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Symbolism In To Kill A Mocking
Number of Words: 1726 / Number of Pages: 7
... symbolic. There was not enough snow to make a snowman entirely out of snow, so Jem made a foundation out of dirt, and then covered it with what snow they had. One could interpret this in two different ways. First of all, the creation of the snowman by Jem can be seen as being symbolic of Jem trying to cover up the black man and showing that he is the same as the white man, that all human beings are virtually the same. Approval of these views is shown by Atticus when he tells Jem, "I didn't know how you were going to do it, but from now on I'll never worry about what'll become of you, son, you'll alway ...
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Wild Meat And The Bully Burgers
Number of Words: 2038 / Number of Pages: 8
... can have a haole last name. Lovey makes haole friends so that she can sleep over their houses and eat their food. Her father says that she is crazy for wanting to be friends with haoles, and that she should stop.
Lovey and her family do many things together. They sit on the back porch picking fleas off of their dogs, squeezes blackheads off of her mothers back, count all white cows, sing war songs, and pick macadamia nuts for extra money. A normal Sunday afternoon would be their Mother smoking Parliaments on the porch of their house, grumbling about white hairs, and Lovey picking fleas off of their ...
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A Clean Well-Lighted Place
Number of Words: 526 / Number of Pages: 2
... middle-aged man. He does not say much, but it seems as though that this is because he does not want to get in a fight with the younger waiter. All he does is ask the young waiter questions, as if the middle-aged waiter was sort of stuck in a catch twenty-two. The middle aged man felt for the old man but could not express his feelings to the younger waiter.
Lastly, there is the old waiter. He is some where around the age of the old man that sat at the table. He definitely feels for the man at the table because he knows what it is like to be old and lonely. The waiter says, "I am of those ...
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Conventions Of Drama
Number of Words: 1932 / Number of Pages: 8
... Greek drama was also based on the aspects of tragedy and dramatic irony. The tragedy meant that the play often ended with a noble person being destroyed by the Gods. The noble person was led by his own downfalls or flaws which often resulted in his death. This is evident in the story of “Oedipus the King” where Oedipus tries to outwit the prophecy which the Gods predicted, but fails to do so and ends up in exile. The interesting technique of the dramatic irony in Greek plays meant that the audience had prior knowledge of the play and knew the events that will
take place before the cha ...
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The Hidden Story In Green And
Number of Words: 954 / Number of Pages: 4
... the color green, which contradicts the first, is the meaning “go.” As in a traffic light signal, most people associate green with the word and action “go.” This can be interpreted as meaning Gatsby should go for his dream without hesitation. It implies that Gatsby and Daisy are meant to be together and nothing should stop Gatsby from his destined happiness and love with Daisy. It inspires hope for Gatsby that he is on the right path, heading towards the best years of his life. He believes that things will soon be as they once were, only better. ““I’m going to fix everything just the way they were bef ...
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Frankenstein Versus Prometheus
Number of Words: 651 / Number of Pages: 3
... since the creation of the world was now within my grasp." Pg.167. To hold their roles of playing Gods both characters in each story had to steal to get the creation they wanted, which is what they both did.
Prometheus and Frankenstein both stole different things to achieve their own creations but their lack of knowledge about what they were doing was the same. To finish his own creation of the human being, Prometheus stole fire from Zeus without a doubt of what he was doing. "He took the fire from the very hearth of Zeus himself on Olympus and brought it to man concealed in the stem of a plant. Promet ...
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Heart Of Darkness
Number of Words: 959 / Number of Pages: 4
... in to. When Marlow arrives at Kurtz's station, he finds that Kurtz participates in horrible ceremonies, like one in which he beheaded natives and placed their heads on fence posts as symbols. Marlow believes that the wilderness "whispered to him things about himself which he did not know, things of which he had no conception till he took counsel with this great solitude -- and the whisper had proved irresistibly fascinating" (p.138). Without the constraints of society, Kurtz is able to fulfill his inner desires and go beyond any restraints that he may have had before. In Kurtz, Marlow sees "the inconce ...
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Review Of 1984
Number of Words: 845 / Number of Pages: 4
... center which uses torture and brainwashing technique in order to
completely conform its prisoners into the thinking and beliefs of the party only to be later killed, sent
to forced labor camps, or even released back into society.
Plot
In 1984, Winston Smith lives in London which is part of the country Oceania. The world is divided
into three countries that include the entire globe: Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia. Oceania, and both
of the others, is a totalitarian society led by Big Brother, which censors everyone's behavior, even
their thoughts. Winston is disgusted with his oppr ...
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David Hume's Views On Human Freedom And Free Will
Number of Words: 474 / Number of Pages: 2
... In Hume's view, the limits of the mind are equal in every human. Causation in our nature arises almost entirely from uniformity. It should not be expected that because of this uniformity that all humans would act exactly the same in the same circumstances. An allowance must be made for, "the diversity of character, prejudices, and opinions" (Hume p.57). All humans have the same limitations, and in this way humanity's liberty is limited by uniformity.
There are reasons given why the creator does not determine human actions. If the Deity had all power over actions, there would be no reason t ...
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Julius Caesar - Summary Of Act I-V
Number of Words: 794 / Number of Pages: 3
... enter. Brutus agrees to become a conspirator, but refuses to take and oath, including Cicero in the conspiracy, and killing Mark Antony. Brutus then leaves with Caius Ligarius for the Capitol. Later in the morning, Caesar’s wife, Calpurnia, begs Caesar not to go to the Capitol. He is finally persuaded to go by Decius. Mark Antony and the conspirators enter, and they all leave for the Capitol together. On the way, Artemidorus tries to warn Caesar of his impending death with a letter, which never makes it to Caesar. Portia sends her servant, Lucius, to the Capitol for news while she speaks with a s ...
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