Stephen Kings's The Stand
.... admits to him 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 other who dreamt of Abigail and this plac .....
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The Struggle Between Good And Evil In The Hobbit
.... forms, and magic rings of
Power rule and corrupt (Evans145).
Magic comprises part of the fantasy aspects of the book. For example, when Gandalf is awakened by a scream, there is a flash of light and the goblin king falls at Gandalf's feet. "Bilbo's yell had done that much good. It had wakened him up wide…" (Carpenter 124). When Gandalf used his magic lightning command he killed the goblin king. When Bilbo encounters Gullum and plays a game of riddles with Gullum he steals a magic ring from Gullum. When Gullum found out he attempted to chase Bilbo. At that moment Bilbo placed the magic ring on his finger "his head was .....
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The Crucible: John Proctor
.... conversation he has with another character is with Abigail Williams, where Abigail is trying to make John tell her that loves her, and that he will come again for her. John tells Abby that their affair is over with and Abby begins to plead for John’s love and he says “Abby I may think softly of you from time to time. But I’ll cut off my hand before I’ll ever reach for you again. Wipe it out of mind. We never touched, Abby.” John knows that he really did have an affair with Abby, but the fact that he denied it shows how in the beginning of the story, he was a man only concerned with only his own self preservation. Despite his adul .....
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Comparison Between Novel And Film Version Of "Lord Of The Flies"
.... in establishing Simon as a "Christ" figure and Roger's murderous nature. On the other hand, the novel installs all these ideas and allows the reader to use their creativity. Therefore, due to the film's inability to give audiences more information about the characters, their role and their emotions, the novel is much more informative.
Secondly, the novel is capable of giving readers more insight into the story with the use of symbols and hidden meanings. The novel is able to do this because it depicts important underlying messages and critical incidents. For instance, Piggy's glasses represent civilization, reality and .....
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The Most Dangerous Game: Foil Character To Contrast The Protagonist
.... you and I are hunters."
Rainsford never considered what it was like to be the prey rather than the predator, that is until he met General Zaroff. General Zaroff was much like Rainsford, only he had found the ultimate game to hunt- human beings. By making Rainsford the huntee, Zaroff showed Rainsford what it felt like to be the prey. Instead of being the one to set traps and track the prey, Rainsford learned what it felt like to fear for his life, as did the beasts that he himself hunted. Previous to the hunt, he had assumed that the creatures that he tracked had no sense or feeling. However, once Zaroff began this d .....
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Citizen Soldiers: A Comparison
.... that develops within a squad and platoon; which are the qualities most World War II combat veterans point to when asked how they survived and won. Each incident given by a person represents in its own way the personal levels of war, how it affected the individual and their units of soldiers. The book summarizes the personal and individual aspects of war, rather than military intelligence and strategy. It is not a book about the generals or high ranking officers, but the men on the front lines who put life and limb on the line.
As in every aspect of life, everyone undergoes different experience. No two individuals are ever .....
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Siddartha
.... in the character’s lifestyle. Siddartha is still restless.
Siddartha’s second life, one of excess and desire, shows him trying to find the Self in a different, but equally futile, manner from the Samanas. Govinda has left him to follow the Buddha, the Illustrious One, and a dream leads him to seek a different kind of companionship. Now Siddartha seeks his unity through the woman Kamala, to whom he asks to be his “friend and teacher.” Siddartha does make one achievement in recognizing his three abilities. He tells the merchant Kamaswami, “I can think, I can wait, and I can fast.” These will aid him later in his jour .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Hester's Advice To Dimmesdale
.... a young female member of his congregation, and he has to restrain himself from saying things about the "vile communion supper."
Dimmesdale's acceptance of Hester's advice demonstrates his natural tendency to sin. His sin of adultery, although evil in nature, becomes compounded by his deceit and attempts to escape punishment for his actions. By attempting to hide his sins, Dimmesdale's troubled conscience begins to destroy him from the inside out. His moral deterioration begins the instant he accepts Hester’s advice to run away from their responsibility and attempts to cover their sin. By shunning his responsibility .....
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Review Of The Great Gatsby
.... wealthy people not being happy, but all the wealthy people were happy in sick ways. What I also found to be confusing was all the married couples and all of the mistresses. Everyone who was married seemed to be cheating with a dozen mistresses. This book was hard for me to understand.
My other reason for not liking this book was because of its realistic theme. In the beginning Jay Gatsby was seeing Daisy until he was sent to war. When he left for war, Daisy left for Tom Buchanan and his money. The rest of the novel is about Jay trying to go back in time. The theme of the story was you can't turn back time. I would've .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Prejudice
.... views about things, a lot different from mine, maybe..son, I told you to see something about her--I wanted you too see something about her" (112). Another brave thing that Atticus proved to his children was when the old rabid dog, Tim Johnson, was wandering up the street towards Jem and Scout. Atticus who's nicknamed " One Shot Finch", Atticus shot old Tim with one shot and the children could not believe their eyes. Just like Jem's and Scout's ability to change their views about Mrs. Dubose through maturity, they were also able to do the same with their respect for their father, Atticus.
As a person who teaches values, Atticu .....
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Roles In Frankenstein
.... the actions of its people. She is held accountable for a murder she didn't commit. Judgment is passed on her prematurely. I'll admit there was evidence against Justine, and we have the advantage of knowing that she didn't do it. Justine was not exactly a pillar of the community, so some reasonable evidence and the fact that human behavior tends to view people that are in the lower-class as being guilty of something, was all that was needed. The ideology of a being a monster is different the n looking hideous and revolting.
The characters of the Doctor and the monster act exactly opposite then would be expected of them. .....
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Catcher In The Rye And Generation X: Holden And Andy
.... of hypocrisy and lies, that Holden seems to think infect the adult world. As a result, Holden is very careful not to use other characters as a means for his own ends. In many ways he is unable to deflect the unexpressed pressures that every teen male feels, to have sex. He is offered the "teenage dream" of sex in a non-responsible situation when Maurice, the elevator operator in his hotel offers to set him up with a hooker. Holden jumps at the chance, but when confronted with the reality of the situation feels horrible, and ends up not touching the hooker.
Pure sex, like many other societal myths, is a romantic place that Hol .....
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