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Gatsby's Pursuit Of The American Dream
Number of Words: 535 / Number of Pages: 2
... them from a distance. When this dream doesn't happen, he asks around casually if anyone knows her. Soon he meets Nick Carraway, a cousin of Daisy, who agrees to set up a meeting, "He wants to know...if you'll invite Daisy to your house some afternoon and then let him come over (83)."Gatsby's personal dream symboli! zes the larger American Dream where all have the oppurtunity to get what they want.
Later, as we see in the Plaza Hotel, Jay still believes that Daisy loves him. He is convinced of this as is shown when he takes the blame for Myrtle's death. "Was Daisy driving?" "Yes...but of ...
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Beloved: Sethe's Motivation For Killing Her Baby
Number of Words: 1616 / Number of Pages: 6
... protected from the cruelty and the "dirtiness" of slavery(Morrison 251). In this respect, her act is that of love for her children. The selfishness of Sethe's act lies in her refusal to accept personal responsibility for her baby's death. Sethe's motivation is dichotomous in that she displays her love by mercifully sparing her daughter from a horrific life, yet Sethe refuses to acknowledge that her show of mercy is also murder.
Throughout Beloved, Sethe's character consistently displays the stubburn nature of her actions. Not long after Sethe's reunion with Paul D. she describes her reaction to Schoo ...
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Technology In A Brave New World
Number of Words: 544 / Number of Pages: 2
... their own benefit. They have created with
their hands without using their head or heart. Scientists toy with the embryos,
cutting off oxygen to those predestined to become lower caste members. Those
chosen to work as rocket plane engineers were in constant rotation during the
embryonic phase of their life. "Doing repairs on the outside of a rocket in
mid-air is a tickish job. We slacken off the circulation when they're right way
up, so that they're half starved, and double the flow of surrogate when they're
upside down. They learn to associate topsy-turvydom with being well-being."
These procedur ...
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Analysis Of The Most Dangerous Game
Number of Words: 1371 / Number of Pages: 5
... quicksand. This setting
also makes the two characters display all the skills and tricks they have
learned over the years, and then wage war against each other. The setting
plays a sufficient role in the story's overall development. Without this
setting the story would not reveal the game of “cat and mouse” which is
going on. The setting holds the bulk of the action in it, the story has
characters hiding in trees, falling in quicksand, and by being led into
traps. Not using this setting in the story would make the story miss out
on its excitement and suspense.
The next few paragraphs will in ...
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Slaughterhouse Five
Number of Words: 989 / Number of Pages: 4
... Billy is immediately an individual person. I is the narrator, while Billy is Billy. Their single connection is that they were both in the war.
Kurt Vonnegut places his experiences and his views in the text. He begins the book by stating, “All this happened, more or less. The war parts, anyway, are pretty much true...I’ve changed all of the names.” Viewing war as a senseless act, Slaughterhouse-Five allows Vonnegut to express his feelings on the matter. Through Billy Pilgrim, he is able to indicate his views. Many things which he viewed as senseless acts were very violent. ...
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Ordinary People: Dysfunctional Family
Number of Words: 951 / Number of Pages: 4
... a perfectionist. "Everything had to be perfect,
never mind the impossible hardship it worked on her, on them all." Conrad
is not unlike his mother. He is an overachiever, an "A" student, on the
swim team and a list-maker. His father tells the psychiatrist, "I see her
not being able to forgive him. For surviving, maybe. No, that's not it, for
being too much like her"(147). In some cases weak people tend on to forget
what’s real and what’s not, “Depending upon reality one must face, one may
prefer to opt for illusion”(93). Perhaps Beth set limits to what she is
able to handle therefore when a pr ...
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Tripmaster Monkey
Number of Words: 857 / Number of Pages: 4
... feels at having to put into words the truths that are obvious to him.
At another point in the book, Wittman recalls when the Monkey learns his position in Heaven (61). Monkey is ecstatic to have a place in Heaven, an important role to play, but once he realizes that his Appointment to Pi-ma-w_n really means ”shit shoveler for the Divine Horse Stables,” he quits Heaven and returns to the Monkey Kingdom. This is the role Wittman sees the Chinese stuck with: happy to have a role in the American community, but sickeningly disappointed when they find out how small and degrading that role r ...
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Animal Farm: Historically And Politically Allegorized As The Russian Revolution
Number of Words: 1553 / Number of Pages: 6
... conditions in
poor state. The animals of the Manor and citizens of Russia are pressured
to work long strenuous hours for little or no food or money. Both Mr.
Jones and Nicholas II were kicked out of power by their subjects because
they were persuaded by inspirational speakers, Old Major and Carl Marx, to
rebel because they deserved better. Nicholas II and Mr. Jones both tried to
regain power after being relieved of it. Mr. Jones tried to regain power by
fighting the animals in the “Battle of the Cowshed” and again in the “
Battle of the Windmill”. He lost in both battles but was more successful in
t ...
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Of Mice And Men: A Review
Number of Words: 344 / Number of Pages: 2
... "paws" and he drinks water like a "horse". Lennie's passion for animals
makes him more animal-like as well. The death of the mouse, puppy, and
Curly's wife all help to foreshadow the death of Lennie.
When George finds out that Lennie has killed Curly's wife he knows
that Curly will seek revenge. George alone finds Lennie in the brush and
assures him that he is not upset about what he did. With Lennie's back
turned, George tells him about their dream one last time. He shoots Lennie
in the back of the head in the same manner Candy's dog was shot and with
the same gun. "He never knew what hi ...
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Edgar Allen Poe And Nathaniel Hawthorne: Romantic Style Of Writing
Number of Words: 1727 / Number of Pages: 7
... for a short time, after his Army stint.
Poe grew very fond of writing and published his first book of
poetry in 1827 at the age of sixteen. Poe is considered one of the first
nineteenth century writers to establish aesthetic principles regarding
short fiction stories as a high art, and one of the forefathers in the
Romantic Movement. Poe stressed the idea of a well developed imagination
through the identification of the characters, and the use of symbolism to
enhance the atmosphere of the story. He used symbols to explain the nature
of man, his hidden darkness and fears. He showed the conf ...
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