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Demian

... the character. These dreams serve as a function to provide the reader with a better understanding of the direction the novel and where its characters are moving in. Hesse's use of dreams help develop Emil from innocent child to educated man. The first significant dream occurs on page nineteen. Emil dreams that he is on a boat, "surrounded by absolute peace and the glow of a holiday." He dreams of how his sisters' "white summer dresses shimmer in the sun." As Emil awakes he describes himself having fallen "out of paradise back into reali ...

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Moll Flanders: Themes

... and her family. One of the brothers takes interest in Moll and seduces her into becoming his lover. "He took these freedoms with me… when this was over he stayed but a little while, but he put almost a handful of gold in my hand…" (Defoe 26). Moll lets down her guard and meets with the brother frequently. "… so putting the purse into my bosom, I made no more resistance to him, but let him do just what he pleased and as often as he pleased…" (Defoe 30). Later in the story, Moll becomes acquainted with a woman who persuades Moll to ...

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The Metamorphosis

... Roman-numbered parts, with each section having its own climax. A number of themes run through the story, but at the center are the familial relationships fundamentally affected by the great change in the story's protagonist, Gregor Samsa (Lawson 27). While the father-son relationship in the story appears to be a central theme, the relationship between Gregor and his sister Grete is perhaps the most unique. It is Grete, after all, with whom the metamorphosed Gregor has any rapport, suggesting the Kafka intended to lend at least some sign ...

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Charles Dickens: Biography

... for the lower class. His works are still widely read, taught, and performed in modern dramatizations. Dickens was born into a poor family. When he was 12 his father was imprisoned for debt. Dickens was removed from school and put to work in a blacking factory. He lived alone in a lodging house in North London. His father received inheritance after a few months and Charles finally returned to school, but his money troubles were not over. When he was 15 he went to work as a clerk in a law firm and later became a reporter. He ...

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France And England In A Tale O

... a conflagration as never has been beheld since. (qtd. in I. Collins 42) At the beginning of A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Dickens once again expresses his concern. The novel opens in 1775, with a comparison of England and pre-revolutionary France. While drawing parallels between the two countries, Dickens also alludes to his own time: "the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only" (1; bk. 1, ch. 1). The rest ...

Number of words: 2813 | Number of pages: 11

Reasonable Doubts?

... validity as ethical officers which weakened their character as witnesses to a crime. Overall, it is suggested that the jury acquitted Simpson because it was jury's intention that for a fair trial to exist the L.A.P.D. must follow strict procedure regardless of their belief of guilt. leaves many readers in doubt of the court system because of Simpson's acquittal. First, was O.J. Simpson on trial or the L.A.P.D.? Second, what kinds of politics were involved and how did it affect the strategies of the opposing attorneys? Lastly, how does th ...

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Anselm's Philosophy

... has many attributes which describe him. Among these being: self-existent, a necessary being, omnipotent, omniscient, completely just and timelessly eternal. After reading the Proslogion by Anselm, it gave me a greater understanding of these attributes listed above. Although, they are all of equal importance, I feel the most prominent of God's attributes is the fact that he is self existent. In essence, that means that God depends on nothing else for his existence, he is uncaused. Therefore, his existence is timelessly-eternal. This means t ...

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Brave New World: Huxley Predicted Many Events Of The Future

... warns of a possible future dystopia, based on social attitudes and medical advancements of his time. Huxley's future dystopia is created largely by perverted sexual freedoms, which in turn cause corrupt individuals, entirely lacking ethics and morals. Sexual promiscuity appears to be a much more frequent activity now then it was in the Thirties. Critics blame "...the advent of the pill for declining morality and indiscriminate sexual activity." Many believe that each time medicine reduces the risk of unwanted diseases and pregnancies, ...

Number of words: 1194 | Number of pages: 5

1984, Science-fiction Or Reali

... The government even has the ability to make its citizens believe that 2+2=5. Though all this may seem purely science fiction, 1984 subtly parallels our reality in many ways. In 1984 the government was able to watch every move their citizens made by the use of telescreens, helicopters and spies. “In the far distance a helicopter skimmed down between the roofs, hovered for an instant like a blue bottle, and darted away again with a curving flight. It was the police patrol snooping into people’s windows”(Orwell 4). However u ...

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The Catcher In The Rye: Book Review

... is an emotionally troubled kid and has many problems with his life. Phoebe is Holden's little sister. She is ten years old and lives at home with their parents. Phoebe really admires and loves her big brother, Holden. This novel begins when Holden is in a mental hospital in California. The novel is a flashback of the events over a time period of four days. The flashback starts off when Holden gets kicked out of his boarding school, Pency Prep, because he is failing most of his classes. Holden decides to go into New York City for ...

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An Analysis Of "Heart Of Darkness"

... other: Marlow was what Kurtz may have been, and Kurtz was what Marlow may have become. Like a jewel, "Heart of Darkness" has many facets. From one view it is an exposure of Belgian methods in the Congo, which at least for a good part of the way sticks closely to Conrad's own experience. Typically, however, the adventure is related to a larger view of human affairs. Marlow told the story one evening on a yacht in the Thames estuary as darkness fell, reminding his audience that exploitation of one group by another was not new in histo ...

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Gulliver's Travels

... criticisms eventually progress to a point where they may shock or offend even the most unsuspecting reader. In order to witness this evolution of presentation, one need only observe the development of the work's central character, Captain Lemuel Gulliver, as Swift has designed his novel in such a way that, as his aspersions harshen and intensify, so do Gulliver's actions and attitudes. For instance, in book one, "A Voyage to Lilliput", when Gulliver finds himself lost in a world one-twelfth the size of his own, he proves himself t ...

Number of words: 769 | Number of pages: 3

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