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The Significance Of Changes In The Lottery
Number of Words: 494 / Number of Pages: 2
... used at the time before Old Man Warner was born. Even with a stickler over tradition around, the story plot shows that things would change with time. Mr. Summers used paper slips to draw instead of wood chips. His excuse for the change was the increase in population and lack of space in the black box for “all those wood chips.” Therefore, they did modernize part of the tradition; they just did not question the meaning and modernize it in the more significant areas.
At one time, cutting out some of the ritual and some comments made to Tessie suggest that meanings change with different time periods. ...
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"Unsex Me Here" Macbeth Analysis
Number of Words: 643 / Number of Pages: 3
... against all normal, natural human emotions, because she knows that the murder of king Duncan, who is ruling by divine right, is not only morally wrong, but is also a crime against God. The speech holds many images and implications that not only apply to Lady Macbeth, but to the entire play, as the reversal of what is natural is a predominant theme in the play.
A raven is often associated with death, as it is dark and ominous. In the first line, the reference to a raven is quite significant as it foreshadows the violence to come. The raven is also mentioned to be hoarse, this shows that its powe ...
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Little Irish Kids, Another Whi
Number of Words: 1392 / Number of Pages: 6
... consumed saving food and at the same time making food. It is interesting to see how well Swift conveys his view towards the poor in this odd manor. Swift sees how the poor are treated by the affluent who may think that the impoverished are the reason for Ireland’s food problems. In fact, the entire essay is nothing more than sarcastic piece that deeply imbeds the blame upon the rich who he feels might have just as much or even more blame on Ireland’s food problems than the poor ever have. Swift intelligently uses his common sense logic in a strange way to convey his feelings about this pr ...
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The Grapes Of Wrath 4
Number of Words: 764 / Number of Pages: 3
... shows that he has the same feelings as the tenant farmer when he says, "There's the place down by the barn where Pa got gored to death by a bull. An' his blood is right in the groun', right now"(65-66). In the inner chapter, an angry tenant farmer threatens a tractor driver with a rifle because he holds the tractor driver responsible for forcing him to leave his land. Grandpa also threatens a tractor driver with a rifle because he considers him a traitor for accepting a job that forces many families to move off of the land. Chapter Five foreshadows the problems that the Joad family will encou ...
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Use Of Colors
Number of Words: 1480 / Number of Pages: 6
... to his wife's dissatisfaction and disillusionment by not coming
home. He found his satisfaction through other people, thus he neglected Pauline.
To make up for this neglect and her own insecurities, Pauline sought
comfort through movies. Here she would sit and watch the perfect "white" world
of Hollywood. Here she would find her colors on the "silver screen". She had a
longing for these colors which was going to affect her life and the lives of her
family until it destroys them, especially Pecola.
When Pecola was born, a major change occured in Pauline's life.
According to Susan Willis ...
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Billy Budd
Number of Words: 1510 / Number of Pages: 6
... him about who his parents are and he reply's that he doesn't know. He was found in a basket hung on a man's door handle in Bristol. Billy seems to be practically perfect, but he does have one weakness. When he is strongly provoked, he is inclined to stutter, or may even become speechless. The author tells us of the uprisings in the British navy. It is later called the Great Mutiny. They sail for the Mediterranean and have an uneasiness about them as they watch for signs of trouble or discontent.
Chapters 8-15, Pages 28-55
Billy had seen the gangway punishment, and was determined that he would always ...
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Analysis Of The Bridge Of San
Number of Words: 1520 / Number of Pages: 6
... an old man, and a youth. Brother Juniper is shocked into a metaphysical thought: “If there were any pattern in the universe at all, any plan in a human life, surely it could be discovered mysteriously latent in those lives so suddenly cut off. Either we live by accident and die by accident, or we live by plan and die by plan. And in that instant Brother Juniper made the resolve to inquire into the secret lives of those five persons, that moment falling through the air, and to surprise the reason of their taking off” (Wilder, 5).
This is the wonderful premise behind Wilder’s examination of the connec ...
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Disjunction Vs. Communion In Raymond Carver's Short Stories
Number of Words: 3837 / Number of Pages: 14
... later writings, as in
his collections in Cathedral, create much more depth and interest in his
stories. It is within this scope of communion that Carver's stories seem
to become more fulfilling with character affirmation.
Communion occurs in Carver's stories when several conditions are
satisfied. The difference in the two criteria; communion and disjunction,
is simply defined. "Communion, n 1. A sharing of thoughts or feelings 2. a
A religious or spiritual fellowship." (Websters, 141) It is a
connection between characters which allows them to transcend the ordinary
and redefine the ...
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English Is A Crazy Language...
Number of Words: 494 / Number of Pages: 2
... In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? Park on driveways and drive on parkways?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another.
Have you noticed that we talk about certain things only when they are absent? Have you ever seen a horseful carriage (as compared to a horseless one) or a st ...
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Life In The 20th Century As Sh
Number of Words: 1055 / Number of Pages: 4
... other- and the madam used to pretend the girl had given back only so many checks, you see, and really she had given many more, but after they were out of her hands, what could she do?” (Page 121) This quote shows how the woman of the house cheated Ninette out of her money. These next two quotes tell how Ninette was physically abused. “So she would say, I will get out of this place, and curse and cry. Then the madam would hit her over the head.” (Page 121-122) “The girl said, Keep you hands off or I’ll brain you: and at that the madam took hold of her shoulders, and began to lift her knee and ...
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