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Foreshadowing Destiny(great Ga
Number of Words: 481 / Number of Pages: 2
... reckless driving vigorously, since it conveys precisely the vision he had of America. He saw twenties society as recklessly careless; the society was "driving on toward death through the cooling twilight."
Through out the novel, Fitzgerald foreshadows the downfall of his own generation. At the heart of the most intense conflict in the novel, where Gatsby finds out that he will never live his dream, Nick realizes, "I just remembered it's my thirtieth birthday," signifying the end of this corrupt light-hearted lifestyle at the dawn of the thirties. The characters in the book with mobility try to esc ...
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Scarlet Letter- Guilty Heart
Number of Words: 1086 / Number of Pages: 4
... his revenge was slowly taking over his life. Nathaniel Hawthorne was successful in writing a novel that accentuated sin and guilt interchangeably, while revealing to the readers the consequences of living with sin as a guideline. The letter A proved to be the primary focus because it had direct influence on every person in the novel. His characters lived interchangeable but distinct lives with different joys, loves, sins, and morals.
Arthur begins to feel that if he confesses to the crime he has committed he will end the personal stress on his soul. Feeling full well the torment of his own secret, Art ...
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Run With The Horsemen
Number of Words: 471 / Number of Pages: 2
... up until a short time before the novel, slaves), speak in a southern dialect which portrays them as uneducated. A good example of this is when Buddy pleads with Porter to, “Keep yo head down, Sambo! For God’s sake, keep yo head down an be stiller’n you ever been in yo life befo!” The same words are used as would be used by an educated person, only they are shortened or run together.
The vivid imagery used throughout the novel allows the reader to have a better idea of what life was like. The summer plowing is said to have a rhythm that is “almost musical,” The stride of a man “matched that of ...
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All The Kings Men
Number of Words: 855 / Number of Pages: 4
... for the people. Aside from this, soon we see his corruptness. He begins to make deals, blackmail those against him, and had countless affairs. Tom, his son, gets into a bind by killing a girl in a car wreck. Willie tried to cover it up and bribe the father, yet he is unsuccessful. Willie comes under suspicion, and is impeached in the house. After he makes a plea to the “hicks” of the state for support they come into town in throngs and protest. Willie impeachment trial in the Senate does not pass. He is a free man. Adam Stanton the brother of one of his mistresses, and the nep ...
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Fahrenheit 451: Change
Number of Words: 1501 / Number of Pages: 6
... put
confusion in him, he begins a series of changes, eventually becoming a
revolutionary in a society where books are valued.
Many factors contribute to the changes found in Montag. One of the
first influences during the story is the exquisitely observant Clarisse
McClellan. She is different from all of the others in society who like to
head for a Fun Park to bully people around," or "break windowpanes in the
Car Wrecker." She likes to observe people, and she observes Montag,
diagnosing him as a "strange...fireman." He is "not like the others"
because when she talks, he looks at her, and when she sai ...
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Flatland: Social Satire Of Victorian English Society
Number of Words: 767 / Number of Pages: 3
... sides that the polygon contains. As the number of the sides increases, a polygon approximates to circle; and, when the number is very great indeed, say for example three or four hundred, it is the most difficult for any delicate touch to feel a polygonal angle." It is also safe to say that ii is very improper to feel another shape in the higher classes, so it is almost never done except in some cases of disrespect and rudeness. The average perimeter of the circumference of a circle is three feet, or in a polygon three hundred sides, and it is assumed that the Chief Circle has ten thousand sides.
Cir ...
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William Fualkner - A Rose For
Number of Words: 584 / Number of Pages: 3
... two would ride down the street on Sundays in a buggy. The town hoped that this would be Emily’s opportunity to wed. Time passed, and the town no longer saw Homer come around any more. The last time the town saw Homer, he had gone into Emily’s home through the kitchen door for supper.
Never the less, it finally came time for Emily to pay taxes. The older town people from her father’s generation were all gone, and her family’s reputation had no merit with the newer generation of authorities. These authorities started to trouble Emily. If it was not a letter of collection ...
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Of Mice And Men: Four Major Themes
Number of Words: 757 / Number of Pages: 3
... be a part of the dream he also gets happy and
excited, until his dream is crushed.
Many people of good character have to honor certin moral responibilites.
George is bond by his own moral to take care care of Lennie. No one makes him
do it, he just does it because it feel like the right thing to do. Candy felt
like he neglected his moral responibility to shoot his own dog. Candy felt
real bad inside because it was his job to shoot his dog but instead Carlson
shot him. This shows that when a person goes against what is moraly right to
them , they hate themselves for it. At the end of the story ...
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The Pearl: Summary
Number of Words: 171 / Number of Pages: 1
... they live a simple life until coyotito is stung by a scorpion. Kino
takes the baby to the rich doctor who will not treat him because they are poor.
So Kino gets into his boat to find a pearl. He finds a pearl "the size of a
seagull egg" , and they think there trouble is over.
conclusion:
Kino and Jauna ultimatly have to go to the capital to trade their pearl in. Some
trackers follow them to get the pearl. What insues is a chase through the
mountains ending up with the death of Coyotito. Finally , they come back home
and destroy the pearl forever.
thoughts:
this book has a good message abo ...
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Macbeth
Number of Words: 1210 / Number of Pages: 5
... as jealous. He was obviously a bit jealous of Duncan because Duncan had everything, including happiness. Duncan was the King and was not. This could cause a lot of jealousy. had desires and wishes but they were unattainable with Duncan around.
In the end of the story everyone loses respect for and realizes that he was the one who killed Duncan. was killed. This seems like a high price to pay just to be King. The strange thing is that was filled with extreme guilt and sadness. He could not even enjoy his time of rulership.
A classic modern day parallel to Macbeth who fits the Macbeth mold ...
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