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Green Grass: Lionel Red Dog

... a gun that was lying in the back. Hit by a policewoman, he is taken to jail and, while there, he loses his job. This, in a way, is very similar to what happened to AIM (American Indian Movement) some years back. The natives were upset about the Government's neglect of treaties and grants. The natives held a peaceful rally in a town, then they all packed up, and moved it to Wounded Knee. Wounded Knee was the sight of a terrible massacre in the late 1800's. The Natives were traveling to a neighboring camp, when soldiers came upon them, and ...

Number of words: 771 | Number of pages: 3

To Kill A Mockingbird: An Analysis

... They tried to get a peep at him, just to see what Boo looked like. Scout connects Boo with the Mockingbird. Mrs. Maudie defines a mockingbird as one who "…don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us" (94). Boo is exactly that. Boo is the person who put a blanket around Scout and Jem when it was cold. Boo was the one putting "gifts" in the tree. Boo even sewed up Jem's pants that tore on Dill's last night. B ...

Number of words: 1071 | Number of pages: 4

Morals

... tries very hard to prevent having to return to his violent past. Shane keeps to himself a lot too, Shane does not like disscusing his past with anybody, as if he were ashamed. When confrtont Shane Stark Wilson, Shane tries to give Stark Wilson a chance out, Shane gives Stark wilson a chance to walk away, but Stark Wilson refuses. Since Stark Wilson insited on fighting Joe Starrett Shane is forced to go back to his violent past. Shane dresses back up in his all black clothes, just as he wore when he first arrived. Shane grabed his gun and ...

Number of words: 791 | Number of pages: 3

Resurrection In A Tale Of Two Cities

... the time. In "Book the First", he is released by the French government and then put in the care of Monsieur Defarge. He is suddenly "recalled to life"(19, 35). However, his rebirth has just begun and does not become complete until he is reunited with his daughter; Lucy Manette. In "Book the Second; The Golden Thread," the resurrection theme appears several times. At the start of this book, Charles Darnay is on trial for treason in England. He has been traveling back and forth between France and England and is thought to be a spy. The ...

Number of words: 1176 | Number of pages: 5

Animal Farm: Notes

... them. The second antagonist of this story was Snowball the pig. Snowball and Napoleon had opposite ideas on everything. Snowball acted like he was the good guy (or pig in this case) until the time that the animals supposedly found secret documents that said that Snowball was incohutes with Jones. Snowball also spread a lot of lies around about Napoleon. Events in Summary: What happened first: The first thing that happened in my book Animal Farm was that the animals over took the Manor Farm. The "revolution," as they cal ...

Number of words: 630 | Number of pages: 3

Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde: Is There Evil Inside All Of Us

... ranks of mankind was pure evil" (Stevenson 45). This novel states that it is possible to isolate your evil side. I had now two characters as well as two appearances, one was wholly evil, and the other was still the old Henry Jekyll, that incongruous compound of whose reformation and improvement I had already learned to despair. (Stevenson 45) Now would Mr. Hyde look like his counter part in anyway or would he be made up of pure evil, like mini-me in the movie Austin Power The Spy Who Shagged Me. Edward Hyde was just that pure evil. Mr. Hy ...

Number of words: 940 | Number of pages: 4

A Portrait Of The Artist As A

... his eyes/ Apologise/ Apologise/ Pull out his eyes." This strict conformity shapes Stephen's life early in boarding school. Even as he is following the precepts of his Catholic school, however, a disillusionment becomes evident in his thoughts. The priests, originally above criticism or doubt in Stephen's mind, become symbols of intolerance. Chief to these thoughts is Father Dolan, whose statements such as, "Lazy little schemer. I see schemer in your face," exemplify the type of attitude Stephen begins to associate with his Catholic teachers. ...

Number of words: 1170 | Number of pages: 5

The Influence Of God In The Characters Of The Scarlet Letter

... to stand on it for three hours straight and listen to people talk about her as a disgrace and a shame to the community (55). Dimmesdale's instantaneous response to the sin is to lie. He stands before Hester and the rest of the town and proceeds to give a moving speech about how it would be in her and the father's best interest for her to reveal the father's name (67). Though he never actually says that he is not the other parent, he implies it by talking of the father in third person (67). Such as, "If thou feelest it to be for thy soul' ...

Number of words: 1849 | Number of pages: 7

Memoirs Of The Geisha

... agony because she has no family left and she’s a maid serving a notorious geisha named Hatsumomo. Hatsumomo can also be referred to as a witch because she does anything like spreading false rumors to make Chiyo’s life miserable. One day while running an errand for the house that she lives in, Chiyo falls down on a stone near a river and starts to cry for she can no longer endure the pain and hardships she is going through at such a young age. Luckily, the Chairman of a wealthy electric company comes across her while he’s walk ...

Number of words: 1743 | Number of pages: 7

The Many Conflicts In The Adve

... "The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me... I got into my old rags and my sugar hogshead again, and was free and satisfied." When Pap returns for Huck, and the matter of custody is brought before the court, the reader is forced to see the corruption of society. The judge rules that Huck belongs to Pap, and forces him to obey an obviously evil and unfit man. One who drinks profusely and beats his son. Later, when Huck makes it look as though he has been killed, we see how civil ...

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Joy Luck Club: Symbols

... can be found in the relationship between Suyuan Woo and her daughter June. Suyuan came to America with high hopes, similar to the other mothers, and a swan in anticipation that she could teach her child to strive only for the best opportunities that America can offer. Jing-Mei states "America was were all my mother's hopes lay (141)." Suyuan fled to America after she had lost all her possessions; however, she does not lose hope. When the swan is ripped from her arms she is only left with a single swan's feather to symbolize all her ho ...

Number of words: 725 | Number of pages: 3

The Metamorphosis

... here. Gregor's alienation due to work corresponds to Marx's definition of work under capitalism: his work is external to the worker, I.e., it does not form part of his essential being so that instead of feeling well in his work, he feels unhappy, instead of developing his free physical and mental energy, he abuses his body and ruins his mind....(p486) The work Gregor does is merely mechanical, a means to an end, it offers him no satisfaction, and it alienates him the moment he begins. He starts locking his doors at night after having ...

Number of words: 571 | Number of pages: 3

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