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The Bean Trees: Symbols And Hidden Meanings

... in the story when Taylor is asked by Mattie, a friend of hers, to work at a tire shop. This is very ironic when she takes the job because she has tried to avoid tires and even got nervous when changing her car tire. Yet she ends up working in the shop and overcoming this fear with help from Mattie. This also is an example of how Taylor is a round character and grows throughout the story. Another irony near the beginning of the story is when Taylor's car breaks down and she is given an Indian baby, she finds herself in the predicament that s ...

Number of words: 969 | Number of pages: 4

Night By Elie Wiesel

... stood by as this extermination happened. I especially could not believe how Elie Wiesel survived to tell this tragic story. I suppose I would have had to be a Jew during the time of the holocaust to know what actually went on. From what I have read, I can say that I am glad to have not even been alive during this time. It seemed horrible and unbearable. The fact that Elie Wiesel survived through all this terror is beyond my imagination. While reading the book I felt great pity on the Jews. I almost could not bear to finish reading ...

Number of words: 268 | Number of pages: 1

Candide: Problems With Everyday Surroundings

... and how it helps him become a more prescient person. The main character in this novel as Candide. He is a character to whom everything happens without any active participation on his part. His naïve optimism lays him open to every imaginable disaster such as this incident, shown in chapter two: “With proper legal procedure he was asked which he would prefer, to be beaten thirty-six times by the whole regiment, or to receive twelve bullets in his brain.” That is just one of the many predicaments in which our main character becomes ...

Number of words: 796 | Number of pages: 3

A Streetcar Named Desire

... in the 1950’s and lasted, but in today’s time this would only end up in a quick divorce. The first scene of the play (pg. 14) Stanley has just thrown a piece of meat up to Stella as he turns the corner heading for the bowling ally. He makes no motion to stop, run up the stairs and explain to his wife what’s going on, similar to what would occur in an equal relationship. Instead he continues down the street like a boy with no responsibilities. Stella yells, “Where are you going,” and then asks if she could come ...

Number of words: 600 | Number of pages: 3

A Reference To God In Narrative Of The Captivity And Restoration Of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson

... as his love for life. Mary Rowlandson and John Smith accords with the Indians have a great purpose in order to achieve a goal that incorporates different persona in their writings that include God. Mary Rowlandson relied on her faith in the providence of God to sustain herself during her period of captivity. During her captivity she depended upon a Bible obtained from an Indian's plunder for spiritual survival. "The Lord hereby would make us the more.... and to see that our help is always in Him" (Rowlandson, 34). Puritans believed themselve ...

Number of words: 713 | Number of pages: 3

Roles In Frankenstein

... on the assumption that he actually is a monster. He is scorned attacked and shunned due to his outward appearance. This is not justified by anything except his demeanor. He doesn't commit any heinous actions towards the people he meets. People are also afraid of him because people are afraid of things they know nothing about. The character of Justine can be used to display societies affect on people. Society doesn't kill her, but the ignorance of people does. Society can't kill a person, but it can influence the actions of its people. She is ...

Number of words: 1629 | Number of pages: 6

Crime And Punishment - Russian

... life during this period that directly correlate the setting and events of the novel. Tsar Nicholas I (in full Nikolay Pavlovich), Russian emperor from 1825 to 1855, was often considered the personification of classic autocracy; for his reactionary policies, he has been called the emperor who froze Russia for 30 years. Autocracy meant the affirmation and maintenance of the absolute power of the sovereign, which was considered the indispensable foundation of the Russian state. His impulse was always to strike and keep striking until the obj ...

Number of words: 1627 | Number of pages: 6

Wuthering Heights-storm And Ca

... points out, the contrast between the two “resembled what you see in exchanging a bleak, hilly, coal country, for a beautiful fertile valley.” (Bronte 72) The Lintons, and the social and material advantages they stand for become Heathcliff’s rivals for Catherine’s love, which leads directly to the central conflict of the novel. Heathcliff despises them at first sight for their weakness, but Catherine, being an extremely proud girl, is tempted. A lovers’ triangle begins to take definite shape when the aris ...

Number of words: 759 | Number of pages: 3

A Winter Dream: Judy Jones

... to men, she is obviously heavily desired. Many men try to go out with, and establish a relationship with Judy, however most of them are just lured in and taken advantage of. She in so many words simply implies that “if I talk to you that should be enough” and to her advantage it usually is that way. Men meet many a lady, but none quite as rememberable as Miss Judy Jones. Unfortunately for these men, Judy’s personality leaves quite a bit to be desired. She is a very arrogant self-centered person, whose philosophy in life is, “ ...

Number of words: 527 | Number of pages: 2

Biblical And Mytholigical Allu

... me Ishmael.” (Melville1). Ishmael was the biblical son of Abraham and his servant Hagar. He was disowned in favor of Isaac, Abraham’s son with his wife Sarah. An angel prophesied to Hagar. “his hand shall be against every man, and every man’s hand against him.” (Genesis 16:12). The name “Ishmael” has since become used commonly for an outcast, which is “quite timely since he is nothing more than a tenderfoot when it comes to whaling and is viewed as n outcast to the other sailors upon the ...

Number of words: 598 | Number of pages: 3

A Separate Peace: True Friends

... Phineas beat the school swimming record and does not want anyone to know about it. As if the feat itself wasn't enough, being humble about it angers Gene even more. He tries to deny the jealousy by figuring: " I was more certainly becoming the best student in the school; Phineas was without question the best athlete, so in that way we were even. But while he was a very poor student I was a pretty good athlete, and when everything was thrown on the scales they would in the end tilt definitely toward me"(4 ...

Number of words: 496 | Number of pages: 2

An American Tragedy

... soda shop. Not too soon after does Clyde start to work at a hotel as a bellboy. This is where all the trouble really started. Clyde gets to know boys his own age and gets a taste of life outside of his evangelist family. He sees what the world really has to offer and it is quite tempting for someone who has never known what it is too be like a boy his age. He starts going out at night with the boys from work and even drinks a little, which has taught to be forbidden in his family. Clyde gets to know girls, which ends up being his major p ...

Number of words: 1015 | Number of pages: 4

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