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Lord Of The Flies
Number of Words: 2300 / Number of Pages: 9
... understanding of the cruelty possessed by some people. The ordeals of the three boys on the island made them more aware of the evil inside themselves and in some cases, made the false politeness that had clothed them dissipate. However, the changes experienced by one boy differed from those endured by another. This is attributable to the physical and mental dissimilarities between them.
Jack was first described with an ugly sense of cruelty that made him naturally unlikeable. As leader of the choir and one of the tallest boys on the island, Jack's physical height and authority match ...
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The Great Gatsby: Moral Decline Through The Interpersonal Relationships
Number of Words: 408 / Number of Pages: 2
... thing but they
have different methods of achieving it. Gatsby wants Daisy, and Myrtle just
wants to be higher in society. Gatsby plays the god-like character in this
book so his means are good but both him and Myrtle do bad things to get
higher in a crowd that will never take them in. To make themselves appear
better to the other crowd, they lose some of the moral fiber that was there
to begin with. (Fitzgerald, -page 83) Loss of morals in the 1920' in
America caused the American dream to vanish. The god-like character of the
book was a good person but he did bad things like bootlegging and joining ...
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Adolescence Depicted In The Od
Number of Words: 846 / Number of Pages: 4
... to him in the form of Mentes, everything suddenly changes. Athena acts as a catalyst to propel Telemachos into the next stage of his life. This is where his adolescence truly begins. Telemachos now wants to be independent. It is possible that he wants to harvest his father's kleos and live up to the "Odysseus tradition" and the Odysseus name. Telemachos rebels against his mother, whom he thought he was supposed to protect, and mounts an expedition to go search for his father - without telling her anything.
It is clear that when Telemachos "became a teenager", he immediately began exhibiting strong ...
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The Storm By Kate Chopin
Number of Words: 2368 / Number of Pages: 9
... (p169). One must question this assertion, however; it is doubtful that in writing "The Storm" so soon after completing her 'feminist' novel, Chopin had "the protest of "The Awakening" off her mind" (p169).
The Coming of the Storm
The title of "The Storm", with its obvious connotations of sexual energy and passion, is of course critical to any interpretation of the narrative. Chopin's title refers to nature, which is symbolically feminine; the storm can therefore be seen as symbolic of feminine sexuality and passion, and the image of the storm will be returned to again and again throughout the ...
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A Rose For Emily: Symbolism
Number of Words: 968 / Number of Pages: 4
... has become an “eyesore” for instance; she is described as a “fallen monument”(Faulkner 204) symbolizing her former beauty and later ugliness. Like the house, she has fallen from grace. Once she had been “a slender figure in white”(Faulkner 207) later she is obese and “bloated, like a body long submerged in motionless water with eyes lost in the fatty ridges of her face”(Faulkner 205).
Both the house and Miss Emily have suffered the ravages of time and neglect. Just as the house is described as “smelled of dust and disuse and the leather cracked” (Faulkner 205) this could also describe Miss Emily, “ ...
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Lt. Colonel Jay R. Jensen's "Six Years In Hell"
Number of Words: 1348 / Number of Pages: 5
... Vietnam Service Medal with 14 Bronze Campaign Medals, Air Force
Longevity Award (for over 24 years), Armed Forces Reserve Medal with Hour Glass
Device (for 20 years), Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon, Vietnam Cross for
Gallantry with Device, and Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. All these
decorations and the time spent in the military I believe more than present his
qualifications for writing this book.
This book that he was so qualified to write I must bend to say
was rather well written. The author took time to explain everything
individually and even those things that seem quite t ...
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Martin Luther’s An Appeal To The Ruling Class Of German Nationality As To The Amelioration Of The State Of Christendom
Number of Words: 472 / Number of Pages: 2
... only people appointed to rule. Luther undermines the first wall, and further weakens the Church by striking the second.
The pope’s duty is to interpret the Holy Scriptures. The people follow the pope because he has a sincere understanding of the Bible. However there is no proof that the pope has the greatest understanding of the Holy Scriptures. Martin Luther believes that there may be other common people who are just as capable of interpreting the Bible. Luther argues if a “humble person” is just as knowledgeable of the Bible he or she should be followed as well. The pope’s understanding of th ...
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Character Analysis Of Through The Tunnel
Number of Words: 497 / Number of Pages: 2
... see what down there. He saw a black tunnel which was
very dark and gloomy. As Jerry tries to swim through it, he becomes afraid
and scared and decides to go back. As he came up for air he saw the boys
snickering at him and Jerry decided he must do this to impress the boys and
have them like him. Jerry is not one who asks people for gifts or money but
to him this was very important. So he asked his mother to buy him some
goggles so that he could swim.
After the boys would leave in the afternoon, Jerry would stay down
there and work on his breathing and concentrating on going through the
tunnel. When ...
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The Truth About The Big Two He
Number of Words: 854 / Number of Pages: 4
... As he watched them they changed their positions by quick angles, only to hold steady in the fast water again (472).
Hemingway is trying to show that the trout are better then Nick, since they are not bothered by emotions or their surroundings. Nick is, he is bothered by the war, which created internal emotions that he is trying to resolve. Hemingway used the trout in the river to represent the inner peace that Nick is trying to gain.
When Nick got to the country he saw that it was untouched by the fire that had burned the town down. He started to walk through the ferns and jack pines and Nick ...
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Hololiterature: A Holographic Interpretation Of The Scarlet Letter
Number of Words: 1077 / Number of Pages: 4
... As for
producing an actual hologram, here is described a two-beam transmission
holograph. (So named because viewing it requires shining the same coherent
light back through it) The laser is placed on a platform in the sand and a
mirror directs the light diagonally across the table. A beamsplitter
divides the beam into two parts. One goes to a mirror that directs the
light through a spreading lens onto the photographic plate at an angle.
The other beam is bounced off a mirror and through a spreading lens onto
the object to be holographed. The table is allowed to settle and an
exposure made. Th ...
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