Billy Budd: A Story Of True Goodness
.... John is jealous. Lastly, where Billy is good, John is bad.
The ugliness that results in the death of both men portrays the triumph of sinister forces over the meek. John Claggart, who is a powerful and feared man aboard Bellipotent, lashes out at Billy who is for the most part defenseless. This is an injustice of biblical proportions.
What could have prevented this from happening? Perhaps, if Billy picked up on John’s malicious intent the entire tragedy could have been avoided. But, on the other hand Billy was good and sought goodness. That is why he failed to see the evilness in Claggart.
To discourage Billy’s goodness .....
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Lord Of The Flies: Imagery And Symbolism Of The Conch Shell And Ralph
.... changed to a bleached color though, and was very brittle. When Piggy died the conch went with him it shattered into hundreds of pieces. The conch symbolizes how the civilization was drained from the boys. The more and more wild the boys got the whiter and more fragile the conch got.
Ralph was the other symbol I decided to write about, he was the leader, he knew what was best for the boys and him and he wanted to make sure he handled them with the right amount of authority. Ralph was the most civilized of the bunch and if it weren’t for Jack everything would have been fine they all would have listened and things wouldn’t have g .....
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Catcher In The Rye: Holden's Love FOr Children
.... up. He is frightened to face his approaching adulthood and often thinks of killing himself so he doesn’t have to. He often thinks of his deceased brother Allie who will always be remember as a child, and he realizes the price one has to pay to remain a child is death.
Holden’s fear of growing up and his love for children is an important aspect of this personality and cause of some of the problems he has to deal with
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Summary Of All Quite On The Western Front!
.... It is very loud, also, with constant bombardments and frequent attacks. "At that moment," Paul says, "it breaks out behind us, shells, roars, thunders." The screamhs of injured people is even worse then the blaring explosions and the earsplitting sound of machine gun firing because they know that the wounded soldiers could have easily been them. He says, "This appalling noise, these groans and screams penetrate, they penetrate everywhere."
The effects this place has on Paul and his fellow soldiers are devastating and it is changing them every day. Paul used to find comforts in his books, but when he was on leave, he found they .....
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The Joy Luck Club: Relationship Between Mother And Daughter
.... in China, a legacy that they wished to bestow on their daughters, as the little story in the beginning signifies. For many years, the mothers did not tell their daughters their stories until they were sure that their wayward offspring would listen, and by then, it is almost too late to make them understand their heritage that their mothers left behind, long ago, when they left China.
The second and third sections are about the daughters' lives, and the vignettes in each section trace their personality growth and development. Through the eyes of the daughters, we can also see the continuation of the mothers' stories, how they .....
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Malamud’s The Assistant: Frank Alpine's Metamorphosis From Bad To Good
.... to some wonderful things……but close is as far as I go….sooner or later everything I think is worth having gets away from me in some way or other.” (P39-40) Frank does not have any clear justification for his actions. However, his defense is that after such a rough childhood, what else can be expected of him, other than evil. Frank does not comprehend why he does what he does. He has no rational explanation of why he shatters everything he works so hard to gain. Maybe Frank was just born evil.
Although Frank has done wrong, he tries to redeem himself by working for Morris Bober for free, to show his gratitude. However, Frank p .....
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Who Is Amelia Sedley?
.... his son and the helpless daughter. However, inspired by his friend
Dobbin, who is himself in love with Amelia and always selflessly thinking
of her happiness, George rebels against his father and marries her.
George is killed in battle and she is poverty-stricken that she is
forced to hand her son over to her despised father-in-law. Dobbins remains
devoted to her but she cannot let go of George. Amelia’s willful
attachment to George’s memory leads her to abuse Dobbin’s genuine feelings
for her, and earns her the novelist’s final epithet of “tender little
parasite.” Is she really wrong to treat Dobbin’s like she does? Thacker .....
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The Scarlet Letter - Puritan Society
.... Finally, it is here that the two of them can
openly engage in conversation without being preoccupied with the
constraints that Puritan society places on them.
The forest itself is the very embodiment of freedom. Nobody watches
in the woods to report misbehavior, thus it is here that people may do as
they wish. To independent spirits such as Hester Prynne's, the wilderness
beckons her: Throw off the shackles of law and religion. What good have
they done you anyway? Look at you, a young and vibrant woman, grown old
before your time. And no wonder, hemmed in, as you are, on every side by
prohibitions. Why, you can hard .....
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Nine Tomorrows: Will Computers Control Humans In The Future?
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reading books and memorizing something that would take almost no time using
a computer in the futuristic world that Asimov describes. Humans might
began to rely on computers and allow them to control themselves by letting
computers educate people. Computers would start teaching humans what
computers tell them without having any choice of creativity. Computer ould
start to control humans' lives and make humans become too dependent on the
computers.
Another point that is criticized by Asimov is the fact that people
might take their knowledge for granted allowing computers to take over and
control their lives. In a story call .....
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Children Of The River
.... are Jonathan’s parents. Mr. McKinnon saved
Ravy’s life when he came to America. Sundara also teaches him Cambodian
language, so he can go to Cambodia.
Minor Characters
Naro is Soka’s son yet he is the head of the family. Grandmother
makes sure that Sundara does what she is supposed to. Moni is like an older
sister to Sundara. Moni knows what it is like to be in America and have to
follow the same ways. Chamroeun was Sundara’s boyfriend back home. He died
when trying to steal a potato to eat. Mayoury is Sudara’s younger sister
that was found and was going to be sent to Oregon. Pon is Sudara’s little
cousin. Cathy is Jona .....
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Tess Of The D'Ubervilles: Environments And The Feels Of The Characters
.... She had killed her past in the house
which was slowly killing her.
The next residence for Tess after the murder was in an abandoned mansion:
Bramshurst Court. This was the perfect place for Tess and Angel to escape
to. She wished for nothing more than to be left alone, from other people
and from her past. In this house she found a refuge with her true love,
and experienced what she had not for much of her life--contentment. She
did not desire to continue on with their journey at all. Tess there found
the solitude with her one love that she had wanted for so long, and
without the constant burden of her past to ruin things. Wit .....
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
.... you do now? No, says
I, I'd feel bad…" (p.127). Only a few weeks with Jim and still feeling
great ambivalence, Huck returns to the river to think. Twain tries here to
tell the reader how strong the "mob" really is, and only when totally alone
is Huck able to make the morally correct decision. The natural flowing and
calm of the river cause this deep-thought, showing how unnatural the
collective thought of a society can be.
The largest and most obvious test of Huck's character is his
relationship with Jim. The friendship and assistance which he gives to Jim
go completely against all that "sivilization" has taught him; at first .....
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