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Hemingway's "For Whom The Bell Tolls": War's Affect On Man And Importance Of Time
Number of Words: 1165 / Number of Pages: 5
... " The me in thee. Now
you go for us both. Truly. We both go in thee now. This I have promised
thee. Stand up. Thou art me now. Thou art all there will be of me.
Stand up." (Pg.462) By saying this Jordan reveals how man is never an
individual but instead is made up of all the influences, experiences, and
memories that we have shared with others.
Furthermore This change came upon Jordan as a consequence of
joining the war. Before the war had started he had no idea what it meant
to be an individual, or to truly fall in love. Jordan says to Maria "I
have never loved someone as thee. Bef ...
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The Secret Sharer: A Summary
Number of Words: 2669 / Number of Pages: 10
... this image might come to mind. Another image is that of a person who
shares in secrecy, therefore becoming a secret sharer, if the word secret
is taken for an adjective. This could be an image of a miser, who
generally does not share his wealth, but does so only in secrecy. A secret
sharer could also be an imaginary friend. It would be a person who is
secretive, and you share your thoughts with them. A Biblical
interpretation of the secret sharer could be that of the snake in the
garden of Eden. Since the snake shares the ultimate secret of knowledge
with Adam and Eve, it could be considered a ...
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The Outsider: Meursault
Number of Words: 1539 / Number of Pages: 6
... or he had no
comprehension of what had happened. An additional illustration of his
detached attitude is after his mothers funeral when he goes to see a
humorous "Fernandel" film with Marie, his girlfriend, and then he takes her
home and sleeps with her just hours after his Mothers funeral. This
indicates that aswell as having a detached viewpoint that he has no
perception of morality. A section of the novel that reinforces this occurs
that after the murder when he is in jail; he never mentions the Arab at
all; it is as if he does not care about the Arab's life; just about what he
is going to do ...
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Fahrenheit 451: How Montag Is Convinced To Change His Mind About Books
Number of Words: 1126 / Number of Pages: 5
... Montag is actually happy leading a death-in-life, and Montag quickly realizes that he is not happy when he enters his sterile and fully automatic house" (Zipes 185). Clarisse opens Montag's eyes to a different world, a world full of books and people communicating with each other. In the novel Clarisse asks Montag if he is happy. At first he denies it, but then after thinking about it he changes his mind about the way he looks at his life. "The first phase of Montag's learning experience is initiated by Clarisse McClellan who makes him wonder why people talk and why he does not pay attention to sm ...
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Stoker And Rice's Books About Vampires
Number of Words: 1925 / Number of Pages: 7
... detect his presence. As a gas he can pass by humans without them
even noticing and as a bat he can cover more ground in a shorter amount of time.
Rice's novels mention nothing of being able to morph into a bat, mist or
anything else for that matter.
The ability to fly is used in each novel but they are used very
differently. In Dracula the count can fly but, in order to do this he must
turn into a bat and fly as a bat would fly. More powerful vampires in The
Vampire Chronicles can fly as , for example, super man would fly. In order for
a vampire to fly it requires lots of energy and a gre ...
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Hard Times: Struggle Of Fact Vs Imagination And Struggle Between Two Classes
Number of Words: 363 / Number of Pages: 2
... the working class. He is a warm-
hearted man trapped in thes run down society. He feels he deserves this
mediocre lifestyle. Blackpool was originally employed under Bounderby, but is
fired for standing up for his beliefs. This type of behavior was totally
unacceptable during the period of time as it involved imagination and
independance. Bounderby portrayed himself as a self-made man,when in fact, he
had eveything handed to him with a silver spoon. His mother gave him the very
best of everything, including a wonderful education. This demonstrates that the
upper and middle classes were not ...
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Like Water For Chocolate
Number of Words: 622 / Number of Pages: 3
... stayed at home everyday, cooking and feeling depressed, and Mama Elena did not make things any better. She always yelled at Tita, and made Tita do everything for her. Tita could hardly even talk to Pedro either because Mama Elena was constantly watching, and would yell at them every time they talked. Later, Pedro moved away with Rosaura and her other sister, Gertrudis, had run away with some man, and later became a prostitute. Nacha died, leaving only Mama Elena, Tita, and Chencha, the servant, left on the ranch. One day, Tita went insane because of her overly-strict mother, so her mother sent her ...
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Lotery Death Of A Salesman
Number of Words: 1993 / Number of Pages: 8
... The first real sign of evil is when he met up with the man (Devil) in the woods. The man was carrying a shaft. The shaft was dark and appeared to have serpents rapping around it. The man's staff eventually leads Goodman Brown to the Devil's ceremony, which destroys Goodman Brown's faith in his fellow man.
Upon meeting the Devil in the woods Young Goodman Brown almost immediately stated that he did not want to continue this journey with the devil. He said he was from good people and that his dad or grandfather would have never done anything like the Devil was trying to get him to do. The Devil came r ...
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The Core Of Stability-characte
Number of Words: 665 / Number of Pages: 3
... men are created equal. That place is in a court room (205).” This justifies the fact that Atticus believes in the equality of a society, based not only on race, but on sex, class, and religion as well. His view of equality and justice is a symbol of his own psychological stability throughout the novel. Accordingly, in the final analysis of the story, Atticus represents the “justice” in the community of Maycomb. His stability throughout the book is one of the many characteristics that depict Atticus Finch as the novel’s core.
In a town of such undeserved glory, Atticus Fin ...
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The Influence That Hsi Yu Chi
Number of Words: 1633 / Number of Pages: 6
... depth and profundity was not only a satire of the Chinese Imperial System and Chinese bureaucracy, but it was an insult to the two most dominant religions at the time, Buddhism and Taoism. The writer had taken the text 'Hsi Yu Chi' and turned it into what was considered at the time, utter nonsense.
No wonder it was released anonymously.
Until very recently, an unabridged edition of 'Hsi Yu Chi' has not been available to Western Readers. Professor Yu has done a
marvelous job translating the long book (one hundred chapters). The Journey To The West (which is want I will refer to it as from now
on ...
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