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The Jungle Socialism

... lifetime to these struggling foreigners. Little did these people know that what they would confront would be the complete antithesis of what they dreamed of. The enormous rush of European immigrants encountered a lack of jobs. Those who were lucky enough to find employment wound up in factories, steel mills, or in the meat packing industry. Jurgis Rudkus was one of these disappointed immigrants. A sweeper in slaughter house, he experienced the horrendous conditions which laborers encountered. Along with these nightmarish working conditions, ...

Number of words: 438 | Number of pages: 2

The Colors Of Daisy Buchanan

... and figure out the motivation for her actions. The color most often associated with Daisy is white. Usually white can help convey innocence and purity. In this case white also seems to represent cleanliness, which in Daisy’s case is also conveyed as a sign of elegance and wealth. “Sometimes she and Miss Baker talked at once, unobtrusively and with a bantering inconsequence that was never quite chatter, that was as cool as their white dresses and their impersonal eyes in the absence of all desire.”(17). White is also a color that I f ...

Number of words: 805 | Number of pages: 3

The Promise: Plot

... Danny over to discuss Michael because Danny is a genius, and he is studying psychology. At the summer's end, Michael is put into the treatment centre at which Danny is working. Reuben becomes friends with Michael's father, Abraham Gordon, a very respected scholar. Unfortunately, his ideas are not approved by Reuben's professor, Rav Kalman. Rav Kalman tells Reuben that if he continues to see Abraham and Michael Gordon, he will not be given his smicha, the degree which he has been working to get for so long. Also, Michael does not respond well t ...

Number of words: 753 | Number of pages: 3

The Lovesong Of J. Alfred Prufrock: Love Or Love Not

... against the wall, then how should I begin”. He doubts himself and shows his lack of self-esteem in statements like “They will say: ‘How his hair is growing thin” (41) and “They will say: ‘How his legs and arms are thin” (46). Prufrock believes that he is to old for adventure and feels that he has lost his chance for love. He expresses this by saying, I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers and walk upon the beach. I have hear ...

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To Kill A Mockingbird: Scout

... when a mad dog appears on the street, Atticus kills the dog with one shot. "Jem became vaguely articulate, ‘you see him, Scout? You see him just stand there? All of a sudden he just relaxed all over, it looked like that gun was part of him …and he did it so quick, like…I hafta to aim for ten minutes fore I can hit something,…’"(Lee 97). That is when they realize that their father is a humble man who doesn’t like to show off his talent. Another misperception that Scout has is about Mrs. Dubose. She always thought of her as a ...

Number of words: 798 | Number of pages: 3

Symbolism In Lord Of The Flies

... Savagery, Anarchy The Island A microcosm representing the world The "Scar" Man's destruction, destructive forces The Beast The evil residing within everyone, the dark side of human nature. Lord of the Flies The Devil, great danger or evil There are many other aspects in the story that may be considered symbolism, but the several above are probably the most significant. Another good example of symbolism, brought to my attention by a site visitor ...

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The Changes In The Narrator's View Of Sonny

... his brother, his brother's manhood, and his brother's sense of reality. Through out the story, three of the narrator's view are changed, the first of which is Sonny's manhood. During the first phase, early in the story, the narrator showed that he viewed Sonny as a child. "I was beginning to realize that I'd never seen him so upset before... [and decided this was] one of those things kids go through and that I shouldn't make it seem important."(49) This quote is an example of how the narrator viewed his brother. He not only thought Sonny a ...

Number of words: 1298 | Number of pages: 5

Kovic's "Born On The Fourth Of July"

... is for him. This is a book about self discovery. From beginning to end, you see him struggling to survive life. He is constantly trying to be the best at everything. From the very start he was working out his arms trying to make himself bigger that way to make up for being to short. He joined the cub scouts with his friends and marched in the memorial day parade. He hit a home run his first time at bat in little league. When he grew he joined the wrestling team and constantly won first place in competition. When he lost, it was so ...

Number of words: 1642 | Number of pages: 6

Huck Finn Is A Very Troubled Young Boy

... and being brought up the way he was, taught that lying and stealing aren't wrong, proved very useful in getting him out of many of these predicaments. Because Huck's father brought him up to be such a great liar and a stealer Huck has been able to escape from many close calls. One instance in which Huck wriggles himself out of trouble is when he and Jim, the runaway slave are traveling down river on the raft. Huck while off on a little excursion in his canoe runs into two men running away from some angry villagers and their dogs. ...

Number of words: 1388 | Number of pages: 6

An American Tragedy: Comparing "The Crucible" And "The Scarlet Letter"

... It served as a tool to warn against the same thing happening with the Communist hearings going on in our country at the time it was written. Miller wrote a play, which was not well received by the first audiences to witness it, but none the less is now recognized as one the finest pieces of literature written by an American. Hawthorne's the Scarlet Letter was written in the eighteen hundreds, with no other purpose but for Hawthorne to write a novel. Hawthorne perhaps chose this dark subject to convey his contempt for Puritanism. He w ...

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Flowers For Algernon: Charlie Becoming Smart

... the toilets so that everyone would laugh at Charlie. Frank and other friends would tell him to get other things for them. Then they would ditch him. They would also use the phrase, "You pulled a Charlie Gordon". To pull a Charlie Gordon, means doing something stupid, but Charlie did not know this. He thought his name being mentioned so often meant that everybody really liked him. As Charlie got smarter, he started to realize who he thought were his friends were not. This one night he soon found out that this really was true. That n ...

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Lyrical Analysis Of The End

... he had lit in the studio. He was drunk but he knew enough about himself to know it was the only way he would get any peace. What he may not have known is that the real fire he started that night was on the inside, where it could never be put out. "The End" tells of the impending end of a love affair quite possibly by murder. Its an eleven minute psychosexual epic done entirely in one chord (E). The song is an incredible achievement in music, there's nothing that can even come close to what was done with "The End", in terms of the rhythmic a ...

Number of words: 716 | Number of pages: 3

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