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Invisible Man Character Sketch
Number of Words: 776 / Number of Pages: 3
... character to be taken advantage of, by not only the whites, but also other characters, like Dr. Bledsoe.
Dr. Bledsoe gave the invisible man the role of an inferior fool. Not seeing the person who the invisible man was, Dr. Bledsoe kicked the invisible man out of school for his own benefits. Because the invisible man wanted to be successful, he did not want to undermine the white society, and he told himself, “he’s right; the school and what it stands for have to be protected.” Dr. Bledsoe manipulates the invisible man to seeing his point of view because of the narrator is blind ...
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A Critical Approach To "Barn Burning" (By William Faulkner)
Number of Words: 806 / Number of Pages: 3
... for them.
No hope for advancement prevails throughout the story. Sarty, his brother and the twin sisters have no access to education, as they must spend their time working in the fields or at home performing familial duties. Nutrition is lacking "He could smell the coffee from the room where they would presently eat the cold food remaining from the mid-afternoon meal" (PARA. 55). As a consequence, poor health combined with inadequate opportunity results in low morale. A morale which the writer is identifying with the middle class of his times "that same quality which in later years would cause his ...
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The Revolt Of Mother: The Power Of Decision
Number of Words: 1259 / Number of Pages: 5
... mother has at this time of the story. This
state is partly due to the society—a time that was male dominated and
discouraged the wife to speak out—and partly because mother just feel into a
routine that included everything except her happiness. I felt that mother
centered her life around providing for her family but forgot to look towards her
own needs. She bakes pies, cooks dinner and it everything else except things
that made her happy. Mother discovers disturbing news when she learns that her
future house is giving way to Father's new barn. Mother would have probably let
her dream die if it we ...
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The Concubine's Children: An Analysis
Number of Words: 1140 / Number of Pages: 5
... events. This style of writing often cheapens the content of the
story, making it seems rather impersonal, even for nonfiction. The book
itself was written recently, using the author's grandfather's letters as a
guide. The author wrote the book in an attempt to better educate herself
about her Chinese heritage, and about a nation that seemed foreign to her,
a place "you'd find yourself if you dug a hold deep enough to come out the
other side of the Earth."
The idea conveyed by means of the story is how Chinese culture
places the importance of family at an unsurpassed level and how ...
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The Call Of The Wild: Summary
Number of Words: 926 / Number of Pages: 4
... ride to
wherever he was going, Buck's pride was severely damaged, if not completely
wiped out by men who used tools to restrain him. No matter how many times
Buck tried to lunge, he would just be choked into submission at the end.
When Buck arrived at his destination, there was snow everywhere, not to
mention the masses of Husky and wolf dogs. Buck was thrown into a pen with
a man who had a club. This is where Buck would learn one of the two most
important laws that a dog could know in the Klondike. The law of club is
quite simple, if there is a man with a club, a dog would be better off not
to challe ...
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Of Mice And Men: Burdens Of Responsibility
Number of Words: 1029 / Number of Pages: 4
... Crooks and he expresses his feelings of loneliness. Another
example is when Carlson shoots Candy's dog. Candy becomes very eager to attach
himself to George and lennie and purchase a house with them as a result of the
loss of his only real love in his life.
The responsibilities of aspiration and hope play a major role in the structure
of George, Lennie and Curley's wife's character. To an extent their aspirations
protect them from reality for short stints and acts like a recharge to their
motivational batteries. This is a good thing more often than not. Examples of
these instances are when Lennie and ...
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1984
Number of Words: 493 / Number of Pages: 2
... given to police or FBI. By using hi-tech cameras which can actually
document a person's life. Unknowingly, there may be a cute little camera
installed in the bedroom.
Another way that today's society controls the masses is subliminal
messages. Illegal now, subliminal messages were widely used in the
entertainment business, especially during the fifties. An example is that movie
makers would add a split-second commercial add for popcorn and soda during a
movie. Customers would actually be manipulated into buying these products. Even
though, this kind of brainwashing is illegal, it is still very hard to ...
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The Bogart By Susan Cooper
Number of Words: 820 / Number of Pages: 3
... away because it would be to expensive to keep. Emily and Jessup kept two pieces of furniture to bring home. What they didn’t realize was that a Boggart was sleeping in the desk they took home. When the Boggart got up he realized he was no longer home in Scotland in his castle.
As the Boggart got comfortable he began his practical jokes in Toronto. He would take Mr. Volinks razor and hide it. The Boggart would hide the razor in such a place that Mrs. Volink would find it; making Mr. Volink believe that his wife had taken it. Jessup and Emily didn’t realize a Boggart was in the house until ...
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Crime And Punishment: Complementary Characters To Give Raskolnikov His Redemption
Number of Words: 616 / Number of Pages: 3
... operates without an interfering thought process. Unfortunately, he often acts in a warm, friendly, charitable or humane manner, and then when he thinks over his actions intellectually, he regrets them. Such as, when he gives the Marmeladovs his money, then shortly afterwards regrets giving the money away. Raskolnikov would always act in a charitable and humane manner: he would sacrifice himself for his fellow man.
The complimentary characters come about when Sonia is discovered. Sonia compliments Raskolnikov’s humane side. Raskolnikov would often sacrifice his own money or self for the benefit of ...
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Chrysalids
Number of Words: 813 / Number of Pages: 3
... as the story develops. Throughout his whole childhood, he has always been taught to honour the Repentances. After he meets Sophie, he thinks that there is nothing wrong with her and that she's harmless for she can definitely not be a mutant. However, in his society she is considered to be a deviation and a mutant, because of her extra toe. From this point on he begins to question the childhood beliefs he was taught to obey. He doesn't realize what their beliefs mean until he experiences them. After a while, he realizes he is in fact, a mutant, because of his ability to see thought shapes. He be ...
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