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Candide-purposeful Satire
Number of Words: 661 / Number of Pages: 3
... and things are made for the best. For example, legs were created for the purpose of wearing stockings (2). Because of his "great knowledge," Candide
at this point a very naive and impressionable youth, regards Pangloss as the greatest philosopher in the world, a reverence that will soon be challenged by the harshness of reality.
A contrast to the views of Pangloss is the character Martin. Martin, a pessimist, is a friend and advisor to Candide whom he pays to travel with him. Martin continuously tries to prove to Candide that there is little virtue, morality, and happiness in
he world. When a cheerfu ...
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On The Road
Number of Words: 879 / Number of Pages: 4
... Dean spoke formally, in long rambling sentences and Sal's first impression of Dean is that he was like a young Gene Autry.
He likes Dean because of his exuberance, eagerness, uneducated intelligence, and what he sees as Dean's Western spirit, which is much different from Sal's other friends, "intellectuals" or criminals.
On the Road is a novel centered on characters, moods, places, visions described, and above all, the unceasing movement of the characters more than of plot. It is all focused on the hero, Dean Moriarty. The scene is established, with descriptions of Sal's life before he met Dean. ...
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A Land Rembered
Number of Words: 773 / Number of Pages: 3
... even though it might be wrong, where else a thing that can be considered right, done by a women is shown to be wrong. This fact can be supported by the character of John Wright who is an abusive husband. Even though he treats his wife improperly, his actions are not condemned; where as Minnie’s character, who killing her husband just to stand up for herself is shows to be wrong. In this story men are given a bad role just to make a reader aware of that fact that how women were ones treated in our society.
Women in this story play a major role not just because they are more talked about but sim ...
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Wild Child Vs Nature And Nurtu
Number of Words: 536 / Number of Pages: 2
... With cuts and bruise covering all around his body. They found a scare and made a assumption it was given by his former nurturer. The scare was intended to kill the child. But some how, what other might classify in “act of god” and survived and live on his own way of surviving for a long period of time.
The “Wild child” was taken out to the woods for a “play session”, He begins to climb up a tree and realized he can’t do it. This lead to his realization that he is a human being not a wild tree climber.
The Doctor thoroughly examine he’s behavior. ...
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Hunger Of Memory
Number of Words: 1131 / Number of Pages: 5
... distrust” with which his father
described English speaking Americans. This evidence made it
apparent to the reader that definite animosity existed
between his parents and the society around them.
Resultingly, assimilation into the American culture was not
a very comfortable process for his parents. Despite this,
the authors parents created a comfortable haven for him and
his siblings in their adopted country. The author shares
with the reader how close and tightly-knit his family was.
He describes in numerous instances the “special feeling of
closeness” that he shared ...
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Julius Caesar By William Shake
Number of Words: 901 / Number of Pages: 4
... then is own, “Well, Brutus, though art noble; yet I see thy honorable mettle may be wrought from that it is disposed; therefore it is meet tat noble minds keep ever with their likes; for who so from that cannot be seduced?” Brutus makes two very grave mistakes because of his high principles, he lets Antony live and worse yet he lets him speak at the funeral of Caesar. He doesn’t stir up the emotion that the people were looking for when Antony did. But even though Brutus joined the conspirators he felt so much remorse for what he had done that he had dreams of Caesar’s ghost coming to him. In the ...
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Lord Of The Flies 4
Number of Words: 1555 / Number of Pages: 6
... on many occasions, is caught up in the opinion of others. The leadership that Ralph offers isn’t as stable and organized because he isn’t able to control the “littluns” and the others after a certain point. This is when the society that Ralph tries to create starts to break apart and Jack takes control.
Then immediately comes Piggy, a chubby asthmatic but intelligent kid, who becomes “friends” with Ralph. He is teased relentlessly by the other boys but is highly respected by Ralph for his ability to think. Piggy is considered the adult voice on the island, whi ...
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Love Poetry
Number of Words: 1589 / Number of Pages: 6
... demonstrates the sophisticated wit which Donne approaches seduction in his . The poem is arguably a performance designed to show the reader how cleverly thought an argument could be twisted rather than a genuine attempt at courtship. The poem is made up of three stanzas each one having a different argument to put across. It is an extended metaphor with the flea and its actions compared to the narrator and the mistress. A flea goes around his daily business by landing on unsuspecting culprits and then sucks the blood from it. When had enough he goes and does his act on other mammals. Two types of ...
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Imaginary Invalid
Number of Words: 589 / Number of Pages: 3
... Cleante is not a doctor; therefore, Argon will not give his blessings for Angelica to marry him.
The conflict of the play was that Argon would not give his blessings for the marriage of his daughter, Angelica, and the man she loves, Cleante. The main characters involved in the conflict besides Angelica and Cleante is Argon, the problem, Toinette and Argon’s brother, Beralde, which resolve the conflict in the end. Argon is involved, as stated earlier, because he will not give his blessings on the marriage. Toinette and Beralde were involved in the resolution to the conflict because they cared about ...
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What Sort Of Man Reads Playboy
Number of Words: 1595 / Number of Pages: 6
... at its face value, the subconscious will not have to interpret it for him. The advertisement is blunt and it draws on direct feedback, the purchase of another issue. Simply put, Playboy uses shameless visual and written appeals in their self advertisements in attempt to sell more magazines by drawing on mens social concepts. In writing this, it is my goal to decipher the meaning and intentions of this ad so that not only the message will be apparent but also Playboys manipulation of its audience.
To every message there is a sender, and in this case it is one of the top ten men's entertainmen ...
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