feels, connect her irrevocably to her brother and his wife.
Typical of many teenagers, she felt that ...
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A Thing Of Beauty Is A Joy For
Number of Words: 2413 / Number of Pages: 9
... than the drug induced mood in `Nightingale`. The first line introduces us to the personified autumn. The exclamatory phrase `mellow fruitfulness` heightens the syntax tone immediately and prepares the reader for a stanza rich in tactile and visual images which intensify this opening.
The beauty of autumn is emphasised through phrases like; `ripeness to the core`, `swell the gord`, ` o’verbrimmed their clammy cells’. Keat’s use of the adjective `plump` as a verb excels this `ripeness` and together intensifies the beauty, which is emphasised through the repetition of `more` and `st ...
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Beowulf And Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot
Number of Words: 574 / Number of Pages: 3
... example, in order for a
reader to feel how and understand why Vladimir and Estragon feel as though
they do while they wait, it is essential for that reader to either
understand or experience the same feelings that Vladimir and Estragon are
experiencing. Vladimir and Estragon are waiting; waiting for Godot, to be
exact; and Beckett wants the reader to feel as if he or she were waiting
also. Along with the feeling of waiting that a reader may experience, he
or she might also understand how Vladimir and Estragon feel at times:
Unsure, not very anxious to move on, and constantly having to wait. A
feel ...
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East Of Eden: Riches
Number of Words: 746 / Number of Pages: 3
... has worked
and she will inherit a lot of money. Being financially secure is important
to both of them and they think it is the only way for them to enjoy the
pleasures of life.
Adam Trask is also a strong believer that money is the only way for
one to live a life of luxury. When inheriting the money form his father,
Cyrus, Adam is anxious to spend the money to build a better life for his
brother and himself. While his brother is skeptical, Adam decides that
he should move west in order to buy a nice farm to raise a family on.
Upon his arrival at Salinas, Adam is willing to pay whatever ...
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The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz
Number of Words: 505 / Number of Pages: 2
... be good to me.
You'd give me everything I wanted. and that would settle your conscience when
you went out to swindle others. (Richler 1959, 312)
The betrayal of Yvette, her speaking to Simcha, and the loss of hers and
Virgil's friendships also punishes Duddy. They are the only two people in the
world who ever loved him for himself, and didn't want anything but his love in
return. In the loss of their friendships, Duddy is being punished for his
rotten treatment of other people, even his only friends. Duddy may not even
know what he has lost, but he will one day, when he misses having someone ...
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Pearl's Contribution To The Scarlet Letter
Number of Words: 853 / Number of Pages: 4
... went to the woods to meet with Dimmesdale, Pearl went
off to play in the brook while the two adults talked and then she stopped
when her mother called. A second example is when Pearl accompanied her
mother to the seashore where they met Chillingworth, Pearl wandered off by
herself and occupied her time by playing with seaweed and the various
animal life that happened to be around. Children can also notice small
differences in their surroundings that are normally familiar to them. When
Hester and Dimmesdale where in the woods and decided to flee Boston and
travel to Europe, Hester removed her scarl ...
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Jasmine: Taylor's Significance
Number of Words: 891 / Number of Pages: 4
... she was a "prisoner doing unreal time." (p. 132) By meeting Taylor, he gave her the freedom to explore more America life instead just limited in one place. Her first experience with ordinary American family was with Taylor, Wylie and Duff. "I became an American in an apartment on Claremont Avenue across the street from a Barnard College Dormitory¡KDuff was my child; Taylor and Wylie were my parents, my teachers, my family." (p. 146) In addition, Taylor provided her the environments to live like an American, although she could not get use to the new kind of life, an more advanced life, and live ...
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To Kill A Mockingbird
Number of Words: 475 / Number of Pages: 2
... At the trial it goes pretty smooth for atticus and tom Robinson and when the verdict came out he was guilty. They were in shock they showed so much hardcore evidence but it seemed as though the jury felt like if they ruled him not guilty they would be disliked by the rest of the town. But at the end tom Robinson was killed trying to escape or at least that’s what they told everyone. I think that they just killed him and he really didn’t try to escape from the prison he was in. so back to the other part of the book with the children, the children are confronted and are almost killed by bob ewell mayel ...
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The Adventures And Maturing Of Huckleberry Finn
Number of Words: 3407 / Number of Pages: 13
... childhood. Tom and Huck liked to fool the Widow's slave, Jim, and make him believe witches were around. They also formed a gang whose only line of business was to rob and kill; of course the boys only pretended to rob and kill. While out one night, Huck discovers that Pap is back and Huck knows he's after his six thousand dollars. Huck hurries to give his money to Judge Thatcher then asks Jim to tell his future. Jim tells Huck to leave, but it's too late. A drunken Pap takes Huck to his shack, where Huck is locked up like a captive. Huck enjoys the lazy days there, but has to escape before he gets ...
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Fahrenheit 451
Number of Words: 699 / Number of Pages: 3
... how afraid she is by saying, “They might come and burn the house and the family. Why should I read? What for?(pg.73)” Montag is upset when he hears this because he sees that there is a problem with burning books. Indeed there is a problem because books allow people to express themselves, learn, dream, and have fun. In a society such as the one found in , people are not allowed to experience any of these things and they are less individual. Another problem found in Bradbury’s future is that some schools and businesses have been shut down simply because they encourage and promote reading and books. I ...
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