The School: Postmodernist Ideas
.... to receive education,
everything dies. The fish, the salamander, and the orange trees die though
children take much care of them. The teacher is pessimistic although life goes
on and a new gerbil walks in the school. Edgar says that "life is that which
gives meaning to life," but still this does not change that Edgar knew that the
puppy would die in two weeks. He had seen worse when some parents died in a car
accident and when two children died while playing with each other in a dangerous
place. What else, but pessimism, could one expect in an environment where every
living thing, including children, is dying?
Death's .....
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Carver's "Boxes": Something Is Not Right
.... the son believes she really wants to die but she puts the idea of her
dying in his subconscious. There is a gap at that point that is up to the
reader to figure out. The gap is widened farther in that same scene. The son
remembers thinking about a man working on a power line. The man leaned out
supported only by a safety belt and the son thought about if the man fell. The
son is still on the phone with his mother: "I didn't have any idea what I was
going to say next. I had to say something. But I was filled with unworthy
feelings, thoughts no son should admit to. 'You're my mother,' I said finally.
'What can I do to h .....
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Comparison: "The Jade Peony", "Horses Of The Night", Masque Of The Red Death"
.... The second story I chose to write about is called "Horses of the Night"
by Margaret Laurence. I did enjoy reading this short story dipite the fact it
seem to jump around alot; it would talk about somthing fairly in-depth then
just suddenly jump to a different subject or time-era of the story. The author
seem to show very good writing ability however so I think perhaps she did this
on purpose either just for somthing different or maybe to give you a break from
what she was currently writing about.
And finally the third and personal favourite story i chose to include
in this paper is called "The Masqe of the Red .....
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Jonathan's Swift's Real Argument
.... of this fictitious religion to that which was currently
practiced, Swift asserts that their Christianity served ulterior motives, both
for the government and for the people.
If we are to prove that the government was using religion for selfish
purposes, we must be sure that it was not serving its intended purpose, the
assurance of the moral sanctity of its policies. This is quite evident in the
author's comment that if real Christianity was revived, it would be, "destroy at
one blow all the wit and half the learning of the kingdom; to break the entire
frame and constitution of things[.]" This proves beyond a shadow of a doubt t .....
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Symbolism Use In: "Young Goodman Brown" And "The Lottery"
.... speaks for itself
(a symbol of death). Various other names are used as symbols within each story,
however, these mentioned are the most significant names to the theme. The
stories each contain names, objects, and acts as important symbols.
Hawthorne uses the names to stress good people, but relies heavily on
objects to portray Satanism. The object of obvious Satanism is the staff (a
cane) mentioned throughout the story. It is clearly identified when the old
traveler throws it down in the sentence "it assumed life, being one of the rods
which its owner had formerly lent to the Egyptian Magi" (215). According to
the Bi .....
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Analysis Of Three Of Hawthorne's Works: Solitude And Isolation
.... of solitude and isolation are depicted in
Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, "Young Goodman Brown, "and
"Rappaccini's Daughter."
At the age of four, Nathaniel Hawthorne's father died, devastating his
mother and destroying his family forever. He later recalls how his mother and
sisters would "take their meals in their rooms, and my mother has eaten alone
ever since my father's death" (Martin 10). Naturally, Hawthorne's mother's
isolated life contributed to his personal solitude and to his stories of
solitude. Although he never reached the point she did, his life too became one
of separation and loneliness. When he was ni .....
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The Diviners: How Does Morag's Past Influence Pique's Life
.... Jules and gets pregnant.
Later, Pique is aware that Jules is her father. Pique has an idea about why she
is different from the others because a typical family should have a mother and a
father, but she comes from a single parent family. When Pique first meets her
father she is at about five years old. Jules sings a song to Pique which she
finds fascinating and meaningful to her. Pique, at 18, is more mature than her
mother at the same age. She loves her father very much and wants to live with
him, however, Morag does not approve that Pique should stay with Jules,
"Why did you have me?"
"For your own satisfacti .....
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The Fear Of Science
.... against their
religion, which believed that God created the world. Science, soon, developed
the big bang theory, which states that earth was created by the attraction of
atoms. The nineteenth century society was afraid of science because it
contradicted their beliefs, and was afraid that the results of science would
lead to the destruction of mankind. Thus, the study of science was limited
because of fear of its effects.
The fear of the effects of science was expressed in literature. Novels
like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Time Machine, and Frankenstein showed the
dangers of science and that science would soon lead .....
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The Monkey's Paw
.... life, but
nothing happens so they go to sleep. They are sleeping when they hear a
knocking sound at their front door. Mrs. White goes downstairs to answer the
door even though Mr. White told her not to answer the door. Mrs. White
approached the door while Mr. White looked for the monkey's paw.
At the very moment Mr. White unlocked the door Mr. White found the
monkey's paw and made his third and final wish. Just as he made his wish the
knocking stopped, and his wife opened the door. What was the last wish? The
author never really says, but one can assume that he wished he had never made
his second wish. The end of the stor .....
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The Odyssey And The Pearl: Loyalty
.... She was reunited with her
beloved husband Odysseus.
Kino's wife Juana stayed by her husband through his time of distress.
Although it was her belief that the pearl was an omen of evil, she loyally
stayed at her husband's side. Juana remained loyal to Kino even after he had
savagely beaten her. She knew that she had brought it upon herself and it was
her place to accept the beating. Also, Juana vowed not to leave her husband's
side when he decided to flee from the town after murdering one of the
townspeople. She made the treacherous journey with her husband across a desert
trying to outrun the men that pursued them. Neg .....
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Hills Like White Elephants: The Symbolism Of The Setting
.... said,
"They look like white elephants."(343) White elephants are known to symbolize
unexpected gifts, which is certainly what the baby would be should they choose
not to have the abortion. The barrenness of the land refers the tame life--
settling down and having the responsibilities of parenthood--that they would
have to start living when the baby came; a life that would be duller but would
have a purpose. The bead curtain represents the fact that once they choose a
side, to have the baby or not, they cannot change their minds and then switch
sides. Once the decision has been made, it will affect their lives forever.
The m .....
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Edgar Allen Poe's "Hop Frog": The Transcendence Of Frogs And Ourang-Outangs
.... of
locomotion was that of an "interjectional gait---- something between a leap and
a wiggle,"(482) and this motion was only afforded to him through "great pain
and difficulty." Hop-frog's teeth are "large, powerful, and repulsive."(484)
His arms, not in balance with his body, have a "prodigious power."(482) His
arms so over compensated for his body he "resembled a squirrel, or a small
monkey, more than a frog."(482) His ability to tolerate wine is nonexistent.
The story states that Hop-Frog is from "some barbarous region."(482) For the
King, Hop-Frog is a "triplicate treasure"(482) for the king to laugh at. If a
man is .....
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