Native Son: Various Personality Elements Of Bigger
.... admits
to Max that Mary Dalton's behavior toward him made him hate her, it is not
that hate which causes him to smother her to death, but a feeble attempt to
evade the detection of her mother. The fear of being caught with a white
woman overwhelmed his common sense and dictated his actions. When he
attempted to murder Bessie, his motivation came from intense fear of the
consequences of "letting" her live. Bigger realized that he could not take
Bessie with him or leave her behind and concluded that killing her could
provide her only "merciful" end.
The emotional forces that drive Bigger are conveyed by means other than his
wor .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Innocence To Experience
.... to the notion that a
mockingbird is a harmless creature and does nothing but sing and bring
happiness to the world. Harper Lee takes the title for her novel from this
passage because the imagery of the mockingbird is comparable to the
characters of both Boo Radley and Tom Robinson. These two characters are
"harmless songbirds" who are sinfully destroyed. This statement also
definitely shows that the kids (Jem and Scout) have respect for Atticus.
The building of a snowman by Jem and Scout one winter is very
symbolic. There was not enough snow to make a snowman entirely out of snow,
so Jem made a foundation out of dirt, and .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird
.... realizes that she wrongfully
treated Boo when she thinks about the gifts in the tree. She never gave
anything back to Boo, except love at the end. When Scout escorts Arthur
home and stands on his front porch, she sees the same street she saw, just
from an entirely different perspective. Scout learns what a Mockingbird is,
and who represents one.
Arthur Radley not only plays an important role in developing Scout
and Jem, but helps in developing the novel. Boo can be divided into three
stages. Primitively, Boo is Scout’s worst nightmare. However, the author
hints at Boo actually existing as a nice person when he places things in .....
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: Slavery
.... “call me a low-down Abolitionist and despise me for
keeping mum....” (43). During the course of their journey, the line that
Huck envisions between himself and Jim becomes increasingly fainter.
Society and its mores seem extremely distant and remote from the simple yet
ideal life Jim and Huck lead on their raft.
Just as slavery was an almost universally recognized practice in
Huckleberry Finn’s world, the supposed inferiority of women has been an
accepted idea in more recent times. Into the twentieth century a woman was
not considered an equal member of American society. The traditional role
of a woman as a wife, a mother an .....
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Lord Of The Flies: Book And Movie Comparison
.... to stop.
Lord of the Flies is full of symbolism. For example; Jack
represents the primitive nature in man and Ralph represents civilization.
Also, Piggy’s glasses represent the civilization that they are losing.
When Piggy’s glasses are taken it seems like the end of whatever
civilization they had left. Also the sows head that is speaks to Simon
represents the devil or the evil that is present in man. The Lord of the
Flies also deals with the defects in human nature. That is actually what
the book’s theme is. Human nature is in no way perfect and that somewhere
inside all of us is that wildness waiting to get out.
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Animal Farm Theme
.... would come back! Yes, Jones would come back! Surely, comrades,”
cried Squealer almost pleadingly, skipping form side to side and whisking
his tail, “surely there is no one among you who wants to see Jones come
back?” The animals all are in agreement that they do not want Jones back,
therefore; believing that the pigs health was the upmost concern (Orwell
820). Here one can see that the animals are easily deceived through a few
big words and a lot of fast talking that can be easily confused if one does
not pay attention closely. When the animals agree with the fact that they
do not want Jones back they assume that they must .....
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Jose Donoso's Paso: Summary
.... with common feelings and
situations to which all can identify with that all are affected by the
story.
In the beginning the situation is introduced to the reader by a
narrator recounting the story from a childhood experience. It is known
quite quickly in the story that the home in which the story takes place is
very empty of feelings as is expressed by the narrator say “it was not
happy” instead of “it was sad” because that is exactly what I mean to say”
(Donoso315).
This absence of feeling is the foundation for the story. The
control of the central character Aunt Mathilda is the stealer of these “
feelings”. She through .....
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The Symbolism Of Color In The Great Gatsby
.... is a white and yellow flower. Daisy also often became
physically white. "His [Gatsby’s] heart beat faster and faster as Daisy’s
white face came up to his own." (p. 112) It is obvious that Daisy is a
very white character. As far as purity goes Daisy spends a great deal of
time trying to appear pure with her white possessions. Perhaps she is pure
to some extent but she is, at least, undoubtedly white.
Green is Gatsby’s color in the Great Gatsby. Green is a symbol of new
wealth and life. In the Christian faith green shows life. Green symbolizes
new birth in the spring time with little trees and budding leaves. Gatsby
is trying to l .....
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The Great Gatsby: Symbolism Of Character's Names
.... That is just like Daisy’s
character. She seems so sweet and good, but as times progresses you find
out that she is just a selfish,and devoted to only being with the person
who has money.
Jordan Baker’s name is very symbolic. Her name combines two
automobile makes. The sporty Jordan and the conservative Baker electric.
The car is a representation of the persons image. Often the way a person
drives is the way they live their life. When a person has a really nice car
they may either take good care of it, and treat it with respect, or use it
without any regard or appreciation. The way Jordan Baker drives represents
the way she liv .....
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A Review On Durable Goods By Elizabeth Berg
.... and respected
serviceman who moves his family to a Texas army base after the death of his
wife. Katie struggles with the tradgety of her mothers death but handles
her pain in a heartwrenching, stoic manner. Her abusive father, on the
other hand, handles his sorrow by showing aggression towards his daughters.
This is especially difficult for Katie considering that her father is all
that she has to look up to, aside from the neighbors who take her in every
now and again. Still, the image of her mother haunts her. As she tries to
grow up, she also longs for a time when she could cuddle up in her mothers
arms as a younger child. .....
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Different Strokes For Different Folks
.... on how females should be, and also shows the insincerity in her
personality.
Daisy is also very confused about what she wants. When she is
faced with having to make a decision between Jay Gatsby, her old love, and
Tom Buchanan, her husband, she is not sure whom to choose. It is a choice
that is based upon remaining materialistic, “old money,” with Tom or being
torn apart from her once true love, “new money,” Gatsby. When Gatsby
asks her to deny her love for Tom Daisy states, “‘I did love him once - but
I loved you too’” (Fitzgerald 140). This indicates that Daisy is
uncertain of whom she loves or how to chose between them. .....
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Mother-Daughter Tradition In The Joy Luck Club
.... that she was trying to
make her become a child prodigy like Waverly, but her mother did this
because she knew it would benefit June for the rest of her life.
Because of the death of her mother, June was forced to take the
place of her mother in more than just filling her place at the Maj Jong
table. The mother daughter tradition was broken because the lost babies
were found after the death of their mother. June's trip to China can be
seen as the completion of her mother's promise to return, honoring her
sisters by attempting to transfer what she had absorbed from her mother
and her tradition.
"And I think, My mother is right .....
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