The Inconvenience Of Convenience
.... modern humanity, the importance of convenience outweighs
everything from how many leprechauns you see per day to life itself.
There are countless ( actually it is more convenient to just say
countless than to actually count ) little household items that seem to be
convenient until it wants to create havoc for us.
The most obvious is the remote control. Yes, that little device
that has more buttons than a typewriter, and better disappearing acts than
Houdini. Its main purpose is not to play hide-and-seek with, it's to
remove the need to walk to the TV whenever something needs changing. The
most recent wave of TV remote contr .....
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The Theme Of Evil In Literature
.... becomes extremely selfish. "I'm not going to play any
longer...not with you" (Golding 127) is what he said to the group, right
before he broke away and formed his own clan, where he was the unchecked
ruler, and could perform any task he pleased. One of Jack's other
intolerable acts was the tying up and torturing of Wilfred, another boy on
the island.
Torturing others is the next step in the quest to become evil. "He
didn't say what for" was the other boys' answers for why Jack tied up
Wilfred. "He's going to beat Wilfred" was all they knew, next to the fact
that "He's been tied for hours" (159). At the beginning, Jack could .....
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Symbolism In "The Mask Of The Red Death"
.... and a seemingly
endless number of parties. However, it is very ironic that the prince of
prosperity was the first to die. He was murdered by the main character of
the story "The Red Death" itself. I believe this was to show the reader
that one can not turn their back to society's problems without feeling the
effects. The giant ebony clock screamed with the symbolism of the group's
short amount of time left in this world. This clock had an over powering
chime every hour. The chime paused its victims with disconcert and
trepidation. This sound was so clear, and loud that it was heard by all,
and even the most joyous grew pale. In .....
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Hemingway's "A Clean Well-Lighted Place": The Concept Of Nada
.... and inner vision, they can cope with
the nothingness even outside of the cafe. The old waiter is a prime example.
At times the old man lacks these qualities thus not being able to cope
with the darkness. On the other hand, the young waiter has no concept of
this idea thus making him not even realize how powerful it can be.
The old waiter is the most important character in “A Clean Well-
Lighted Place.” The old waiter has completely grasped the concept of nada
and is able to deal with it. Hemingway says,” What did he fear? It was
not fear or dread. It was a nothing that he knew too well. It was all a
nothing and a ma .....
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The Painted Door: Summary
.... the central act of the story.
A great deal of this story is spent describing Ann's environment,
both inside and outside her house. The story takes place in the past,
before automobiles or telephones. Ann and her husband are settlers in a
largely uninhabited and desolate area of North America (perhaps
Saskatchewan). The starkness of the land is described early in the story: “
Scattered across the face of so vast and bleak a wilderness it was
difficult to conceive [the distant farmsteads] as a testimony of human
hardihood and endurance.” (246).
The barrenness of the surroundings in which the characters live
produces an impres .....
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The Perfect World
.... to what a computer would be able to do. In
general, computers in a perfect world be a lot better than computers of
today, and the amount of people who would use computers would be much
larger.
The shared interest of all people in computers would allow for a
much more technological world. With the demand for technology, created by
extensive use of computers, the world of computers would expand rapidly.
The Internet would explode with popularity; everyone would write homepages
and visiting other people's pages would be a leisure activity. Personal
mail would all be sent electronically. The need for a postal service for
perso .....
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The Point Of Point Of View In Capote's "My Side Of The Matter" And Cheever's "Five-Forty-Eight"
.... be plain enough to
anyone with two good eye which one of us has their wits
about them. I just want the citizens of the USA to know
the facts that's all (p.189).
Already the reader is aware that this is a one sided story and that the
narrator has certain biases' towards certain characters. Which keeps the
reader interested, wanting to read more to find out what happened, and to
see if there is a justification for this narrator's accusations.
The next thing that this particular point of view reveals is the
narrator's personal regrets, which is a ploy to get the reader to feel
w .....
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Marquez's "100 Years Of Solitude" And Allende's "The House Of The Spirits": Satire
.... in the Novel is
reflected in the choice of title 100 years of solitude which correspond to
the 100 years between the formation of Colombia, in 1830 to 1930 when
Conservative homogeny ended. Allende on the other hand was the niece of
the first Socialist president in Chile who was killed following the Coup.
The Oxford Dictionary defines satire as a piece "…in which
prevalent follies or vices are assailed with ridicule or serious
denunciation." This is exactly what Marquez has done. Hyperbole is well
used in the novel in the form of ‘Magical realism'. Marquez believed that ‘
Magical Realism' "…provides a magnifying glass s .....
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O'Brien's "If I Die In A Combat Zone", Hasford's "The Short-Timers", Moore's
.... having made a decision.
It was an intellectual and physical stand-off, and I did not have the
energy to see it to an end. I did not want to be a soldier, not even a
observer to war. But neither did I want to upset a peculiar balance
between the order I knew, the people I knew, and my own private world. It
was not that I valued that order. But I feared its opposite, inevitable
chaos, censure, embarrassment, the end of everything that had happened in
my life, the end of it all (Combat, 34).
This quote best illustrates his inability to make that necessary decision,
and his failure to overcome his debilitating fear.
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A Review Of "The Rattler"
.... children of the farm he is
working on. The author creates a man who thinks not only about himself but
about other people, and this creates an image of an admirable, likable
person. All the characteristics the author uses to produce a likable man
is related to his major theme of life being dear, when he creates an
equally likable character, in the snake.
The author then depicts the snake as an innocent creature to
continue to produce the effect of life being dear for the snake, also.
When the author first introduces the snake to the reader the snake did not
have his head “drawn back to strike.” The detail to include the snake's .....
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Layton's "The Role Of The Teacher": A Review
.... this essay.
"Knowledge spills over like a water from a seemingly inexhaustible
fountain."(p146) This is a good use of imagery. By applying this
description of endless knowledge to a fountain or waterfall the reader can
make a mental picture better allowing him to comprehend exactly what the
author is trying to discribe. It is very hard to understand what endless
knowledge would be like, so the author puts a picture of a fountain spewing
knowledge forever, making the idea more plausible to the reader.
The author did not use too many stylistic devices to prove his
point. The few that were used only made the facts .....
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Chopin's "The Storm": Summary
.... from the coming storm. My first impression of Alcee
is that he is pretty well off in the world. Although I see Bobinot as a
simple man. There is a mutual attraction between Calixta and Alcee, and
this attraction is not new. Calixta has not seen Alcee very often since
her marriage, and never alone. The attraction between Calixta and Alcee is
only briefly explored. With Alcee's arrival comes the beginning of the
rain, and he asks to wait out the storm on the front gallery.
Calixta is startled from her sudden awareness that she is still
sexually attracted to Alcee, even though both are married. The storm
increases quickly and .....
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