Stephen King's The Stand
.... to attack.
Harold admits to himself that he is in love with Fran and goes crazy when he realizes how serious Fran has become with Stuart Redman, one of the newcomers to their traveling group. Harold becomes insanely jealous and plots to separate them, even if it means murder.
Harold doesn't admit it to any of them, but his dreams are different from theirs. In his dreams the "Dark Man" offers Harold power and respect, something Harold could never imagine in the past. Harold knows his destiny is to go to Las Vegas. The group arrives in Boulder, and soon after are joined by over one thousand others who drea .....
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The Lovesong Of J. Alfred Prufrock: Love Or Love Not
.... being his love which might reject him if he so dares to ask the question.
Prufrock is a procrastinator and the older he gets, the less likely he will propose his love. He stalls by saying to himself “there will be time”(23) for “a hundred decisions”(32) as he focuses on not disturbing the universe and not disturbing the women “who come and go Talking of Michelangelo”(35-36). Prufrock is a shy man that does not take risks. He is scared of what the world has to offer so much that he says, “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons” (51). The overwhelming questions that Prufrock is trying to ask is whether he should .....
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A Separate Peace: Truth, Lies, And Violence
.... example of this is when Finny says that they are good friends, Gene has trouble accepting it. Gene is a person who is dissatisfied with his life and wants to set up an ideal person. Finny is that person because they are so different .
Finny on the other hand is athletic who moves with perfect coordination . He has never made an awkward movement until he falls out of the tree. That was the first time anyone has ever seen him make a clumsily move like that. Finny does things in which no one ever thinks of. An example of this is when he comes up with "Blitz Ball". He made up the rules as he went along. He likes to be in comp .....
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The Chrysanthemums: Elisa Allen Comes To Life
.... wears a pair of “heavy leather gloves to protect her hands while she works” (304). Elisa has strong fingers(308). Her hair is “dark” and “pretty”(308).
Just as Steinbeck gives a physical description on Elisa’s appearance he also reveals her character and personality. Elisa’s industrious nature is symbolized by her “hard swept looking little house, with hand-polished windows and a clean mud mat on the front steps” (305). “Her terrier fingers destroyed” garden “pests before they could get started” (305). This tenacity shows the reader her hardworking disposition(305). Elisa’s loneliness is portrayed as she almost touches .....
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The Mysterious Stranger: Dependence On Others
.... is how they define Moral Sense. The people think that their freewill is what separates them from the "beasts" but they do not have enough understanding of reality outside their village to utilize their freewill. All the decisions they make are based on their belief of God's will for them and are not really their own.
Satan's visit demonstrates to the people the effects of Moral Sense on their community. By interacting with different citizens like Marget, Ursula and the boys he unearths numerous facets of human weakness like, "foolish little feelings and foolish little vanities and impertinences and ambitions."(326) These are .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: A Classic
.... is automatically guilty. This message can also be seen in a severely symbolic manner, Tom Robinson's death. The manner in which he dies is that he escapes and attempts to climb the fence to freedom, however he only has one good arm and that is his detriment. It slows him up enough to allow the police to shoot him numerous times. Symbolically this can be viewed as a glimmer of hope to end this suppression. As this glimmer of hope is about to reach the mainstream and acceptance that racism is evil, it is shot down and dead, thus ending the opportunity. Mr. Robinson got into this position by the jury giving in a guilty verdict, despi .....
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All Quiet On The Western Front: Ramifications Of War
.... they did not realize this until they were actually faced with its brutality. They began to realize that "…a broken arm is better than a hole in the guts, and many a man would be thankful enough for such a chance of finding his home way again." [Remarque, p. 52] When new recruits came to the front and witnessed the harshness of the war, they frequently heard comments like, "You'll get used to it soon," [Remarque, p. 62.] In the end, they realized that war was not at all what they had thought.
In this day and age, people understand the ramifications of war. When a war is taking place, the media project its brutalit .....
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The Other Side
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When the woman crosses the river she begins her jaunt to the house she once lived in. There are a few lines in the story that clue the reader in that it has been a very long time since she has been back here. She explains, " The road was much wider than it used to be but the work had been done carelessly (358)." She also says as she approaches the house, " It was strange to see a car standing in front of it (359)." These couple sentences make appear that she grew up here a long time ago and is quite old by now.
The last line of the last paragraph is the defining moment in the story. " That was the first time she knew (359 .....
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A Thousand Acres: An Analysis
.... about their father molesting them. Their father thought that he took the secret that he molested them to the grave, but he didn’t. It took a while for Ginny to remember that she was molested. After Rose kept on telling her that they were molested Ginny had some flashbacks and she remembered what happened. Rose and Ginny never told anyone about their father. He was a respected man in the community and Rose and Ginny were mad that their father got away with it.
The theme of this story is that when something bad happens you need to talk about it. It can trigger more and more problems if you don’t get it off your chest. Whe .....
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Great Gatsby
.... with their abuse of alcohol and their bodies. First of all, the people at Gatsby¹s balls drank all night and showed no respect for Gatsby¹s house or possessions. Also the participants of the parties held at Gatsby¹s mansion are audacious enough to drive home while very intoxicated. Furthermore the individuals who were drinking were astonished to see the car in the ditch but none of them bothered to help. Alcohol in large amounts and large groups can cause misjudgements and even death. All in All drinking by Gatsby¹s guests led to extremely reckless behaviors.
Next and final of all is the emptiness that the characters of this .....
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A Child’s Verdict
.... plays a negative role in Robbie’s life that eventually brings him to do certain mischievous things. From neighbor’s and Robbie’s accounts, one can clearly see the environment in which he lives. Through a next door neighbor’s testimony we learn that Robbie has been seen frequently unattended away from and at his home. For periods of time, neighbors describe him coming and going from his home, awaiting his mother. For someone as young as he, Robbie is being severely effected by this neglect. Robbie is also effected numerous occasions by his mother’s sex life. Censure of children is something that is important in their safety an .....
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Joining The Tribe: Homosexuality
.... being too loose and too rigid, but in order to get up on the tightrope at all, you have to be popular, fun, and heterosexual" pg. 88. She feels tormented that she has to hide her real self to be accepted in this society. She explains how her friends probably wouldn’t hang around with her if she came out. They would be worried that she was looking at them. Information is not taught regularly in class rooms about homosexuality. So children do not know how to act toward gays or how to act if they are gay. It is a very intimidating experience for many of the people in the book. One girl says their is "a new trap to fall into .....
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