1984: The Party's Control Over The Thoughts
.... has no courts or prisons, only the Thought Police and Ministry of Love. The Thought Police serve to help the party maintain the strictest level of orthodoxy among its followers, and further contribute to the loss of juridical rights, for as O'Brien eventually explains to Winston, "The Party is not interested in the overt act: the thought is all we care about" (Orwell 209). The doctrine crimestop indicates the degree to which the definition of crime no longer encompasses action: "Crimestop means the faculty of stopping short, as thought by instinct, at the threshold of any dangerous thought...(it means) protective stupidity" ( .....
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The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
.... was dishonest.
A change occurred in Edmund’s character when the witch turned a family of animals into stone. Edmund plead for the animals but the witch did it anyway. This showed that Edmund was no longer self-centered or selfish because he actually cared about something besides himself. This was the turning point in Edmund’s character because he no longer wants to be around the witch. He becomes a lot quieter and does not try to make decisions after this incident. Edmund is reunited with his brothers and sisters when the witch tries to kill him. They showed up in the middle of it and she ran off. After that, they all f .....
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Toni Morrison's Beloved: Sethe, A Brave Mother In Love, Or Is She Selfish In Her Weakness?
.... death. Does she do this because she is selfishness or because it need not be justified? Sethe’s love is clearly displayed by sparing her daughter from a horrific life, yet, Sethe refuses to acknowledge that her show of compassion is also murder.
Throughout the work, seems to have two separate identities, which affect her actions. When reunited with Paul D., Sethe recalls her reactions to School Teacher’s arrival with no mention to her daughter’s death. “Oh, no. I wasn’t going back there [Sweet Home]. I went to jail instead” (42) Sethe believes she made a moral stand in not letting herself be taken into custody. In her stat .....
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Of Mice And Men: Stereotypes And Discrimination
.... rather trapped because of his size. Because Lennie is so big, Curley thinks he has to prove something by beating up Lennie. Lennie gets on Curley’s bad side when he didn’t do anything wrong. Lennie is then forced to fight. " ‘I don’t want no trouble,’ he said plaintively. ‘Don’t let him sock me, George.’ " p.32. This is not an everyday discrimination like racism. It’s one of those circumstantial incidents that was described in quote in the introduction. This is an excellent example of how John Steinbeck uses extraordinary circumstances to create appeal and realism to the reader.
Curley’s wife is probably the most loa .....
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Savage Inequalities: Conditions Of Poor Schools
.... in the selected areas against those in the more affluent districts, he implies that money is the short-term fix to the problem. Money may fix the roof or the walls but more then just money needs to be put into these schools. Kozol writes with the intention to shock his readers with graphic details, and push them towards change.
Kozol describes the enormous differences between poor schools, and affluent schools, usually located just minutes apart. When speaking of a North Lawndale kindergarten class of twenty three, he states that in twelve years fourteen will have dropped out of school, only four will go to college, and three o .....
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A Horseman In The Sky
.... described the setting and the time period very accurately. By reading his story I could picture the scene very accurately. He explained that the sun was shining, and that it was autumn. Because it was autumn it was not too hot or too cold. He also described Carter’s location very well. From what I read Carter was on a cliff like thing, and was asleep in brush. He was well hidden. The author also describes the time period (war time) very well. He told how a soldier who fell asleep at his post was committing a very serious crime, and anyone who was to catch him asleep was to shoot him in the back. He also told what the Confe .....
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Shane: No Ordinary Man And His Gun
.... smooth and polished appearance was an extension of Shane’s own personality and style. this is what made it his Shane handles a gun with deadly precision and speed. Bob knows that the gun allows for speed and precision. But a lot relies on the person holding the gun. In this quote Bob has been playing with an old gun that his father gave him, although it doesn’t fire Shane uses it to explain to Bob how to shoot fast and straight using this toy gun as an example.
“ ‘If its speed you’re after Bob, don’t split the move into parts. Don’t pull, cock, aim, and fire. Slip back the trigger as you bring the gun up and squeeze the trigge .....
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Chekhov’s “The Bet”: Metamorphosis Of The Lawyer
.... 5 but 15 years”(160). The lawyer does not even reason about what he has just committed to. Furthermore, he raises the stakes of the proposal as a result of his confidence in winning the bet.
Although he begins his confinement secure that he will be victorious, the lawyer gradually becomes very despondent over the course of his imprisonment. During his confinement, the lawyer is not able to interact with other people. He is only allowed to have an instrument, books, wine, and tobacco. In the beginning he constantly plays piano and reads light novels. Then, he begins reading classics and asks for wine. He can be heard crying or t .....
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The Fifth Child
.... had conceived Ben as being a belligerent infant whose main purpose in the world was to harm. When he was in her womb, Ben would be “trying to tear its way out of her stomach (38),” in a rage of vigorous jabs and kicks. When Ben was born, he was a rebellious child, always trying to hurt something or someone. Only having been a couple months old, Ben broke Paul's arm. “...and Ben had grabbed the hand and pulled Paul hard against the bars, bending the arm deliberately backwards(58).” This deliberate action warned the rest of the children and Harriet to be careful. When Ben was around, Harriet did not avoid spending time wit .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Compassion From Atticus Finch
.... his honorable actions and felt compassionate towards him for being the person that had to MISS MAUDIE QUOTE. However the racists in the town still disliked Atticus for his actions and threatened him by spitting in his face and trying to kill his children.
In today’s society, people have felt compassion toward Nelson Mandela, a man similar to Atticus due to his moral stance. Nelson Mandela helped end the apartheid in South Africa to help give the blacks equality. At first, Nelson was punished by the whites for his moral stance and spent decades in prison. However, the people of South Africa started to feel compassion toward .....
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Ordinary People - Avoiding Problems Is Not A Way Of Handling Them
.... dressed, she made him change his tie. That stuck in Calvin’s mind as why did it matter what he wore to his son’s funeral. Beth was very loving to Buck, though. She didn’t want anyone to know that there was anything wrong and she would avoid problems at all cost.
In this novel, Judith Guest tries to portray the same statement as I. Both Calvin and Conrad represent the correct way to handle the problem at hand. Beth is the character who does avoid the problems and suffers greatly as a result. Towards the beginning of the novel, Conrad takes Dr. Crawford’s idea, (the doctor from the hospital) to visit a psychiatrist. The psychia .....
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Of Mice And Men: The Great Depression And Lennie And George's Dream
.... unable to save up the money that they would need to purchase a farm. The downfall of America during this time made it very hard for anyone. Even those people who were upper class before the Great Depression lost almost all of their money and were having trouble surviving. Someone who was lower class, like Lennie and George, had a hard time saving the money to buy their own plot of land for a farm. George knows saving the money will be especially hard for him because “…few people have the ability or drive to fulfill them [dreams]” (Cliffs Notes 25).
Lennie is oblivious to his surroundings and has trouble remembering things. He d .....
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