Kafka's The Trial: Guilt
.... guilty.
Joseph K is a prime example of this treatment. He is never told about his
crime, nor of how the trial is going. He merely waits until he is summoned,
and if he is not, he is still forced to live his life according to the
courts. This is what Kafka believes happens to all individuals; they are
controlled by the society, and forced to agree with what the society
implements upon them. K never found out what his alleged crime was, and
will never find out. However, he was forced to agree with his own guilt
because the society did not give him any other option. When he was told of
his three possible outcomes, none inclu .....
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Review Of: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings By Maya Angelou
.... Willie would have to do if the Klan was
coming. The reason why what Uncle Willie would have to do if the Klan was
coming intrigues me, is because it makes me think about what I would be
feeling if I were in his position. I would be very scared and nervous if I
would have to get into a bin and were covered with potatoes and onions and
just wait hoping I wouldn't be found.
I really have no idea why my class is reading this book. The only
thought that comes to mind when I am asked that question, is that we are
reading this book to improve our reading skills and to get a better
understanding of what life was like back then.
The only .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Class Stucture Of Maycomb County
.... ycomb County were the " white trash".
The Ewells, who lived at the dump, and relied on welfare for survival, were
members of this group. It is important to note that the difference between
the second and third class was not a financial one. Both w ere "poor". The
difference, however, was in the way they interacted in society. The
Cunninghams, unlike the Ewells, refused to accept charity and paid back
their debts with what little they had. The Cunninghams were also different
from the Ewells because they didn't take advantage of Negroes.
The fourth and lowest class in Maycomb was best described as a
"caste" because it wa .....
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Of Mice And Men: George And Lennie
.... wise decision. By
killing Lennie while Lennie is thinking about his favorite place, a place
of his own and filled with furry rabbits. This way Lennie will be happy
when he dies, and George would not be hurting him. George is smart and
loving at the same time. He just can't live to see his friend to suffer
and to be confuse by all the pain so he kills Lennie for his own good.
This character is so astonishing. George is a great friend to have
around. He loves Lennie so much that he can't bear to see him suffer.
Instead George is now lonely and has no one to care for him. He saves
Lennie by killing him while he is in a happy m .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird
.... commit the rape. The trial comes around,
and Mayella Ewell is very confident she will win the case because if her
standing in society as a respectable woman who would never lie over her
honor. When it comes time for Atticus to question Mayella, he proves that
indeed Tom couldn't have committed the rape. Mayella is silent, and then
the jury leaves to come up with a verdict. Although they know Tom was
innocent, the case now becomes a trial of honor; of whom to say is wrong.
When they come back, they find Tom guilty. He is sentenced to be hung, and
it is carried out. Thus ends the climax, but not the moral. Afterward,
Mayella's .....
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Mark Harris' Criticism Of Doctorow's Book
.... badly) to search for his own
style, a way to test his own limits as an author. While the language and
flow of the book is hard to grasp in the beginning, it soon becomes
somewhat more clear to the reader and seems to move the pace of the book
along faster than it did before. But although the book seems to move much
faster, it still is not clear enough to read well. One never knows if the
poet Warren Penfield is in the scene, or if it is Joe again, fleeing his
parents in a long walk through the country. The facts shown in the book,
the details in every scene, show no actual drama or emotion, but seem more
like a documentary: “E.L. D .....
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Edgar Allen Poe And Nathaniel Hawthorne: Romantic Style Of Writing
.... his first book of
poetry in 1827 at the age of sixteen. Poe is considered one of the first
nineteenth century writers to establish aesthetic principles regarding
short fiction stories as a high art, and one of the forefathers in the
Romantic Movement. Poe stressed the idea of a well developed imagination
through the identification of the characters, and the use of symbolism to
enhance the atmosphere of the story. He used symbols to explain the nature
of man, his hidden darkness and fears. He showed the conflict between man's
soul and his existential presence. His goal was to enhance the readers
senses and emotions so that the .....
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"A Raisin In The Sun": An Analysis
.... A dream of financial
security and comfortable living. Ruth, on the other hand is stable and down
to earth. She doesn't make rash choices to accommodate a dream. She will
just make do with what she has. Mama is a loving person, she is wise but
lives in the past. She is happy to have her family with and be safe from
society. She thinks that money is not something that makes a family happy.
Besides dreams Walter also has a husbands responsibilities which
are universally thought of as being able to support his family and raise
his children so they are morally in line with what he believes in. Walter's
problem, however, seems to be .....
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Real Ghosts - What Are Ghosts
.... that he really saw a ghost. In this book
the author (daniel cohen) investigates many strange stories. Sometimes he
uncovers a hoax, but other stories leave puzzling questions...
Do spirits really haunt old houses?
Can a human be transported back into the past?
Are ghosts real?
Return from the dead?
A man named john thorne lived near an old haunted house. In 1958 he had
an odd experience... He woke up in the middle of the night to find a
strange woman in his bedroom. It was dark, but he could still see that she
was wearing a long dress, the kind people wore a hundred years ago. Thorne
turned the lights on, and the f .....
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: Conflict Between Society And The
.... welfare of living people.
The theme becomes even more evident once Huck and Jim set out, down
the Mississippi. Huck enjoys his adventures on the raft. He prefers the
freedom of the wilderness to the restrictions of society. Also, Huck's
acceptance of Jim is a total defiance of society. Ironically, Huck believes
he is committing a sin by going against society and protecting Jim. He does
not realize that his own instincts are more morally correct than those of
society'.
In chapter sixteen, we see, perhaps, the most inhumane action of
society. Huck meets some men looking for runaway slaves, and so he
fabricates a story .....
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The Great Gatsby: Is Nick Genuine?
.... rekindle the love between Jay Gatsby and Daisy. He
does this by setting up a surprise meeting at his house. Gatsby knew of
this because he had asked him to do it. At this time in the novel is when
Nick says "I'm going to call Daisy tomorrow and invite her over here to
tea." (Gatsby, p.82) This shows that Nick is genuine because he is trying
to rekindle the love between Gatsby and Daisy. After this period in the
novel Gatsby and Nick became even closer friends.
Getting closer to the end of the novel is when the reader see's the
true friendship between Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway. Whenever Gatsby
would ask Nick to do some .....
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Fahrenheit 451 & Brave New World: A Comparison Of Themes
.... 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 uncon .....
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