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The Bluest Eye: Quest For Personal Identity
Number of Words: 2830 / Number of Pages: 11
... quest for identity, as well as symbols of the quest of many of the Black northern newcomers of that time.
The Breedlove family is a group of people under the same roof, a family by name only. Cholly (the father) is a constantly drunk and abusive man. His abusive manner is apparent towards his wife Pauline physically and towards his daughter Pecola sexually. Pauline is a "mammy" to a white family and continues to favor them over her biological family. Pecola is a little black girl with low self esteem. The world has led her to believe that she is ugly and that the epitome of "beautiful" requires blue e ...
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Janette Turner Hospital: 4 Vivid Female Characters In Her Two Novels
Number of Words: 1626 / Number of Pages: 6
... of morality. She
stays with her husband and leaves for India with him. It is more likely
that the fate designated Juliet's future. She is married to Dave on her
own accord. Therefore, she does what a good wife is supposed to do.
1. Reviewed in : Booklist v.79 p.994 Apr 1, 1983
2. " The Ivory Swing " p.18
In Kerala, where David is on sabbatical to study primitive Indian
culture, the couple encounters Yashoda," a widow who does not accept the
fate and rigid rules of her culture." Yashoda wants the right to wear
jewellery, to appear in public; most of all, she wants love. ...
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The Tragic Love Triangle Of Yonville
Number of Words: 596 / Number of Pages: 3
... with
overwhelming expectations. She thought marriage would be filled with three
things, "bliss, passion, and ecstasy". Emma had a character that was 1)
dissatisfied 2) adulterous and 3) free spending. For a while she was
excited and pleased by her marriage, but overwhelmed by her new life, she
quickly became dissatisfied. As a result of her dissatisfaction she became
mentally ill.
For the sake of her health the Bovary's moved to a new town, Yonville,
where their daughter was born. Emma's unhappiness continued, and she began
to have romantic feelings toward Leon, a young law clerk. After Leon ...
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1984: A Political Statement Against Totalitarianism
Number of Words: 1422 / Number of Pages: 6
... devices such as diction,
foreshadowing, and symbolism, Orwell composes a novel "1984" which proves
to be a gem in Orwell's collection of novels against totalitarianism.
Orwell wrote 1984 as a political statement against totalitarianism.
Orwell's word choice drives the plot of the story in that they introduce a
new dimension, a world where everything takes place in a modern controlled
society. The phrase "Newspeak" was created by Orwell to describe a
derivation of the English language, which this new world uses to
communicate, and to represent of authoritative dialogue which takes place
throughout the ...
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Native Son: Character Actions Defines Their Individual Personalities And Belief Systems
Number of Words: 2205 / Number of Pages: 9
... anger, but as a reaction to fear. His
typical fear stems from being caught in the act of doing something
socially unacceptable and being the subject of punishment. Although he
later admits to Max that Mary Dalton's behavior toward him made him hate
her, it is not that hate which causes him to smother her to death, but a
feeble attempt to evade the detection of her mother. The fear of being
caught with a white woman overwhelmed his common sense and dictated his
actions. When he attempted to murder Bessie, his motivation came from
intense fear of the consequences of "letting" her live. Bigger rea ...
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Grapes Of Wrath 2
Number of Words: 896 / Number of Pages: 4
... there for many generations and had very strong ties to the land. Losing their land was equivalent to losing their family history. This is expressed by “She puts them in her pocket, closes the box, stands and with resignation tosses the box on the fire”(Galati 21). It is very evident that ma is reluctant to let her past go. On their journey
they lose their first family member, Grampa Joad. This shows that there is a strong connection between a man and his home. Grampa’s great longing for his homeland ultimately resulted in his death.
The shift from individual thinking to wide sprea ...
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Crucible Term Paper
Number of Words: 1319 / Number of Pages: 5
... wife, a sinner against his community, a sinner against his own morals, and a sinner against his Puritanical society. He was so troubled by this sin of adultery, that he came to regard himself as a kind of a fraud, although he does not show it on the surface for even a second.
Elizabeth Proctor, John’s wife, is a strong woman who knows about her husband’s sin but, like John, does not let on to her secret. She spends most of the novel trying to cope with her husband’s sin and as she comes to terms with it, Elizabeth is able to once again forgive her husband and make an effort to pr ...
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Billy Bud: Contrast Between Good And Evil
Number of Words: 639 / Number of Pages: 3
... death occurs during the dawn where " Billy ascended; and ascending
took the full rose of the dawn." Claggort's death completely contrasts
with the pure death of Billy Budd. Billy's death is portrayed as good,
conquering, and symbolic, which directly foils that of Claggort's. Not
only using symbolism, Melville also uses characterization to contrast good
and evil.
Characterization is used to contrast the concepts of good
and evil. Billy Budd is "like a young horse fresh from the pasture
suddenly inhaling a vile whiff from some chemical factory." Billy's
innocence and purity is exterm ...
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Lord Of The Flies 5
Number of Words: 781 / Number of Pages: 3
... discipline. The meetings that Ralph calls restore a sense of order because the boys have to wait until they hold the conch to speak. Ralph says, "I'll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he's speaking." (Ch. 2, Pg. 36, Line 24-25). This quote proves that Ralph is trying to keep some order. Ralph uses his authority to try to improve the society. He tells Jack, "They talk and scream. The littluns. Even some of the others." (C.3, P.56, L.28). In this quote, he is referring to why the boys need shelters, reason being, they are afraid. He understands that by having shelters, t ...
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Beowulfs Symbolism
Number of Words: 543 / Number of Pages: 2
... think poorly of them. Beowulf shows this when he hears that Grendel does not use any weapons to fight and so Beowulf says that he will not use any weapons because he wants Higlac to think worthy of him. Beowulf shows this trait when he says, "I have heard, too, that the monster's scorn of men is so great that he needs no weapons and fears none. Now will I. My lord Higlac might think less of me if I let my sword go where my feet were afraid to, if I hid behind some broad linden shield: my hands alone shall fight for me, struggle for life against the monster." Third, the typical youth likes to brag abo ...
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