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The Darkness Of Insanity
Number of Words: 599 / Number of Pages: 3
... something wrong earlier in his life and he will now pay for it with his life because there are killers out to get him. As this quote shows Ole Anderson knows he will now die, "There isn’t anything I can do about it." (Hemingway 287)
The second code, a near death experience is probably as closes to the truth as a person can come, is shown in the short story "Soldiers Home". In "Soldiers Home", Harold Karps grows up in an Oklahoma, God-loving society and then goes to war. When he comes home he has the will to live. This quote represents Harold, just sitting around waiting to die,"(like) bacon ...
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Flowers For Algernon
Number of Words: 968 / Number of Pages: 4
... about the world and himself that he never knew before.
Ms Kinnian cares deeply for Charlie, in this radio play, she believes Charlie is a " very fine person," but Charlie feels more than respect for Ms Kinnian. As Charlie's emotions develop, he realises that he is "in love with Ms Kinnian." It is questionable, however, if Charlie really does love Ms Kinnian, or just thinks he does for she is the one person that understands him.
In the beginning of the radio play, Charlie believes he has wonderful friends, who he has fun with and who are very nice people. Meanwhile, Joe and Frank, ( his friends), a ...
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Connecticut Yank
Number of Words: 1151 / Number of Pages: 5
... free the serfs and establish a republic. However his plans are destined to fail because he is incapable of understanding values that are different from his own; he is the ultimate know-it all, and sets out to remake the world in his own image. He is given "the choicest suite of apartments in the castle, after the king's"(Twain 31), but he criticizes them because they lack the conveniences of the nineteenth century, such as "a three-color God-Bless-Our-Home over the door"(Twain 32). His lack of acceptance of the local culture is also seen through his Victorian modesty, he sleeps in his armor because "i ...
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Infidelity In Anna Karenina
Number of Words: 405 / Number of Pages: 2
... It is important to note that it is Vronsky’s frivolous nature that is responsible for his inability to fully love Anna with the passion that she so desperately needs from him. Vronsky initially believes that he loves Anna, but Tolstoy shows the reader that Vronsky’s love for her is not absolute. His love is not based upon firm emotional commitment, and it is easily questioned and redefined. Eventually, Anna’s love becomes burdensome to him because he remains steeped in the pursuit of his own freedom and pleasures, without placing importance on Anna’s tormented existence. Vronsky is dishonest with h ...
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Beowulf
Number of Words: 803 / Number of Pages: 3
... ocean swimming with out-streched arms…with plowing shoulders parted the waves…seven nights you toiled in the tossing sea…his strength was the greater, his swimming the stronger!" (389-400). As Beowulf explained in his feud with Unferth, "We gripped in our hands naked swords, as we swam the waves, guarding us from the whales’ assault…freezing squalls, and the falling night…down to the bottom a savage sea beast fiercely dragged me…and so I was granted to slay with the sword edge nine of the nicors" (413-443). Basically Beowulf is trying to explain that the only reason he lost to Breca wa ...
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Elizabeth Bishop
Number of Words: 535 / Number of Pages: 2
... in none of the "movements" of her time. Bishop's masterly descriptive powers were the energy she invested in an attempt to found a poetry not on what had happened to its author, but on what its author saw and felt and shared with others in the present, whether what was shared was a set of friends, a series of real or imagined travels, books read, or sights seen. Bishop, besides being an award winning poet, was a prolific letter writer. Her friend and publisher, Robert Giroux, has assembled and edited over 500 of the letters Bishop wrote to her friends from around the world. Emily Dickonson's close ...
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Less Than Zero Book Review
Number of Words: 722 / Number of Pages: 3
... read in a long time. It possesses an unnerving air of documentary reality. All the obstacles facing the characters were fairly easy for me to relate to.
Less Than Zero is not a long book but it contains reflections upon the entire world. The images described of youth adrift, of neon towers, palm trees, black nights, parties, clubs, drugs and cars and sex will never leave me. This amazing story sounded extremely real and scary to the reader, me. I recommend it highly and will argue that it is the Catcher in the Rye for the MTV generation and should be examined by all who can read.
This well writte ...
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Academic Attitude
Number of Words: 976 / Number of Pages: 4
... learning does not become a habit. Rather, instead of memorizing material to perform well on a test, or regurgitate it into a paper, the pupil synthesizes the information presented, relating it to other things, hence, learning about the subject. Information, then, is no longer strictly exchanged from teacher to student. It allows the learner to open her mind, liberalizing it, allowing deeper thought into the subject. Approaching learning with a free mind demonstrates quality .
It is commonly believed that education is based on the fact that a student is to handed information by the teacher (Freir ...
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Edgar Allen Poe's Symbolism Of Death In "The Fall Of The House Of Usher"
Number of Words: 1662 / Number of Pages: 7
... human
race. Although Poe's work has many characteristics of Romanticism, "The
Fall of the House of Usher", falls into the Gothic category. "It is
usually admired for its ‘atmosphere' and for its exquisitely artificial
manipulation of Gothic claptrap and decor"(Abel, 380).
Bringing forth the symbolism of death is a major part of this
writing. All of the characters in "The Fall of the House of Usher" are
linked to death; by physical objects or by other people. "There are no
symbols of absolute good" (Abel, 382).
The physical aspect of the House of Usher symbolizes death, in the
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Huckleberry Finn - Racism
Number of Words: 692 / Number of Pages: 3
... keeping mum but that don’t make no difference I aint gonna tell"4 . Hucks response truly shows that his ignorance has no showing over his kindness. When taken into consideration good decisions are much more important in the long run than being the smartest person. After traveling with Jim for quite some time Huck begins to feel bad about harboring a runaway slave. He decides to write a letter to Miss Watson explaining the whole story, because Jim had been sold and he does not know where he is. Huck was indeed confused about what he should do so he dropped he dropped to his knees and began to pray. H ...
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