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Lord Of The Flies
Number of Words: 504 / Number of Pages: 2
... uncommunicative by nature, said nothing." His physical appearance led the reader to believe that Roger was a completely corrupt character, inside and out.
Roger seemed civilized near the beginning of the novel. Even though he was civilized, he still had the tendency for evil. While he threw rocks at Henry, he aimed to miss. "Roger gathered a handful of stones and began to throw them…Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life." This demonstrated Roger's tendency for evil and his attachment to the civilized world. It also showed that there is the potential for evil in everyone. As the nove ...
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The Bistro Styx
Number of Words: 1063 / Number of Pages: 4
... typical suburban home. She seems to be talking about the house in a manner that would indicate it is a photographic negative; this emphasizes race as an alienating factor. Dove’s writing usually charts a sense of displacement and this seems to be the case in "The Old Neighborhood". In My Mother Enters the Work Force Dove does not use her home theme, but in , which is a small excerpt from a works entitled Mother Love, Dove does make references to home. This poem is a recasting of the story of Demeter and Persephone from ancient Greek mythology. In short, Hades kidnaps Persephone from her home, ...
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Macbeth Character Analysis Of
Number of Words: 315 / Number of Pages: 2
... time that it is
shown is when she can’t actually kill King Duncan herself because he looks too much like her father. She said, “Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done it.”
The fact that Lady MacBeth does not have a balance eventually leads to her downfall. The id, ego, and superego are supposed to be at balance in a peron, but in Lady MacBeth’s case, the id completely makes up her entire character. One main idea from the play is “Blood gets blood,” and no character does it describe better than Lady MacBeth. Her tragic flaw is her need for power ...
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Douglas' "Narcissism As Liberation: The Power Of The Media
Number of Words: 1985 / Number of Pages: 8
... of media and it's
effects on American culture today.
Douglas clearly communicates her stance on the issue of the power
of media throughout her essay. She believes the media has an extremely
strong effect on American culture today and she does not believe the effect
is a very good one for society. The media does an excellent job of pulling
society into the advertisement which results in sales. The media also does
a very good job in making society believe that not using a certain product
and not achieving the most recent physical "look" makes you worthless and
not desirable. This is Douglas's argu ...
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The Merchant Of Venice
Number of Words: 2420 / Number of Pages: 9
... Surprisingly Old Gobbo did not know that he was speaking to his son. Old Gobbo is nearly blind, which is the physical part of the blindness, which was one of the reasons why he unable to recognize Launcelot’s features. He is also mentally blind because a father should recognize his own son’s voice. Launcelot briefly jokes with his father before confessing “[he is] Launcelot – [his] boy that was, [his] son that is, [his] child that shall be,” (Pg. 22, lines 78-79) but Old Gobbo still “cannot think [he is his] son” (Pg. 22, line 80). Launcelot convinces ...
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Roger Chillingworth, A Great M
Number of Words: 825 / Number of Pages: 3
... an older man and was mildly deformed, “It was sufficiently evident to Hester Prynne that one of this man’s shoulder rose higher than the other." This deformity may also make him seem hideous or monster like, but it is just a sign of his age.
Roger Chillingworth, although Native Americans captured him, was a refined gentleman, and spoke as one “then touching the shoulder of a townsman who stood next to him, he addressed him, in a formal and courteous manner.” It is Roger’s nature to be calm and cool, and he has the great ability to control his emotions, “His face da ...
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A Worn Path
Number of Words: 841 / Number of Pages: 4
... the most simple and primitive rituals of home, or private rituals which comes from repeated performances of an action of love”, Old Phoenix’s down the worn Path. (70).
The conflicts were put in the story to show us the inner feelings of Phoenix. She was able to endure hardships and yet stays focused on the task at hand. This tells us while she was growing up she over came many obstacles. Kreyling says, “usually Welty reserved for her black characters the functions of this vital, sure and faithful, ways of living of which modern man has either lost or denied. Phoenix Jackson represents ...
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Anderson I Want To Know Why
Number of Words: 804 / Number of Pages: 3
... like to come and talk horses, wish I was a nigger. It's a foolish thing to say, but that's the way I am about being round horses, just crazy, I can't help it". Young people are ambitious, regardless of color and the similarities in taste demonstrates the similarity of persons of all races.
Disappointed dreams and fantasies play an important role in the theme of shared love. As the young narrator so painfully writes "when I was ten years old and couldn't be a rider I was so sorry I nearly died". The black boys in contrast cannot dream of riding a winner but demonstrate their love as stable boys caring ...
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Oliver Twist - Summary
Number of Words: 879 / Number of Pages: 4
... gets sick and is taken care of by the people who he originally stole from and they grow to love him. The thieves find out about him staying with the people and kidnap him. More stealing takes place and Oliver is trained to be a better thief. One time, during a robbery, Oliver is shot and left for dead by the thieves. The people at the house Oliver was to rob took him in and gave him a home. Oliver’s identity is found. It turns out that Oliver was supposed to receive an inheritance from his father and one of the people who got him caught knew this. After confessing, Oliver received his inherita ...
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Red Badge Of Courage
Number of Words: 524 / Number of Pages: 2
... It is not just about war and the fighting, the book gives details about the camp and the other soldiers that Henry Flemmings interacts with. Stephen Crane has a unique writing style because it is very symbolic and it paints a lot of pictures for you. Crane is very imaginative and takes a look from one viewpoint into an isolated person and his relationship with society. I believe the book was well writing at times because some parts could have used more detail. It would have been easier to understand. Some parts of the book I felt like I was really there but others it just felt so distance. This ...
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