The Scarlet Letter: Where The Blame Falls
.... Puritans.
Dimmesdale has had as much punishment as Hester for their sin.
Dimmesdale is putting the blame upon himself. Dimmesdale is the minister,
and he should know better than to commit a sin. Dimmesdale is dying inside
ever since he had committed the sin with Hester, by the guilt and
eventually collapses. Throughout the book, he is reminded of his sins by
Chillingworth, and the other Puritans. Dimmesdale is rotting up inside and
giving himself his own punishment. He is a roll model, and he feels that
he has let the other Puritans down by having such a horrible sin.
Dimmesdale is freed from his punishment for adultery. .....
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Comparison Of London's White Fang And The Call Of The Wild
.... free in nature. The main
characters in this story are Buck the four- year-old half Saint Bernard and
half-Scottish shepherd, John Thorton and the Scottish half-breed. Buck
was stolen from his home in California during the gold-rush in the Klondike.
Dogs were a necessity and considering the size of Buck he had the makings
of a great sled-dog. Buck, being thrown into a totally different
environment, encounters such problems such as, how to stay warm by
burrowing into the snow to sleep, how to survive the lack of daily meals,
and how to rely on his native and natural instincts. Buck soon becomes one
of the most dominant dogs on the .....
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Who Has Seen The Wind: One's Understanding God Matures
.... Sammy and is
encouraged to think about God.5 Saint Sammy is a religious man who is
familiar with God's Word. He relies on God to show him the right way to
deal with Bent Candy. Brian is in such awe of Saint Sammy's knowledge and
closeness to God that he then desires to seek after God.6 The knowledge
and closeness that Saint Sammy has to God encourages Brian. Brian is
spiritually uplifted by Saint Sammy's encouragement.
Finally at the end of the novel, Digby helps resolve Brian's
thinking of God. Brian sometimes gets "a feeling" about God.7 This
"feeling" comes as a result of Brian's maturity. Digby encourages him by
telling .....
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The Crystal Cave: Merlin
.... who is the most efficacious and who bestows the
true idea of knowledge on Merlin is Galapas. One day Merlin travels
through the forest and stumbles on what looks like an inhabited cave. In
the cave Merlin meets Galapas for the first time. Galapas teaches Merlin
an innumerable amount of information, but he, "hardly thought of [his] time
with him as lessons." (54). The information that Merlin receives is more
useful than the subjects of languages and geometry that he learns from
Demetrius, his first tutor. Merlin learns how to; collect herbs for
medicine, study dead animals to learn of their organs, stop bleeding, set
b .....
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Lord Of The Flies
.... on
the island made them more aware of the evil inside themselves and in some
cases, made the false politeness that had clothed them dissipate. However,
the changes experienced by one boy differed from those endured by another.
This is attributable to the physical and mental dissimilarities between
them.
Jack was first described with an ugly sense of cruelty that made him
naturally unlikeable. As leader of the choir and one of the tallest boys
on the island, Jack's physical height and authority matched his arrogant
personality. His desire to be Chief was clearly evident in his first
appearance. When the idea of having a .....
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Wise Blood: Whose Deformity Is The Most Serious
.... this Jesus to be an actual being, follows his instincts and
brings Hazel a three-foot shrunken man whom he honestly believes to be the
savior. Before actually donating the messiah to Hazel, Enoch's blood
directs him to clean his room in order to house Jesus. This particular
misconception may cause many readers to regard Enoch as rather insane, but
his actions but his most prominent deformity is his admiration for and
eventual metamorphoses into a gorilla. Consequently, his attraction to the
gorilla stems directly from his aspiration to be received in a welcoming
manner by society. He sees an assemblage of people waiting .....
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The Wife Of Bath
.... to her
that he, as punishment, was sent on a quest to discover what women desire
most. The old woman's answer is a simple but costly one. In exchange for
her assistance, the old woman demands that he oblige her one request. The
knight hastily agrees that he will allow her the request. Thus, she has
taken her wisdom and used it to her advantage, much like the Wife of Bath.
The tale is filled with similarities between the Wife of Bath and the old
woman. The reason why the Wife of Bath tells this tale, it seems, is to
take the audience into her own way of seeing the world.
She tells this tale with many parallels to her own life in .....
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The Lord Of The Flies: Personal Reflections
.... make an excellent leader, but his appearance and age
would make the others questions his orders. Journal II
Living on the island was an inner battle. Other boys on the island found
it hard to obey my orders. One of the bigger boys, Jack, formed a hunting
group.
One day they went out on one of their trips searching for pig meat for
the rest of us to eat. They took a while, and during their time gone, a
ship was spotted off the coast of the island. All the kids became happy,
knowing that they were going to be rescued. Even though the boat was
nearing the island, something didn't feel right. It wasn't turning in any
way to ou .....
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Wuthering Heights: Edgar And Heathcliff
.... locked in
conflict with each other over their love for Catherine, even though Edgar
is Catherine's wife Heathcliff loves her and endeavors for her to be with
him forever. This novel is concerned with the duality of these characters
and the internal conflicts that they go through all throughout the story,
and their affections and behaviors toward others.
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Wuthering Heights: Themes In The Novel
.... a young Heathcliff is brought into the Earnshaw family,
he is instantly disliked by Hindley Earnshaw. Hindley hates Heathcliff for
intruding onto his family. He loses his fathers love and sets out to
destroy Heathcliff. Within Catherine's diary was written: " I wish my
father were back again. Hindley is a detestable substitute-his conduct to
Heathcliff is atrocious. " (25) Hindleys hate toward Heathcliff is so
deeply felt, that upon the news of Hindley receiving a son, Heathcliff sets
out to torment the child as part of a plan to punish the Earnshaws.
The cruelties of Hindley toward Heathcliff produces vengeance.
Heathc .....
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Summary Of Wuthering Heights
.... story's namesake Wuthering Heights.
When Heathcliff died, I imagine that he was very sad that his plan
did not work out. I'm sure he would have changed his ways if he knew the
outcome. Or maybe not. Maybe he would have taken great pleasure in
knowing that he created a hellacious time for his victims. Maybe he would
have loved knowing that people hated him. In that respect, I think he
suffers from George Wallace disease.
In closing, Heathcliff had a rough and tumble childhood. He faced
many problems when his sweetheart married his half-brother. He plotted
revenge on his enemies, cousins and brothers and relative-in-laws .....
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Lord Of The Flies: An Analysis
.... in their tasks; the older boys
want to spend more time hunting than carrying out more routine duties, such
as keeping the signal fire on the top of the mountain going, and building
shelters. A rumor spreads that a "beast" of some sort is lurking in the
forest, and the children have nightmares.
Jack, (A ruthless, power-hungry person), promising to fulfil the
children's desire for a reversion to the ways of primitivism, is chosen as
the new leader, and the society splits into two sections: those who want to
hunt and soon become savages, and those who believe in rational conduct,
and a civiliized manner. Ralph, the rational lead .....
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