The English Patient: Caravaggio
.... suffering of the English patient: "She [has] come across the English patient - some one who looked like a burned animal, taut and dark, a pool for her" (41). Hana decides to stay with the English patient after the war because she doesn't wants to abandon the English patient from her the same way her father had abandoned her. Furthermore, the English patient is different from Hana's other patients; "There [is] something about him she [wants] to learn, grow into, and hide in, where she could turn away from being an adult" (52). At this point, Hana portrays the characteristics of a child. She portrays herself into the image of a .....
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Jude The Obscure: Summary
.... to begin with.
Fawley’s aunt being a baker she made him a bride-cake saying bitterly that it was the last thing she could do for him, poor silly fellow; and that it would have been far better if, instead of living to trouble her, he had gone underground years before with his father and mother.
Arabella did not want to tell Jude that she was not pregnant but she did eventually. "He was inclined to inquire what he had done, or she lost, for that matter, that he deserved to be caught in a gin which would cripple him, if not her also, for the rest of a lifetime?" The marriage continued even after Arabella confessed but the pa .....
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The Prince And The Pauper
.... in the sixteenth century the dialogue and narration is written in the language style of that time. “Oh, prithee, no more, my lord, I cannot bear it! I beseech your good lordship that order be taken to change this law...” is an example of the style within the novel. Not only the does the dialogue and narration make this novel unique but also the construction of the novel itself. The story has two different stories happening at the same time. One scene is that of Prince Edward and the other of Tom Canty. Mark Twain set up the chapters so that with every chapter the scene was changed to the view of the next character. This he .....
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Character Analysis: Holden Caulfield
.... in a little tail t’night?”(91) he feels uncomfortable but he still gets the prostitute. He then tries to act tough when Maurice is asking for five more dollars for the prostitute but Holden, unfortunately, as the prostitute takes five more dollars from his wallet “All of a sudden starts to cry”(103). This shows how he is insecure about his actions.
Holden is a boy who keeps to himself too much. He suffers too much mental anguish that he keeps it inside and has random breakdowns. These traits do make him unique but not necessarily in a good way.
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The Great Gatsby: Death Of The American Dream
.... print was a detective story in the school newspaper when he was thirteen.
From St. Paul Academy Fitzgerald went on to a higher education at Princeton University.
At Princeton, Fitzgerald neglected his studies for his literary apprenticeship. He wrote the scripts and lyrics for the Princeton Triangle Club musicals and was a contributor to the Princeton Tiger humor magazine and the Nassau Literary Magazine. On academic probation and unlikely to graduate, Fitzgerald joined the army in 1917. During this time he wrote the novel The Romantic Egotist.
After his discharge in 1919, he went to New York City to seek his fortune in o .....
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The Old Man And The Sea
.... fresh tunas which the boy had given him, as well as sardines to cover his hooks. The lines went straight down into the deep sea. As the sun rose, he saw the bird circled and circled. This time Santiago saw tuna leaping in the sunlight. A small one took the hook on his stern line. Hauling the quivering fish aboard, the old man thought it a good omen.
Toward noon, a marlin started nibbling at the bait, which was one hundred fathoms down. Gently the old man played the fish, a big one as he knew from the weight on the line. Although he had his skill and knew many tricks, he waited patiently for the fish to get tired. By daw .....
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Tom Clancy: Rainbow Six
.... anti-terrorist group called Rainbow Six. Rainbow Six is split into two teams; Team 1 and Team 2. These teams are the best there is. They are based in Hereford, England, but any European country can call on them at any time. They run 3 miles in 20 minutes every morning at 6:00 am. Only one team will be on-call at a time. The team that is not on-call will be doing live fire practices. In the first 6 months of being in operation they are called on three times which is a lot for this type of thing. The first incident happens in a Swiss bank where terrorists have taken control. They also have hostages. Team 2 successfull .....
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Gatsby’s Dream
.... gift for hope, a romantic readiness” which takes the ideas of a creative mind (6). Nick shows him under the dignified “name of the creative temperament” (6).
A Final example is when Gatsby asks Daisy to tell Tom that she never loved him. Hehas ultimately went on his search to obtain his true love and it has ended when he said this statement. He has found his true love which will, in the long run , will result in his ultimate defeat. However, he found that was not true, “Just tell him the truth that you never loved him [Tom]...I [Daisy] never loved him she said with perceptible reluctance...”(139). He wa .....
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An Analysis Of “Roses, Rhododendron”
.... to John asking for financial help. Jane spends most of her time with her friends. Often she does not even hesitate to spend the night over. they keep in touch even when Jane moves to San Francisco to live with her dad along with her mother. She never loses contact with her friends. It was so ironic to see Harriet to move to Rome. But even in Rome they write to each other.
The main character of the story is Jane. She has a dynamic character because from a little blond girl the story reaches to a point where she uses foul language by saying “God damn.” It was unexpected of her. She is also the narrator who is a part of the .....
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Ursula Le Guin’s Use Of The Psychomyth
.... beg from us. Mentally or physically challenged people in our society often receive the same treatment. We make fun because they are not as intelligent or physically fit as we are. They might have to use some sort of assistance to get around. They might not be able to speak like us or understand things the way most of us do. These are just two examples of people living in these isolated rooms. We acknowledge that they are there, but most of the time we do nothing. Instead, we ignore them and go on with our own busy, happy lives, leaving them alone in the world.
Although the society of Omelas is aware of the child’s exis .....
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The Horse And His Boy By C.S Lewis
.... become friends in time.
Other chractors who are seen in the book are:
Peter Pevensie- King Peter the magnificent, the High King.
Susan Pevensie- Queen Susan the Gentle.
Edmund Pevensie-King Edmund the Just.
Lucy Pevensie- Queen Lucy the Valiant.
The four Pevensies, brothers and sisters, visted Narnia at the time of the winter rule of The White Witch. They remained in Narnia for many years and established the Golden age of Narnia. Peter is the oldest, followed by Susan, then Edmund and Lucy .
Shasta lived with his 'father' a poor fisherman in a small cottage. one day a very special man rode by and demanded hospit .....
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Sounder: Like Father Like Dog
.... a man and goes off to prison. Sounder demonstrates his own courage by taking a shotgun blast to the face while trying to prevent his master from being taken away to prison. Wounded and approaching death, Sounder treks off into the wooded marsh to heal himself with the acid from the oak-tree leaves. The heroic actions of both the father and Sounder perfectly demonstrate the strength they possess to carry on in a life of hardship, day after day.
Armstrong utilizes the boy’s thoughts to exemplify not only the mental strength of the father and Sounder, but their physical strength as well. The boy describes Sounder as having “great .....
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