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Outsiders
Number of Words: 658 / Number of Pages: 3
... gang.
5. The statement "the greasers and socs are more alike than different" means that each of them are gangs. Each of
the gangs are after the same things. They are after power and protection. They all want to make a name for themselves.
6. Johnnie's mother reacts so strongly because she is scared that her son is finally dead. She feels that they have done so much for him and he is still in the gang. She is afraid that one day he will be killed in one of the gang fights.
7. Cherry's role in the book is to show that even though she has money she still is friends with Ponyboy a ...
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Francis Macomber In The Short
Number of Words: 1237 / Number of Pages: 5
... embarrassment of his own cowardliness during the hunt. He is first presented in a "mock triumph", since he had only "half an hour before, been carried to his tent from the edge of the camp in triumph on the arms and shoulders of the cook, the personal boys, the skinner and the porters. The gun-bearers had taken no part in the demonstration" (Stallman 89) (Hemingway 1395). This is evident that Macomber has withdrawn from his prior hunt for a lion and has already been recognized as a coward in the eyes of the gun-bearers. They do not wish to pretend along with everyone else that Francis deserves pr ...
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Poetry Explication Stopping By
Number of Words: 521 / Number of Pages: 2
... is used many times in this poem .The strongest example of imagery in this poem is when Frost explains the setting of the story he uses the words “Between the woods and the frozen lake, the darkest night of the year” leaving the reader feeling that he or she is sitting on a horse watching the snow fall and debating on whether or not to leave.
This poem is overflowing with symbolism and after careful consideration this is how I interpreted such symbolism. Frost starts off by using the woods to represent an object of strong desire, a woman. The owner of the plot of land is sy ...
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Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka
Number of Words: 597 / Number of Pages: 3
... about changing trains, eating miserable food at all hours, constantly seeing new faces, no relationships that last or get more intimate. To the devil with it all!” Gregor has a great amount of fury towards his job, which eventually led to his anger towards society as a whole. The fact that his office manager showed up at Gregor’s house plays an immense role in creating trepidation and anxieties in Gregor’s mind. Gregor feels strangled by his job and is too weak to tolerate the pressure.
In addition to the pressure created by his office manager and society, the Samsa’s, especially Gregor’s father, ta ...
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The Grapes Of Wrath - Economic
Number of Words: 1212 / Number of Pages: 5
... The method
used to develop the theme of the novel is through the use of symbolism. There are several uses of
symbols in the novel from the turtle at the beginning to the rain at the end. As each symbol is
presented through the novel they show examples of the good and the bad things that exist within
the novel.
The opening chapter paints a vivid picture of the situation facing the drought-stricken
farmers of Oklahoma. Dust is described a covering everything, smothering the life out of anything
that wants to grow. The dust is symbolic of the erosion of the lives of the people. The dust is
synony ...
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Iliad By Homer
Number of Words: 1596 / Number of Pages: 6
... Troy. It could easily be imagined that throughout time, only great things were heard about the Greeks mettle in war, and that Homer is attempting to balance the scales a bit by romanticizing the Trojan peoples, especially Hector, and bringing to light the lesser-heard tales of Greek stupidity. Shortly into Book Two, Agamemnon gives the speech to his assembly about his plan to rally the troops with reverse psychology. Agamemnon shall announce he is giving up on takingTroy, whereupon the individual army captains will then "prevent their doing so." When the announcement is made, King Agamemnonis star ...
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Macbeth - Macbeth Is A Statement Of Evil
Number of Words: 991 / Number of Pages: 4
... be thine or his. Silenced with that, In viewing o’er the rest o’th’ selfsame day, He finds thee in the stout Norweyan ranks, Nothing afeard of what thyself didst make, Strange images of death. As thick as hail Came post with post, and every one did bear Thy praises in his kingdom’s great defence, And poured then down before him."
[I.iii.89-99].
Macbeth, like any other man, had succumbed to some form of temptation. Shakespeare utilizes him as a model, to show how no matter how strong you may be; even the strongest man can be taken in by evil. When Macbeth came across three witches [I.iii], was temp ...
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The Crucible 7
Number of Words: 2538 / Number of Pages: 10
... start to fly that there is witchcraft going on in the woods, and that the sick girl is bewitched. Once the girls talk to each other, they become more and more frightened of being accused as witches, so Abigail starts accusing others of practicing witchcraft. The other girls all join in so that the blame will not be placed on them. In The Crucible, Abigail starts the accusations by saying, "I go back to Jesus; I kiss his hand. I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!" Another girl, Betty, continues the cry with, "I saw George Jacobs with ...
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Their Eyes Were Watching God B
Number of Words: 3096 / Number of Pages: 12
... gator," (Gale, 1). When Hurston was thirteen she was removed from school and sent to care for her brother's children. She became a member of a traveling theater at the age of sixteen, and then found herself working as a maid for a white woman. This woman saw a spark that was waiting for fuel, so she arranged for Hurston to attend high school in Baltimore. She also attended Morgan Academy, now called Morgan State University, from which she graduated in June of 1918. She then enrolled in the Howard Prep School followed by later enrollment in Howard University. In 1928 Hurston attended Barnard College whe ...
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Character Sketch On Ges Estell
Number of Words: 314 / Number of Pages: 2
... must of opened her eyes a little, she knew she had to be with Pip.
Estella’s feelings are expressed later, after Miss Havisham passed on. She meets up with Pip and expresses her feeling towards him. At the end of the novel Estella says that they shall never part again. This meaning that they would probably get married and settle down.
In conclusion, I think that Estella was a basic example of puppet with no strings. She was this puppet until she over come the way her life was headed. It was a happy ending for Estella. ...
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