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Awakening Vs. Greenleaf
Number of Words: 2146 / Number of Pages: 8
... the things within them that make them uniquely them. This development of the self only can be ended at death when the individual converges upon an Omega Point in which he has an elevated understanding of and meaning for life. The characters Edna from The Awakening and Mrs. May from ”Greenleaf” encounter a similar human development in which an individual is formed with an understanding of life. The means by which they achieve this differ greatly.
As the novel The Awakening opens, the reader sees Edna Pontellier as one who might seem to be a happy married woman living a secure, fulfilled life. It ...
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Beloved 3
Number of Words: 1450 / Number of Pages: 6
... to guide her through the guilt. From the redemption of her guilt, Sethe has learned that when a branch of her tree has weltered a little, which means that her family bond is not as strong, the tree does not die, because it has a strong root. A root that represents all of the sorrow’s of her life, but she is still strong and is willing to fight to get rid of the weltering branches and sprout new ones, which represents new hope, new life and new beginning.
In comparison with Sethe, many of us could probably relate to Sethe and the tragedies and devastations she has had to face. Like her, we and ...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Theme Of Nature In His Works
Number of Words: 932 / Number of Pages: 4
... was trying to say everything has different strengths and weaknesses, but in the end they end up equal. In the poem Water, Emerson compared water to life, “Well used, it decketh joy,... Ill used it will destroy,...” (lines 7 and 9). Water well used, like rain, nourishing a farmer’s crop would bring joy, a flash flood would destroy his crop and cau ...
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Jacob Have I Loved
Number of Words: 336 / Number of Pages: 2
... Louise and her best friend Call, Call thought Caroline was attractive but rarely played with her. He liked Sara Louise’s personality, she wasn’t fake and didn’t pretend to be someone she’s not. But when Call came back married to Caroline from the war, all of Sara Louise’s dreams were lost, but still remained friends with Call and kept going on and on. Yet another example of Sara Louise’s strengths.
This book emphasizes with Sara Louise and helped me see her point of view and better understand that all people have their own talents that they may not have discovered yet. This twin sister relationship ...
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Hamlet Revenge A Chain Reactio
Number of Words: 874 / Number of Pages: 4
... declares Claudius' guilt to Horatio and now realizes that he must
continue on with his revenge plot. The conflict between Hamlet and Claudius
is delayed by Hamlet but does eventually occur in the last scene. Hamlet's
mother has just died, Hamlet has been sliced by Laertes' poison sword, and
Hamlet has just struck Laertes with a fatal blow when Laertes says that this
was all brought on by Claudius. Hamlet, now realizing that there is no more
time for him to delay his revenge, stabs Claudus and kills him. Revenge was
the motive for the conflict between Hamlet and Claudius.
Shakespe ...
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Chronicle Of A Death Foretold
Number of Words: 1271 / Number of Pages: 5
... the bishop began to make the sign of the cross in the air opposite the crowd on the pier, and he kept doing it mechanically, without malice or inspiration, until the boat was out of sight…” There is no explanation of why the bishop
hates the town, but if he does- and passing by reveals at least indifference-such an attitude is at odds with the Christian doctrine of love and forgiveness. (pg 27, Gabriel Marquez;pg 195, Arnold Penuel)
Religion is suppose to be a positive center, but instead is something they are hypocritical about. The bishop destroys all their hope of happiness. The bisho ...
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Berger's "Ways Of Seeing"
Number of Words: 638 / Number of Pages: 3
... lose the reality of the entire image. For example a person walking down the street sees a homeless person begging for money to get food. He walks away without helping the man as he reminisces about trickery by a beggar in the past. He acted on prior knowledge of past occurrences when this time the reality was homeless guy really wanted money for food.
Images are portrayed in many different ways. When an image is portrayed on TV the filmmaker "... leads the spectator through the painting...." This causes the audience to assume the view of the speaker and not its own. The viewer can not draw h ...
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The Awakening
Number of Words: 770 / Number of Pages: 3
... to go down to the beach and take a good wash and even a little swim," "before dinner? The water is too cold. Don't think of it." "Well I might go down and try-dip my toes in."(p.114)
Edna is growing very fond of the ocean and so adorns her swims. No one will keep her from this new pleasure that brings such satisfaction to her life. Edna feels free for the first time since her childhood. She loves so much this mysterious new being that is so wonderful to her. The ocean proves to be a place where she can transcend her life into the life of who she wants to be. "The touch of the sea i ...
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Contact---fiction Story
Number of Words: 1418 / Number of Pages: 6
... –said John
-Yeah, look at this polished walls.
-Aha and I’m sure it was not done by water.
-Yeah that’s for sure-said Mike with a little excitement in his voice, and added-I worked on similar projects many times and I saw many kinds of caves with really weird shapes, but never like this one.
-It’s, it’s just that it is so symmetric-added John
The cave was very large and they had to bring flashlights because they couldn’t see a thing. In the middle of “the room” John found big object that looked kind of similar to artifacts from Egypt. The object w ...
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Themes Of Change
Number of Words: 850 / Number of Pages: 4
... His passiveness and ignorance are brought upon by his mother sheltering him during most of his life. Sammy compares himself to another cashier who works at the A&P, Stokesie. Stokesie is twenty-two and Sammy is nineteen. Sammy sees a reflection of himself when he looks at Stokesie because of his lack of ambition and wanting to become nothing more than a manager of the store. When Queeny comes into the store, showing all of her leadership abilities, he sees the total opposite of himself. Queeny is like a shepherd leading a flock of sheep; she is in control. Sammy recognizes Queeny’s headst ...
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