The Sound And The Fury: Summary
.... make some
kind of sense. Once this happens, the story does make sense and does serve
a purpose. The main conflict of the story revolves around Caddy's
promiscuity. Each character takes some position regarding this fact.
Benjy, as retarded as he is, is the only one capable of telling an unbiased
version of the story. Because he cannot think rationally enough to decide
a position on the matter, he can give some sense of neutrality to the
situation. This is the purpose of the "Benjy Section."
Quentin, another of Caddy's brothers, is the narrator of the second
section. While his section does involve "stream-of-consciousness," it .....
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The Nation Takes Shape: A Review
.... the Union, the number had soared to over
twelve thousand. There were now twenty five hundred miles of canals,
though none had existed while Washington was in office; and the railroads “
beginning only ten or twelve years ago, are already completed over one
thousand miles.” Schools, colleges, lyceums, and institutes were
multiplying in scores.(1) As you can see from that example, this time
period certainly did show how our nation was growing into the power that it
is today, and taking shape. That is the author's point of view, that the
time period of 1789-1837 was a great period of change for our nation, that
shaped the powe .....
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Gardner's Grendel: Significantly Different Picture Of Grendel Than In Beowulf
.... harmony with the animals.
He does not act like the blood hungry beast he is seen as in Beowulf. In
the novel -- Grendel is walking the forest and comes across a doe. He
notices that the doe is staring in fright and suddenly runs away. One would
assume from the ideas hinted in Beowulf that Grendel would have attacked
the deer. However Grendel appears upset with the deer's actions. He says; “
Blind Prejudice” (Gardner 7) “Ah, the unfairness of everything, I say and
shake my head. It is a matter of fact that I have never killed a deer in
all my life, and never will.” (Gardner 8)
Grendel is a confused creature. Since he walks alone .....
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Lord Of The Flies: Success Of Golding's Portrayal Of The Children
.... stresses of work. The boys
show enmity towards building the shelters, even though this work is
important, to engage in trivial activities. Af ter one of the shelters
collapses while only Simon and Ralph are building it, Ralph clamours, "All
day I've been working with Simon. No one else. They're off bathing or
eating, or playing." (55). Ralph and Simon, though only children, are more
mature a nd adult like and stray to work on the shelters, while the other
children aimlessly run off and play. The other boys avidly choose to play,
eat, etc. than to continue to work with Ralph which is very boring and
uninteresting. The boys .....
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Mark Twain's Speeches
.... Respectfully submitted,
THE AUTHOR.
THE STORY OF A SPEECH.
An address delivered in 1877, and a review of it twenty-nine years later.
The original speech was delivered at a dinner given by the publishers of
The Atlantic Monthly in honor of the seventieth anniversary of the birth of
John Greenleaf Whittier, at the Hotel Brunswick, Boston, December 17, 1877.
THIS is an occasion peculiarly meet for the digging up of pleasant
reminiscences concerning literary folk; therefore I will drop lightly into
history myself. Standing here on th .....
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Guy De Maupassant's "The Jewels": Consequences Of The Desire To Be Wealthy
.... be as an affair. She deceives her
husband in order to satisfy her desires. The wife is also dynamic because
she always gives in to her love of wealth; she never changes.
The wife's death is implied to be caused by her desire to obtain
wealth. "When she had been to the opera one evening in the winter, she
returned home shivering with cold. The next day she began to cough. Eight
days later she died from an inflammation of the lungs."(9) The connection
of her death with her attendance to the theatre is a symbol that her going
there and wearing the jewels is what caused her death. The climax in "The
Jewels" occurs when .....
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"Failure Is A Step Towards Success"
.... create success
in the end. The storm finally ended in the three days Paul said it would.
Paul accepted Ellen back into the family after she ran away. The last
thing was that Paul promised her that he would change his crops, breed
cattle and restore the land again. So, Ellen did succeed in the end.
Secondly, I found that Marthe create success from her failures in "The
Blue Kimono". She knew herself that she was a failure. Just the way she
related her Blue Kimono to her own life. The Kimono was all ripped, torn
and shredded just the way her marriage and life was. There child was
really sick as well, and had a bad fever .....
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The Prologue From The Canterbury Tales: Clothing As An Insight
.... Unlike the flamboyant Yeomen, the distinguished knight wears old
garments.
The Yeomen succumbs to society's inclination that when he dresses
the part he will become successful. He wears a coat with a green hood. From
a low social standing, he believes that the better he looks the more
successful he will become. Emphasis should be placed on one's achievements
and inner self rather than outward appearance. A saucy brace is worn on his
arm to protect it from the bow. At first glance, one would assume that he
was a superior archer of high standings rather then a lowly Yeomen. Looks
can be deceiving, but the illusion fades as one's tr .....
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The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner: Nature
.... as creatures of
strange beauty" (Fraser 203), he understands the Albatross was a symbol of
nature and he realized what he had done wrong. The mariner is forgiven
after sufficient penance - "We could not speak" - is performed by Nature.
Nature shows us more strength as we realize that people of today often can
not forgive someone who has shot or killed another person.
At a spiritual level, Nature's power can decide if we will live, or be
condemned. Nature is capable of presenting "innermost suffering" (Coburn
33) upon people. The mariner's suffering included having his "soul in
agony" soon afterwards. After attempts at pray .....
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Great Expectations: Self Conflict
.... him.
As Pip begins his progression toward being a gentleman, he is
faced with a world that appears frightening, a commercial world of
protocol and etiquette that Pip blindly sees as the answer to the
shortcomings he sees in himself. He meets a man by the name of Magwitch,
who he immediately refuses to see as anything but a cold criminal, one
inadequate by his new-found standards. He would later review these
feelings and see that underneath the petty judgement Pip gives to the man,
there rests a caring man, that Pip comes to respect. This revelation would
surface again in the third stage.
At the end of stage one, Pip saw .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird First Person Letter From Boo Radly
.... want friends just like everybody else
and freedom but that was taken away from me. I am older now and the damage
has already been done the rumours, stories, etc.. I just wanted to write
this to anyone so they understand that I am good and not bad. Well I will
be going now. See ya.
Sincerely: Arthur (Boo) Radley
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Catcher In The Rye: Summary
.... Pencey. Holden starts off this story by telling his story about the
last Christmas. He starts off by saying that he was at Thomson Hill
watching a football game. He returned from New York with the fencing team.
He was the manager of the team. Holden went to his room located at Pencey.
Holden was very bored; so he took out a hunting hat that he had
bought at New York. His next door neighbor came in to bother Holden. His
neighbors name is Robert Ackley. He is a tall kid that never brushes his
teeth. They were both talking about Holdens roommate Stadlater. Robert Did
not like Stadlater at all. When Stadlater came up to t .....
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