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The Pearl: Material Society, Material Thoughts
Number of Words: 1020 / Number of Pages: 4
... in a twisted realm of
mirrors, and they were all shattering one by one. In the night he heard a
"sound so soft that it might have been simply a thought..." and quickly attacked
the trespasser. This is where the problems for Juana and her family began. The
fear that had mounted in Kino's body had taken control over his actions. Soon
even Juana who had always had faith in her husband, had doubted him greatly.
"It will destroy us all" she yelled as her attempt to rid the family of the
pearl had failed. Kino had not listened however, and soon Juana began to lose
her spiritual side and for a long time ...
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Candide: Problems With Everyday Surroundings
Number of Words: 796 / Number of Pages: 3
... in. Another such incident occurs in chapter fifteen when Candide is faced with his true love’s brother. In this scene the brother is outraged that Candide has expressed his love toward his sister due to his unworthiness, and this is the outcome: “…at the same time he stuck him across the face with the flat of his sword, Candide instantly drew his own sword and plunged it to the hilt in the Jesuit baron’s belly” Candide takes these encounters and allows them to educate him on how to live his life. By the end of this story he says a key line which proves he has achieved higher self-awareness due to ...
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The Feminine Mystique
Number of Words: 1276 / Number of Pages: 5
... suffered from.
In addition to hair color, women often went to great lengths to achieve
a thin figure. The look that women were striving for was the look of the thin
model. Many women wore tight, uncomfortable clothing in order to create the
illusion of being thinner and some even took pills that were supposed to make
them lose weight.
The role of women was to find a husband to support the family that they
would raise. Many women dropped out of college or never went in the first place
because they were lead to believe that working outside of the home was for men
and that it would not be feminin ...
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Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown": A True Romance VS. Young Goodman Brown
Number of Words: 567 / Number of Pages: 3
... as a
lack of trust in her. In addition, after departing his wife, Goodman Brown
states to the mysterious man he meets in the forest, that "Faith kept [him]
back awhile." This means that although both his wife, Faith, and his own
faith delay him, they cannot stop him and thus aren't more important than
committing this deed.
Furthermore, there is no evidence of his trust for her in the
marriage. Immediately after witnessing a pink ribbon fluttering down onto
the branch of a tree, Young Goodman Brown cries out, " my Faith is gone!"
By this statement, Goodman means that his wife has physically gone ...
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All Quiet On The Western Front: The War Against Disillusionment
Number of Words: 1832 / Number of Pages: 7
... Paul himself died. With these events in mind this is how the rest of this is organized: chronologically.
Paul and his friends started to lose their innocence the day they enlisted after their school days. In school their master, Kantorek pounded into them an idea that they are men and are obligated to do their duty for the country of Germany. Kantoreks blind patriotism led all the boys, none more than twenty to enlist. He sends them off thinking he did Germany proud but at that expense he had sent the students to a hell on earth. Kantorek called them Germany’s iron youth, but Paul said “none of ...
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Comparison Between The Red Roo
Number of Words: 1199 / Number of Pages: 5
... have lived and never seen, the likes of this house.’
This seems to be a more direct and intense approach to the ghost. On the other hand the storyteller in the ‘Farthing House’ meets the ghost accidentally. This is brought about when her assigned room had a
‘Serious leak’
and so was taken to the ‘Cedar’ room. Firstly she is happy due to the size of the room, but later when she goes upstairs to get the photographs, she hears ‘crying’ and then when she had entered the room, she got a viable feeling that
‘Someone had been’
in her room. This, unlike the ‘The Red Room’ seems a more relaxed and indi ...
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Things Fall Apart 4
Number of Words: 1005 / Number of Pages: 4
... prosper farmer. In addition to wealth, he wants to overcame his father’s failures and achieve great prosperity and even greater reputation among the people of Umofia. Therefore, his desire for titles and respect makes him one outspoken leader of the village taking responsibilities in name if Umofia, such as carrying messages of war. Okonkwo was well known throughout the villages. His fame rested on personal achievements, he gained fame as the greatest wrestler when he was young, twenty years earlier.
Okonkwo’s habitual ways of acting is dominated by violence and anger. He rules his compou ...
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"Failure Is A Step Towards Success"
Number of Words: 600 / Number of Pages: 3
... think she found later found out
how much of a mistake it was when the baby died. It did all create success
in the end. The storm finally ended in the three days Paul said it would.
Paul accepted Ellen back into the family after she ran away. The last
thing was that Paul promised her that he would change his crops, breed
cattle and restore the land again. So, Ellen did succeed in the end.
Secondly, I found that Marthe create success from her failures in "The
Blue Kimono". She knew herself that she was a failure. Just the way she
related her Blue Kimono to her own life. The Kimono was all ...
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Elie's Wiesel And Night
Number of Words: 366 / Number of Pages: 2
... living where he did.
He told his story (referring to the expelled Rabbi) and that of his companions.
The train full of deportees had crossed the Hungarian frontier and on Polish
territory had been taken in charge by the Gestapo. The jews had to get out and
climb into lorries. The lorries dove towards a forest. The jews were made to get
out. They were made to dig huge graves. And when they had finished their work,
the Gestapo began theirs. Without passion, without taste, they slaughtered their
prisoners. Each one had to go up to the hole and present its neck. Babies were
thrown into the air and the m ...
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The Lottery
Number of Words: 1095 / Number of Pages: 4
... surroundings as if there was nothing wrong in this quaint town.
Upon reading the first paragraph, Shirley Jackson describes the town in general. The town is first mentioned in the opening paragraph where she sets the location in the town square. She puts in perspective the location of the square "between the post office and the bank" (196). This visualizes for the reader what a small town this is, since everything seems to be centralized at or near the town square. This is also key in that the town square is the location for the remaining part of the story. The town square is an important location for ...
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