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Scarlet Letter 4
Number of Words: 439 / Number of Pages: 2
... unhappiness. Moreover, Dimmesdale does not show any sign of sin to the public and this causes him to suffer with guilt. “Happy are you, Hester, that wear the scarlet letter openly upon your bosom! Mine burns in secret!” (183), examplifies Dimmesdale's misery and pain.
Furthermore, Hawthorne shows how Hester becomes stronger as a result of the scarlet letter . This strength is shown in the forest when the role of pastor and parishioner switches. When Hester says, "Thou God punish! Thou shalt forgive" (178), she asks the forgiveness of God rather then man. This displays punishment done ...
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Aliens
Number of Words: 1664 / Number of Pages: 7
... Together, these two discourses create a dichotomy of good and evil, with the female body as the site of their conflict. In constructing 'good' maternal desire as essential to humanity, the film offers a comparison with an opposing human trait, presented as potentially as destructive as the threat of the alien itself. This is the ideologyr epresented by the Company, a profit-motivated, exploitative enterprise whose disregard for human life, and the values that maternal desire encompasses pose a comparable threat to human survival in this film.
The female body is introduced in the opening sequence as Rip ...
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A Comparison Contrast Of A Bra
Number of Words: 1215 / Number of Pages: 5
... dangers in these activities. Many of the Brave New World's social norms are intended to 'save' its citizens from anything unpleasant through depriving them of the opportunity to miss anything overly pleasant.
The society values, ACOMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY," (Huxley 1) supersede all else in a collective effort. Soma, the magical ultimate drug is what keeps the population from revolting. "What you need is a gramme of soma... All the advantages of Christianity and alcohol; none of their defects." The drug is at the forefront of their daily lives providing freedom from life's every ill. "The wo ...
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My Role As A Pastoral Counselor
Number of Words: 1133 / Number of Pages: 5
... Luke 13: 6-9 (NIV).
People find themselves at many points in their lives where there is no fruit being borne. These are our down times. Down times come for many reasons such as we're not trying, we're trying too hard, we're doing the wrong things, or we're doing the right things at the wrong time or in the wrong way. Either way, every Christian experiences them at some point in their lives.They come to pastors as problems with the family, marriage, child rearing, sexual dysfunction.They come as other relational problems with peers, coworkers, neighbors, bosses and other Christians including chu ...
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A View From The Bridge
Number of Words: 1449 / Number of Pages: 6
... there is a challenge. A similar story tells about a tidal pool with life called `Cannery Road'. This part of the story has to deal with figures of Christ. It mainly deals with Santiago as being a figure of Christ and other characters as props, that is, characters which carry out the form of biblical themes. On the day before he leaves when he wakes up, Manolin, his helper, comes to his aid with food and drink. Also a point that might be good is that he has had bad luck with his goal for a great period of time and is sure it will work this time. Later, though, when Santiago needs him for the quest he s ...
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The Truth About Eppie A Sequel
Number of Words: 861 / Number of Pages: 4
... a small golden locket.
Immediately she smiled and was happy to receive a wonderful gift. She ignored the sadness she had sensed only a moment ago. Eppie reached out and hugged Silas but her face was dampened with tears which were not her own; Silas was crying. Eppie, confused, asked why he was crying. His reply was simply "you don't remember dear, you can't remember." Still utterly baffled, Eppie gently opened the locket.
Inside she found a photograph of a small baby and one of a
beautiful young woman who strikingly resembled Eppie herself. Silas
began to explain that the baby was Eppie and th ...
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A Tale Of Two Cities
Number of Words: 457 / Number of Pages: 2
... is found in the last chapters of this book. Sydney Carton has recently switched places with his look alike, Darnay, and is awaiting the guillotine. While Sydney awaits his death he thinks, "It is a far, far better thing that I do, then I have ever done, it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known." Through these words Sydney recognizes that by sacrificing his life for Darnay, a loved one of Lucie, he will be doing the best thing that he has ever done and can do. Sydney is finally satisfied with himself, he is no longer a drunken fool, but a hero that now can live or die with hi ...
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Edgar Allan Poe 2
Number of Words: 597 / Number of Pages: 3
... sick her brother, Roderick, gets sick and everything seems to fall apart. Madeline’s beauty had kept the evil down and covered up. As Madeline gets sicker and sicker it gets worse and worse. Finally when Madeline dies beauty no longer exists Roderick goes crazy and everything is destroyed because beauty was not there to cover up all the evil that they possessed. The absence of beauty caused all evil to break loose. The house collapses and Roderick is destroyed.
In “The Black Cat” the cat to him was beautiful and precious. “This latter was a remarkably large and beautiful ani ...
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Culture Clash
Number of Words: 982 / Number of Pages: 4
... connection to each other, culturally. I would see Hong, and his father have a discussion on Bruce Lee in their own private language. Every word that Hong spoke flowed smoothly, and was interpreted well by his father. Hong’s father also spoke in Cantonese, and argued against what Hong thought of Bruce Lee. They had an interesting debate in Cantonese. There was never an incident in the misinterpretation of language. As a result the family was in a stable condition. During this time my family had problems. My brother and I would speak English 75% percent of the time, while my mother would speak both ...
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Human Comedy Pain
Number of Words: 565 / Number of Pages: 3
... believed
that stealing the money and causing Mr. Spangler pain would
relieve the pain of all his mistakes, but all it would really do is
cause more pain in himself and others. Mr. Strickman’s actions
are that of an evil man but “I really don’t believe that the evil
know they are evil.”(p.131)
People who can recognize pain but only in themselves are
selfish and self absorbed. Pain is every where but “a foolish
man will not even notice it, except in himself.”(p.131) Mr.
Byfield, the athletic coach at Ithaca High, can only see pain in
himself. He only s ...
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