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A Rose For Emily: Comparison To The Sound And The Fury
Number of Words: 987 / Number of Pages: 4
... people of Jefferson(the town) as it is "digging" into the future. But then Mr. Crierson died and all she was left was the house. This event made her "human" in the eyes of the town people now. The town turned to pity after almost having to use force to bury her father, which she clinged onto with nothing else left. The metaphor the town used was "she would have to cling to that which had robbed her, as people will". Enter the "present" in Homer Barron,a foreman from the North(a yankee). This is symbolized by the construction and the building of the streets in Jefferson. The town people were glad that ...
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest And Fahrenheit 451: Changing The System
Number of Words: 1562 / Number of Pages: 6
... Over the Cuckoo's Nest, the main character, Randle Patrick McMurphy, fights to change the system in a mental hospital. McMurphy is outgoing, a leader and a rebel. There was a constant power struggle in the novel between the patient's new found savior McMurphy, and the evil Nurse Ratched who rules their wing of the hospital with an iron fist. McMurphy fights to change the system to try to win back the patients' rights and in the process gain more privileges for the patients and himself. McMurphy also seems to get pleasure out of fighting the system. His motives are simple, he wants to help out his f ...
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The Scarlet Letter: The Plot
Number of Words: 667 / Number of Pages: 3
... him and yet he made her
marry him anyway. He admits this while talking to her in the jail cell.
"Mine was the first wrong, when I betrayed thy budding youth into a false
and unnatural relation with my decay."
His second sin is allowing himself to become obsessed with
vengeance against Dimmesdale].
"But, as he proceeded, a terrible fascination, a kind of fierce,
though still calm, necessity seized the old man within its gripe, and never
set him free again until he had done all its bidding. He now dug into the
poor clergyman's heart, like a miner searching for gold; or, rather, like ...
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Three Aspects Of Destructive Relationships In Wuthering Heights
Number of Words: 774 / Number of Pages: 3
... a part of
his revenge. This is shown by Linton's fear of Heathcliff and Heathcliff's
enmity toward his son. Linton even says “... my father threatened me, and I
dread him - I dread him!”(244) to express his feeling about Heathcliff .
The hostility and separation between father and son in this book shows that
uncaring parents can cause serious damage in relationships with their
children.
This element of destructive behavior may stem from an unhappy
marriage in which the husbands or wives don't know each other. This had
happened between Isabella and Heathcliff. Isabella did not really know
Heathcli ...
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Stephen Coonts' "Flight Of The Intruder": Summary
Number of Words: 592 / Number of Pages: 3
... of unauthorized bombings
anywhere in North and South Vietnam. Grafton and Cole fly their next
mission with a EA-6B for SAM (surface-to-air missiles) suppression. This
plane only carried antiradiation missiles to destroy the SAMs and their
radar. But, as they were approximating (approaching, advancing on) the
first SAM surface gun destroyed most of the plane. The crew ejected within
the midst of the night; Grafton landing safely, but Cole's back broke.
Eventually, they were rescued by a helicopter, but an A-1 Skyraider pilot
who was killing off the Vietnamese that were trying to shoot the crew.
The ...
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Blindness In King Lear
Number of Words: 922 / Number of Pages: 4
... blindness also caused him to banish Kent, one of his most loyal followers. Kent tried to stand up to Lear in Cordelia's honor, but Lear would not listen to what Kent was trying to tell him. To Kent's opposition; "This hideous rashness, answer my life, my judgement,/ Thy youngest daughter does not love thee least;" ( 1,1. 150-151) Lear responded with, "Kent on thy life, no more." ( 1, 1, 154) "Out of my sight!" ( 1, 1. 157) This is a good example of Lear's lack of insight. He was being too stubborn to see that Kent was only trying to do what was best for Lear.
After Kent had been banished, he contin ...
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The Scarlet Letter Character D
Number of Words: 885 / Number of Pages: 4
... youthful personality women adored. He was shy and mainly kept to himself. Reverend Dimmesdale was deeply loved by his congregation because of his emotional way of speaking. Being a well-educated, trustworthy, highly admired pastor, no one suspected him to be the father of Hester’s baby. Finally, his conscience fell into play and he admitted to his sin. Immediately after confessing, he passed away.
Roger Chillingworth was Hester’s husband. He was small and thin with dim eyes, a wrinkled face, and deformed shoulders(one was higher than the other). To me, he made an awkward couple ...
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Tale Of Two Cities Sydney Cart
Number of Words: 660 / Number of Pages: 3
... you, and for any dear to you, I would do anything. If my career were of that better kind that there was any opportunity or capacity of sacrifice in it, I would embrace any sacrifice for you and for those dear to you,” he had earlier promised to Lucie. Also, it could be considered honorable of Carton to take a death when he could have been devious and gotten closer to Lucie in her mourning by comforting her. Perhaps Carton also valued the lives of others more than his own. Quite a commendable trait, if true.
Just as well, Carton is a bit of a fool. Saving Darnay’s life did not alter history ...
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The Call Of The Wild
Number of Words: 461 / Number of Pages: 2
... That proves that he was a man that had good values and cared about his family.
Acquisitive instinct- Most of the people that went to the Klondike went to find gold, because they wanted more than they already had. Lots of us do that same thing. We always seem to want more than we already have. So we can relate to the book in that way. Even if it is not right to always want more we can see where they are coming from.
Plain Folks- When books are about average people, we usually like to read about that more because it seems like more of a real life situation. Jon’s family was average and he was a nor ...
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Babbit Vs. The Hobbit
Number of Words: 790 / Number of Pages: 3
... something as simple as climbing a tree as an adventure. The prominent business man thinks that spending a weekend away from his wife and family is an adventure. To set forth upon an adventure of any kind a person needs to be free again, both characters define freedom in different ways. Bilbo simply needs to be away from the influence of his friends and family to find out what he really wants for himself and what he wants to do about it. Bilbo finds freedom when he makes the choice to follow the dwarves into the unknown. When Babbitt is finally given freedom when he is able to go camping alone wi ...
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