... what they see, or what they experience in life. They often write about the history of their family, town, or whatever place they live in. Books where the author understands his subject and feels comfortable and passionate about it are the most interesting. When an author’s writing has been influenced by his or her personal history and cultural background, the writer understands it. It’s also much easier for an author to write about something having to do with their personal history or cultural background. If we are familiar wit ...
... gentle man such as Macbeth suddenly be transformed and drawn to
do such evil? Surely he did not come up with such villainous thoughts of his
own. His desire for control, authority, and jurisdiction was strengthened by
evil sources, those from both the witches' prophecies and his wife's
encouragement. In Macbeth it is very clear that evil begets evil.
Shakespeare focuses on Macbeth's courage early in the play. For example,
Duncan and the sergeant both compliment Macbeth's mental and physical bravery
in Act I, Scene I ...
... cafe looking for a
ride when he sees a truck with a "No Riders" sticker on it. Tom's conversation
with this trucker is his first witness to the suppression of an honest working
man by the larger more wealthy corporations since his release from prison. The
trucker tries to socialize with him at this point but Tom is too absorbed into
his own interest in keeping to himself.
Arriving at his house with Jim Casey, Tom visits the abandoned house
with one corner having been knocked in by a tractor. His family had been
compelled to leave their ...
... for the governor’s daughter, Hero. Because Leonato is so fond of Claudio, the wedding is set to be a few days away. This gives Don John, Claudio’s bastard brother, a chance to show his true hatred for Claudio. He comes up with a scheme to make Claudio think that Hero is cheating by dressing Margaret in her clothing and perching her near the window with another man. When Claudio sees this, he says that he will humiliate Hero instead of marrying her.
The next day Claudio does exactly as he had said, degrading Hero in front of all her fa ...
... for his family, and the rest, a genius warped by insanity. Theroux leaves it up to the readers to make their own final judgement at the end.
Towards the end of the novel, Allie starts to show that he is losing the respect and control of his family as well as his mind. He is starting to make rash decisions and generally being tyrannical towards his family. Eventually losing their trust, enough so that eventually Charlie and his brother have to restrain their father and tie him up so he can no longer torment them. This leads to a shootout with ...
... changes
his views, denouncing the court and its proceedings.
At first, Hale believes that the witch trials are necessary, and stands
by them unconditionally. When he first comes to town, he concludes that Satan
is at work. "And I mean to crush him utterly if he has shown face!" (p.39) Hale
shows his strong abhorrence toward evil. He is willing to follow the church's
authority to do anything to put a stop to it. While he is talking to Abigail, a
girl who was caught dancing in the forest, he yells, "You cannot evade me…"
(p.43) Ha ...
... to India. After his journey, he wrote about his travels, the people he had met and the differences he observed from kingdom to kingdom. His book was called 'Hsi Yu Chi' (The Record of a Journey To The West). Little did the Tang Dynasty Monk realize that his book would father one of the most well known
works of Chinese literature. Eleven centuries later, another edition of 'His Yu Chi' was written. When it was released, the new 'Hsi Yu Chi' was considered as a disgrace to the community of writers. This ludicrous work which lacked philoso ...
... beds called "Ten Little Indians", they figure out that the murderer is one of them! As more people are killed off, one by one, the group narrows the suspect list down, until only one is left alive but she figured that she would never get off the islan anyway, and she hung herself from the ceiling by putting a noose around her neck and kicking the chair away on which she was standing, but she was not the killer. One of the mysteries to this book was, of course, who killed all of the innocent people. Another mystery was that every time anothe ...
... wealth to return back to his house in
the south. This however, could also be looked at in a good way. It gave
him a bond with his land that could perhaps not have been accomplished in
any other way. Also, when he was in the north, Olan, his wife, got enough
jewels to buy more land, which caused the rise of the Wang family.
Another major thing to go wrong occurred after he had gotten rich.
This was the return of his uncle. Wang Lung's uncle and his uncle's son
caused him much grief by constantly pestering him for money, yet there was
nothi ...
... life and for each other. After reading the novel and watching the Disney film Huck Finn, one will find many dissimilarities. Many of the classic scenes have been switched around and combined in the 1993 version. There are a few scenes in particular that I will focus and comment on. The major difference between the movie and the book is an important character named Tom Sawyer, who is not present or mentioned in the film. It is evident from reading the story that Tom was a dominant influence on Huck, who obviously adores him. Tom can be seen ...
... of guilt. Joseph's crime is never directly stated anywhere in the
novel. It remains an enigma to the reader and to Joseph. Ultimately, at
the end, Joseph is executed superficially without conviction. Probing
deeper, however, one ponders the question of original sin. Is Joseph
guilty for merely existing? Is his incessant denial of committing a
criminal offense a crime in its self? In 'The Trial," Joseph may not be
guilty in the sense of committing a sin, but could be guilt itself.
An important note to keep in mind while reading "The Tri ...
... Huck seems to lose his slave companion Jim after coming ashore. Huck then is introduced to Buck Grangerford (about the same age as Huck) and is allowed to stay in the Grangerford household. The Grangerford family consists of Buck, who is a young adventurous boy, Emmiline, a fourteen year old that was dead girl, Bob, Tom, Miss Charlotte, and Miss Sophia. The Grangerfords showed all the signs of being upper class by having an extremely nice house, acting properly, and each member of the family had their own servant. Eventually it becomes apparen ...
