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Analysis Of The Most Dangerous Game

... devastated because of this, and especially after growing up his whole life with “rifle in hand” and the target in his sights. He decides to take his hunting to a higher level, the hunt for human life, Rainsfords life! This story takes place in the Caribbean, on a secluded island. The author chose an ideal place for his setting. The story consists of a war between the two main characters, and what better place then an island which has such excellent geographical features to support this struggle. Some examples are the dense trees, trai ...

Number of words: 1371 | Number of pages: 5

Heart Of Darkness: Themes In Garden Of Evil And Heart Of Darkness

... something he is looking for or something he has to do that he has not done yet maybe to prove himself. 2. Heart of Darkness is a very good example of a Quest story. Marlowe is risking life and limb inorder to fufill his adventure of meeting the infamous Mr.Kurtz. Along Marlowe's journey he meets bands of cannibles that are ever posing a threat to his life. At the end of Heart of Darkness the story becomes a Quest of the self. Marlowe is searching deep within himself to comprehend what he is seeing with Mr.Kurtz and within himself he has t ...

Number of words: 1533 | Number of pages: 6

Social Deterioration In "The Crucible"

... died so that children could protect their families' social status. Being isolated from any other group of people with different beliefs created a church led Puritan society that was not able to accept a lot of change. The church was against the devil, at the same time it was against such things as dancing and other premature acts. The reputation of the family was very important to the members of the community. When the girls were caught dancing in the woods, they lied to protect not just themselves but the reputation of their families. T ...

Number of words: 833 | Number of pages: 4

Joyce's "A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man": A Review

... family is very important to him. His father, Simon, plays a major role in his early life, and Stephen has great respect for him. However, there are instances when Stephen is angered by his fathers' actions, and resents his statements. The growing debts incurred by Simon lead to his son's transferring to a day school. Stephens' difficulties at his former educational institution are relayed by his father, much to the chagrin of the younger Dedalus. Later in the novel, Stephen loses even more respect for his father as the famil ...

Number of words: 903 | Number of pages: 4

Book Report: The Hot Zone By Richard Preston

... diagnose the case. On November 28th, Dr. Peter Jahlring of the Institute was in his lab testing a virus culture from the monkeys. Much to his horror, the blood tested positive for the deadly Ebola Zaire virus. Ebola Zaire is the most lethal of all strains of Ebola. It is so lethal that nine out of ten of its victims die. Later, the geniuses at USAMRIID found out that it wasn't Zaire, ! but a new strain of Ebola, which they named Ebola Reston. This was added to the list of strains: Ebola Zaire, Ebola Sudan, and now, Reston. These are all le ...

Number of words: 666 | Number of pages: 3

All Quiet On The Western Front

... and how brutal the war atmosphere is. “There is a whole world of pain in that sound, creation itself under torture, a wild and horrifying agony” (p44). The brutality of war in the novel, however, is mainly shown through human suffering. Baumer talks about brutal things that soldiers are just expected to do. He says, “When you put a bayonet in, it can stick, and you have to give the other man a hefty kick to get it out…” (p74). The German soldiers attack the enemy with extreme instinctive brutality. R ...

Number of words: 1196 | Number of pages: 5

“A Raisin In The Sun”: Struggles

... The family is in a constant feud about the ten thousand-dollar insurance check which is to be arriving in the mail shortly. Lena Younger, more widely known as mama, achieves her dream of buying a house and immediately puts thirty-five hundred dollars down on a new house and sixty-five hundred into Walter’s care. All hope is lost when Walter loses the money and the family ends up back to where they started, with nothing. Though the money is gone, this lifetime dream of Mama and Ruth is not destroyed. They keep their pride and dignity an ...

Number of words: 593 | Number of pages: 3

Linda McQuaig's Shooting The Hippo: Causes And Results Of Debt

... heart of the arguments presented so frequently about our financial situation. I found her book an inspiration which will hopefully help us all to devote ourselves to the enormous challenge which we will face in the future. We are responsible to inform and educate ourselves, our friends, our families and neighbours in the difficult days ahead. To explain McQuaig's title I'll briefly describe the beginning of the "mystery." A baby hippo, born in a zoo, is to be shot because of recent government cutbacks which leave nothing to feed or care for ...

Number of words: 1092 | Number of pages: 4

Brave New World: The Use Of Distortion

... New World through his depiction of social values of the future. For example, when Barnard Marx hears somebody talking about Lenina in the locker room, he becomes upset. Leaving the building, everyone he passes recommends soma for his bad mood. Huxley shows the reader that drug use is becoming more and more an acceptable way out for a weak society. He is showing society that we are becoming emotionally incapable of dealing with pain and hurt. Furthermore, the students, while speaking with the director of the London Hatchery, are told at one ...

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The Story Of An Hour

... through the feeling of love. Love seemed to be no longer a never-ending bond between the most important person in their life, but yet a chore, something they regretfully did everyday. “And yet she had loved him-sometimes. Often she had not-What did it matter!”(13) When told of the news or her husband’s death, Louise Mallard reacted in the only way she knew how; she completed her “job” as the wife by storming into tears and weeping in her sister’s arms. She felt no horror or shock, just grief th ...

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A Rose For Emily: Victim Of Circumstance

... ability to rise to the occasion, to overcome her dependency, when the action was the only solution available. Like buying the poison or getting money by offering china-painting classes. Life is sad and tragic; some of which is made for us and some of which we make ourselves. Emily had a hard life. Everything that she loved left her. Her father probably impressed upon her that every man she met was no good for her. The townspeople even state "when her father died, it got about that the house was all that was left to her; and in a way, people w ...

Number of words: 910 | Number of pages: 4

The Beast In The Jungle: The Beast Of James

... carnal knowledge, painful self-discovery, human mortality, etc., are often figuratively and metaphorically veiled so as not to disturb or repulse the reader. Taking a closer look at this, one might say that James did this so that he himself would not be repulsed. Perhaps James wasn't thinking so much of the reader as he was thinking of himself. In "The Beast in the Jungle" James has aesthetically hidden the reality of Marcher's destiny by treating it as a symbolic crouching beast waiting to spring. The reader will ask why James ha ...

Number of words: 2435 | Number of pages: 9

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