“The Jilting Of Granny Weatherall” By Katherine Anne Porter
.... story differ to a certain extent, they both have the two jiltings that happen to Granny Weatherall. The first one happens when Granny Weatherall is on her deathbed surrounded by her children, the doctor and priest. When a memory of 60 years ago, the day she was jilted by her husband-to-be, could no longer be repressed by Granny Weatherall—“the thought of him was a smoky cloud from hell that moved and crept in her head . . ..” The second one is when the final sign she has been waiting for from Jesus never appears. “For a second time there was no sign. Again no bridegroom and the priest in the house . . . She stretched herself w .....
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The Cask Of Amontillado: A Vengeful Setting
.... vengefulness that is built up inside of Montresor and gives the prediction of a conflict between the two.
The setting of the event as it unfolds begins at a jovial party with costumes and such. Poe establishes a rather happy and cheerful mood to surround the situation at hand in order to establish Fortunato’s state of being. Fortunato is dressed much like a clown with all the bells and whistles, which portrays him as being bright and flamboyant in the crowd. The surroundings characterize Fortunato to be a rather social giant with many charming aspects about him. It is made quite apparent that Fortunato is having a good time .....
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All Quiet On The Western Front: The Destructiveness Of War
.... has his head torn off. He runs a few steps more while the blood spouts from his neck like a fountain” (pg.115). Another incredible moment is stated on page 117, it says, “I fall into an open belly on which lies a clean, new officer’s cap.” These physical and emotional terrors cannot be healed completely neither the ones who saw them nor the ones who received them. Their pain is followed by deep scars, invisible to the common observer.
The physical destructiveness of war put soldiers on an emotional rollercoaster. Horrifying, unimaginable encounters changed them in ways they didn’t understand. For years, rumors .....
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"A Wrinkle In Time"
.... the time has come for Meg, her friend Calvin, and Charles Wallace to rescue him. But can they outwit the forces of evil they will encounter on their heart- stopping journey through space" (L'Engle 215)?
The story begins with the unsolved disappearance of Mr. Murray in the midst of one of his scientific experiments. The blunder was the quest to find out what happened to him and bring him back home to relieve mothers heartache. Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin were granted help in finding Mr. Murray from the three heralds, Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which. They (the Mrs's) each gave their own input and power in assisting .....
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Passionate Storms
.... inside and stay until the storm passed. Although it was dark outside, inside Alcee admired the fact that “she was a revelation in that dim, mysterious chamber; as white as the couch she lay upon.” Calixta realized that “her firm, elastic flesh that was knowing for the first time it’s birthright, was like a creamy lily that the sun invites to contribute its breath and perfume to the underlying life of the world.” “Her mouth,” unlike the torrential rains, “was a fountain of delight.”
As though their adulterous tryst were timed with the weather, their forbidden lust filled afternoon was over just as the storm was moving on. Al .....
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Huckleberry Finn And Tom Sawyer
.... they do not know exactly what it is. This brings out Tom's character as a boy that follows the rules very clearly and tries to be like society.
Also, when he tells Huck about the Arabs with all the jewels, elephants, and camels that they are going to go attack and they end up in a Sunday school picnic, Tom tries to tell Huck that they were hidden by Genies because Tom uses his imagination and romanticism. Huck tries really hard to believe him but he just cannot, and ends up just asking a lot of questions. Finally when Tom cannot answer any more he just says to Huck, "Shucks, it ain't no use to talk to you, Huck Finn. You don't se .....
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The Truth May Be Hidden In Reality, But Expressed In Fiction
.... Charles Dickens drew on personal experiences in Great Expectations.
Pip and Dickens have numerous similarities beginning in their childhood and ending in their adulthood. Both appear to be unloved by their mothers. Both of their mothers died when they were young. Their fathers did not help the situations. They both were abandoned by their fathers. Pip’s father died also when he was young and Dickens’ father was imprisoned for debt in Marshalsea prison in 1824. Pip, however, had a more complex situation about being an orphan. Pip’s Aunt Joe became his caretaker, or guardian. Due to certain circumstances in the novel, she beca .....
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Death Of A Salesman
.... this
can drive man to great things, sometimes it can drive a man to ruin.
Willy was driven to the latter. (Not his own greed for he was a simple
man with simple dreams, but by the greed of others.) The developers who
took away the sun and gave birth to shadows, his boss who reduced him to
commission and his sons which reduced him to a failure.
The next largest flaw in society is a lack of compassion. This could
be as a result of almost overwhelming greed, the main culprit being big
business.
"I'm always in a race with the junkyard! I just finished paying
for the car and it's on it last legs. The refrigerator co .....
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"The Doll's House" Essay
.... at Kezia, to
say `I live here.' The lamp was so real."
Conflict intensifies as Kezia remains the odd ball. The appreciation of
the lamp is a metaphor for the actions to come. Kezia likes the lamp
because she does not know any better. Thus, she decides to befriend the
Kelveys because she doesn't see anything wrong in doing so. The Kelveys
are a family that are shunned because of their economic status. Throughout
the town, "Many of the children, including the Burnnels, were not allowed
even to speak to them." Without a second thought, school children and
their families followed in the consuming tradition of looking down up .....
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Comparion Between: A Doll's House And Crime And Punishment
.... has no idea that
Luzhin has put money into her pocket. Raskolnikov's friend, Andrei
Semyonovitch Lebezyatnikov, was present when all of that takes place. "All
of this was observed by Andrei Semyonovich." (Dostoyevsky 460) Luzhin goes
to a reception for Sonia's father, Semyon Zakharovitch Marmeladov, and
announces that Sonia is a thief. Sonia immediately denies the accusation.
Luzhin tells her to look in her pocket. Sure enough the money that he was
missing was there. Luzhin wants Sonia to marry him but she does not love
him. Luzhin plans to blackmail Sonia into marrying him. Lebezyatnikov steps
in to save the day when he says, "I .....
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One Of A Doll's House: Secession From Society
.... She is almost considered to be property of his:
"Mayn't I look at my dearest treasure? At all the beauty that belongs to
no one but me -that's all my very own?" By walking out she takes a
position equal to her husband and brakes society's expectations. Nora also
brakes society's expectations of staying in a marriage since divorce was
frowned upon during that era. Her decision was a secession from all
expectations put on a woman and a wife by society.
Nora secessions are very deliberate and thought out. She knows what
society expects of her and continues to do what she feels is right despite
them. Her secessions are used b .....
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The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz
.... thought he was going to be a nobody.
He wanted so much to prove them wrong and he has. We may say he has
gained self assurance, restating the fact he was a somebody important.
Since his days at Fletcher's Field High School, he ran a gang based on
respect, not friendship. Things do not change when he becomes an adult.
Virgil is just one of the people Duddy uses to get money for his land. He
feels no grief for hurting his so called friends because he has never
experienced true friendship. His purchasing of land would push him into
higher step in society. What he gains is nothing compared to what he loses.
Duddy has lost .....
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