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Similarities In Fitzgerald's "Two Wrongs" And "An Alcoholic Case"
Number of Words: 846 / Number of Pages: 4
... the other story we have an out of work cartoonist who also has
an alcoholic problem. His is a condition that is so bad it requires him to
have a nurse. This is an obvious and maybe at first glance, the only
similarity between the two stories. In Fitzgerald's stories, fictional
problems are often the result of alcoholism. There are, however more
similarities than that.
There are also similarities in the supporting characters. Emmy
Pinkard in "Two Wrongs," is Bill McChesney's wife who is struggling in her
pursuit of a career as a ballet dancer. At the same time she must be
supportive of the ups and ...
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Ways How Huckleberry Finn Tries To Help Jim
Number of Words: 313 / Number of Pages: 2
... help jimeven though he's going to go to hell for doing it.
The final solution , is that he decides to help jim out of slavery.
He's emotional values comes in at this point also. He feels very weird
having to do this but he decides to do it anyway. He doesn't care if he's
going to hell since he believes that he has done unpleasant things before
in his life. But the main reason is to help jim. ...
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The Catcher In The Rye Essay B
Number of Words: 1095 / Number of Pages: 4
... against others, is a hypocrite about something, or has manifestations of conformity (Corbett, 1997). Throughout "The Catcher in the Rye", Holden describes and interacts with various members of his family. The way he talks about or to each gives you some idea of whether he thinks they are "phony" or normal. From the very first page of the novel, Holden begins to refer to his parents as distant and generalizes both his father and mother frequently throughout his chronicle. Holden's father is a lawyer and therefore he considers him "phony" because he views his father's occupation unswervingly as a paral ...
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The Scarlet Letter - Puritan Society
Number of Words: 1107 / Number of Pages: 5
... and his undying love for her. It is also here that Hester can do
the same for Dimmesdale. Finally, it is here that the two of them can
openly engage in conversation without being preoccupied with the
constraints that Puritan society places on them.
The forest itself is the very embodiment of freedom. Nobody watches
in the woods to report misbehavior, thus it is here that people may do as
they wish. To independent spirits such as Hester Prynne's, the wilderness
beckons her: Throw off the shackles of law and religion. What good have
they done you anyway? Look at you, a young and vibra ...
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A Seperate Peace
Number of Words: 1111 / Number of Pages: 5
... later he realizes that his conflict is internal. Misplaced jealousy, fear, love and hate fight for control of Gene's actions. When the dark side of him wins for a brief moment and he pushes Finny out of a tree it ends his man against man conflict and makes Gene realize that Finny's intention has never been to sabotage him. He had only wanted to have a close and meaningful relationship with his best friend, but their relationship was forever scarred by Gene's betrayal. Gene also learns that people destruct themselves all of the time for no reason, believing that others are enemies when they actually a ...
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Byblis And Myrrha
Number of Words: 1473 / Number of Pages: 6
... depraved” (on-line). All of these revelations compel readers to feel sorry for the girls in their situations; they seem to be victims of their desires.
both denounce their passions. After Byblis awakes from dreaming intimately about her brother, she claims she would never want to see this scene in daylight (Mandelbaum 308). Later in her speech, she refers to her incestuous pursuit as a “forbidden course” and to her burning desires as “obscene, foul fires” (309). According to Crane, Byblis calls her non-sisterly affection an “evil love” (on-line). When Myrrha confesses her love for her father, ...
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Oedipus The King
Number of Words: 3320 / Number of Pages: 13
... who was taken to the mountain by a shepard to be killed so the omen of the god apollo that Laius’ son would kill him and lay with Jocasta would not come true. Oedipus was the weakest of his life at this point. If it has not been for the shepard spairing his life and giving him to Polybus to raise as his own Oedipus would have died.
Man walks on 2 feet when he has matured. This is a metaphor for Oedipus when he reaches adulthood and leaves Corinth to escape the oracle. Oedipus meets up with a band of travelers and in a rage kills them. Inadvertently Oedipus has killed his own father. Oedipus then an ...
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Huckleberry Finn: A Good Role Model
Number of Words: 637 / Number of Pages: 3
... to his friends and chooses friendship instead. He
knows that Jim's family needs him. In today's language, Huckleberry's reaction
to Jim's situation would reflect what Spock of Star Trek says, “The needs of the
many outweigh the needs of the few.”
An illustration of another positive side of Huck shows us that he has a
good and true heart, and the best intentions even though they may not turn out
right. For example, the widow tells Huck to pray for the dinner they are having.
Huck's interpretation is, “God thank you for the meal and if you get the chance,
please let me catch a big catfish.” The wid ...
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My Brother Jack
Number of Words: 1030 / Number of Pages: 4
... Jack’s life is of greater importance than David’s. Shifting the novel focus from his own inadequacies, George Johnston tries to in fact get the reader to confront these issues.
2. George Johnston uses the theme of deception all through the novel, through the character of David Meredith. David was the most deceitful character in the novel. He did not care who he hurt on the way to getting away from his plain and mediocre life. David basically hurt everyone in his life that ever cared about him. George Johnston used the theme of deception when David continuously deceived his parents. He l ...
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To Kill A Mockingbird Injustic
Number of Words: 849 / Number of Pages: 4
... Robinson, the most obvious of characters that suffered injustice, receives my deepest sympathy because he was a victim of physical injustice who suffered the worst consequence, death. For all the good deeds he did for Mayella Ewell, he eventually ended up dead. Tom Robinson was a victim of Maycomb County's policy where an honest black man's word does not up rank up to a dishonest white man's word. This policy ended up getting him killed as he was convicted of a crime he did not commit. He panicked and tried to get away from this injustice by escaping the prison. Unfortunately, he was unsuc ...
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