Frankenstein: Morality
.... rid of both monsters forever. "With the companion you bestow I will quit the neighbourhood of man,"(pg 142) promises the morally corrupt monster to the doctor upon the completion of his partner. When the doctor, if and when he, finished his first creation's mate there is a chance that the monsters will not keep their promise and stay in Europe envoking fear into townfolk.
The good doctor, trying to act morally, destroys the monster for the good of the world. The monsters can potentially take over whatever they please. "A race of devils would be propegated,"(pg. 163) thinks Frankenstein to himself in his study. The monsters, if .....
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Character Analysis: Catherine Morland
.... lessons. She tries them for one year and of course does not like them. Her mother is not one to hold her child to something they do not like, so she allows Catherine to quit. The day that Catherine left her music teacher was "the happiest day of her life" (22). It is not that Catherine despises music, she just does not prefer the lessons. She does, however, enjoy drawing, although it does not rank the highest of her fancies. Her supply of paper is not plentiful, so she draws on "any other odd pieces of paper" (22) that she can get her hands on. She is taught lessons by each of her parents, but she gets out of both whenever she can. .....
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"The Yellow Wall-Paper"
.... and that satisfies him."(508) This quote illustrates that the men are in control. If they strongly believe nothing is wrong, then nothing must be wrong. It is a feeling of self-satisfaction the men feel when they are superior to the woman.
The main character knows John loves her, but it is the oppression she feels that bothers her so. Her husband expresses his love for her but at the same time imposes his will on her. He hinders her from having her own thoughts. "…He is very careful and loving, and hardly lets me stir without special direction…"(507) The last few words of this quote show how John did not let her have any freedo .....
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The Generation Gap In The Joy Luck Club
.... misery, to eat [their] own bitterness." (p. 241) Though not many of them grew up terribly poor, they all had a certain respect for their elders, and for life itself. These Chinese mothers were all taught to be honorable, to the point of sacrificing their own lives to keep any family members' promise. Instead of their daughters, who "can promise to come to dinner, but if she wants to watch a favorite movie on TV, she no longer has a promise" (p. 42), "To Chinese people, fourteen carats isn't real gold . . . [my bracelets] must be twenty-four carats, pure inside and out." (p. 42)
Just as they believed that gold was not real .....
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The Lord Of The Flies: The Evil Of Mankind
.... to mimic that which they had previously become accustomed to. Also, the platform becomes the designated meeting area for the boys, and they are told to come to this platform whenever they hear the conch. Just like with a school bell, they are to report to wherever they need to be when the sound is heard. In order to protect themselves from the elements, the boys also construct several huts. Once this mock-society is established, the boys attempt to accept the society they have built. However, as time passes, and the boys go longer without adult influences, their personal defects begin to clash. Jack, a strong and older boy .....
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Gatsby As F. Scott Fitzgerald's Self-Portrait
.... I had married her, but being
patient in those days, made the best of it and got
to love her in another way...But I was a man divided.
She wanted me to work too much for her and not
enough for my dream. She realized too late that work
was dignity and the only dignity, and tried to atone
for it by working herself, but it was too late and
she broke and is broken forever.
Fitzgerald’s remarks here bring to mind the passage in The Great Gatsby where Gatsby pauses before kissing Daisy, knowing that “When he kissed this girl, and wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp a .....
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The Cat In The Rain: Self Control And Communication
.... crying, begging her father to slow down.
The drama was quick and the speed boat continued to skip along the waves. I watched as there heads bounced to the rhythm of the river. The little girl in the back still crying and her father still willfully riding his enjoyment to the maximum.
As a child growing up my parents taught me that self control is key to a balanced life. This self control lies in everything that you do and must be frequently be assessed and revised. In order to revise your self control you must be able to communicate honestly with yourself and the outside world. Communication is crucial in the success of .....
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Cannery Row: Social Classes
.... scream at them and call them no-goods, come-to-bad-ends, blots-on-the-town, thieves, rascals, bums"(18). They wish to live the life they want, even if they are called bad names and looked upon as bums.
Rich people call Mack and the boys names without realizing that they themselves are worse off than they are. "In a world ruled by tigers with ulcers, rutted by strictured bulls, scavenged by blind jackals, Mack and the boys dine delicately with the tigers, fondle the frantic heifers, and wrap up the crumbs to feed the sea gulls of Cannery Row"(18). The rich act like bulls trying get more power, they have ulcers because they donâ .....
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Memory And Imagination: A Review
.... images of value... Pain likes to be vivid.” (245). Like if for instance as a child we missed out on something and we used to envy other kids who had it, we will never forget it. When she says pain likes to be vivid, she meant painful memories are always remembered. It’s like if pain wanted to always be there to remind you of your worst moments. You can’t forget them that easily. The older you get, the more you forget. That is because everyday you build a new memory; all the old ones becomes less and less clear everyday. If they were not significant to you, you won’t remember them to well.
If she lies, it’s not intentionally, .....
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The Red Badge Of Courage: Belief
.... who (believed that he wasn’t afraid ended up changing and becoming a nice person as well as a good friend. He learned that what he originally believed, which was I am not afraid of anything wasn’t what he truly believed. He was terrified; he even gave the youth his will.
The Union or blue sky with sun, believed in what they fought for. They believed that a state cannot succeed from the union and a state cannot make a law null and void. In the back of their minds they believed that slavery was wrong and ended up fighting against it. The sun with rays represents common beliefs among the old Union. The Confederacy or .....
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Ethan Frome: Poor Surroundings, Poor Life
.... “his father got a kick, out haying, and went soft in the brain, and gave away money like Bible texts afore he died.” (pg.13). Then his “...mother got queer and dragged along for years as weak as a baby...” (pg.13). Ethan Frome never had a chance in life to make it better because every possible bad thing happened to him.
The second character named Zeena had her life doomed when she started to take care of Ethan’s Mom when she got sick. After Ethan’s Mom died Zeena married Ethan and lived with him on “...that the sawmill and the arid acres of his farm yielded scarcely enough to keep his household through the winter” (pg.13) .....
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‘A White Heron’ By Sarah Orne Jewett
.... in fact, we get the impression that her best friend is her grandmother’s cow. The story soon gives us another piece of vital information about Sylvia.
“ “‘Afraid of folks,’” old Mrs. Tilley said to
herself, with a smile, after she had made the
unlikely choice of Sylvia from her daughter’s
houseful of children, and was returning to the
farm. “‘Afraid of folks,’ they said: I guess she
won’t be troubled no great with ‘em up to the old
place!” When the reached the door of the lonely
house and stopped to unlock it, and the cat came
to purr loudly, and rub against them, a deserted
pussy, indeed, but .....
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