The Power And The Glory By Graham Greene
.... ardent revolutionist and an anti-clerical, asked his
chief to let him search for the priest who, as the authorities understood it,
was guilty of treason.
Two photographs were pasted up together in police station. One was the picture
of an American bank robber who killed several police officers in Texas; the
other was that of the priest. No one noticed the irony, including the young
lieutenant, who was more interested in arresting the priest. When the officer
received permission to look for Father Montez, the priest was already in the
village, where he came to get aboard the boat that would take him in the city
Vera Cruz and s .....
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"The Problem Of Place In America" And "My Neighborhood": The Breakdown Of Community
.... would enter his own home to harass
him, people would yell racial slurs, and he was even watched closely to make
sure that he did not abduct a child off the street. These fears are a result of
the media and our society telling us to fear certain types of people.
Television often portrays the black man as a dope dealing slander who hangs out
on corners with a forty of "Old E." Soon people begin to believe all that they
hear and begin to discriminate against others.
One glaring difference in the two authors essays is that they both
address the same problem yet they touch on differing aspects. Oldenburg talks
about the deterioratio .....
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The Catcher In The Rye: Book Review
.... goes to bars and meets with friends during this time.
On the third night, Holden decides to go and visit his sister, Phoebe. Phoebe
is one of the only people that Holden actually loves. Holden talks to Phoebe
about his life being a failure. He is trying to understand life and his place
in the world. Holden decides that he wants to go see Mr. Antolini, an old
teacher, to help him get a better understanding of his life. At Mr. Antolini's
home, Holden discusses many of the problems that he is facing. Mr. Antolini
tells Holden that he has to learn not to hate everyone around him. He has to
learn to love people. Holden is tol .....
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The Catcher In The Rye: Themes And Symbols
.... he was
a great guy. He actually thought that there was nothing wrong with never washing
his razor. I think that what mad, Holden so made Stradlater was perpetrating in
other word being "phony" every time he went out all GQ after using that filthy
razor. Another instance is when he calls that girl in New York, Faith Cavendish,
that Eddie Birdsell had brought to a dance at Princeton. Anyway he called her
and she almost went off until Holden drooped Eddie's name. Then all of a sudden
"she was getting friendly as hell." The same person said "if you think I enjoy
bein' woke up in the middle-" was "getting an english accent all of a .....
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The Changes In The Narrator's View Of Sonny
.... he was still a child, and they had to watch out for
him in all kinds of ways."(51) The narrator decided that he would plan Sonny's
future and when Sonny rebelled, the narrator saw it as yet another childish
action.
Another way in which the narrator's overall view changed was his view on whether
Sonny's idea of reality was sound. Still in the first phase, the narrator often
presents his view of reality and when Sonny rejects it, the narrator feels Sonny
is being unreasonable. For instance, "'Well Sonny,' I said, gently, "you know
people can't always do exactly what they want to do-' 'No I don't think that,'
said Sonny, surprising .....
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The Count Of Monte Cristo: Revenge
.... four enemies, Dantes uses a variety of names and
disguises. The main new identity he uses for himself is The Count of Monte
Cristo.
Danglars, as mentioned above, was the Count's shipmate when his name was
still Edmond Dantes. When Edmond went to jail, Danglars ran away and became
very rich. Caderousse was a tailor. He was also the Count's father's landlord
and once the count was sent to prison, Caderousse allowed Dantes' father to
starve to death. Fernand Mondago was in love with the count's fiancee Mercédes.
When the Count was sent to jail Fernand married her on the pretext that the
count would not return. These three .....
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"The Necklace": The Development Of Irony
.... only make her more dissatisfied
with her real life. As a result, she becomes more focused on what she does not
have rather than what she does have.
Contributing to the irony is the borrowed necklace. Matilde's husband
brings a coveted dinner invitation home, and her first reaction is concern for
appearances. She tells her husband that they can not possibly go because she
has "nothing to wear" (5). Her husband agrees to buy her a new dress. This,
however, is not enough for Matilde; she needs jewelry. She explains that,
without jewelry, she will appear "shabby in the company of rich women" (6). In
her quest to present .....
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The Crucible: The Evil Of Fear
.... conclusions. Hale is determined to end the
alignments these witches have with the Devil, and he knows the court is too.
Later, Hale's views on the courts change and he becomes less obedient to
it's decisions. When the judge finds out that John Proctor, an accused witch,
plows on the Sabbath, he becomes disgusted; but Hale questions his authority.
"Your Honor, I cannot think that you may judge the man on such evidence." (p.78)
Hale is slowly starting to see how much authority the judges have that they do
not deserve. He is becoming doubtful in their decisions. Hale, seeing the
danger Mr. Proctor is facing, begs, "In God's nam .....
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The Gift Of The Magi: A Continuation (Creative Writing)
.... he
came up with an idea, “I'll make it into a wig, a girl can never have to many
wigs.” So he went to the wig shop, which usually only made those white braided
wigs that all the important men wore, but the wigmaker made an exception because
Jim was a good friend and after all, it was for a girls birthday. The wigmaker
asked, "Are you sure Della will like this present, I mean it is rather odd, and
Della's hair has already grown twice as long as this. But don't get me wrong,
I'm not trying to be rude, I mean, well I think I'll just get started on this
wig right away, okay, bye." So Jim left, thinking that the wigmaker was a
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The Gift
.... But yet
all he does is become peace-fully sicker. And the mom is praying for him to
get better and hopes that one day true health will come back to this youth. Or
in shorter terms, The Gift of life.
Those were my guesses, or hypothesis of what the real meaning to The
Gift were. And I don't care how silly they may have sounded but those are what I
think the meanings were.
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The Giver: A Critique
.... all the memories of the
whole community so the community does not have to be bothered with feelings and
the emotional baggage that comes with them. Jonas's trainer the "Giver" is a
old man who passes the memories on to Jonas and eventually thinks of the plan to
escape. The Giver also adopts Jonas and Rosemary as his own kids in a way. He
had a previous "Receiver" named Rosemary who applied for and received release.
Release is the term for death in this community. So when Rosemary was released
her memories went back to the community. Jonas and the Giver were talking about
this when the Giver got the idea of how to get Jonas a .....
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The Glass Menagerie: Struggle To Fit Into Society
.... world and the dream one that Laura and Tom were living in at
home. Both somehow stumbled both physically and mentally. When Laura said “I'm
all right. I slipped but I'm all right”(47). She was trying to pass to the real
world to do a real job and couldn't because of societies “inability” to accept
her and her ways. She wasn't strong enough to make the trip by herself, but
needed the moral support of the other dreamer in the area, which was Tom who
came running out. Tom is the one who stumbles mentally in his inability to look
at the escape, which would be his way out of the place. He was always losing his
strength while out there .....
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