The Life Of Ava
.... in Idlewild, the small town in northern Michigan where she grew up.
Now just a half-abandoned dot on the map, Idlewild offers the only safe haven for Ava, now nearly 30. Telling herself she's just visiting her older sister, Joyce, for a few weeks before she moves on to San Francisco, sophisticated Ava is nevertheless impressed by big-hearted Joyce's efforts to help the teenaged girls in her small community through an endangered organization called The Sewing Circle.
Ava helps Joyce fight the reverend's wife, Gerry, who wishes for the organization to be removed from the church and persuades the state to discontinue any fund .....
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The Metamorphosis: Complexity And Irony Of Man In Society
.... unable to sustain his role in the system. His mind however, his intentions remained that of his old self. But on account of his inabilities his family is revolted by him, and feeling immensely burdened, they sentence him to a life of isolation.
In the meantime, Gregor’s sister Gretta embarks on her own metamorphosis and shift in role. Her change commences with the new responsibility of caring for Gregor and escalates to the point where she begins to assert herself with her parents and ultimately becomes a decision maker. She becomes empowered in this process, and simultaneously becomes less of an emotionally driven nurturer .....
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Social Criticism In Literature, As Found In George Orwell's Animal Farm And Charles Dickens' A Tale Of Two Cities.
.... get the best of us. Both authors also demonstrate that violence and the Machiavellian attitude of "the ends justifying the means" are deplorable. George Orwell wrote Animal Farm, ". . . to discredit the Soviet system by showing its inhumanity and its back-sliding from ideals [he] valued . . ."(Gardner, 106) Orwell noted that " there exists in England almost no literature of disillusionment with the Soviet Union.' Instead, that country is viewed either with ignorant disapproval' or with uncritical admiration.'"(Gardner, 96) The basic synopsis is this: Old Major, an old boar in Manor Farm, tells the other animals of his dream of " .....
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Thomas More’s Utopia
.... Rchard’s biographer. Two years afterwards King Richard III was slain in
the Battle of the Roses. Henry VII later became king (The World Book Encyclopedia 802).
During the reign of Henry VII More grew into manhood. His father was John More, a barrister of Lincoln’s Inn. After schooling at St. Anthony’s he lived with John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury (Comptons Encyclopedia 582).
Morton recognized the talents of his young page and advised him to go to Oxford to study. He became a lawyer and a scholar in Latin and Greek language in 1494, through which he would meet a man by the name of Desiderius Erasmus. He met More .....
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The Old Man And The Sea
.... 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 which mislea .....
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Their Eyes Were Watching God: Janie's Love Life
.... Logan proved that love can not be arranged. “She knew now that marriage did not make love.” (Hurston 24). In the early part of Janie’s first marriage, she was treated properly and only did basic house chores. After a while, Logan started to make her do more demanding chores. He even stated that she would help plow the field. Janie began to lose interest in the marriage to Logan and when Joe Starks came to town, she lost all interest.
Joe Starks began treating Janie like a lady from the first time they met. Janie remarked, “Mah husband is gone tuh buy a mule fuh me tuh plow.” (Hurston 28). Instantly Joe stated, “A pretty .....
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The Worn Path Of Life
.... ground is frozen. Phoenix's cane taps the frozen earth as she walks along, "like the chirping of a solitary little bird."
Phoenix is very old and very small and dressed in a cotton striped dress that reaches to her shoes, which are untied, the laces dragging the ground. Her head is "tied in a red rag" above her eyes, which are faded blue with age. The scent of her hair, the color of her skin and even the pattern of the wrinkles on Phoenix's face are clearly depicted here by Ms. Welty:
" . . .Her skin had a pattern all its own of numberless branching wrinkles and as though a whole little tree stood in the middle of her f .....
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The Lady With The Pet Dog: A Review
.... lusted after her. He would see her in a public garden and in the square several times a day. Dmitry gets to know the woman as Anna, which then turns his lust of women into passion for Anna.
Dmitry’s passion begins as he starts to learn about Anna. He recognizes that they have a lot on common. They are both married, not of their free choosing. Dmitry, who’s marriage was chosen for him when he was in the second year of school. Anna, who was married two years ago, did not even know what her husband did for a living. Dmitry learned that she had been a schoolgirl only a short while ago, doing lessons just like his own daughter in sch .....
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The Yellow Wallpaper: The View From The Inside
.... the initial sign that the feminist perspective will be presented throughout. The narrator shows how although she has a formed opinion (and probably successful idea for her treatment), she is still swayed by her husband's direction with the following passage, "I sometimes fancy that in my condition if I had less opposition and more society and stimulus--but John says the very worst thing I can do is to think about my condition, and I confess it always makes me feel bad." Her husband seems to be the one who can change her thoughts because of his 'maleness' or the fact that he is her husband. Nonetheless, she is still being suppressed .....
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Narration In Haircut And Cask Of Amontillado
.... and he is leading Fortunato to his death. "‘I have my doubts,' I replied; ‘and I was silly enough to pay the full Amontillado price without consulting you in the matter. You were not to be found, and I was fearful of losing a bargain.'" Montresor tells Fortunato this lie to lure him into the cellar, but the reader doesn't realize his intention until later in the story when he shackles Fortunato to the wall.
Whitey is an unreliable narrator for another reason. The reader can guess by the end of the story what happened to Jim in the boat. But Whitey just doesn't see what has happened. He thinks that Jim got shot by acciden .....
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Huck Finn
.... this spectacular escape and Huck decides bake some tools used for escaping into a pie and get Jim out that way. Another example is at the beginning of the story when Tom decides to play a trick on Jim by hanging his hat above is head while he is asleep on the tree. Tom Sawyer often tricks people into believing things that aren't true and this makes him the type of character that you have to be weary of.
Another of these characters is Huck's father, Pap. Pap is a very cruel and dishonorable man. Not only is he an alcoholic, but he is also a thief. Pap often beats Huck for no reason and has never been a "real" father figure .....
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The Good Earth: Wang Lung's Character
.... of the novel when Wang Lung was poor, he gave O-lan four silver pieces so she may return to the House of Hwang in grand style. He also offered to pay five thousand silver pieces for her recovery after he discovered she had a "fire in her vitals"(170). He then spent the rest of her days by her death bed and bought her the best quality coffin. Furthermore, Wang Lung had a special relationship with his first daughter, Poor Fool, his mentally retarded offspring. Poor Fool did not speak and did nothing more then twiddle a piece of cloth in the sun. Although Wang Lung had servants and slaves, he personally took care of his dau .....
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