Released From The Grip Of What He Carried: Freedom Birds
.... dig his foxhole, wash his hands
under a canteen, unwrap the letters and photos, hold them with the tips of his
fingers, and spend the last hour of light pretending, he would imagine romantic
camping trips…" (275). One picture is a black and white picture of Martha
standing against a brick wall. It is told how Martha has an apparent neutral
look to her, and Cross can't help but notice the shadow of the person taking the
picture. Cross knows she has boyfriends, knows she is closer to men other than
himself. The other picture that Cross has is one of Martha clipped from a
yearbook. It is a shot of Martha playing volleyball fo .....
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Religion In Jane Eyre
.... of love
that she does have is the doll she clings to at night when she sleeps. Mrs. Reed
is a conventional woman who believes that her class standing sets her to be
superior, and therefore better than a member of her own family. As a result of
Jane's tantrums, quick temper, and lack of self-control, society classifies her
as an immoral person. She speaks up for her herself when she knows she is not
supposed to, and her family believes that she acts more like a "rebel" than a
young woman. Her spontaneous and violent actions go against conventionality and
she must suffer for being so free-spirited. Miss Abbot believes: "God will
pu .....
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The Celestine Prophecy
.... it was a bit
confusing because he keeps encountering the same people in different situations.
Another thig is Redfield repeats himself and the insights, and I'm assuming
he does it on purpose but it gets monotonous. Moyle calls it "considerate," but
I think it's just plain repetative. The only way I got complete understanding
was to make notes and think about it a LONG TIME.
"This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown aside
with great force," says Dorothy Parker. I don't feel that strongly about The
Celestine Prophecy. "I think there is indeed something to this book," as says
Moyle. I think .....
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Cahill's How The Irish Saved Civilization
.... the
hearts of others.” (Cahill, p. 115)
Cahill notes Ireland is the only land where Christianity is introduced
without violence - there were no murdered Irish martyrs. (Cahill, p. 151) He
discusses the growth of monasteries in Ireland and their eventual spread to Iona
and beyond by Columcille and his “White Martyr” followers. (Cahill, pp. 171-
184) Growth continues as Columbanus establishes the first Italo-Irish
monastery where monks continue to pray and copy. Between these two men Irish
monasteries were established in England, Scotland, Italy, France and beyond.
Historically the Irish are not credited with a major r .....
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The Old Man And The Sea: Analysis Of Santiago
.... Santiago copes
with what he has. The sail on his boat is torn and tattered, consisting of
countless rags stitched together. Although a nicer sail would have been nice he
knew that he could get by with the one he has.
Santiago displayed a great deal of grace while under the pressure of
catching his great adversary. While battling the marlin he always keeps his eye
on the goal, and figures out new ways to get through the tight spots. Even when
it seem that all hope is lost, he continues to persevere, so he may achieve his
goal. When he is out at sea his hands cramp, and it looks as if he has to give
up the fish, but he decid .....
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A Separate Peace: Social Sterotypes
.... Real individualists are
not those people with blue and green hair you see on talk shows. Those people
conform to a subculture, something that was less common during World War II.
The real individualists of the world are quickly disappearing, as conformity
becomes more popular. I haven't met any real individualists, so I can't say
whether or not Knowles exaggerates Lepillier's lack of stereotype.
In modern society, there is pressure on individualists to conform to
the most prominent subculture in the local area (I think). Those who fail to
conform become outcasts, like the character Quackenbush. Outcasts are
ridiculed so th .....
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Jane Eyre: The Settings
.... where the orphan inmates or students go to learn. Whereas at
Gateshead her physical needs were more than adequately met, while her emotional
needs were ignored. Here Jane finds people who will love her and treat her with
respect. Miss Temple and Helen Burns are quite probably the first people to
make Jane feel important since Mr. Reed died. Except for Sunday services, the
girls of Lowood never leave the confines of those walls. At Lowood, Jane learns
that knowledge is the key to power. By learning, Jane earns greater respect and
eventually, she becomes a teacher there, a position of relative power, all the
more so compared .....
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The Metamorphosis: Shape And Form
.... his family was too dependent of him. When Gregor wouldnt let anyone in his
room in fear that they would be horrified by his condition, he thought that his
family was harassing him because he was in danger of losing his job, and
because the chief would begin harassing his parents again for the old debts" (p.
76). At this point, everyone was angry and wanted him to get up for work.
All that mattered to the family was what Gregor was able to provide.
After his secret of change to an insect was discovered, they realized that he
was no longer of any use to the family, and he was unappreciated in every way.
He didn't have his jo .....
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Barbara Kingsolver's "Animal Dreams": Alice
.... was more
of a child mechanic than a father. Retaining only his technical aptitude after
Alice died all he could do was provide his kids with orthopedic shoes and the
correct medicine. When not fixing Codi or Hallie's present or future ailments
Homero took photographs of natural objects and slyly transformed them into man-
made devices by doing what he seemed to be best at, distorting images.
Codi, similar to her father mentally blocked out her past. Her
childhood remained within her as only a series of stained and misplaced memories.
Codi attempted to follow in her father's emulsion lined footprints, fixing
every one of lif .....
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Shoot The Teacher
.... at
his father as if he was a perfect stranger.And he has all rights to do that
since they practicly hadn't seen each other att all since Adam was born. Then
some kind of a father-son friendship evolves, but I get the feeling that it's
only because they feel they have to. When Simon is accused of murder, Adam
starts to hate him. Perhaps stop caring about it, is a better way of describing
Adam's feelings towards his dad.
The author used a technique with many enviromental descriptions. He didn't use a
lot of fancy words, probably because it is a youth book. I am amazed by the
number of times the author used the verb shrug. At lea .....
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"The Stranger": Analysis
.... to go to college. The fact that he lived in
North Africa, he wrote lots of fiction books, dealing with moral problems of
universal importance. 1. I think Albert's prospective in life was to just be
able to write books for people that actually would deal with the reality and
difficulty of people facing everyday life. Also, the difficulty of people
facing life without the comfort of believing in God or just having moral
standards. 2. He most likely to weave into his writing the ideal of setting
moral standards and placing the comfort that an individual would need to have in
facing difficulty in his life. He would also .....
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Of Mice And Men And The Pearl: Characterization
.... up was Paradise Lost by John
Milton. In this long poem, Milton describes the beginnings of evil in the world.
He tells of Lucifer's fall from heaven and the creation of hell. He also
describes Adam and Eve's fall from grace in the Garden of Eden. By giving George
the last name of Milton, Steinbeck seems to be showing that he is an example of
fallen man, someone who is doomed to loneliness and who wants to return to the
Garden of Eden. Perhaps this is why George is always talking about having his
own place and living "off the fat of the land," as Adam and Eve did before their
fall. Lennie is anything but small physically. He is a .....
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