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Human Comedy 2
Number of Words: 636 / Number of Pages: 3
... Major Conflict:
The major conflict is with Homer learning to deal with his problems and to gain a new understanding about life.
Setting: The setting is in Ithaca, California, during World War II.
Point of View: The point of view is third person omniscient.
Themes:
The quality of life is very important.
The effects of death can be good and bad.
Hard work is good for the soul.
Understanding and maturity come with experience.
Quotes
1. "The cow, however, turned and looked at Ulysses. Ulysses looked back at the cow. ...The cow, in turn, watched Ulysses, so that the small ...
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Griffin's Egg: Gunther
Number of Words: 426 / Number of Pages: 2
... a hole
in the ground right next to him. He stumbled away, only to find that the robot
was following him. He ran into the shelter and closed the door, sealing the
robot outside of the shelter. The shelter was s small room, just big enough to
fit a cot, a chemical toilet, and a rebreather with spare oxygen tanks.
A while later, after the flare was over, the CMP chips, which has been
implanted in everyone's brain that had come to the moon, was being used against
them. Krishna, a scientist, found that if he broadcasted over the chips
frequency, he could make hypnotic suggestions to the people w ...
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Young Goodman Brown
Number of Words: 2319 / Number of Pages: 9
... wife with the same faith he had before.
When Goodman Brown finally meets with the Devil, he declares that the reason he was late was because "Faith kept me back awhile." This statement has a double meaning because his wife physically prevented him from being on time for his meeting with the devil, but his faith to God i psychologically delayed his meeting with the devil.
The Devil had with him a staff that "bore the likeness of a great black snake". The staff which looked like a snake is a reference to the snake in the story of Adam and Eve. The snake led Adam and Eve to their destruction by lea ...
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Pygmalion
Number of Words: 712 / Number of Pages: 3
... on the interpretation of this theory. There are two possible translations of Higgins' philosophy. It can be viewed as treating everyone the same all of the time or treating everyone equally at a particular time.It is obvious that Higgins does not treat everyone equally all of the time, as witnessed by his actions when he is in "one of his states" (as Mrs. Higgins' parlor maid calls it). The Higgins that we see in Mrs. Higgins' parlor is not the same Higgins we see at the parties. When in "the state" Henry Higgins wanders aimlessly around the parlor, irrationally moving from chair to chair, ...
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Cyrano De Bergerac 2
Number of Words: 499 / Number of Pages: 2
... their
conversation was interrupted when Christian is brought back dead. Not telling Roxane that it
was him and not proclaiming his love to her then was Cyrano's tragic flaw and he suffered
tremendously because of it.
In this play Cyrano is also a hero. He is a hero because he helps many people including
the baker and Christian. He helps the baker fight one hundred men in order to get into his
house and he helps Christian by writing letters to Roxane and talking to Roxane for him. Cyrano
also takes very little credit for the deeds he has done and this is another thing t ...
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Oedipus Rex: Classic Tragic Hero
Number of Words: 910 / Number of Pages: 4
... him by saying "This day will give you parents and destroy you" (Sophocles line 428), Oedipus still does not care and proceeds with his questioning. The tragic hero must learn a lesson from his errors in judgment and become an example to the audience of what happens when great men fall from their lofty social or political positions. According to Miller, a person who is great, who is admired everywhere, and needs this admiration to survive, has one of the extreme forms of narcissism, which is grandiosity. Grandiosity can be seen when a person admires himself, his qualities, such as beauty, cleverness, an ...
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Into The Forest
Number of Words: 519 / Number of Pages: 2
... when Nell is needed to take over these things when Eva is pregnant, such as using the rifle to kill a wild pig for food.
Both girls show compassion towards each other, but it is Nell that needs or craves this fellowship and interest of other people. She tries to become friendly with the girls in the Redwood town with no success, but when she realises that she cant really be apart of them because of her different past. Alcohol provides some temporary relief, but after a while she thinks that maybe a boyfriend would be better. Nell eventually meets and gets to know Eli, a young man from the Redwood ...
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Authority Vs Individuality
Number of Words: 1312 / Number of Pages: 5
... a fireman named Guy Montag whose job is to go and burn the books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness.
The two main themes in this novel are Social change and the banning of books to stop inequality and Individualism.
One of the changes the Authority is responsible in this novel is Social change. Their main purpose is to not let the individual think alone. The Authority does this by giving individuals no time to think, as captain Beatty puts it:
‘Give them zippers instead of buttons’ (pg 63)
Clarisee also says in School, children are given fun activities, are blast ...
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I Stand Here Ironing
Number of Words: 676 / Number of Pages: 3
... The character of the mother is a determining factor in her attitude towards her daughter. As her character changed, so did her feelings about Emily. In the beginning of the story, the mother talks of how sorry and regretful she is of her daughter’s childhood. She looks at her unfortunate daughter, Emily, with pity, first of all, because of her uncontrollable circumstances in society. Despite the mother’s self- incriminating thoughts, the dents in the mold of their relationship were made by the harsh circumstances of their lives. From the beginning we hear about the mother’s self- inculpating thought ...
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Getting Rid Of George
Number of Words: 841 / Number of Pages: 4
... element of aberrant psychological states of mind to add to his gothic story. An example of irrational behavior is shown when Laura becomes outraged and spontaneously murders George. We thought, as well, that when Laura suffers a fainting spell is also an example of this psychological state of mind. Evidence of this is found when Arthur writes: "Harry held Laura until the nausea within her subsided." Lastly, hallucinations were also prevalent in the story as well. We thought a good example was when Harry and Laura were bringing George to the cabin to dispose of his body, Laura claims t ...
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