Lord Of THe Flies: Defects Of Society Due To Nature Of Individuals
.... professional literary critics (who find) deep strata of ambiguity and
complication in Golding's work. . . ." (Noble Prize committee) Some conceived
the novel as bombastic and didactic. Kenneth Rexroth stated in the Atlantic,
"Golding's novels are rigged.. . . The boys never come alive as real boys. . . .
" Other critics see him as the greatest English writer of our time. In the
Critical Quarterly in 1960, C.B. Cox deemed Lord of the Flies as "probably the
most important novel to be published. . . in the 1950's."
The setting of the novel takes place on an island in the Pacific Ocean.
The author never actually locates the island .....
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The Lord Of The Flies: Themes
.... Golding. Strong examples of this are found throughout Lord of
the Flies. The most obvious is the struggle between Ralph and Jack. The
characters themselves have been heavily influenced by the war. Ralph is the
representative of Democracy. Elected as the leader he and Piggy his companion
keep order and maintain a civilized government. The strength of Ralph's
character was supported by the power of World War II. Jack, on the other hand,
represents authoritarianism. He rules as a dictator and is the exact opposite
of Ralph. Jack is exemplifying the Hitler's and Mussolini's of the world. He
is what the world fears and yet .....
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Pride And Prejudice: What's Love Got To Do With It
.... even
goes as far as to say that “it is better to know as little as possible of the
defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life” (p.21). Charlotte
considered Mr. Collins "neither sensible nor agreeable" but since marriage had
always been her goal in life, "at the age of twenty-seven, with having never
been handsome, she felt all the good luck of it" (p.107). Charlotte is
speaking to Elizabeth on her marriage to Mr. Collins, "I am not romantic, you
know. I never was. I ask only a comfortable home; and considering Mr. Collins'
character, connections, and situation in life, I am convinced that my chance of
happiness .....
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Machiavelli's View Of Human Nature
.... of it's citizens there are few to be found."5
Machiavelli further goes on to question the loyalty of the citizens and advises
the Prince that "...because men a wretched creatures who would not keep their
word to you, you need keep your word to them."6 However, Machiavelli did not
feel that a Prince should mistreat the citizens. This suggestion once again to
serve the Prince's best interests.
If a prince can not be both feared and loved, Machiavelli suggests, it
would be better for him to be feared bey the citizens within his own
principality. He makes the generalization that men are, "...ungrateful, fickle,
liars, and dece .....
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Mark Twain And His Masterpiece: The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
.... his era
B. How the era affected his writings
VI. Conclusion
A. My feelings
B. End notes
C. Bibliography
Samuel Clemens was an American writer and humorist who's best work is shown
by broad social satire, realism of place and language, and memorable characters.
Clemens was born November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri. His family moved
to Hannibal, Mississippi when he was four. There he received a public school
education. Samuel Clemens was a difficult child, given to mischief and mis
adventure. He barely escaped drowning on nine separate occasions. .....
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The Great Gatsby: Morality And Gatsby
.... it-
signed Jay Gatsby." (Fitzgerald 45-46) The two had lived next door to each
other for awhile however, they had never associated. Therefore, along with the
invitation to the party there was some suspicion. Jay Gatsby is a very wealthy
man. Nick Carraway, although he lives in West Egg, is not wealthy nor elegant.
The two are certainly opposites. Gatsby and Carraway are bound to take
advantage of each other.
In The Great Gatsby morality is often put to the test. In the book, as
well as real life, there are consequences that follow the actions that are taken.
Morality differs from person to person. However, there is one .....
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The Mosquito Coast
.... he so desired.
Charley is the thirteen year old son of Allie. He is naive to the
practices of modern society because of his fathers continual and insisted
sheltering from the evils of everyday life. He is very impressionable and sees
his father as the most brilliant man on earth.
Jerry is the ten year old younger brother of Charley. He enjoys
bettering his brother, and cutting him down. He puts on a guise of valiant
bravery, yet inside he is merely a frightened child. Although he immensely
respects his brother he is unable to relate these emotions for he views them as
feminine.
The story begins on a farm in Massachus .....
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Mythic Heros: Sinbad The Sailor
.... always happen to him. He normally set out as a
merchant, carrying goods from one exotic land to another. Yet, on each of these
trips, something incredible happened to him and his crew, resulting in a dead
crew and a fantastic story for Sinbad the sailor.
Secondly, all of Sinbad's great adventures occurred sequentially. In
other words, he went immediately from one adventure to another without so much
as a nap in between. This man never had a quiet boat ride in the entire span of
time in which his adventures took place.
Another interesting point is the manner in which Sinbad always left and
returned to his home port in Baghdad .....
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The Great Gatsby: Nick Versus Gatsby
.... becomes rich via bootlegging alcohol and counterfeiting bonds. Nick
persuades the observer that Gatsby is "…worth the whole damn bunch (rich class)
put together"(162). Even though Gatsby aspires to be part of the upper echelon,
he, fortunately, is different from them. Nick also analyzes Gatsby's behavior
in order to provide the reader with details and a summary of the great man. At
the end of the novel, Nick comments on Gatsby's life by stating that "(Gatsby)
had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close
that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already
behind hi .....
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Roddy Doyle's Paddy Clark: No More Laughing For Paddy
.... him.
Sinbad reacts differently to his parents fighting. He doesn't try to
intervene or stop them. In fact he closes up, he implodes emotionally. He cuts
himself off from everyone. During one of their parents arguments Paddy tries to
talk to Sinbad, but Sinbad shuts himself off. ""Sinbad?" He didn't answer. He
wasn't asleep though, I knew the breathing. I could hear him listening. I didn't
move. I didn't want him to think I was going to get him." (p.222)
This drama did not effect me as much as the daily life. The fights I
could not relate to. I had never experienced arguments of such high caliber. But
inevitably I had experien .....
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Of Mice And Men: Lennie And George
.... companions, but George and Lennie have
been together ever since Lennie's Aunt had passed away, and Lennie began to
follow George around everywhere.
Instead of hurrying to the farm that night, they stop by a stream to
camp in the open, and they'll arrive at work the next morning. Why? Well,
Lennie isn't very bright. George didn't want him to blow the job opportunity.
The logic between waiting until morning until going to work was, that way, all
the other farm hands would be out working, thus they'd have a better chance of
getting the job, since Lennie wouldn't have to confront to many people, which
can easily make him "confu .....
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Of Mice And Men: Four Major Themes
.... of good character have to honor certin moral responibilites.
George is bond by his own moral to take care care of Lennie. No one makes him
do it, he just does it because it feel like the right thing to do. Candy felt
like he neglected his moral responibility to shoot his own dog. Candy felt
real bad inside because it was his job to shoot his dog but instead Carlson
shot him. This shows that when a person goes against what is moraly right to
them , they hate themselves for it. At the end of the story George is forced,
out of moral, to shoot Lennie. It was the right thing to do, and even though
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