Of Mice And Men
.... unpainted." Later he says, " Against the walls
were eight bunks, five of them made up with blankets and the other three
showing their burlap ticking." So far we get the idea that the bunkhouse
was not the most beautiful place to live in, one of the only forms of
entertainment in the bunkhouse was playing cards. Steinbeck described this
setting with images of light and darkness next to each other. As Steinbeck
said outside there is "evening brightness" and inside there is "dusk". When
Steinbeck says that inside there is dusk, it's almost like a foreshadow of
what's going to happen in the future. Most likely something bad will happen .....
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The Invisible Man
.... chain also symbolizes the narrator's experience in college, where he
was restricted to living up to Dr. Bledsoe's rules. He feels that he too
escaped, in order to establish himself again .The narrator identifies with
Brother Tarp because he too is trying to be an individual free of other
people's control. He does not want to be seen as a tool to be exploited,
but instead as a free-thinking human being.The invisible man knows now that
he has been a tool and feels a strong connection with Brother Tarp.It is as
though brother Tarp is passing on his final wisdom to the Invisible Man
just as the Invisible Man’s grandfather had done .....
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The Awakening: Edna's Path Through Life
.... "The acme of bliss, which would have been a
marriage with the tragedian, was not for her in this world. As the devoted
wife of a man who worshiped her, she felt she would take her place with a
certain dignity in the world of reality, closing the portals forever behind
her upon the realm of romance and dreams." (P. 24) After marriage, hidden
around the curvatures of the path, were the expectations of motherhood and
being a devoted mother, after all "if it was not a mother's place to look
after children, whose on earth was it?" (P.7)
The appearance of Edna's life looked perfectshe was the envy of
many women who declared, "Mr .....
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Frankenstein
.... a monster.
They scorn, attack, and shun the monster just because of his outward
appearance. This is not justified by anything except his demeanor. They
are also afraid of it because they are afraid of things about which they
no nothing. Society also unjustly kills Justine because she is the only
person that could have possibly have done such an evil act. They again
wrongly label Justine as the killer. They do not look into the facts but
instead find a quick and easy answer to the problem. This again shows the
ignorance of society in this novel.
Two of the most inaccurate assumptions of society revolve around the
central charac .....
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“The Secret Sharer”: The Captain Narrator
.... problems facing him, his everyday life is
vague. The captain narrator begins to face his problems when Leggatt, a
stowaway, arrives on the ship.
When Leggatt arrives, they immediately have a psychological link.
Leggatt’s first appearance shocks the captain narrator, but he senses an
instant bond between himself and the stowaway. The captain narrarator
states “ I had become so connected in thoughts and impressions with the
secret sharer of my cabin.” As Leggatt tells the story of his past
encounter with murder and escape, the captain narrator does not condemn him
or his actions. In the next few days, the two men share their .....
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Symbolism In Lord Of The Flies
.... The water current around the island seems to be "flowing
backwards," giving the subtle impression that civilization may be going
backwards for the island or its inhabitants. Additionally, another reader
pointed out that Jack could also represent Communism or Fascism. Golding
was influenced by events during the time period that the book was written,
which was around World War II.
Themes
William Golding presented numerous themes and basic ideas that give the
reader something to think about. One of the most basic and obvious themes
is that society holds everyone together, and without these conditions, our
ideals, values, and the b .....
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Inman
.... to the voices in
his head, but he couldn't avoid them. They told him that it was possible
to be lost in bitterness and anger that you are no longer able to find your
way out. Inman finally got up from his slumber and continued on his
journey. Inman would never have been able to follow the track if it
weren't for the tracing in the old snow. He came across a black pool of
water. There was a lone drake in the center of it. Inman thought the
drake's world constricting and that the drake would float there until the
ice clenched the webbing in its feet. The drake would flap to try and free
itself but his attempts would be useles .....
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A Separate Peace: Brinker Hadley
.... "the standard boy's school article." Brinker
gives a name to "the rest of them.
Brinker Hadley is important to the story: he brings out Gene's
misdeeds, he symbolizes Devons change from peace to war, and he embodies
the rest of the class. First, he reveals Gene's misdeeds (jouncing the
limb). Second, he signifies Devon's change from peace to war. Finally, he
gives a name to the general populous' attitudes. Brinker Hadley is
important to the novel A Separate Peace.
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The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
.... himself, he is
able to express himself without being judged as Dr. Jekyll. Hyde contains
all of the dark feelings of Dr. Jekyll, he is the alter ego. One can
distinguish this characterization from the description of Hyde. >"Mr.
Hyde was pale and dwarfish; he gave an impression of deformity without any
namable malformation, he had a displeasing smile, he had borne himself to
the lawyer with a sort of murderous mixture of timidity and boldness, and
he spoke with a husky, whispering and somewhat broken voice (109)."
Dr. Jekyll was forced to accept this part of his identity. He had
become addicted to this identity altering drug .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Wearing Masks
.... He began wearing this mask around the start of his
teenage years, as a result of pressures from peers, and a fear of not being
accepted. Even in these different social and economic times, the 1930's,
issues like popularity and social acceptance were real and present, just as
they are today.It is true that many teenagers today face challanges of
where to place their emotions and how strong they should be, a predicament
Jem was obviously faced with. Jem was afraid of not being accepted if he
accepted his sister, consequently, he wore a mask to project feelings of
discontentment with her and her behavior.
Calpurnia's situation may .....
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The Call Of The Wild
.... untamed beast from the wild. His long-
time lost instincts given to him by his ancestors from generations ago
started to come to him. In the end of the story, Buck is leading a pack of
wolves through the forest and stops at the top of a cliff and howls,along
with his other companions, to a silvery full moon.
I think that the point of this story, is that you learn from life
and you can never forget or change who you really are deep inside. Buck,
who's ancestors were of the wild and untamed, and after generations, Buck
was able to become what he was in the first place generations ago. A wolf,
not a rich dog. In a way, it made me u .....
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Visions Of The Future
.... and mathematicians
such as Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Bacon, Descartes, Newton, etc., are
just of the few who expanded ideas. They began to use the inductive
method as a step-by-step to their understandings. The new outlook
generated by the Scientific Revolution served as the foundation of the
Enlightenment. The Scientific Revolution gave thinkers great confidence in
the power of the mind , which had discovered nature’s laws, reinforcing the
confidence in human abilities expressed by Renaissance humanists. In time
it was believed, the scientific method would unlock all nature’s secrets,
and humanity, gaining ever greater kno .....
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