Man's Evil Nature In Lord Of The Flies
.... this violence in different ways.
First, Jack enjoys hunting because he gets to kill pigs. Often, in Lord of
the Flies, Jack is consumed by killing pigs, and desires nothing more. The
drive to kill rules his thoughts. In Jacks statement "'We're strong-we
hunt! If there's a beast we'll hunt it down. We'll close in and beat and
beat and beat-‘"(83), he demonstrates his carnal desire to hint and kill.
Next, Jack also strove to control others. He would even resort to torture,
"'What d' you mean by it, eh?' said the chief (Jack) forcefully ‘What d'
you mean coming with spears? What d' you mean by not joining my tribe?'
The pr .....
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An Analysis Of William Styron's "The Long March"
.... march is taking place in America in the peace time. It advances the
whole theme showing that the superiors of battalion aren't trying to get
ready for war, just being cruel.
The author uses several styles, and an overall tone to make the
novel more interesting, and to advance the theme and plot. The author uses
a straightforward chronological order to introduce things as they happen.
He revealed all the characters through the eyes of the main character
Culver. Things can be seen as Culver saw them happen and his views on the
other characters. Irony is used in the way that the colonel couldn't make
the whole march but the reserve .....
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Mark Twain And The Lost Manuscript Of The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
.... in Hannibal. Clemens made an early
attempt at writing by sending comical travel letters to the Keokuk Saturday
Post in Iowa under the pen name Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass. These letters
contained purposely inserted errors typical of Clemen's later work. When he
was twenty-two he fulfilled a childhood dream by becoming apprenticed to a
riverboat pilot named, Horace Bixby. After his apprenticeship, he worked
as a river boat pilot for four years. The Civil War stopped riverboat
traffic in 1861. Clemens was out of work for several weeks before he
traveled with his brother Orion to Nevada. Orion had aspirations of
becoming Ter .....
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: Twain's Development Of The Theme
.... level because they steal and lie to the
Wilkes girls, who are left all alone with no parents.
And not sell the rest o' the property? March off
like a passel of fools and leave eight or nine
thous'n' dollars' worth o' property layin' around
jest sufferin' to be scooped in?-and all good,
salable stuff, too. (170-171)
The Duke and the King are so inhumane that they will go as far as stealing
from three innocent girls. "And he said of course him and William would
take the girls home with them"(176). Not only do the Duke and the King
steal money from the girls, but they also lie to them about bringing them
to Engla .....
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: Huck Finn As The Narrator
.... go to war. But other times they just lazy around; or go hawking—
just hawking…when things is dull, they fuss with the parlyment; and if
everybody don't go just so he whacks their heads off. But mostly they
hang round the harem."
However, by using Huck's language Twain creates character and establishes
realism. Huck is capable of making Twain write something merely because it
is not the kind of thing Huck would say or do, and he can force Twain to
leave something out because Huck would not do or say that kind of thing.
Huck is essentially good-hearted, but he is looked down upon by the
rest of the village. He dislikes civ .....
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Crane's "The Bride Comes To Yellow Sky": The Marriage Of The End
.... rules and gotten married. This ends the game and forever
changes the way the town interacts with each other.
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Materialism And Happiness In America: The Gatsby Era And Today
.... has given us great blessings, but it has in some ways also put us on
the wrong path -- the path to a selfish, unhappy society. Michael Lerner,
who worked as a psychotherapist to middle-income Americans notes that
"The problem is that the deprivation of meaning is a social problem, rooted
in part in the dynamics of the competitive marketplace, in part in the
materialism and selfishness that receive social sanction. . . many
Americans hunger for a different kind of society -- one based on
principles of caring, ethical and spiritual sensitivity . . . Their need
for meaning is just as intense as their need for economic secu .....
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Frank Norris' "McTeague": The Three Major Themes
.... Here are some quotes on greed. "Miser, nasty little old
miser. You're worse than old Zerkow, always nagging about money, money, and
you got five thousand dollars. You got more, an' you live in that stinking
hole of a room, and you won't drink any decent beer." "She don't care if I
get wet and get a cold and die. No, she don't, as long as she's warm and
got her money." Greed in the novel is one of the strongest point. Social
Darwinism's problem is having to keep on gaining in order to have the
things you can not possible have. Once the greed shows you get what you
want, you might not get what you really need. Greed is a part of ou .....
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1984
.... back to work. He remenbers a
dream where O'Brien tole him he would meet him in a place wher there is no
darkness. He washes his hands and hides the diary
Reaction
Major ideas, conflicts and themes are introduced. We are shown how the
earth has changed, into 3 main contenients. we are also introduced to the
main character and how he fits into the new world. Also we are shown how
the computer age has taken over peoples minds. The language is easy to
understand, it has not really changed much over time. Seems like nothing
left after nuclear war, just ruins remaining. We are introduced to Tom
Parsons which Winston is c .....
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Metamorphosis: A Review
.... to the music academy to further her violin skills. But to call
Gregor's life tedious would be an understatement. Every day he awoke early
to catch the same train to do the same job until it was time for him to
return home. Kafka implies that in order to save money, or for some unknown
reason, Gregor's social life is almost nonexistent. Therefore, the message
found in Metamorphosis may be one of boredom. Gregor's day to day life was
as monotonous as it could possibly be, so one day, he let his imagination
run wild and imagined what life would be like as a hideous vermin.
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Metamorphosis: Metamorphosis Taking Place Involving Gregor And Its Effect On The Family
.... experiences changes brought on by
Gregor's metamorphosis. Since Gregor's physical change renders him no
longer able to work, the family's financial situation changes. Gregor's
mother, father, and sister have to get jobs. Mrs. Samsa, Gregor's
mother, sews lingerie for a local clothing store. His sister, who took a
job as a salesgirl to help the family,
also learns French in the evening so she might get a better position in
the future. Mr. Samsa, Gregor's father, takes a job as a messenger for
banking institutions. Turning into a bug, Gregor causes a lack of harmony
among the family members. They keep away from h .....
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Milton's Paradise Lost: A Look Within
.... creatures should incline solely to good.
"So farwel Hope, and with Hope farwel Fear,
Farwel Remorse: all Good to me is lost;
Evil be thou my Good;"
(IV, 109-111)
In this intensely dramatic statement, Satan renounces everything that's
good. His is not a lack of intelligence, or weakness of character, very
simply an acceptance of evil. It almost justifies C. S. Lewis' observation.
"What we see in Satan is the horrible co-existence of a subtle and
incessant intellectual activity with an incapacity to understand anything."
Although the statement "Evil be thou my Good," makes no sense on the
surface, it has a symbolic .....
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