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Summary Of "A Raisin In The Sun"
Number of Words: 678 / Number of Pages: 3
... house to
talk to them about what has happened. Walter is, in good reason, very angry
and annoyed by the racist whites. He goes over and at first tries his best
to stay calm over the situation. The white father then says, "Listen, if I
ever see your son with mine, I will througth that little black spoiled brat
back into your yard." Walter becomes enraged and hits the man directly in
the face as hard as he can. This brings an upraw amongst the Youngers and
the entire community. Thus bringing the whites, even those who weren't
before, totally against the Younger family.
After the eventual calming d ...
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The Stone Angel - Character An
Number of Words: 587 / Number of Pages: 3
... he finished his chores, Hagar bluntly sends him away saying, “I can see you’ve finished. I’ve got eyes. Get along now … (Laurence 112)”. Even as a child she was lacked emotion when she could not provide comfort to her dying brother, Daniel. Daniel needed the comfort of his mother, but for Hagar, “to play at being her – it was beyond me (Laurence 25).” Indeed, Hagar’s deficiency in feeling or expressing emotion was a visible characteristic throughout the novel.
As a result of her upbringing, Hagar possesses pride that despises weakness in any fo ...
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Animal Farm
Number of Words: 799 / Number of Pages: 3
... Old Major gave many speeches to the farm animals about hope
and the future. He is the main animal who got the rebellion started even
though he died before it actually began. Old Major's role compares to
Lenin and Marx whose ideas would spark the communist revolution. Lenin
became the leader and teacher of the working class in Russia, and their
determination to struggle against capitalism. Like Old Major, Lenin and
Marx wrote essays and gave speeches to the working class poor. The
working class in Russia, as compared with the barnyard animals in Animal
Farm, were a laboring class of people th ...
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The Sexes
Number of Words: 951 / Number of Pages: 4
... people. You can even see this in his servants. His servants like him very much and enjoy his entertainments. An example of this is when Petrucio and his servant man Grumio get into a disagreement about knocking on the gate. Reflective of this is Petrucio’s methods to “woo” Katherine. His methods are game like and outrageous. Such as when he beats up Grumio because Kate’s horse stumbles, or showing up late to the wedding. While showing Katherine how ridiculous she is about things, he is also making her feel special, which is something she never felt in life. H ...
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Prejudice
Number of Words: 775 / Number of Pages: 3
... clear explanation of what was really inside of Mrs. Dubose. "She had her own views about things, a lot different from mine, maybe..son, I told you to see something about her--I wanted you too see something about her" (112). Another brave thing that Atticus proved to his children was when the old rabid dog, Tim Johnson, was wandering up the street towards Jem and Scout. Atticus who's nicknamed " One Shot Finch", Atticus shot old Tim with one shot and the children could not believe their eyes. Just like Jem's and Scout's ability to change their views about Mrs. Dubose through maturity, they w ...
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Bless Me, Ultima: The Cultural Distress Of A Young Society
Number of Words: 3159 / Number of Pages: 12
... first price in the Second Annual Premio Quinto Sol Literary Award in
1971.
The main characters of the novel are Antonio, his father, mother, two
sisters, three brothers, Tenorio and his three daughters, and Ultima. The
argument presents how a child, (Antonio), matures in one year, thanks to the
different episodes that he goes through. Antonio, a seven year old child,
narrates in first person, and describes the events that changed his life from
the moment that Ultima arrived at his house. During the beginning of the book,
his thoughts and actions are typical of such age, but as the events t ...
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Female Characters In "Raise The Red Lantern", The Handmaid's Tale, And "A
Number of Words: 758 / Number of Pages: 3
... Due to her unfortunate situation, Songlian chooses to drink an
enormous amount of alcohol on her birthday. In her mind, she feels that she
has nothing to look forward to in life. So Songlian escapes real life by
drinking. This is yet another example of Songlian's feeble attempt to
escape her troubles. Furthermore, Songlian's outlook on life becomes so
bleak that she literally goes insane. Since she witnessed the death of the
third mistress, she confirms her fear that there is no escaping her
situation. Thus, she drives herself crazy. Therefore, we can see that
Songlian uses techniques to try and escap ...
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Sir Launcelot
Number of Words: 648 / Number of Pages: 3
... his prowess in battle or his largesse that everyone admired, he
ceaselessly fulfilled each aspect of the code. Throughout the book, he
exhibits both honor and loyalty to King Arthur and all his fellow knights.
Courtly love is another part of the code of Chivalry. Courtly love is love
often between one man and another man's wife. By having an affair with
King Arthur's wife, although still abiding by the code of chivalry, his
loyalty was put into question.
Sir Launcelot had one dominant flaw; he was hopelessly in love with
King Arthur's wife. Merlin once prophesied, "Gwynevere is dest ...
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1984
Number of Words: 1421 / Number of Pages: 6
... such as diction,
foreshadowing, and symbolism, Orwell composes a novel "1984" which proves
to be a gem in Orwell's collection of novels against totalitarianism.
Orwell wrote 1984 as a political statement against totalitarianism.
Orwell's word choice drives the plot of the story in that they introduce a
new dimension, a world where everything takes place in a modern controlled
society. The phrase "Newspeak" was created by Orwell to describe a
derivation of the English language, which this new world uses to
communicate, and to represent of authoritative dialogue which takes place
throughout the n ...
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Of Mice And Men: Loneliness Of Lennie, Candy, And Curley's Wife
Number of Words: 843 / Number of Pages: 4
... Since Lennie is an outcast, he must spend most of his time by himself. This makes Lennie very lonely. In being lonely, Lennie wants to be with other people just for the sake of not being by himself. In the novel, this is shown when Lennie visits Crooks and when he allows himself to talk with Curley's Wife. Talking with Curley's Wife caused Lennie to accidentally kill her and therefore Lennie's loneliness eventually leads to him getting into so much trouble that everyone around the ranch wants to have him lynched. For Lennie, loneliness is a very bad thing.
I believe that another character from ...
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