Hard Times By Charles Dickens - Irony
.... became older, what they were taught
began to turn sour in their minds. Tom, Grandgrind’s son, began to despise
his father and all he was taught and thus began to rebel. He took to
smoking and gambling, which eventually led to his downfall. Tom had grown
up to become a sycophantic, self-absorbed parasite. He had turned out the
exact opposite as hoped. Thomas Gradgrind had raised his children never to
wonder, but wondering intrigued them. Gradrgind had observed his children
peeking into a circus tent because they were curious as to what was inside.
The children were scolded for being curious, but seeds were planted into
their minds .....
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The Storm Within
.... themselves to
resist this temptation. Their feelings were so dangerously close to the
surface that they could hardly hide them any longer.
The storm was raging on and the drama of the lightning was very
shocking to them. They could almost feel its electricity. “The playing of
lightning was incessant. A bolt struck a tall chinaberry tree at the edge
of the field. It filled all visible space with a blinding glare and the
crash seemed to invade the very boards they stood upon.” The lightning in
the literal storm was the symbol of the electricity felt between the
Calixta and Alcee. It draws them together by its magnetic force. She .....
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A Separate Peace: Antagonists And Gene
.... just to please another person.. However, Finny isn’t the
only thing that affects Gene and his maturing process.
The war acts as an antagonistic force toward Gene because it forces
him to mature too fast. When Genes friend, Leper is recruited from Devon,
Gene realizes that the war is real and it does affect him, especially when
Leper comes back from the war crazy. This affects his maturing because he
is seeing someone he cares about loose his mind. Finny’s opinion on the
war also affects and shocks Gene, “sure, there isn’t any war.” (Pg. 150)
This forces Gene to mature because he realizes that people have different
bel .....
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The Member Of The Wedding: Summary
.... Much later, Frankie and her father move in
to a house with her aunt, and uncle, because of her cousin’s death; and her
cook quits. Frankie finds a sophisticated friend, in which she can relate
to.
The relevance of this theme is that change is a necessary part of
life, and can’t be stopped from happening. Frankie couldn’t deal with
change, so her way from escaping from it was trying to leave home. In the
end we all have to deal with change, and accept it.
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1984: Satire Of The Middle Class
.... is
possibly no one that loves Bill Clinton, besides his family. there are
several that love to makes fun of him, but on the political mainstream love
is not involved as it is in Oceania. The setting in itself is an extremely
important part of the novel. Winston lived in a "dark, gray drab jungle."
Posters of Big Brothr were everywhere. The telescreen could see and hear
asmost everything that Winston did. However, Winston could hide from it
long enough to write in his diary even though he knew he would get caught
eventually. Winston was alienated before Julia. He didn't have much contact
with other people; he was constantly hung .....
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The Great Gatsby: Nick Carroway Was A Good Narrator
.... afternoon, and
taken baggage with them.
Therefore, Nike Carroway's analysis was right by these clear
observation.
However, Nike Carroway is a good narrator, he sees everything
happen and does not trust everybody easily. So during the people discuss
about something at a time, he does not believe it is true. After he proves
it, he will accept the truth.
Moreover, when Nike went to Gatsby's party, there is a drunk
lady telling everyone Gatsby killed a man before.
Somebody told me they thought he killed a man once.
Also, there is one more lady said that Gatsby was a Ger .....
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: Society And Nature
.... home, where he is supposed to
be living. On the river, Huck is free to go wherever he pleases and to be
whoever he wants to be. He doesn’t have to look for adventure, adventure
finds him quite easily.
The shore, on the other hand, represents civilization and
persecution, which is what Jim and Huck want to avoid. On the shore Huck is
forced to be someone he isn’t by attending school, wearing fancy clothes,
and practicing good manners. He isn’t free to live the kind of life he
wants to live, which is unburdened and spontaneous. Jim wants to avoid
society because, since he is a slave, he believes that the Widow is going
to sell him .....
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Wuthering Heights: Friendship Or Passion - The Chemistry Between Heathcliff And Cathy
.... he is
handsome, and young, and cheerful, and rich, and loves you.”1 (Pg 80)
Catherine later admits her true love for Heathcliff and how Edgar never was
a match for her.
“That will do to explain my secret, as well as the other. I've
no more business to marry Edgar Linton than I have to be in
heaven; and if the wicked man in there had not brought
Heathcliff so low, I shouldn't have thought of it. It would
degrade me to marry Heathcliff now; so he shall never know
how I love him: and that, not because he's handsome, Nelly,
but because he's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls
are made of, his and mine are the sam .....
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The Thief's Journal: The Prince Of Thieves - Genet
.... imparted to our clothes an animation, a
presence which, when they had gone, left our garments
lifeless. We liked to know -and feel- that the translucent
bugs were swarming; though not tamed, they were so much
a part of us that a third person's louse disgusted us. We
chased them away but with hope during the day that the nits
would have hatched. We crushed them with our nails,
without disgust and without hatred. We did not throw their
corpses -or remains- into the garbage; we let them fall,
bleeding with our blood, into our untidy underclothes. They
were the only sign of our prosperity, of the very underside
of pr .....
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The Great Gatsby: Jordan Baker
.... Jordan connects
Nick to Gatsby by bringing him to one of Gatsby’s parties with her, where
Gatsby introduces himself to Nick. Jordan leads a careless life, one
incident proving this is the scene where Jordan is driving Nick. Nick
tells her, “You’re a rotten driver, either you ought to be more careful or
you oughtn’t to drive at all” (Fitzgerald 63), Jordan responds, “I hate
careless people” (Fitzgerald 63). This scene just shows us how Jordan can
also be represented as a hypocrite being she’s a careless person herself.
Jordan ties Nick in on the latest happening to other characters, such as
during dinner when the phone rings, Jo .....
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1984: A Political Statement Against Totalitarianism
.... be a gem in Orwell's collection of novels against totalitarianism.
Orwell wrote 1984 as a political statement against totalitarianism.
Orwell's word choice drives the plot of the story in that they introduce a
new dimension, a world where everything takes place in a modern controlled
society. The phrase "Newspeak" was created by Orwell to describe a
derivation of the English language, which this new world uses to
communicate, and to represent of authoritative dialogue which takes place
throughout the novel. (Meckier) Another phrase chosen by Orwell to
illustrate the new controlled society is "double-think", a word which is
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The Infinity Mirror
.... gifted with talent. Tularecito becomes a man at
the age of six, "The boy grew rapidly, but after the fifth year his brain
did not grow any more," To Franklin, Tularecito is grace, and graceless.
He is talented in all things of any physical strength, and well proficient
in the creation of beauty, and an artist in the care for life of nature.
The touch of Tularecito brings beauty, and life, and love to the world,
until he becomes enraged, (should anyone endanger what came from the touch
of his hand). Franklin looked into Tularecito's mirror and saw what
Tularecito was.
Authority views come from several directions. While one teach .....
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