Summary Of Gulliver's Travels
.... anyone or break the buildings. The country of
Lilliput is in the process of a war with Blefescu, the neighbor island to
the north east. Gulliver becomes aware of the complexities of human ways
and our helplessness.
After returning home for ten months, Gulliver sets sail on another
trip. After a few complications, he ends up on the peninsula off North
America called Brobdingnag. He is found by giant people, with whom he
lives with for over two years. The proportions of the people compared to
Gulliver seem to be the exact opposite of those on Lilliput. During his
stay on Brobdingnag, Gulliver recognizes the simplicity enjoyed .....
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Hatchet
.... Winter.” One of the good
things about hatchet winter is that you did not have to read the the second
book in the trilogy, “The Return”
All in all I found that "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen was a very enjoyable book
which I would recommend to all teenagers.
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Heart Of Darkness: Heart Of Controversy
.... present, and be forgiving of his
language.
The deeper the expedition progressed into the center of the
continent, the more isolation was felt by the crew. In a sense, Central
Africa IS the antithesis of Western Europe -- it lacks not only the hectic
urban structures but also the Social Darwinist attitudes of the time. It
is in this remote environment that man must face his true self without any
illusions, and the darkness of the human soul is apparent. The uncivilized
environment may mock western civilization's refinement, but this is not
derogatory towards the jungle, but rather an eye-opener to the European
audience.
By e .....
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Heart Of Darkness And Apocalypse Now
.... rumors of Kurtz's unusual behavior of killing the
Africans. The behavior fascinates him, especially when he sees it first
hand: "and there it was black, dried, sunken, with closed eyelids- a head
that seemed to sleep at the top of that pole, and with the shrunken dry
lips showing a narrow white line of the teeth, was smiling too, smiling
continuously at some endless and jocose dream of that eternal
slumber"(Conrad 57). These heads that Marlow sees are first hand evidence
of Kurtz's unusual behavior. The novel ends with Kurtz "gradually engulfing
the atrocities of the other agents in his own immense horror"(Dorall 303).
At his .....
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Reivew Of Conrad's "Heart Of Darkness"
.... directly enslaved the Africans. After
1807, Britain, and eventually most European countries, banned the slave
trade. However, this did not stop the Eldorado Exploring Expedition, whose
members Marlow described as "reckless without hardihood, greedy without
audacity, and cruel without courage," from using natives as forced labor
for their benefit--the classic definition of slavery.
Europeans were also extremely distrustful of the natives. They
were often accused of crimes because of the color of their skin. At the
beginning of the novel, a French ship is firing blindly into the woods
because "[apparently] the French had on .....
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Hemingway's Portrayal Of Nick's Consolation
.... Instead of backing her husband up or sympathizing with him, Mrs.
Adams scolds her husband and expresses the suspicion that it was Dr. Adams
who caused all the trouble. Her tone effectively reduces the doctors
status to that of a little boy. Her further refusal to believe her husband
after patronizingly urging him not to "try to keep anything from me"
belittles him into a posture not only of a naughty little boy, but a sulky
and not even a very trustworthy one (8).
Hemingway shows Mrs. Adams almost as an evil empress who wants
control over her family. The setting around Mrs. Adams gives the reader an
impression of power .....
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The Outsider: Meursault
.... is after his mothers funeral when he goes to see a
humorous "Fernandel" film with Marie, his girlfriend, and then he takes her
home and sleeps with her just hours after his Mothers funeral. This
indicates that aswell as having a detached viewpoint that he has no
perception of morality. A section of the novel that reinforces this occurs
that after the murder when he is in jail; he never mentions the Arab at
all; it is as if he does not care about the Arab's life; just about what he
is going to do for the rest of the day. This is hardly admirable nor
heroic and does not give the reader a pleasant view of Meursault and his
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Heroic Qualities In The Hobbit
.... elven palace at such great length.
Yet another example of his luck is when extremely potent wine comes in
barrels,and ends up putting the chief guard asleep who is in sole
possession of the keys which can unlock all the dwarves prisons. So with
all these examples of how luck can be a factor in heroism I am left to
believe that it is a necessary quality.
Another necessary quality needed to be a hero is bravery. This is
more than likely the most needed quality of all in being a hero. Say you
must face a nasty giant with only a sword,or jump in to a raging river,to
get away or save your friends. Yet though you simply can't th .....
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Hesiod's "Works And Days" And Virgil's "The Georgics": Working The Land
.... ploughing-time arrives, make haste to plough."(pg. 73 l.
456) Constantly, Hesiod is making references to work ethic, describing
idlers as men who will "wrestle with ruin all their days."(pg. 72 l. 407)
The concept of idlers suffering at the hands of the gods surfaces
frequently, as the lazy man is despised by both gods and men. In addition
to the moral issues, Hesiod also focuses on the actualities of farming. He
is constantly informing the reader on the approach to farming, and what to
do during certain times of the year as well as what to do in certain
situations. For instance, in the chosen passage, Hesiod writes, "And strike
th .....
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Hesse's Siddhartha As It Parallels Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs
.... he tires of this life, he moves on to
learn the art of love from a woman named Kamala and the art of business
from a man named Kamaswami. He lives his new life for many years but then
begins to feel that his mind has become stagnant and that he needs
something new in his life. He abandons the surroundings he now finds
decadent and becomes friends and lives with a ferry-man who he met years
before. He spends the rest of his life with his friend learning about the
nature of things from the river and seeking contentment.
Abraham Maslow was a leading American psychologist of the twentieth
century. He specialized in the stu .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Hester Pryne Lived An Important Life
.... as successful as she became.
Hester was a very admirable person. After committing her awful sin
(awful as seen by the townspeople), and losing the respect of most of the
townspeople, Hester was able to turn her life around for the better. Her
turn around, however, happened slowly. It took Hester and Pearl a while to
earn some respect in their community. Hester became a renowned seamstress.
She made clothes for herself and Pearl, she even sewed gloves for the
governor. For Pearl, she made some beautiful dresses. She made some of
these dresses a crimson color, (which was a color close to scarlet). She
did this to remind herse .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Hester And Her Daughter Are Isolated From Society
.... fashioned a play
maiden out of snow and of the friend's infants who stoned the gentle
boy(Van Doren 130). Pearl causes several disturbances to Hester throughout
the novel. Governor Belligham plans to take away the child, if it was not
for Dimmesdale Pearl may have left her mother's arms(Hawthorne 109). All
that Pearl and Hester had were each other(Hawthorne 85).
Hester Prynne is constantly pointed out for her sin, because of the
scarlet letter she is forced to wear. Hester, whose solitary thought takes
her far beyond the confines of the code, she is not the subject of a
sermon; she is the heroin of a tragedy and understands t .....
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