How Does H.G. Wells Create Tension In: The Red Room
.... responsible for the fear felt by the three residing custodians.
"for he had opened the door and fallen headlong down the steps I had just ascended."
"the tale of a timid wife and the tragic end that came to her husband's jest of frightening her."
The story begins with the narrator explaining that no ghost will frighten him. If one does it would have to be a terrifying one indeed. As soon as the reader begins the story they are in a room with the three elderly custodians of the castle, they add to the old, dark, un-cared for nature of the room which Wel .....
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A Separate Peace: Changes
.... Devon like the war took possession everything in the world. “Leper Lepellier didn’t suspect this. It was not in fact evident to anyone at first. But Leper stands out for me as the person who was most often and most emphatically taken by surprise, by this and every other shift in our life at Devon,” (85). Anything that happened at Devon was a surprise to him because he never paid attention to anything except things that concerned him. He liked things just the way they were; he did not like change. Instead of busying his time with what everyone else did, he liked cross-country skiing, or as he called it, “touring skiing,” sket .....
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The Gift: Review
.... pregnant. But very soon they became supportive of Tommy and his love for Maribeth because they realized how good-hearted she was. Tommy's parents soon decide to adopt Maribeth's child, knowing that this was another chance to share their love with a child, knowing that this child was a gift from God, and that Maribeth was sent to them for a reason.
During this novel, after Maribeth had gotten pregnant, she seemed very unsure of what she was she going to do with the baby, how she was going to tell her family about her pregnancy, and what she was going to do with here life. There was that constant suspense in knowing if she was going .....
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Alice Walker’s Everyday Use: Family Characters
.... the heritage itself. Unlike Mama who is rough and man-like, and Maggie who is shy and scared, Dee is confident, " determined to stare down any disaster in her efforts" (73) she is beautiful and dresses eloquently. Also she has a higher education having being sent " to school in Augusta " (73). She attempts to connect with her heritage by taking pictures of the house with the family in the picture. She also takes some of the handmade items of her mother’s such as the churn top which she will use " as a centerpiece for the alcove table " (76). She associates these things with heritage now, but thought nothing of them while growing .....
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The Scarlet Letter
.... he will be forced to carry the ever so heavy burden. Dimmesdale waits for such a long time that the guilt has already got to him by the time he is ready to confess. He carves the letter, “A,” into his chest. He beats himself with leather whips, and has to go for long walks in the woods. Back then the woods where known to everyone as the place where the Black Man lives. In this book, Dimmesdale is the dominant character that shows how guilt can rip you apart at the limbs.
People could say that Pearl really was possessed and that she was mean, but in all seriousness why would Hester she it in her eyes. Hester wanted to see i .....
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Mark Twain's The Adventures Of HuckleBerry Finn
.... the river sets the stage for most of Mark Twain's comments about man and society.
It is when they stop off at various towns along the river that various human character flaws always seem to come out. Examples of this would include the happenings after the bringing on of the Duke and King. These two con artists would execute the most preposterous of schemes to relieve unsuspecting townspeople of their cash. The game of the King pretending to be a reformed marauder-turned-missionary at the tent meeting showed that people are gullible and often easily led, particularly when in groups and subjected to peer pressure. The execu .....
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Of Mice And Men: Loneliness And Friendship
.... it is killed, he hears of George and Lennie’s dream and attaches himself to them so that he won’t end up someday totally alone and friendless. Even after Lennie kills Curley’s wife, old Candy still wants to join George and carry out the dream. Also, Crooks is betrayed to be on the verge of destruction, because “ a guy needs somebody to be near him… Don’t make no difference who the guy is, as long as he is with you.” Crooks would be willing to come to the farm and work for nothing just to have the opportunity to communicate with people.
Curly’s wife ultimately is one of the loneliest people, Her behavior is so hated, that n .....
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Maus
.... manage to survive using strategies, and blind luck, until they are caught and sent to Auschwitz. “We had to make for ourselves “bunkers,” places to hide” (Spiegelman, pg. 110). By hiding in these bunkers they are able to avoid the Germans. For instance Vladek tells Art about one of the bunkers they stayed in.
“In the kitchen was a coal cabinet maybe 4 foot wide, inside I made a hole to go down to the cellar. And there we made a brick wall filled high with coal. Behind this wall we could be a little safe” (110).
The description of this bunker shows one of the ways in which Vladek and Anja survive.
Throughout Maus, Vla .....
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Cry, The Beloved Country: Differences Of The Ruled And The Rulers
.... find that his sister, who had become very frail, was forced to become a prostitute to support her child. Then discovers his son had murdered a white man who ironically was abetting the black people.
The first portions shows how work forced the ruled Africans to migrate from rural areas into cities, causing deviation from their heritage, where they were forced into immoral and illegal activities. The second portion of the book explains how some white men were affected by their own doings. The third and final portion illustrates how the deaths of two young men bring about reconciliation between a black man and white man, provi .....
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The Awakening: Edna And True Love
.... was not true love either. He merely introduced the taste of tangible love to a searching body. This love was not the kind that Edna was longing for either. Arobin's role was to introduce her to the importance of sex. This was something that was foreign between her and her husband. She felt more like an individual when she was enjoying the act of love making, rather than acting on account of someone else's pleasure. This affair was important to her becoming an individual. The entire pre-Robert time was in preparation to finding him. Arobin's importance was evident with Edna's actions immediately following this affair. She decided t .....
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The Call Of The Wild: Effect Of The Environment
.... air. Buck was built for hard work; he was a huge, muscular and intimidating dog. However, Buck had to learn how to adapt to pulling a sled in every type of snow imaginable.
Buck’s environment was not exclusively made up of his surroundings; those who accompanied him were also a large part of his environment. Many of Buck’s masters helped to transform him into the wild, emotionless dog he became. Each sled driver’s expectations of his or her dogs were truly too high. In five short months, Buck traveled three thousand miles while pulling his masters sled. In order to maintain discipline, the dogs were whipped and beaten .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird
.... "As I made my way home, I thought Jem and I would get grown but there wasn't much else left for us to learn, except possibly algebra." This statement showed that she understood the prejudice and people's thinking at last. That would make her life a lot different.
Jem was Scout's brother. He was a little older than Scout. He also became familiar about the prejudice of Maycomb County through the story. In addition, he grew up like most teenagers would. "He was difficult to live with, inconsistent, moody" said Scout. That statement was made when Jem started to grow up. He didn't want to play with Scout like a little kid anymor .....
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