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Symbolism In The Lottery

... symbolism. Shirley Jackson uses symbolism to make readers aware of the pointless nature of humanity regarding tradition and violence. There are three main types of symbolism in this piece: characters’ names, objects, and numbers. The names of the characters play a large role in the story. Some such as Delacroix, are rather obviously religious natures. Others, such as Adams, are a bit more obscure. The Delacroix family has a name that literally means of the cross. The principal Delacroix character, Mrs. Delacroix, appears several ti ...

Number of words: 1352 | Number of pages: 5

Turgenev's Fathers And Sons

... ride back the father and son begin to talk about how the farm has changed since he's been gone, and also warns him of the fact that he is living with a servant, which is usually considered inappropriate. We then begin to see Arkadys new way of thinking first show because he shows himself as being unimpressed and not caring and assures his father that their quest Bazarov doesn't care either. At the arrival to Marino they are met by Prokofitch who is described as a simpering old servant. Arkady is then met by his uncle Pavel, Pavel shakes hands ...

Number of words: 1602 | Number of pages: 6

Macbeth - Symbolism And Imager

... Macbeth's self-doubt, his inability to connect word and act, sexual potency, sleep, and darkness. On the heath of Scotland at the opening of the play, the wind whips over the barren ground and lightening leaps down from the sky around the subjected, weak man who will come to kill a king. Radical change is effected in Macbeth's character over the course of the play; he is driven from subordinate confusion to tyrannical insanity. The fluidity of his own psyche is reflected in the fluidity with which the characters around him take up dynamics ...

Number of words: 1367 | Number of pages: 5

The Grapes Of Wrath 2

... Casy is no longer a preacher and has not been around for a long time either. He left because of conflicts he had with his belief in God. After they sit and talk for quite a while they decide to walk to the Joads house together. Although Tom's parents have no idea that he has been paroled. But as they reach the house the two of them notice that it is unusually banged up and empty. When they step inside, the house is vacant except for a couple of things that were left behind. Some of them were important to the family. Then they see a per ...

Number of words: 1572 | Number of pages: 6

Things Fall Apart 3

... The Second Coming. The poem talks about anarchy that is upon the world during the present time and how things will change with the “second coming." During this “second coming” the chaos that is prevalent will end finally after two thousand years. Achebe uses this poems basic idea by creating the story of Okonkwo who lives in a chaotic and barbaric world. To outsiders who are observing Okonkwo’s people, they may certainly seem uncivilized in many ways. Achebe symbolizes the end of this anarchy in Okonkwo’s society ...

Number of words: 990 | Number of pages: 4

Summary Of Willie Morris' "Good Old Boy"

... she sank and died. Before she was completely under the sand she vowed to return twenty years later to have revenge on the town on May 25, 1904. Her body was retrieved from the quicksand and buried with a giant chain around her grave. On May 25, 1904 the whole town was engulfed in flames. Everything was destroyed in this blaze. The next day, some citizens went to her grave and to their horror the chain had been broken. Another legend was one about Casey Jones, a famous train engineer who was killed while saving his passengers lives. The l ...

Number of words: 724 | Number of pages: 3

Literary Essay - The Old Man A

... the old man cannot accept the fact that he is getting old and that he is slowly losing his strength. Hemingway in reality was having the same problems. He was getting old, and things he once did, he no longer could do. Just as Hemingway could not accept that fact, neither could his character, Santiago. Santiago was having some inner conflict while trying to catch the marlin. On several occasions, Santiago would try to talk himself out of his pain; "I must hold his pain where it is, he thought. Mine does not matter. I can control ...

Number of words: 557 | Number of pages: 3

Symbolism In The Crysanthemums

... wishes that she could free herself. The author uses both the time of year and the location to develop a setting that compliments the feelings of the main character. The story starts off saying, "The high Gray-flannel fog of winter closed off the Salinas Valley from the sky and from the rest of the world."(Steinback 267)from the first sentence the author is developing a setting that compliments the character. At this point in time of the story nothing is known about the Elisa Allen, but this quote about how the Salinas valley is closed off ...

Number of words: 838 | Number of pages: 4

Candide The Satire Of An Age.

... about what should be done. At last to the happiness of readers Pangloss is killed by being hanged. But this means that Candide’s reason is also dead! No problem he just goes finds a new companion, “Lacking him [Pangloss], let’s consult the old woman” (37). He soon loses her, gains another, looses him, and then gains another. Thus we see that Candide can only think if he has a companion. Voltaire is thus saying that all the nobles are really idiots and says they are only smart because they have philosophers. This is typi ...

Number of words: 644 | Number of pages: 3

John Updike Aandp

... through their blindness and daily routines in order to shed some light onto part of reality that they have been missing. This loss of innocence, and realization of such a loss, is John Updike's central theme in "A&P". "A&P" starts with three girls walking into a grocery store wearing only bathing suits and immediately catching the eye of a young, nineteen year old named Sammy. The girls and Sammy are innocent yet in different ways. The girls seemed to be different to Sammy as they looked and acted as though they did not live in his t ...

Number of words: 1222 | Number of pages: 5

"Master Harold ...And The Boys"

... educate his son he wouldn't be so ignorant now. We can see the ignorance on page seven(7) in the play book. With Willie's mother gone, his father was the only one he had left. Since Willie grew up without experiencing a true loving father son relationship he went on to be the same type man as his father. On page (9) we learn that Willie has an illegitimate son that he neglects. His girlfriend has to threaten him to get him to pay for something as little as milk. Willie believes he has the right to treat his son the way he was treated, co ...

Number of words: 605 | Number of pages: 3

Fahrenheit 451: A Depleting Society

... invented, and shortly after, it wasn't used very often. People sat around and talked. They rarely watch TV and most people owned only one. Today, TV is a big part of people's lives. In a lot of homes there are two or more TV's. Another thing that has become more and more popular are Walkmen and Discmen. In Fahrenheit 451 these are called “seashells.” They are a little bit different but basically the same. Another thing in the book was the “green bullet” which also vaguely relates to Walkmen or walkie-talkies. Almost every kid in ...

Number of words: 607 | Number of pages: 3

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