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The Yellow Wallpaper: The View From The Inside
Number of Words: 1053 / Number of Pages: 4
... influential men in her life direct her so that she will recover quickly and I believe this to be the initial sign that the feminist perspective will be presented throughout. The narrator shows how although she has a formed opinion (and probably successful idea for her treatment), she is still swayed by her husband's direction with the following passage, "I sometimes fancy that in my condition if I had less opposition and more society and stimulus--but John says the very worst thing I can do is to think about my condition, and I confess it always makes me feel bad." Her husband seems to be the one who c ...
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The Shining: Summary
Number of Words: 867 / Number of Pages: 4
... months the Torrances finally settled in and Jack was finally getting in some writing time to work on his novel. Just when everything else was going well, Jack was drifting near an edge. He wondered into the ballroom, up to the bar and ordered a drink as if a bartender would give him a drink, when he looked up he saw that there was a bartender and all. He asked the bartender what he was doing there, when only his family and himself were supposed to be there. The bartender replied with the offer of a drink and explained that he was Dilbert Grady, an ex-caretaker who murdered his wife and two daughters ...
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The Mosquito Coast
Number of Words: 519 / Number of Pages: 2
... himself and his family to a
different country altogether, where he whatever lifestyle he so desired.
Charley is the thirteen year old son of Allie. He is naive to the
practices of modern society because of his fathers continual and insisted
sheltering from the evils of everyday life. He is very impressionable and sees
his father as the most brilliant man on earth.
Jerry is the ten year old younger brother of Charley. He enjoys
bettering his brother, and cutting him down. He puts on a guise of valiant
bravery, yet inside he is merely a frightened child. Although he immensely
respects his brother ...
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Invisible Man: The Narrator
Number of Words: 374 / Number of Pages: 2
... possible job
at Liberty Paints. My father has sent several fellows there…You should
try--" and the narrator's reply was a shut door. This shows that the
narrator knows he is not entirely visible or important to everyone. He had
then realized that he is just a player in a game.
In the end of the novel, the narrator sees that he is visible only
to certain people. Nobody cares what he does, as long as he does what is
expected. Towards the end of the novel, the narrator shows that he
understands his status with the white people when he refuses to consent to
sexual intercourse with a white woman.
The ...
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Of Mice And Men 2
Number of Words: 418 / Number of Pages: 2
... hard for there dream why can't I. It showed me that it does not matter were you come from or what you do, it is okay to dream and work as hard as you can to reach it . For all it shows for friendship and loyalty it also shows how sometimes you have to do things you never thought you would do. For example in the end when George is forced to shoot Lennie in the head you would never have thought he would do that, but you can see that under the circumstances he had no other choice. He only had two choices let the other people get to him first and watch them torture Lennie while he died a long horrible d ...
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Dr. Faustus
Number of Words: 638 / Number of Pages: 3
... thee to return and change thy shape; Thou art to ugly to attend on me.
Go, and return an old Franciscan friar; That holy shape becomes a devil best." (Marlowe p.14)
By choosing Mephistopheles to change his form, he is almost sugar coating the reality of having a real devil serve him.
He also brought his own downfall upon himself by being filled with pride. Unfortunately for Faustus his pride was not morally healthy. Faustus would rather retain his pride than admit that he was at fault. He blames his parents, predestination, and appeals both to Christ and Lucifer.
"O my Christ! - O spare me ...
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Steinbeck's "The Flight": Naturalism
Number of Words: 321 / Number of Pages: 2
... art of reason. An animal does things sometimes without even
knowing it. Who in their right mind would put a spider web in their wound.
When he relizes that his time of running has come to an end he begins to
turn to his religion. He starts to “cross” his chest as a Roman Catholic
would. Then his time comes and he pretty much commits suicide.
When Pepe leaves his home his sister has already predicted his fate
and everyone knew what was going to happen to him. It is was his
environment that killed him. Pepe adventure begins because of a death and
his adventure ends with a death of him. ...
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Overview Of "Catcher In The Rye" And "Death Of A Salesman"
Number of Words: 345 / Number of Pages: 2
... a salesman, but in the end, it all backfired on
him, everything was the opposite of what he strived for. He started going
crazy, and then he lost it. He started to have his own conversations with
people that were not with him; people that were in his mind. He had a
imaginary girlfriend and many other friends that he would talk to. He put
most of his time into the people in his head, that he forgot about reality,
and went on a voyage with one of the people in his mind. That is how he
killed himself. Listening to somebody that wasn't there. ...
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Snow Falling On Cedars: Hatsue And Ishmael's Incompatibility
Number of Words: 1005 / Number of Pages: 4
... that he could ever be with her.
Hatsue is much more logical and rational with her feelings. She saw her love
with Ishmael for what it was. She realized she did not really love him and that
she was still learning what love really is. She moved on with her life, whereas
Ishmael could not.
Ishmael's view of love did not change throughout the novel. He met
Hatsue as a child, and formed the idea that he loved her through his limited
knowledge and through his adolescent view of relationships. His love was
simplistic, yet real. He had concrete reasons for his love. He enjoyed being
with her. He l ...
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The Handmaid's Tale
Number of Words: 1764 / Number of Pages: 7
... such chaste vessels. They like
to see you all painted up. Just another crummy power trip."
- page 228
The Commander's Wife also takes advantage of the power she has over Offred's life. In return for performing the illegal act of having sex with a man other than the Commander, the Wife will produce a picture of Offred's long-lost child. This form of blackmail cruelly introduces hope to Offred, a notion which has been foreign to her for many years. She suddenly envisions hope of regaining her previous life, along with all of the rights she once took for granted. The day which began this horri ...
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