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Bless Me, Ultima: Antonio

... or betrayal of those he loves. Or does he? As the story unfolds, he begins to realize that there is a hidden compromise to all of life's obsticles, and that pleasing himself is the most important thing of all. Parental opinion, and the force behind it, smothers any personal opinion Antonio has leading him to please others, often forgoing his own thoughts. His mother's dream is for him to be a man of the Church, where mutual relationships would be able to return to him what he's given to society. On the other hand, in the eyes of h ...

Number of words: 833 | Number of pages: 4

Oedipus Rex

... his father and fathered children with his mother are sufficiently adequate to qualify him as an individual with a tragic flaw. He also seems to be a rather arrogant individual, another characteristic capable of being a tragic flaw. This can be derived from the way Oedipus speaks. Oedipus also goes through a reversal of fortune, another characteristic of a tragic hero. It look as if he has a solution to the problem Thebes faces, when in fact he is the problem. This is hidden from him, when he is made aware of this, and the atrocities h ...

Number of words: 307 | Number of pages: 2

The Old Man And The Sea: Modernist Literature

... thinks while the fish takes him out to sea. "He is wonderful and strange and who knows how old he is, he thought. Never have I had such a strong fish nor one who acted so strangely" (48). The only dialog is when Santiago talks to himself or the creatures of the sea. The rest of the time the reader is inside Santiago head. A second characteristic of Modernist literature is the use of third person omniscient point of view. The reader joins the story after eighty-four days of not catching a fish and the narrator fills in the details. The ...

Number of words: 449 | Number of pages: 2

George Orwell - 1984

... eyes he see's a bit of political sympthy. See's young girl who he dislikes. He feels it is only a matter of time before his though crimes are detected. A knock at the door he thinks is police. Mrs. Parsons, his neighbor is at the door and asked him to unclog a sink. He does it but smells sweat all over the apartment. Mrs. Parsons is a follower of party doctrine and a fellow employee at the ministry. The children are members of Spies, a youth that encourages spying and telling on traitors, including parents. Winston is revolted. He ret ...

Number of words: 3033 | Number of pages: 12

A Critique Of "Gone To Soldiers" By Marge Piercy

... by hiding resisting French Jews. Piercy makes history exciting by making each character really experience love and hate and the mundane daily struggles of the individual. I completely enjoyed Gone to Soldiers, because several main characters prevented me from getting bored and kept me reading to find out what was going to happen to each person next. I really enjoyed the profile of Louise Kahan a female Jewish American writer, because she is independent and strong willed. An example of her strength and belief in herself Louise did not inst ...

Number of words: 497 | Number of pages: 2

The Fifth Child

... child, Ben was constantly kicking his mother and hurting her from the inside. As a young child, Ben’s siblings recognized his brutal personality and tried to avoid him. As a young adult, he showed no regard for authority, and exhibited cruel and unacceptable behavior. Harriet, Ben’s mother, tried to alter this behavior by first chastising him and then showing compassion. She sought help from professional therapists who chose to ignore the true nature of Ben’s personality. Lessing suggests that human nature is unchangeable and strong ...

Number of words: 827 | Number of pages: 4

Gatsby As F. Scott Fitzgerald's Self-Portrait

... Great Gatsby were not flattering. In the novel, Fitzgerald used a Jewish character to emphasize some of the most inferior aspects of American life. Fitzgerald always felt that his wife, Zelda, was a detriment to him. Despite all of his love for her, he ignored this feeling and it never wavered. A letter from Fitzgerald to his daughter, Scottie, explains: When I was young I lived with a great dream. The dream grew and I learned how to speak of it and make people listen. Then the dream divided one day when I decided to marry your moth ...

Number of words: 893 | Number of pages: 4

The Awakening And The Scarlet Letter: Struggles Of The Heroines

... culture was a very strict, but well accepted part of the society-a lifestyle to most. There were however many societal allowances made for men over women. Chopin captures the feel of Creole society which manifests in many scenes throughout The Awakening. Modeled after the Napoleonic Code of France, the Louisiana Code states explicitly in article 1124 that, "married women with babies and the mentally ill were incompetent to make a contract" (Wyatt 1). This law exhibits the attitude toward women in this time period. The code also goes on to ...

Number of words: 1172 | Number of pages: 5

To Kill A Mockingbird - The Maturing Of Jem Finch

... other children. Primarily, in To Kill A Mockingbird, Jem is young. Scout states their age when it supposedly all starts: "When I was almost six and Jem was almost ten..." (10). Here Jem is only nine years old and therefore still a moderately young child; it is assumed he is therefore immature. Jem also spends his time playing with his five year old sister. This also occurs very early in the novel: "Early one morning as we were beginning our day's play in the back yard, Jem and I heard something next door in Miss Rachel Haverford's collard ...

Number of words: 1016 | Number of pages: 4

The Touch Of Magic By Lorena Hickok

... State Infirmary. Not because they were mentally sick or anything, but because they had nowhere else to go. Their mother had died of tuberculosis and their father had left them. None of their relatives wanted them because Annie was nearly blind and Jimmie had something wrong with his hip and had to walk with a crutch. Annie's one year old sister was taken right away by her aunt and uncle because she was darling. Nobody knew where to send them so that's how she ended up at the infirmary. A few months after they had arrived, Jimmie ...

Number of words: 1706 | Number of pages: 7

Homeland: A Book Review

... characters and settings are the norm for Jakes; however, this story rivets primary attention on Paul Crown. A young German immigrant. Paul leaves behind a Germany of cholera, poverty and political upheaval only to face problems of equal magnitude in America. Undaunted by a difficult ocean crossing Paul arrives at Ellis Island penniless but naively optimistic about his future. He makes his weary way to the opulent home of his Uncle, Joe Crown, a well-established brewer in Chicago. Jakes uses the Chicago setting as a backdrop for his “class ...

Number of words: 213 | Number of pages: 1

Uncle Tom's Cabin

... target audience at the time she wrote the story was living through these conflicts. To make up for this, I would suggest that before reading this work you have at least a minimal knowledge of the aspects of slavery and its geographical distribution in early America. Also, it is important to have basic understanding of the Christian faith and its two major kinds of believers at the time. There were those who believed that all were equal and that all had souls that were to be treated with compassion, and those who argued that God had created ...

Number of words: 750 | Number of pages: 3

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