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Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening
Number of Words: 1118 / Number of Pages: 5
... woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village, though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow." The persona is saying that he knows who owns the woods, but he won’t see him looking at the woods because he lives in the town. The author knows that Bob will not visit because he only owns the woods, he lives in the town and does not appreciate the beauty they possess or he would be there visiting them himself.
The author is appreciating life and the freedom that he has while observing his own winter or the last stanza of his life as he watches ...
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Romanticism Vs. Survival In Th
Number of Words: 774 / Number of Pages: 3
... you will be, you were, the universe incarnate” (PAGE 305), he is trying to show that everyone has a reason for living. Fuentes shows the reader why Artemio’s life is so important and why he believes that he is a model to the people.
Artemio Cruz lives through his choices. He chooses to be a survivor, but each time he makes a choice, he leaves part of his romantic half behind since he saved himself instead of others. Instead of following his ideals, he follows his greed. He chooses to become rich and corrupt and to abandon his dreams, but he regrets doing a lot of those things because he k ...
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A Separate Peace Analysis
Number of Words: 2231 / Number of Pages: 9
... Early in the story Finny demonstrated his openness by when asked for his height, he said 5 foot, 8½ inches, while Gene replies 5 foot, 9 inches. Finny pointed out that they were the same height and you shouldn't be ashamed to tell anybody your real height. Later that day, they skip dinner to go swimming in the river,by Finny'schoice,
and are asked where they were on return. Finny quickly replied that they were swimming in the river, something that is forbidden, right down to the last detail, and they got away with it. Gene said that the rules are very bent during the summer session, but i ...
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Relationships In King Lear
Number of Words: 1412 / Number of Pages: 6
... Some think that Cordelia was prideful, or even a fool in her response, but I believe she was simply being honest and true.
Another mistake that was made in the course of the play was by the Earl of Gloucester. After being tricked by his bastard son, Edmund, into believing that his other son, Edgar, was plotting to kill him, he put all his faith in Edmund, which would eventually lead to his demise. Besides believing that Cordelia was being true and honest to her father, I think that Lear and the Earl of Gloucester were fools, regarding the banishments of their righteous children.
After reading th ...
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A Clockwork Orange 3
Number of Words: 853 / Number of Pages: 4
... of moral freedom as the ability to perform both good and evil is presented by implication in his discussion of the first kind of clockwork orange. In his introduction, he states that if one "can only perform good or only perform evil, then he is a clockwork orange - meaning that he has the appearance of an organism lovely with color and juice but is in fact only a clockwork toy to be wound up by God or the Devil or (since this is increasingly replacing both) the Almighty State." Burgess goes on to say, "It is as inhuman to be totally good as it is to be totally evil. The important thing is moral choic ...
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A Bird Came Down The Walk.
Number of Words: 474 / Number of Pages: 2
... habitat is in the sky.
And the he drank a Dew
From a convenient Grass–
And then hopped sidewise to the Wall
To let a Beetle pass–
When the bird finally flies away the poem's flow mimics that of a flying bird, very calm and free "And he unrolled his feathers / And rowed him softer home–". She describes a birds flight like rowing in an ocean, but without all the splashing of the oars.
In the first two stanza of the poem she rhymes the second and fourth lines of the quatrain.
A Bird came down the Walk–
He did not know I saw– ...
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Loyalty Shown In The Odyssey
Number of Words: 479 / Number of Pages: 2
... also shows loyalty to Penelope by journeying to Pylos and Sparta, even though his path may be dangerous, just so he can find knowledge of Odysseus and ease his mother’s pain. He also shows loyalty to Penelope by trying to protect her and keeping the suitors away from her. During the final battle, Telemakhos shows loyalty to his father by fighting side by side with him against the suitors even though he knows he might die in battle.
Odysseus shows loyalty like Telemakhos and Penelope to the gods and his family. Odysseus is a man that can be described as tenacious. He is always focused on one objective ...
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Pride And Prejudice
Number of Words: 938 / Number of Pages: 4
... Therefore, I believe that is a social satire. The language of is astonishingly simple and the verbiage frugal, especially for the period in which it is written. There is no drastic action or heroic characters; however, Austen convincingly 1 develops character with it, and her characters, each with their own dialogue and languistical nuances, stand apart very well. Another interesting note about her characters is that at the end of the novel, all of her characters are punished or rewarded according to their actions throughout the course of the book. This shows her moralistic side. This quote, a ...
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Night By Elie Wiesel
Number of Words: 910 / Number of Pages: 4
... - A violinist at the camp)
(Judge - His honorable Yitzach Herschel)
Eliezer
Pro - Eliezer do you see the kapo that was in charge of you at the concentrat-
ion camp?
Eliezer - yes there ( Eliezer points to Idek ).
Pro - Eliezer, when were you introduced to Idek?
Eliezer - When we reached Buna, the kapos randomly chose us.
Pro - What was your first "bad" impression of Idek?
Eliezer - When Juliek told us to stay away from him when he had his "bouts of
madness".
Pro - Did you ever see Idek beat or abuse any of the prisoners?
Eliezer - Yes many times, however, two of the most prominent ...
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Heart Of Darkness
Number of Words: 1515 / Number of Pages: 6
... the clash between capitalism and revolution in colonized areas of the world. Conrad also wrote two absorbing novels about revolutionaries in Europe.
Conrad was not particularly interested in character for its own sake. He was most interested in men who were actively pursuing their aims in life like the captain of the Narcissus novel, who triumphs over weakness and evil. More often, Conrad’s heroes yield to the powers of weakness and evil in them than in others. But Conrad was not exactly a pessimist. He affirmed the value of the old-fashioned virtues such as courage, fidelity, and discipline. ...
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