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Foreshadowing And Flashback: Two Writing Techniques That Make Fitzgerald A Great Writer
Number of Words: 1156 / Number of Pages: 5
... to the best of its ability to
help organize the novel. "Luckily the clock took this moment to tilt
dangerously at the pressure of his head, whereupon he turned and caught it
with trembling fingers and set it back in place. 'I'm sorry about the
clock,' he said. 'It's an old clock,' I told him idiotically."
(Fitzgerald, pg. 92) This quote is the first use of foreshadowing which
is in chapter five. It pertains to all of the trouble Gatsby causes as he
tries to win Daisy back. The past is represented by the clock and how
Gatsby wants to repeat it with Daisy. (Eble, pg. 963) This quote
foreshadow ...
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The Chosen, By Chaim Potok
Number of Words: 1155 / Number of Pages: 5
... Danny is not a very enthusiastic Hasid. He has earlocks, grows a beard, and wears the traditional Hasidic outfit, but he doesn't have the reverence for it that he should. Danny is a genius. His religion forbids him to read literature from the outside world, so he struggles with his thirst for knowledge and the restraints that have been put on him by both his father and his religion. He lives with his father, mother, older sister, and younger brother in Brooklyn as well. The first antagonist is Danny. He and Reuven had many difficulties. They resolve their problems in the course of the book, but at t ...
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Pride And Prejudice
Number of Words: 701 / Number of Pages: 3
... Later she learns that George lied to her. But before she found out,
they almost fall in love.
Mr. Bennet has no son, so his estate will be given to his closest male
relative. The closest relative is his cousin, Mr. Collins. He is an arrogant
clergyman. He asks Elizabeth to marry him but she refuses. He ends up
marrying Elizabeth’s friend Charlotte Lucas. She married him not for love,
but so she will have a safe and secure life.
Elizabeth goes and sees Charlotte at Hunsford and Darcy comes to see
his aunt, who also lives there. His aunt’s name is Lady Catherine de Bourgh.
She is a ri ...
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Huckleberry Finn
Number of Words: 1754 / Number of Pages: 7
... corrupt are those who are considered morally wrong and incorrect by the already corrupt society. To Huck, nobody needs to be "civilized" in order to live happily. To live a happy life he wants to be able to live a life of swearing and smoking and that would be perfect. He's not hurting anybody. Plus it's better than living in a society where people hold other people as slaves.
After Huck's father comes back from where ever, he was he kidnaps Huck from Mrs. Watson and takes him to his cabin out in the woods. Whenever his father leaves, he locks him in the house, so he can't escape. Finally, after his da ...
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The Awakening: An Analysis
Number of Words: 1158 / Number of Pages: 5
... events. Edna makes a number of painful and complex discoveries about the society in which she lives and awakens to her own potential for passion, desire, and love but “…she reserves her greatest passion for a figure of pure fantasy…”(Wolff 236). Her husband cannot fulfill these potentials “She grew fond of her husband…” but “…no trace of passion…colored her affection”(37). Edna also realizes that Creole society, as represented by both Madame Reisz and Adele, allows men absolute freedom to come and to go as they please, “…perhaps he would return for the early dinner and perhaps he would not.”(21) Whil ...
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The Great Gatsby: The Moment Of Truth
Number of Words: 556 / Number of Pages: 3
... he is,
displayed the character who looked down upon this affair. He didn't agree
with the fact that his friend Tom could love his wife while he lusted some
other woman. Nicks beliefs were never similar to Tom's, and later he
confronted Tom telling his disapproval of his actions. Tom, Daisy, and
Jordan showed no affection or remorse after the death of both Gatsby and
Myrtle. Nick percepted that his friends convinced themselves with their
own lies that nothing at all actually happened.
Even when the story focused on Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby's
relationship, Nick's love with his mistress ...
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The Black Cat: A Comparison Between The Movie And The Book
Number of Words: 547 / Number of Pages: 2
... the man saw a black
cat with a white chest and he liked it so much he let the cat follow him home.
The cat made itself at home but the man avoided it because of a sense of shame
for his former deed. The next day the man noticed that the cat was missing an
eye just as Pluto. His wife pointed out that the white spot on its chest
resembled the Gallows! The cat made the man trip in his basement one day. So
he picked up an ax to kill the cat, and his wife stepped in the way and he put
the ax through her brains. The man decided to hide the body and the cat behind
a bricked up wall in the basement. ...
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Foreshadowing And Flashback; Two Writing Techniques That Make Fitzgerald A Great Writer
Number of Words: 1160 / Number of Pages: 5
... its ability to help
organize the novel. "Luckily the clock took this moment to tilt dangerously
at the pressure of his head, whereupon he turned and caught it with
trembling fingers and set it back in place. 'I'm sorry about the clock,' he
said. 'It's an old clock,' I told him idiotically." (Fitzgerald, pg. 92)
This quote is the first use of foreshadowing which is in chapter five. It
pertains to all of the trouble Gatsby causes as he tries to win Daisy back.
The past is represented by the clock and how Gatsby wants to repeat it with
Daisy. (Eble, pg. 963) This quote foreshadows to the end of the novel ...
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Heart Of Darkness: Tension In Marlow's Mind
Number of Words: 677 / Number of Pages: 3
... relations on the living continent,
because it1s cheap and not so nasty as it looks they sayý (12). Marlow
finally takes the job, however, and tells himself that the pain and
unusually harsh treatment the workers are subjected to is minimal.
During the tests and the requirements that he has to undergo before
entering the jungle Marlow feels that he is being treated like a freak. The
doctor measures his head and asks him questions such as, 3Ever any madness
in your family?ý (15). In this part of the story Marlow is made to feel
small and unimportant. Any feelings or concerns that he has are not
impor ...
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Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Grim P
Number of Words: 1083 / Number of Pages: 4
... book are a somewhat logical projection from
current conditions and historical environment that Orwell observed in 1948. Perhaps people would be more
comftorble with the book if they could rule out in their minds the possibility of the profecy becoming a
reality.
In a critique of his own work, Orwell called Nineteen Eighty-Four “A work of a future terrible [sic] because it
rests on a fiction and can not be substantiated by reality or truth. “ But perhaps this future is realizing itself
more than Orwell thought it would. Orwell, more than likely, would have made note of, but wouldn’t be ...
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