Pride And Prejudice: Marriage For Money
.... want of a wife”, sets the tone for the rest of the novel. We interpret
it to mean that a wealthy man either actively pursues a wife based on his
knowledge that no one would turn down a wealthy suitor, or attractive
women use their beauty to their advantage to attract a rich husband.
Confident in his knowledge of his own wealth and magnificence, Darcy's
less than romantic first proposal to Elizabeth is a good example of the
first of these truths. Darcy marches into the room, and after stating all
the reasons why a wealthy man such as himself should never marry a “
socially inferior” person such as Elizabeth, he proposes to her. H .....
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Pride In The Iliad
.... Another person within the Iliad whose pride was the downfall of his
character, was Patrocleus. Patrocleus was a great warrior, friend, and
asset to the Achiens. But, he made foolish choices on account of his pride.
For instance he chose to wear Achille's armor into battle when Achilles
refused to fight. This was only for his self-glorification. "…Once you have
beaten off the lethal fire, quick, come back to the ships-you must not
battle Hector!" After going into battle brandishing the armor, Patrocleus
becomes overzealous and places himself at the enemy's disposal. If
Patrocleus would have thought logically, and not act .....
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Lord Of The Flies: Primal Fear
.... are not able to effectively
and pragmatically plan ways to eventually be saved. When, having a
gathering of all the children, Jack urges everyone not to listen to Ralph's
reasoning but rather to listen to his own. This can be described as
deleterious to all the children because now not only do they have to deal
with how to survive, but also with extra internal conflicts.
As a result of Jack's fear of the unascertained, he chooses to hunt
with all the other boys rather than acknowledge Ralph's first priority, to
keep the fire lit for a chance of being saved. His fear of the unknown
becomes the fuel that runs this notion because of .....
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Brave New World By Aldous Huxley
.... his subconscious wish
of becoming someone important; a recognized name in the jumble of society.
This ends when the curiosity of others ends, and as a supreme result of his
arrogant behaviour, he is exiled.
The instigator of this curiosity as well as the author of Bernard's
fame (and folly), is an outsider know as the Savage. The Savage is brought
in from outside of the utopian society by Bernard as an experiment. He
faces "civilized society" with a bright outlook, but eventually comes to
hate it bitterly.
Lenina, the supporting role of the novel, is the most pronounced
example of the ideal citizen. She adheres to .....
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Comparison Of "Queen Of Diamonds" And "Aunt Parnetta's Electric Blisters"
.... happy, she was always in a bad mood, and never really
seemed to be pleased with anything. Towards the end of the book we find
out that Christine is going to kill herself. The reason for which she
decides to take her own life is that there is nothing for her to live for,
nothing that she had made for herself. Christine had done nothing in her
life time worth enough to live for. We also see the picture in Aunt
Parnetta's Electric Blisters.
"Aunt Parnetta's Electric Blisters "was a good story with almost
the same theme as "Queen of Diamonds". The story is about a Indian lady
who's refridgerator broke. The refridgerator was a s .....
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Book Report: Raptor Red
.... Red uses her brain, which is very capable of
learning, to solve problems by means of using things she knows and
applying them to things she does not know. Then all the information she
gathers is stored forever in her memory sorted by separate thoughts. Like a
tree diagram.
Utahraptors are so smart that they can feel emotions much like a
human. When Raptor Red looses her first mate she is so upset she stays by
his side for days and risks her life protecting him from flying creatures.
She is very disturbed by her mate's death and wonders around alone for a
long time. Until she finds her sister who has two chicks with her. No .....
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Comparison Between Brave New World And Fahrenheit 451
.... changed society, to compare and contrast today's culture
with his proposed futuristic culture.
But one theme that both Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451 use in
common is the theme of individual discovery by refusing to accept a passive
approach to life, and refusing to conform. In addition, the refusal of
various methods of escape from reality is shown to be a path to discovery.
In Brave New World, the main characters of Bernard Marx and the "Savage"
boy John both come to realize the faults with their own cultures. In
Fahrenheit 451 Guy Montag begins to discover that things could be better in
his society but, sue to some un .....
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Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine
.... is
to realize that the pure, unbridled energy, emotion, and fantasy of the
summer make him truly alive. (Bradford 69) The pure, unadulterated fantasy
of life and joy in Dandelion Wine gives a more than magical feeling to the
book and leaves the reader wishing that he or she lived in this world.
(Bradford 69) One of the reasons that the fantasy of Dandelion Wine is so
appealing is that Bradbury masterfully crafts the expressions of fantasy
that everyone takes part in, such as dreams and the inner world of the mind,
into a recognizable whole and masterfully expresses it in Dandelion Wine.
Fantasy comes easily to Douglas Spaulding, sh .....
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Ray Bradbury's The Martial Chronicals
.... able to earn enough money writing that he could give up his
job selling newspapers and devote all of his time to what he loved.
(Candee 88)
As some critics would agree, the term "science-fiction" does not
apply to Bradbury's work. Most of his stories are more along the lines of
fantasy with an intense understanding of human nature. In "The Green
Morning", a man named Benjamin Driscoll arives on Mars looking for a job
and a way to fit in. Before long, however, he faints, as many people do,
because of the thin air of Mars. Upon waking, the first thing he notices
is the lack of trees on the Martian plains. He decides that h .....
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The Red Badge Of Courage: Fear
.... he tries to run but is caught by an officer
and made to go back and fight. His attitude changed from being confident
to being scard of fighting.
Jim conklin is also a soldier in the 304th regiment who talks with
Henry and tom. When Conklin was talking to Henry and Wilson about how they
felt about fighting their first battle, he says that he will run if he sees
everyone else running. He is the only one to admit to everyone that he is
scared about fighting. He is also the only one not to run away from the
first battle even though other people were. When Henry sees him walking in
the road after the war he has been shot a .....
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Crabbe And The Dead Poets Society: Relationships
.... was “Actions speak louder than words” or “Seize the day”.
When Neil secretly started going down to the theater for auditions he was
trying to make his life worth-while and do something that he enjoyed. His
father then came back from out of town to force Neil to quit acting. He
told Neil that he was to become a doctor and not an actor. Neil then
realized that he had no choice in his future. Much like Crabbe. Crabbes
parents we're leading him into a career path he didn't want to take, he
escaped because he also wanted a say in his future. At this time Neil
killed himself. Neil's death has a very similar meaning as Crabbes escape.
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Lord Of The Flies: The Theme Of Religious Persecution
.... for the Devil. This suggests
the entire book is about the epitome of religious evil - the Devil himself.
A final religious element is well hidden. The "stick sharpened at both
ends" exists not only in Golding's description of the killing of the sow,
but also in the Bible in the story of David and Goliath. After David kills
Goliath, the giant's head is cut off and placed on a "stick sharpened at
both ends" and is used to frighten enemies. The similar usage of the stick
in this novel (in which the beast's head is used to frighten the enemies of
Jack's clan), alludes to the fact that the book has a religious undertone.
The combi .....
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