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Swimming Alone
Number of Words: 1026 / Number of Pages: 4
... show no desire for a better future and the father, Bill reinforces his families' low self esteem by constant negativity. Muriel's desire to get married is at some level her opportunity to escape this environment.
Throughout the film, Muriel demonstrates avoidance behaviour. Music plays a large part of this process and becomes a symbol of freedom from her environment. She allies herself with a group of "trendy" and popular girls in an effort to disassociate from her lower class, dysfunctional family. Her motivation to improve herself and her circumstances become the main focus of the film. She be ...
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The Metamorphosis -
Number of Words: 583 / Number of Pages: 3
... his family, with the exception of Grete, and the family soon disregards Gregor as one of their own, just as society disregards people who are not "normal." Gregor's father can be compared to the abusive people in society. He is the dominant figure of the family and remains abusive throughout the story. The father's aggressiveness is revealed in the beginning of the story when he knocks "gently, yet with his fist" (217) on Gregor's door. Using his fist to knock on his son's door implies a sense of urgency and aggressiveness in his character. While there are many abusive people in society, at the s ...
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The Chosen By Chaim Potok
Number of Words: 883 / Number of Pages: 4
... Danny's father, who thinks a Jewish state can only be created when the Messiah comes, forbids Danny to speak to Reuven. This goes on for a while before Danny's father accepts that a Jewish states is in the best interest of Jews everywhere and allows them to be friends again.
In an emotional lecture, Danny's father finally acknowledges Danny's dream and allows him to pursue a career of being a psychologist.
B. Thematic Discussion
In The Chosen, Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders form a deep, if unlikely, friendship. This relationship develops over time and also greatly affec ...
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A Separate Peace - Phineas And Carpe Diem
Number of Words: 444 / Number of Pages: 2
... you to the last example.
The last example is concerning his incredible athletic ability. Finny and Gene are in the pool one day, and they read the plaque that holds the swimming record times. Finny looks at one and decides that he can beat that time record. He tries, and he beats the record. Gene wants him to do it on front of an official judge. Finny Refuses and says "No, I just wanted to see if I could do it. Now I know"(35). This tells you that he lives life to it’s fullest, since he is just doing this to see if he can. Most people wouldn’t even think about trying to see if they could break the r ...
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Heart Of Darkness
Number of Words: 674 / Number of Pages: 3
... continent, because it's cheap and not so nasty as it looks they say" (12). Marlow finally takes the job, however, and tells himself that the pain and unusually harsh treatment the workers are subjected to is minimal.
During the tests and the requirements that he has to undergo before entering the jungle Marlow feels that he is being treated like a freak. The doctor measures his head and asks him questions such as, "Ever any madness in your family?" (15). In this part of the story Marlow is made to feel small and unimportant. Any feelings or concerns that he has are not important to the company, and as ...
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The Similarities Between Creon And Antigone
Number of Words: 1322 / Number of Pages: 5
... is "girlst
ruck!" and corrupted . Teirsesais comes and tells him a morbid prophecy.
Creon will not listen to this either. He claims that Teirsesais has been
corrupted by money, like many prophets at that time. He finally listens to
the Charagous when reminded th at Teiresias has never been wrong. Antigone
has no problem working by her self either. She demonstrates this when she
slipped by all the guards that were protecting the dead body of Polyneices.
Creon and Antigone are both independent, and they are both very loyal.
They are loyal to their views. Creon is especially loyal to his laws.
Antigo ...
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20/20 Vision, Not A Vision For Me
Number of Words: 1440 / Number of Pages: 6
... I was just trying to get out of doing my work. After several days of this she called my grandmother. I got in a lot of trouble for not doing my work. I complained often about my glasses with no recognition from anyone. It wasn't until that summer when my glasses broke that they realized I had been telling the truth. I went to Lens Crafters, a place that sells glasses in my local mall, and the optometrist informed my grandmother and me that I had a problem. He said his equipment wasn't advanced enough to tell exactly what the problem was, so he suggested I be taken to a specialist soon.
That da ...
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Parataxis Of Homer
Number of Words: 587 / Number of Pages: 3
... do
with Odysseus’s journey. Hermes in lines 97 to 115 tells Kalypso that Odysseus’s fate lie
not on the island, but back home in Ithaka. The parataxis interrupts the line of
conversation to inform the reason why Odysseus arrives here. It gives a glimpse the span
of Odysseus’s journey and the fate of his companions before the story is told. In this
instance, Hermes identifies Odysseus with the obstacles he has overcome.
At times, a parataxis of a certain character in one part of the poem help explain
matters later on. In book XI, lines 281 to 297, Odysseus tells of Chloris, a beautiful
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Omeros
Number of Words: 1665 / Number of Pages: 7
... of the pages of this epic poem. It just happens that he uses the classical method to tell the story of this island and its history.
Before going into the places where the story reflects the history of St. Lucia, it would be beneficial to go over a brief history of the island. It was first settled in around 200 CE by Arawak (or Aruak) Indians. However, by 800, they had intermingled their culture with that of the Caribs. Europe’s relation and discovery of this island is a bit hazy. One belief is that Columbus discovered the island in 1502, although the more widely accepted belief is that i ...
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Short Story Essay
Number of Words: 606 / Number of Pages: 3
... are not given to us. Take for example the second paragraph in Frank Sargeson's 'The hole that Jack dug'. The narrator takes less than one paragraph to describe Jack. However, using special wording, the narrator can describe him in much detail using little words to emphasize a few of Jack's unique physical aspects: "The trouble with Jack's grin is that it shows too many teeth."
Once Characters are established, a plot or structure will begin to form. Sometimes it will teach a lesson, Sometimes the whole story may seem pointless as is the case with 'The hole that Jack dug'. With a little thought, ...
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