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An Analysis Of The Lord Of The Flies
Number of Words: 642 / Number of Pages: 3
... dangers of the jungle, finding food, and
remaining a functional group.
The novel's main focus is on Ralph and his experiences on the
island. As leader of the group, Ralph has a great deal of responsibility
and must learn how to work with this responsibility. Through the course of
the story, Ralph changes from an adolescent child to a mature person, but
ends up breaking down at the end of the novel. This aspect of Ralph's
character is a way that Golding depicts human behavior in society, which is
the main theme of the book.
As the novel begins, Ralph is portrayed as being a normal
adolescent who i ...
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May Day And USA
Number of Words: 1533 / Number of Pages: 6
... (1529).
Simultaneously, Eveline acknowledges that her life, a reflection of self-centered capitalism, is in fact a waste. Eveline admits, "You know it does seem too silly to spend your life filling up rooms with illassorted people who really hate each other" (1530). This moment is of significance; throughout the story Eveline and Mary have had almost identical experiences. Both women have lost the loves of their lives, but it is Mary, the determined socialist, who puts the needs of others before her own. Mary is able to continue on with what is important to her rather than escaping the harsh rea ...
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Catcher In The Rye: Escape From The Truth
Number of Words: 764 / Number of Pages: 3
... on the train. He continues to lie throughout the conversation and avoids getting together by saying he has a tumor in his brain. This is the type of lies Holden tells. One reason for this might be that he is trying to hide his true identity. He does not want people to know who he really is or that he was kicked out of his fourth school. Holden is always using fake names and tries speaking in a tone to persuade someone to think a cretin way. He does this when he talks to women. While he is talking to the psychiatrist he explains peoples reactions to his lies like they really believe him, whe ...
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Catcher In The Rye: Alcohol, Sex, And Violence
Number of Words: 1121 / Number of Pages: 5
... show that among high school students age 14 - 17, 60% of the students use alcohol once a week, 75% use it at least once a month, and 85% have used it once in the year.
In the novel, Holden Caulfield has very easy access to alcoholic beverages. Throughout the novel, it seems that every time Holden gets depressed, he turns towards alcohol. in Chapter 12, Holden is at Ernie's night club and he got served even though he was only a minor. In Chapter 20, Holden gets drunk. The way he acted when he was drunk shows how pathetic you are when you can not function properly.
The next topic, sex, is a very co ...
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Aphrodite Versus Athena
Number of Words: 942 / Number of Pages: 4
... with one swoop and tossing
them” without hesitation in anger(Hesiod, 66). the genitals were throw “
into the restless, white-capped sea/ Where they floated a long time. A
white foam from the god-flesh/Collected around them, and in that foam a
maiden developed/And grew(Hesiod, 66).” This maiden is Aphrodite. The
foam signifies a womb to spontaneous creation and is resembling a women’s
assets in order to support a baby. Now “from (Zeus’) own head he gave
birth to owl-eyed Athena(Hesio,87).” The two women both possess the honor,
beauty, intelligence, and power observant to all. The methods in w ...
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Catch 22: Satire On WWII
Number of Words: 2539 / Number of Pages: 10
... these two novels, Catch-22 and Good as Gold, Heller
criticizes many institutions. In Good as Gold it is the White House and
government as a whole, and in Catch-22 it is the military and medical
institutions.
In Catch-22 the military is heavily satirized. Heller does this by
criticizing it. Karl agrees with this statement by offering an example of the
satire of both the military and civilian institutions in Catch-22:
The influence of mail clerk Wintergreen, the computer
foul-up that promotes Major Major, and the petty
rivalries among officers satirizes the communication ...
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Flaws In Twain's "The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn"
Number of Words: 899 / Number of Pages: 4
... faint shortly after
the time when Huck says, “It's me. George Jackson, sir”(pg. 95). I do have to
give him that the feud was interesting filler, but you can only take so much
filler. Then when John Wayne (The Duke) and Elvis (The King) come along there
seem to be four or five stops along the river that except for one little detail,
are the same. Please excuse the jump back, but how coincidental is it that you
have a Duke and a King on the same raft in the middle of the Mississippi river
(yes I do know they are not really royalty but that does not matter)? Even
during all of this complaining I h ...
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The Rime Of The Christo-marine
Number of Words: 1732 / Number of Pages: 7
... everywhere,/Nor any drop to drink." And when the Mariner tries to pray for salvation, he hears a demonic voice, like Lucifer: "I looked to heaven, and tried to pray;/But or ever a prayer had gushed,/A wicked whisper came, and made/My heart as dry as dust." [ln 244] As the ghost ship approaches, "I bit my arm, I sucked the blood," in reference to Jesus' use of the wine at the last supper as his own blood. When the spirits move the ship, "Slowly and smoothly went the ship/Moved onward from beneath," the Mariner is, in a sense, walking on water. The ending is the more ironic to consider that the M ...
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Machismo In One Hundred Years
Number of Words: 1131 / Number of Pages: 5
... is omnipresent throughout "One Hundred Years of Solitude". Machismo is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as: "exaggeratedly assertive manliness; a show of masculinity." Colonel Aureliano Buendia best exemplifies this definition. Marquez uses the Colonel's amoral, irrational actions and behaviour to reveal the terrible consequences of machismo.
Aureliano inquires about sexual activity at a very young age. He begins to gradually comprehend what his older brother is experiencing wiht Pilar Ternera. Of course it is only human nature for young Aureliano to let curiosity overcome him and to ask questio ...
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Letter To Elie Regarding The Holocaust
Number of Words: 300 / Number of Pages: 2
... a relative. You and your father were very fortunate to have stuck
together. You two were close and would do anything for each other. When
your father was beaten, you were scared out of your mind. You didn't know
what to do. I think that if you would have defended your father it would
have done everybody some good.
You should have helped your father out because it was the right
thing to do. Your father did so much for you; it was the least you could
have done for him. Your father raised you and supported you; without him
you wouldn't be what you are today. I would have helped my father out if I
were ...
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