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Animism V. Marxism
Number of Words: 1505 / Number of Pages: 6
... and Marx wrote essays and gave speeches to the working class poor. The working class in Russia, as compared with the barnyard animals
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in Animal Farm, was a laboring class of people that received low wages for their work. "Like the animals in the farm yard, the people is Russia thought there would be no oppression in a new society because the working class people (or animals) would own all the riches and hold all the power." (Golubeva and Gellerstein 168).
Another character represented in the book is Farmer Jones. He represents the symbol of the Czar Nicholas in Russia who treated his p ...
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King Lear
Number of Words: 1962 / Number of Pages: 8
... in the play.
The play opens up with Lear immediately choosing to, “express our darker purpose” (I, i,
35). There is no mention of any of the three daughters’ childhood. In contrast, Smiley
makes a point of adding description to her novel. She constantly describes the three
girls’ childhood, their ancestors, and other memories from the past. In the beginning of
the novel, Ginny elaborates upon her great-grandparents and, “when they came the first
time to Zebulon County, in the spring of 1890, and saw that half the land they had
already bought was under two feet of water” (Smiley 14). Ginny ...
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The Story Of Deirdre
Number of Words: 1031 / Number of Pages: 4
... within the ruggedness of his own experiences, it is clear how the writer was so successful at portraying Deirdre's troubles as though they were his own. It can be argued that this connection provided significant insight to the concepts about which the writer wrote.
When one considers the decidedly related approach to such typical Celtic writings, one will realize that strives for a very contrasting abstract with regard to its overall impression. Not only was the story similar to most tales of Irish woe, but also it is considerably more appealing in its comprehensive nature. is clearly reflected of ...
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Poe As A Romantic
Number of Words: 955 / Number of Pages: 4
... almost all of his poems, often to describe a woman. In
Annabelle Lee, To Helen, and Ligeia, Poe uses eloquent words to describe
the objects of his affection. The beauty of the women in these poems was
tremendous, not only physically but spiritually. Poe saw beauty in all
things, and strove to incorporate it into all of his stories. Often,
though, the object of great beauty dies. Poe does this on purpose, for to
him, the death of a beautiful woman was the most romantic subject of all.
If a beautiful woman died then that beauty was preserved for ever more.
Beauty was very important to the romantic ...
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The Great Gatsby 16
Number of Words: 1740 / Number of Pages: 7
... By creating this setting Fitzgerald is trying to make the reader understand that a character like Gatsby needs a certain environment to exist. Although Gatsby’s persona is surrounded by different rumors, and “contemporary legends such as the ‘underground pipe-line to Canada’ attached themselves to his name,” people come to his parties. Money can buy one popularity and friends, at least temporarily. Most likely many of Gatsby’s “friends” knew where the money came from, yet it did not seem to be a good enough reason for them to stop socializing with him ...
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The Old Man And The Sea- From
Number of Words: 906 / Number of Pages: 4
... to Santiago, they made him feel as if there was always someone there, always watching. He watched the flying fish burst out again and again and the ineffectual movements of the bird. “That school has gotten away from me, he thought. They are moving too fast and too far. But perhaps I will pick up a stray and perhaps my big fish is around them. My big fish must be somewhere” (34-5). Santiago related to the fish as family, like brothers and a hope to gain respect by the constant battles he has with them. “ No flying fish broke the surface and there was no scattering of bait fish ...
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A Separate Peace - A Journey T
Number of Words: 561 / Number of Pages: 3
... a strong bond. Unfortunately a strong bond could not withstand Gene's insecurities, as he faltered in Finny's unknown pressures of conforming.
Another important theme is conformity. Conformity refers to the choices young people make regarding going along with the crowd and pursuing their own paths. They can either give in to peer pressure or be secure with their own individuality. Gene succumbs to peer pressure the first time he jumps off the limb into the Devon River. Even though he would have rather not done it, he went along with the crowd to fit in. Another example of Gene trying to fit in ...
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Dulce Est Decrum Est
Number of Words: 577 / Number of Pages: 3
... feel sick. For example, in these lines: "If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood/ Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs/ Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud,"(21-23) shows us that so many men were brutally killed during this war. Also, when the gas bomb was dropped, "[s]omeone still yelling out and stumbling/ [a]nd flound'ring like a man in fire or lime.../ [h]e plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning."(11-12,16) These compelling lines indicate that men drowned helplessly in the toxic gasses. These graphic images are very disturbing but play a very effective role in the developme ...
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A Friendly Enemy
Number of Words: 833 / Number of Pages: 4
... compiled of nine triplets separated into three sections. The first section of three triplets starts with the speaker honing his knife throwing skills.
In the first section the speaker starts his training. By this practice he automatically tells us that he wants for this action to happen perfectly. By perfecting his skills he confirms to us the importance of this act to him. In the first stanza he begins to learn how to inflict pain with his knife by throwing it. He molds a kitchen utensil into a fatal weapon by enhancing his throwing skills. The second stanza shows his progression from mere ...
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Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
Number of Words: 947 / Number of Pages: 4
... (14-15). He makes his past
and our futher all one.
No matter the time nor the distance, the reader will
experience the same way he experiences at the moment in time
he resides:
Just as you feel when you look on the river and sky,
so I felt,
Just as any of you is one of a living crowd, I was
one of a crowd,
Just as you are refresh’d by the gladness of the
river and the bright flow, I was" (23-26).
This same motif ...
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