The Lord Of The Flies Character Analysis
.... When the explorers get back, a meeting is held. The explorers explain that the island is deserted but there is enough food to keep them alive. Jack and the hunters promise to supply meat. Ralph makes a rule that whoever is in possession of the conch shell is allowed to speak. Ralph proposes the idea of a signal fire to alert passing ships of their presence. All the boys agree and everybody rushes to the hilltop to start a fire. The fire sparks the gathered wood into a blaze. One of the boys is reported missing but none of the boys will admit to the likelihood of an accident. Everyone is hard at work the next day, either building hu .....
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The Canterbury Tales: The Pilgrims
.... the strong willed, intelligent, independent woman that the Wife of Bath is. The Wife of Bath only reveals this in her own prologue. Chaucer does not go into much detail about the Wife of Bath because he only reveals what he sees. The Wife of Bath
Contrary to this, Chaucer brings to life the Squire by his description of the Squires physical appearance and details about the Squires lifestyle and habits. Physical appearance is one of the major tools of the Squire's construction. "With locks as curly as if they had been pressed. / He was some twenty years of age, I guessed. / In stature he was of a moderate length, / With w .....
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A Date With Kosinski
.... separated from his parents shortly after Nazi Germany's invasion of Lodz, and the fear and violence that he experienced during World War II left a scar on his soul. Shortly after the war, Kosinski was reunited with his family. Kosinski studied sociology and political science at the University of Lodz. At the age of 24, he left his homeland and established a new culture in the United States, where he taught himself the English language in 4 months.
Kosinski's life truly is present in the novel. He writes about moving, being out of place, and looking for love, all of which describes Levanter. After moving to the United State .....
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East Of Eden By John Steinbeck
.... and think when Cathy planned her kill. On page 114-115, "The fire broke out... the Ames house went up like a rocket... Enough remained of Mr. and Mrs. Ames to make sure there were two bodies." Cathy had set the house on fire and broke into the safe to steal the family's money. As the investigators scoped the place, they noticed that the bolts stuck out and there were no keys left in the locks. They knew it was not an accident. Cathy's body was never found, but the town assumed that she died. "If it had not been for Cathy's murder, the fire and robbery might have been a coincidence." Steinbeck, again, portrays the reader th .....
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All Quiet On The Western Front: Life In The Army
.... food in the war and depicts that decent food is quite rare. Since the soldiers are not given enough food, the army life proves to be extremely dangerous.
Second, the shelter provided by the army does not appeal to the soldiers since it does not fit the soldiers’ needs. These shelters are often infested with lice, rodents, and other insects. After being around such surroundings, the soldiers adapt to their new smelly, gloomy, and dirty environment. Other shelters such as trenches often become destroyed by incoming ammunition or abandoned because of mustard gas. Since the soldiers adapt to such surroundings, it becomes quite ra .....
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Death Of A Salesman - "The American Dream: What It Means To Me"
.... hike Half-Dome in Yosemite, or play softball with their children.
Willy Loman was too wrapped up in getting ahead of the next guy. This philosophy of getting ahead is what makes up America and compromises the dreams of man. Sometimes this greed can draw man to great things, sometimes it can draw man to ruin, I guess it depends on what the man's dream is. If your dream is to succeed in business, be the best salesman of your company and make big money, I guess you could fulfill your dreams in America. But if you have dreams of seeing your children grow up, every day of their lives, your heart might pull at you and cause you to go .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Women Liberation
.... inflicted upon her. Hester tries to establish a normal and honest relationship with many of the characters in the story, but sometimes it becomes very difficult.
Pearl, Hester's daughter, becomes so closely associated with the "A" on Hester's chest, becoming, as Hawthorne says, "the scarlet letter in another form; the scarlet letter endowed with life." Therefore, she becomes the embodiment not only of her mother's sin but of her conscience. Furthermore, because it is through Hester's acceptance of punishment that she is saved, Pearl becomes the main agent in her mother's liberation. Even though Hester has plenty of things an .....
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A Lesson Learned In “A Sailor Boy’s Tale”
.... She admired his piece of fruit. The boy at once decided to do the manly thing and offer his prize piece of fruit to the young lady. In turn she offered him a kiss. Once again establishing the “what goes around comes around saying.”
The next situation that portrays this saying is when the man tries to stop the boy from going to see the girl again. The drunken Russian man who had given the boy a ride from his ship to the mainland hours earlier wouldn’t let the boy past on his journey to see his young acquaintance. The boy made several attempts to free himself from the giant mans clutches, but they all proved to be futile. T .....
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The Ironies Of 1984
.... them controlled with fear.
The next type of irony is Situation irony, which is when a character or a sequence of events appears to be headed one way, but it ends up as the opposite of what was thought. One example of this is Winston's general health. From the beginning of the book, it is shown how horrible his health is and is continually getting worse and more difficult, but as Winston gets involved with Julia then he begins a metamorphosis into a more healthy person. Another major example is the betrayal of many of the people whom Winston thought were his friends, such as Mr. Charrington and even O'Brien- -who both work .....
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Is Gimpel A Fool?
.... loves them like his own. He knows that they are not his, obviously, but he doesn’t let that child grow up without love. He probably knows what it’s like to not be loved because he is an orphan. He doesn’t want that child to go through the pains he went through just because his mother wasn’t perfect. He is an extremely strong person for not hating this child or neglecting it. Most people would hate the child knowing it was not theirs, but Gimpel is different. He has compassion for all people, and it doesn’t matter how others perceive them.
When Gimpel urinates in the bread, and then he buries is because of self-guilt, h .....
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The Cask Of Amontillado: Lyman
.... brought together by a common interest: the car. Once the bond is formed, for some time the brothers are inseparable. For a whole summer the boys stay out in the car having adventures, meeting new people and furthering the bond that the car has created.
When they return from their trip, Henry is sent to war and he leaves the car to Lyman. While Henry is gone, Lyman spends his time pampering and fixing the car. Lyman sees the car almost as Henry himself or an extension of him. Again, even though they are thousands of miles apart, the car still serves as somewhat of a bond, at least from Lyman to Henry.
During the war, Henry .....
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The Flies: Ideal Of Authority
.... her low status in society. One of these dreams includes the reappearance of her brother Orestes, who disappeared from the city and their father was killed. Orestes does in fact return to Argos, and at one point offers to take Electra and leave town, yet Electra refuses to go. Possibly, Electra has become to accustomed to living a life of servitude and powerlessness that she is afraid of living a life of her own with responsibilities to uphold.
As the story moves on, the reader begins to see the authority that gisthus has over the entire town. The people are currently observing their “festival” which included the rel .....
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