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Lord Of The Flies Summary Of C
Number of Words: 293 / Number of Pages: 2
... of an adult figure. He acts so much like an adult that the
other kids (besides Piggy) don’t want to be friends with him.
-Power struggle between Jack and Ralph. Ralph wants to return to tend to the fire while
jack wants to play in the fort.
-Ralph is losing the authority he once held over the other boys and Jack is emerging as
their new leader.
-Power once instilled in the conch is not as effective anymore.
-Ralph (which means “counsel” in the Anglo-Saxon language) and Jack (comes from
Hebrew and means “one who supplants” or takes over by force) can be looked at as two
different sections of societ ...
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To Kill A Mocking Bird 2
Number of Words: 726 / Number of Pages: 3
... guy was black and in the 30’s discriminating blacks were heavily favored.
The Twelve Angry Men was about a boy who was accused of stabbing his father to death in a argument. In the beginning of the trial all twelve of the juror’s voted guilty. Many of the juror’s were mean and did not care about the boy’s future they just wanted to get the trial over with so the juror’s can do what they wanted to do. Later in the case one of the juror’s realized they were messing with a boys life and his future was all up to them. So a juror realized that some of the inform ...
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Families On The Fault Line
Number of Words: 1437 / Number of Pages: 6
... administrations as a way of deflecting anger about the state of the economy and the declining quality of urban life. Rubin warns that failure to recognize the suffering of the working-class family and to seek solutions for its problems jeopardize ``the very life of the nation itself". The most striking part of this book is the evidence of the political machine that practically invites racism and other divisive forces into the situation. contributes to a broader understanding of the pressures on the family through the case studies that Rubin demonstrates by using real people to illustrate ...
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Flannery OConner
Number of Words: 575 / Number of Pages: 3
... the two is that Mrs. Turpin was waiting in a doctor’s office. She too seems like she is the one who is in command of the conversation. The same holds true for the grandmother in A Good Man is Hard to Find. She continues a conversation with a man that is has murdered her family and threatening to murder her.
Through the use of dialog these three women also control the man in each of their stories. Julian’s mother tries to control her son’s life. Her son still lives at home and put him through school. Mrs. Turpin’s husband is held silent for just about the entire story.
She orders him around and t ...
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Achilles And Socrates
Number of Words: 1249 / Number of Pages: 5
... for Achilles: dying without glory.
As a result, becoming a hero means to either kill or be killed in the pursuit for honor and glory. In order to conform to the ideals of society, Achilles becomes a tragic figure, and ultimately dies to uphold his heroic ideals. Achilles consistently reflects his overwhelming tragic flaw of pride, throughout The Iliad. His choice to not fight for the Achaians resulted in his and Patroklus' death. Achilles freely accepted this fate. Although, his decision to kill Hector and to mutilate his body drastically opposes heroic ideals. Socrates views are in complete ...
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Oedipus Rex
Number of Words: 1096 / Number of Pages: 4
... for the baby and when he returns to Corinth, he gives the child to Polybus and his wife Merope, who raise the boy until he reached manhood. Right after that, as Oepipus travels around the countryside, the inevitable happens.
“...When in my travels
I was come near this place where three roads meet,
There met me a herald, and a man that rode
In a colt carriage, as you tell of him,
And from the track the leader, by main force,
And the old man himself, would thrust me. I,
Being enraged, strike him who jostled me--
The driver-- and the old man, when he saw it,
watching as I was passing, from th ...
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Romeo And Juliet (old Vs. New)
Number of Words: 588 / Number of Pages: 3
... love seem much more lustful, rather than meaningful. Another actor that seemes to change drastically is Tybalt. In the original version, he seems to be much more in control. Tybalt in the newer version is extremely bitter and much more controlled by his uncle.
There are other subtle differences between the two movies, including the scenes. The original movie is set in a very traditional setting. The party takes place in a castle and everything is very fitting for the time frame. Not very original, but still effective. The new version is a bit more imaginative. It's not only more modern, but ...
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Montaigne's "On Some Lines Of Virgil"
Number of Words: 1097 / Number of Pages: 4
... line. Montaigne makes an example of
saints inflicting great pain on their bodies (by denying it of certain
pleasures) to perfect their souls. Their bodies, he says, could have had
little to do with this; it was more their bodies following behind their
souls (page 323.)
In Montaigne's eyes, it is unjust to prejudice the soul toward
bodily pleasures in this manner. These pleasures are natural and should
therefore be enjoyed in moderation, not completely avoided. Resistance,
instead, should be employed against unnatural pleasures (page 322.)
Since sex is a natural pleasure, it fits into the category ...
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Macbeth - Witches
Number of Words: 912 / Number of Pages: 4
... to commit more murders. The witches offer great enticement, but it is in the end, each individuals decision to fall for the temptation, or to be strong enough to resist their captivation. The three Witches are only responsible for the introduction of these ideas and for further forming ideas
in Macbeth head, but they are not responsible for his actions throughout the play. Lady Macbeth is shown early in the play as an ambitious woman with a single purpose. She can manipulate Macbeth easily. This is shown in the line "That I may pour my spirits in thine ear". (I,V, 26)
She is selfless, and wants wh ...
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Transcendentalism 2
Number of Words: 610 / Number of Pages: 3
... tried to live
his life based on his ideas no matter how extreme they may have been.
These transcendentalists had many ideas that seemed to others to be extremely impractical. The authors thought that they could transform the world through their ideas. One of their main ideas was that we are all true individuals and should not conform to whatever the “norm” is. Thoreau tells us to live our own life, whether it be good or bad, it is ours. “However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it or call it hard names”(247). Also, we should do the morally right thing ...
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