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Lord Of The Flies - Character Analysis
Number of Words: 2310 / Number of Pages: 9
... island gave him a more realistic understanding of the cruelty possessed by some people. The ordeals of the three boys on the island made them more aware of the evil inside themselves and in some cases, made the false politeness that had clothed them dissipate. However, the changes experienced by one boy differed from those endured by another. This is attributable to the physical and mental dissimilarities between them. Jack was first described with an ugly sense of cruelty that made him naturally unlikeable. As leader of the choir and one of the tallest boys on the island, Jack's physical height and au ...
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Wuthering Heights
Number of Words: 3150 / Number of Pages: 12
... the darkness and cruelty in nature. As in Dracula, the storm is a presence of sin and unnatural desires. After ejaculating that his "wretched inmates deserv[ed] perpetual isolation from [their] species of churlish inhospitality," (WH-p.29) for leaving the gate locked during a storm, Mr. Lockwood is let inside, by a woman whom he thinks is Mrs. Heathcliff. His experience here within this Gothic house in quite unpleasant, paralleling Harker's in the Count's dark castle. While waiting for Heathcliff in silence he notices how the women "kept her eyes on [him], in a cool regardless manner, exceedingly embar ...
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The Elders Of Things Fall Apar
Number of Words: 545 / Number of Pages: 2
... as Okonkwo. As a man of title, Obierika passes the most knowledge and character definement of the three focuses of this paper. Obierika is the Okonkwo's best friend and therefore, is always looking out for Okonkwo's best interest. During his time of exile, he brought him the sacks of cowries that the yams of his prior farm produced as well as for the seeds that were sold to sharecroppers. He was also a man who could reflect deeply, as described in the following paragraph:
Obierika was a man who thought about things. When the will of the goddess had been done, he sat down in his obi and mourned his f ...
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The Catcher In The Rye Analysi
Number of Words: 650 / Number of Pages: 3
... because it never changes it always stays the same. Holden is troubled with the pain of death, it effects every aspect of his life causing him to not care about the future, himself or anyone, except Phoebe and Alley.
The theme of alienation is demonstrated by Holden. He alienates himself from the world because he fears change and false people, he wants love and security. Holden alienates himself from all the changes that occur around him. Holden isolated himself when he didn't go down to the seats for the final football game at Pency. He isolates himself because he gets kicked out of all the schools ...
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The Lady Of Shalott -
Number of Words: 1631 / Number of Pages: 6
... worked into her web.
At this point of time it is unknown to the reader whether the Lady of Shalott is forced to be in this situation or chose to live this life of isolation. Reasons for a self inflicted seclusion might be homophobia, the fear of rejection by the exterior world, or simply a lack of interest for it. However, the Lady of Shalott is quite content with what she has and what she does. Her life of art in front of the loom and the crystal mirror is all she needs singing her ”…song that echoes cheerly…” (30) throughout the land. She is as innocent as a careless child ...
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Magic
Number of Words: 1734 / Number of Pages: 7
... the Book of Quotations and the Concordance to the Bible. On one day there, at the St. Paul library four were down and there were four to go, which wasn’t too shabby for the first day. I figured I was doing well getting half of my list taken care of before Christmas vacation, and then during vacation I would finish the job.
Well as any normal teenager would agree the plan of doing work during vacation vanished as soon the final bell rang to start vacation. On the first day back to school I took a trip to a local library near my house. I already knew that I wouldn’t find everything that I n ...
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Minor Charactors
Number of Words: 725 / Number of Pages: 3
... days. He tells Kate through out the play that a man can not die on his favorable day. Frank sets out to find out if November 25th (the date Larry was reported MIA) was one of Larry’s favorable days.
By the end of the play Frank figures out that November 25th was one of Larry’s favorable days. When Kate hears that the stars are telling her that her boy is alive, nothing will dieter her from believing it. Though Chris, Ann and Joe plead with her to let Larry go, she will not believe it.
Frank’s major part in the play was to make a horoscope for Kate Keller, in hopes of seeing ...
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Flowers For Algernon
Number of Words: 627 / Number of Pages: 3
... usually dull, apathetic, and hard to reach. He has a good nature. He’s interested and eager to please". If a person is doing the best they can for the circumstances, isn’t that the best? Why should a person feel pressured to be what he isn’t capable of being? After the operation, Charlie first doesn’t even want to try, then can’t remember what it means to try, and finally, doesn’t have hope enough to try. His statement changes from, "Im gonna try awful hard" to, "maybe its just easier not to do what I say Im going to do"! the thought to try his best never even occurs. ...
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Leacock's "Sunshine Sketches Of A Little Town": Ironic Sketches Of A Little Town
Number of Words: 1929 / Number of Pages: 8
... the main reasons for
Leacock's success was that his style was that of "a talker rather than a
writer". Another said..."He talked to the world. And the talk was good."
(Curry. p.242-243)
Satire is defined as a genre in which the author attacks some object,
using his means of wit or humour that is either fantastic or absurd. In the
case of Sunshine Sketches, Leacock's target is a fictitious small town in
southern Ontario, which could be, and often is, compared to all other small
towns across the country. Leacock immerses the reader amidst a collection
of ordinary characters who become extraordinary d ...
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Emily Dickenson
Number of Words: 1467 / Number of Pages: 6
... and received most of her education in her youth at a boarding school. In this short, witty piece Dickinson addresses two of the main obsessions of her generation: The pursuit of empirical knowledge through science, faith in an all-knowing, all-powerful Christian god and the debate on which was the more powerful belief. In this poem Dickinson uses humor to ease her position in the debate on to the reader. Dickinson uses her ability to write humorously and ironically to present a firm, controversial opinion into what could be dismissed as an irreverent, inconsequential piece of writing. In "Success& ...
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