Brave New World: Huxley Predicted Many Events Of The Future
.... based on his iron law of sexuality:
"As political and economic freedom diminishes, sexual freedom tends
compensatingly to increase." A current example of Huxley's belief is China.
China is the last remaining communist regime, it also suffers from having one
fifth of the world's population within its borders. Needless to say, China's
large population is a direct result of a very sexually active society. Aldous
Huxley's fears of the future caused him to write about sexual freedom and the
resulting over-population in Brave New World.
Over-population is another problem which is addressed by Huxley, and
is the direct result of .....
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"By The Waters Of Babylon"
.... action?
The falling action is when John goes back to town to tell his father
what he saw. He then went to his father to be praised an purified. His father
told him that "You went away a boy. You come back a man and a priest." He
started to go to the Dead Places to retrieve books and magic tools.
VI. Describe the story's resolution.
The resolution is all summed up in two sentences. "They were men who
were here before us. We must build again." They will learn the ways of the old
people, and from that they will build a better civilization.
They learned that all the rules that had been put on them ke .....
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Call Of The Wild
.... He lays low, learning Spitz's every tactic. Buck
adapts to circumstances until finally he strikes against Spitz in a fight for
the dominant position. By killing Spitz, he gains a supreme air, and in turn
an adaptation against the law of the fang. A third example surfaces during
Buck's leadership. The fledgling dog, to Francios and Perrault, cannot work up
to par for the lead. So Buck conducts himself as a master sled dog, reaching
Francios and Perrault's goals, conforming to the team. The group plows through
snow reaching at least forty miles a day. The dogs spend at most two weeks in
the wild Klondike. In a w .....
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Call Of The Wild: Character Sketch - Buck
.... men who used tools to
restrain him. No matter how many times Buck tried to lunge, he would just be
choked into submission at the end. When Buck arrived at his destination, there
was snow everywhere, not to mention the masses of Husky and wolf dogs. Buck was
thrown into a pen with a man who had a club. This is where Buck would learn one
of the two most important laws that a dog could know in the Klondike. The law of
club is quite simple, if there is a man with a club, a dog would be better off
not to challenge that man. Buck learned this law after he was beaten half to
death by the man who had the club. no matter what he tried, he j .....
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Canterbury Tales: Chaunticleer; Behind The Rooster
.... own
advice and stay away from the fox that encounters him later. He is educated
enough to know these supposed quotations but not intelligent enough to
understand the real meaning of them. It is if he simply brings because they help
him win the argument with his spouse and not because he actually believes what
they say. Chaucer is using the idea that the Aristocracy has schooling
throughout their childhood, but it is only done to have seemingly important but
empty conversations.
His physical appearance is also described with such beautiful passion
that it makes us think Chaunticleer is heaven on earth. “His comb was redder
than fin .....
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Alice In Wonderland: Enduring, Endearing Nonsense
.... had read and loved the little handwritten manuscript he had given to Alice
Liddell. He expanded the story considerably and engaged the services of John
Tenniel, one of the best known artists in England, to provide illustrations.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through The Looking Glass were
enthusiastically received in their own time, and have since become landmarks in
childrens' literature.
What makes these nonsense tales so durable? Aside from the immediate appeal of
the characters, their colourful language, and the sometimes hilarious verse
("Twas brillig, and the slithy toves/did gyre and gimble in t .....
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The Lack Of Comprehensive Speech In Catch 22
.... say you couldn't punish me,
sir." Finally, the colonel is satisfied with that answer even though
Clevinger's statement did not answer the question and has no meaning.
Major Major often spoke with a lack of meaning. He simply did not make
sense. For instance, he told Sergeant Towser, his assistant, "From now on, I
don't want anyone to come in to see me while I'm here."(102) According to this
statement, when would anyone be able to see him if they could only go to his
office when Major Major was out? When Appleby once went to see Major Major, he
started to talk to Sergeant Towser.
"About how long will .....
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The Catcher In The Rye: Holden's Insight About Life And World
.... cursed and criticized life
in general to make it seem he was very knowing of these habits. I myself have
found me doing this at times, also. I, at times, feel the need to fit in to a
group and do things similar to what others do in order to gain acceptance by
them. I smoked a cigar once with two friends of mine because they kept going on
and on about how great cigars were, but that was only once. Holden and I both
place people on levels other than our own for amount of knowledge and likeness
to ourselves.
Holden used the term 'phonies' to describe more than a few people in this book.
He used the term to be what a person is i .....
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The Catcher In The Rye: First Person Narration Is Critical
.... death might come from having experienced
two deaths in his early life. He constantly dwells on Allie, his brother's,
death. From Holden's thoughts, it is obvious that he loves and misses Allie.
In order to hold on to his brother and to minimize the pain of his loss, Holden
brings Allie's baseball mitt along with him where ever he goes. The mitt has
additional meaning and significance for Holden because Allie had written poetry,
which Holden reads, on the baseball mitt. Holden's preoccupation with death
can be seen in his contemplation of a dead classmate, James Castle. It tells
the reader something about Holden that he lends .....
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Catcher In The Rye: Holden Caulfield's Perception And Gradual Acceptance Of The "Real" World
.... These
convictions which Holden holds waver very momentarily during only one particular
scene in the book. The scene is that with Mr. Antolini. After Mr. Antolini
patted Holden on the head while he was sleeping, Holden jumped up and ran out
thinking that Mr. Antolini was a pervert as well. This is the only time during
the novel where Holden thinks twice about considering someone as a pervert.
After reviewing Mr. Antolini, Holden finally concludes that maybe he wasn't
making a "flitty" pass at him. Maybe he just like patting guys heads as they
sleep. This is really the only time in the novel where Holden actually considers
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The Catcher In The Rye: Holden And Modern Teenagers
.... Holden and I are both very lucky to be studying in eminent
institutions. Unfortunately, Holden does not take this advantage. Holden's mind
is elsewhere in a reverie, day dreaming how to save the virtuous children from
the evil. While studying away from his family makes Holden's relationship with
his family worst. I study in a private school with my sister and we go home
every day and meet our parents when we get home. Since Holden does not spend
quality time with his parents long enough, he rarely talked about them in the
book. Holden even wrote about his brother in a negative way, "Now he's out in
Hollywood, D.B., being a .....
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Stephen Leasock's "Arcadian Adventures With The Idle Rich": Satire
.... comical tone to prevent readers from
being offended.
Leacock's utopian world is filled with humorous labels that represent the
"Plutonian's" personalities. "Ourselves Monthly"; a magazine for the modern
self-centered, is a Plutonian favourite. To fill their idle days, the Plutonian
women are in an endless search for trends in literature and religion. Without
the distractions of club luncheons and trying to achieve the "Higher
Indifference", the women would have to do something productive. Readers that
identify themselves with the class of people the Plutonians represent would be
embarrassed rather than offended by Leacock .....
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