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The Catcher In The Rye

... Elkton Hills combine and no levels of time separate them. This causes Holden to end the novel missing everyone and every experience. He remembers all the good and bad, until distinctions between the two disappear. Holden believes throughout the novel that certain things should stay the same. Holden becomes a character portrayed by Salinger that disagrees with things changing. He wants to retain everything, in short he wants everything to always remain the same, and when changes occur; Holden reacts. However the most important aspect of Holden ...

Number of words: 1929 | Number of pages: 8

Defender Of The Faith

... religious. It was not that he was religious yet more of the religion was sentimental to him. Marx a battle-tested soldier in the U.S. Army did not even recognize that he had already defeated an enemy set to wipe his heritage. PFC Grossbart and Captain Barrett were Marx’s next opponents. Grossbart first introduced himself as “Sheldon” to try to get on a first name basis with Marx for a familiarity that Marx did not want. Grossbart suspected Marx was Jewish by the spelling of his last name which he spelled out as “M-a ...

Number of words: 723 | Number of pages: 3

The Inferno

... pain for the shades, whereas the creative punishments are used to inflict a mental and psychological suffering. However, it is possible for the creative punishments to inflict both a mental and physical pain upon the sinner. Several punishments that Dante envisions for the various sinners are borrowed from forms of torture. The first physical punishment Dante borrows from that is his punishment for the heretics. The penalty in the medieval era for heresy was often public humiliation or to burn to death. For Dante, to be a heretic was to f ...

Number of words: 1164 | Number of pages: 5

How To Kill A Mocking Bird

... shoot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit them, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." This passage is where she got the name for her book. During the 1950's in the small county of Maycomb, the mentality of most southern people reflected that of the nation. Most of the people were racist. In the novel, these ideas are explored through a young girl by the name of Scout. The readers see the events that occur through her eyes. The novel centers on the tr ...

Number of words: 704 | Number of pages: 3

Comparison Of Animal Farm To The Russian Revolution Of 1917

... based on remedying those faults (“Animalism”). The roots of the Russian Revolution of 1917 are rooted deep in Russia’s history. For centuries, most of the population lived under severe economic and social conditions. During the 19th and 20th century many movements aimed at overthrowing the oppressive government were staged at different times by students, workers, peasants, and members of the nobility (“Russian” Microsoft). The Revolution in Animal Farm, clearly based on the Russian Revolution, did not keep nationalism from dis ...

Number of words: 565 | Number of pages: 3

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

Foreshadowing And Flashback: Two Writing Techniques That Make Fitzgerald A Great Writer

... to strengthen the plot of his book. In chapter nine, Nick begins to recall the past and relive his old memories. His must relieve his lingering thoughts of the past. During the chapter, Nick uses a flashback to tell about Gatsby's funeral for the readers to know what happen the day Gatsby was shot. Flashback in The Great Gatsby also helps to give the reader background information about the characters. In The Great Gatsby, the structure of the novel is influenced by foreshadowing and flashback. Fitzgerald utilizes foreshad ...

Number of words: 1156 | Number of pages: 5

A Tale Of Two Cities - Charach

... is no hope for him, and that his life will never improve. He has much more potential and could be so much more in life, yet he chooses to remain in the shadow of others. Sydney has a dramatic life and is an alchoholic who sees nothing positive in himself. Carton demonstrates a sensitivity which helps others in the long run. His partner, Mr. Stryver relaxes while Sydney works long hard hours to prepare the defense materials for the following days. Carton does most of Stryvers work, he is a man of great talent but lacks the character traits ...

Number of words: 624 | Number of pages: 3

The Good Earth: Chapters 1-13 Summaries

... she is very quiet and she does not talk unless it is neccessary. Chapter 2: Something I found very different in the Chinese culture is that the spouse you marry is not yet wholly yours until you have had sex. Wang Lung still tries to impress O-lan and wonders if she even likes him. O-lan comes out to be a very hard worker and is much help in the house. She fits in very well. Chapter 3: O-lan has the first baby and it is a boy. O-lan also tells Wang that she will return to the House of Hwang to show the mistress her baby. Wang Lung goes loc ...

Number of words: 1105 | Number of pages: 5

Beloved By Toni Morrison

... of a selfish refusal to reenter a life of slavery? By examining the complexities of Sethe's character it can be said that she is a woman who chooses to love her children but not herself. Sethe kills her baby because, in Sethe's mind, her children are the only good and pure part of who she is and must be protected from the cruelty and the "dirtiness" of slavery~(Morrison 251In this respect, her act is that of love for her children. The selfishness of Sethe's act lies in her refusal to accept personal responsibility for her baby's death. Sethe's ...

Number of words: 542 | Number of pages: 2

Death Of A Salesman - "The American Dream: What It Means To Me"

... not what Willie Loman had expected. Although I was born in this country, I do not share this "dream" so many people share. I love my country, I think it is one of the better places to live in the world but I do not believe this country can fulfill my dreams. My dreams consist of spending time with my family, maintaining self-contentment, stopping to smell the roses and taking long walks in the rain. I can do those things in many countries, America is not the only one. I wish more people in America would have these type of dreams. Instead, p ...

Number of words: 478 | Number of pages: 2

A Separate Peace: Three Symbols

... he jumps from the limbs of the tree. Not one Upper Middler in Devon has ever jumped from the tree; Finny becomes the first. After surfacing, Finny says that jumping from the tree causes the most fun he has had in weeks. However, the Naguamsett and the Devon completely contrast. When Gene and Finny emerge from the Devon, they feel clean and refreshed. However, Gene describes the Naguamsett as "ugly, saline, fringed with marsh, mud and seaweed" (68). When Gene starts a fight with Quackenbush and falls into the Naguamsett because Quackenb ...

Number of words: 703 | Number of pages: 3

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