A Review Of The Old Man And The Sea
.... old man is returning home from his expedition, he has to fight off the
sharks from eating his prize. But it doesn't take to long for the sharks
to take lots of big chunks out of the fish. He ends up killing all the
sharks and he gets home safely, and exhausted.
Ernest Hemingway is an author of the past. Compared to a more
modern author, like say, John Grisham, he has different and unique
qualities. Hemingway likes to use lots of descriptive phrases, while
leaving little room for actual character discussion. Grisham, on the other
hand, makes sure that there is a lot of character dialog throughout his
stories. Hemingway d .....
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Old Man And The Sea: Themes
.... with figures of Christ. It
mainly deals with Santiago as being a figure of Christ and other
characters as props, that is, characters which carry out the form of
biblical themes. On the day before he leaves when he wakes up, Manolin,
his helper, comes to his aid with food and drink. Also a point that might
be good is that he has had bad luck with his goal for a great period of
time and is sure it will work this time. Later, though, when Santiago
needs him for the quest he sets out to do, Manolin deserts him, although
he may not have wanted to at this time. In the novel Santiago comes upon a
force bigger than his skiff, the marlin .....
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: An Analysis
.... of Nurse Ratched's need to control others.
Another place that we see the dark world is when we examine the
relationship between Nurse Ratched and R.P. McMurphy. McMurphy is a happy
and rebellious man. He is not used to being controlled, so when he gets
into the institution he refuses to be controlled by Nurse Ratched, "I can
get the best of that woman- before the week is up-without her getting the
best of me". Nurse Ratched constantly feels the need to control McMurphy.
Ever since the moment that McMurphy walks into the institute Nurse Ratched
tells him what to do, when to sit in the circle, when to eat, when t .....
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: Symbols
.... asylum is in itself a commentary on society. In the asylum, it
becomes highly evident that a great deal of oppression takes place.
Although a considerable amount of abuse is in the physical form, most of it
manifests itself in subtle psychological torture. The abuse that
specifically takes place is the suppression of individualism. One cannot
help but notice the same suppression of individualism to exist in society
as well. Inside the hospital, the men are expected to not only act within
strict guidelines, but to also suppress urges to express themselves. They
are limited to doing repetitive, menial tasks and are never given the
o .....
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Pride And Prejudice
.... as a theme of this novel. Lady
Catherine is one of the main offenders, her airs, arrogance and pride are
fuelled by other characters like Mr Collins who is put there to satire
proud people and their followers. Another important character to note is
Mr Darcy. He is an extremely important character in this novel, a major
character, and I think that the fact that he was perceived to have been ‘
proud' at the beginning of the novel by the reader, Elizabeth, and the
community of the shire, and our perception, along with Elizabeth, of his
character, has changed throughout the novel points to Jane Austen's
criticism of pride and .....
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On The Island: A Review
.... and far in between. She has virtually
no relationship with Annette whom she sees as a representative of the new,
efficient generation. While Doris does not fear progress, she fails to see
the use for many of the modern products.
Annette on the other hand has adopted a somewhat colder attitude towards
John's mother. It is hard to accurately pinpoint the passages where this is
expressed, as it is more of a general feeling throughout the story. As his
wife, she is constantly waging an unseen and unfelt battle with Doris for
his attention. Battle may be too strong a word for it, but there is
certainly a state of hidden rivalry between .....
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Hound Of The Baskervilles
.... Barrymore.
One night while Watson and Sir Henry were in the Hall, they observed Mr.
Barrymore (the Butler) sending signals through the window using a candle.
Through questioning he divulged that he was really doing a favour for his
wife for the escaped criminal was his brother in-law. Baffled by this Sir
Henry and Watson went to go and arrest this villain, they reached him in
time, but Selden managed to evade the authorities once more.
Through remenents of a letter written to Sir Charles Baskerville prior
to his death, it was written by a Miss Laura Lyons from Coombe Tracey. She
wrote this letter to finance her divorc .....
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Willa Cather's "O Pioneers"
.... such beautiful work. In her first works,
Willa's animosity towards Nebraska was relevant in her work. 4 After she
went east in 1896 and became editor of McClure's Magazine and gained
success, her feeling toward Nebraska changed, which was evident in "The
Bohemian Girl," in 1912. 5
When she published O Pioneers in 1913, many of her memories of
childhood and life on the prairie were depicted in the tale. For example,
a phrase in the tale O Pioneers is a memoir of the Divide when she was a
child:
"The variegated field, are all one colour now; the pastures, the
stubble, the roads, the sky the same keaden gray. The frozen g .....
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Overview Of "Catcher In The Rye" And "Death Of A Salesman"
.... for. He started going
crazy, and then he lost it. He started to have his own conversations with
people that were not with him; people that were in his mind. He had a
imaginary girlfriend and many other friends that he would talk to. He put
most of his time into the people in his head, that he forgot about reality,
and went on a voyage with one of the people in his mind. That is how he
killed himself. Listening to somebody that wasn't there.
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Parkland By Victor Kelleher
.... find out
information with out being caught.
Half way through the book the keepers do to him what is known as ‘
deprogramming', which gives him a stroke and his skills are reduced due to
the left side of him being limp. Boxer goes through a lot of pain to save
his friends and never grizzles or wants anything in return which I find is
very admirable. Near the end of the book Boxer commits suicide so not to
slow everyone else down, this part of the book is very sad.
RALPH: Ralph is half human half gorilla and does not have the same grip on
speech as Boxer does. Instead Ralph understands people by his very attuned
instincts. These in .....
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Themes In Larsen's Passing
.... in a heterosexual society.
Until Clare arrives on the scene Irene is a "secure" woman. She
busies herself with social activities and the raising of her two boys (148).
However, something is very wrong. While en route to the printing shop,
Irene begins to voice her concerns about "queer ideas" (sex jokes) that the
boys had been coming up with (105). "If sex isn't a joke, what is it,"
Brian answers (105). He goes on to say "the sooner and more he (their son)
learns about sex, the better for him.....it will keep him from lots of
disappointments later on" (105)" Brian's response to her query suggests
that to him, sex is a jo .....
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The Metamorphosis: Patriarchy
.... His father has
already retired, while his mother and sister, following the standards of
that time, do not go out and work. Gregor is the only one who goes out as
a traveling salesman, and is responsible for earning money for the whole
family. His father stays at home and only "lies wearily buried in
bed"(1778) while Gregor goes out on business trips. From this, we can see
that Gregor has taken over his father's responsibilities as head of the
household. He is earning money and supporting the family while his father
has retired and only stays at home, doing nothing. This conforms with the
practice of patriarchy in that the son, .....
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