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Lord Of The Flies - A Symbolic Interpretation
Number of Words: 2101 / Number of Pages: 8
... by the author for the purpose of enhancing the complexity of his or her book, and are only applicable in the context of that book. The book Lord of the Flies is filled with literary symbols. William Golding used the symbols that he created to develop his theme. He did this by changing the importance of symbols throughout the novel. There by changing the way someone would interpret the novel. In doing this he develops a theme: without rules society will degenerate into a savage state. The creation of this theme has many aspects, the way Golding uses characters symbolically; the way he uses objec ...
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The Scarlet Letter: Different Levels Of Sin And Evil
Number of Words: 1094 / Number of Pages: 4
... yet it is not truly her fault. Hester is the victim of her husband, Roger Chillingworth’s (formerly Roger Prynne) stupidity by sending her to New England by herself, while he remained in Europe. Chillingworth even admitted that it was his fault when he voiced, “It was my folly! I have said it. But, up to that epoch of my life, I have lived in vain.”(Ch.4, p. 68) Hester is also a victim of fate. She has no way of knowing if Chillingworth is dead or alive when the Indians capture him after he arrived in North America. She still goes against the strict Puritan rules, and breaks Commandment 7, which ...
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Acid Test
Number of Words: 2 / Number of Pages: 1
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Charles Dickens: Biography
Number of Words: 251 / Number of Pages: 1
... works are still widely read, taught, and performed in modern dramatizations.
Dickens was born into a poor family. When he was 12 his father was
imprisoned for debt. Dickens was removed from school and put to work in a
blacking factory. He lived alone in a lodging house in North London. His
father received inheritance after a few months and Charles finally returned to
school, but his money troubles were not over. When he was 15 he went to work as
a clerk in a law firm and later became a reporter. He was also a quick
stenographer.
In (1837-1839) OLIVER TWIST was being serializ ...
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Night Creatures
Number of Words: 299 / Number of Pages: 2
... (that’s what they thought). And what do Carrie and Jerry care about it? He was a weird person anyway. That night Carrie and Jerry decide to climb the big brick fence that surrounded the house. They just wanted to check out what was there. They got their flashlights and shovels and started walking toward the house. They climbed the fence and had a rough drop down the fence. They looked around and saw huge plans; they were shaped like animals. Jerry looked up and saw a lion with wings; it was so big that he could fit his head into its mouth…If he wanted to. Jerry and Carrie were both scared, but the ...
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Canterbury Tales: Power Corrupts
Number of Words: 1173 / Number of Pages: 5
... him money. Not to anyone’s surprise, he spent the money on books and education. He loved to teach others and be taught. He listened carefully to what everyone had to say and never said anything more than what was appropriate for the specific time. This showed his modesty and willingness to learn new viewpoints and not just teach everyone his views.
The Friar was a happy and lustful man, who having taken a vow to poverty and preaching, added as part of his “job” begging people for money. He knew all the gossip about what was going on in the four orders of Friars. The Friar would find husbands ...
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Frankenstein Or The Modern Pro
Number of Words: 1102 / Number of Pages: 5
... friend Henry Clerval arrived to visit him and took him back to the home. His young brother William was killed and his sister Justine Moritz was suited to be guilty from that crime. Frankenstein knew that she was not murderer; he know who was it, but he did not have enough power and courage to said it. He was afraid that people would find out what he created. He felt he should protect his family from the Creature. Frankenstein was depressed and ill. He wanted to find the Creature and revenge William’s and Justin’s death. He wanted to correct his mistake and kill the Creature. Once ...
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Munro's How I Met My Husband: Edie's View
Number of Words: 919 / Number of Pages: 4
... This is another way of setting insight with out her coming straight out and saying it.
Once again we jump ahead in the story to her waiting on the letter. Edie says, “The mail came everyday except Sunday, between one-thirty and two in the afternoon, a good time for me. Because Mrs. Peebles was always having her nap. I would get my kitchen cleaned and then go up to the mail box and sit in the grass, waiting.” In those few sentences we can figure out that she was very eager to hear from Chris. There is another insight to her feelings without saying it (p. 733). I was perfectly happy waiting. But as y ...
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Comparison: Treatment Of War In "The Rank Stench Of Those Bodies Haunts Me Still" And "The Soldier"
Number of Words: 1583 / Number of Pages: 6
... ready for the wounded men to fill. The poet expresses the hope that anyone he cares for could be spared this experience, and that they get back home wounded, but alive.
The lines "It's sundown in the camp; some youngster laughs, / Lifting his mug and drinking health to all / Who came unscathed from that unpitying waste:- / (Terror and ruin lurk behind his gaze.)" are deeply touching, a man tries to hide his fear behind a facade of bravado, but it is all too clear in his face. The words "unpitying waste", used to describe the indiscriminate slaughter they were part of also seems to imply that the auth ...
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Night Flight
Number of Words: 573 / Number of Pages: 3
... was the book that made Saint-Exupery famous. Years later, in late thirties, after the rise of Facism, Saint-Ex was criticized for the ideas presented in "". After all, many fascist atrocities were justified as "we were only doing our duty", "just following orders". I don't believe that such criticisms are justified. Saint-Ex always tried to look for the more noble emotions and motivations in man and the devotion shown by his characters was towards the improvement of the life of man.
As a writer, Saint-Ex was a perfectionist, revising his manuscripts on the way to the printer. But his obsession res ...
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