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The Metamorphosis: Society Split Into Different Sections

... It shows what happens to him when he stops working for them, he transforms into a huge cockroach. He is rejected by his family, and he is not cared for properly which results in his death. Following Gregors death is a gleeful ending, which eventually implies that the cycle will be repeated, though this time through his sister. It is apparent even in the first sentence "As Gregor awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed into a gigantic insect" (P862, Ph1) that Kafka meant something underneath the surface. Aw ...

Number of words: 1101 | Number of pages: 5

Young Goodman Brown: The Downfall Of Young Goodman Brown

... I must tarry away from thee." When he says his "love" and his "Faith", he is talking to his wife, but he is also talking to his "faith" to God. He is venturing into the woods to meet with the Devil, and by doing so, he leaves his unquestionable faith in God with his wife. He resolves that he will "cling to her skirts and follow her to Heaven." This is an example of the excessive pride because he feels that he can sin and meet with the Devil because of this promise that he made to himself. There is a tremendous irony to this promise because ...

Number of words: 2426 | Number of pages: 9

Janette Turner Hospital: 4 Vivid Female Characters In Her Two Novels

... beliefs in the importance of the family. As the stories follow, these feminine personalities are gradually proved. Before leaving for India, Juliet had a hard time deciding whether to stay with her professor husband, David, or move to Montreal to stay with her former lover Jeremy. Uncertain as usual, all Juliet wants is to " maintain the balancing act." She could never summon up the courage to face new circumstances. Her mind is never firm enough to challenge the present state. So she makes her choice in the orde ...

Number of words: 1626 | Number of pages: 6

Tyler's "Accidental Tourist" And "Searching For Caleb": Individualism And Belonging To The Family

... Tourist, goes back and forth between his family and individualism. When his wife left him after a crazed murderer killed their son, Macon was isolated in his own house with his daily routine. Physical contact with people not related to him made him draw inward like a snail (34). Therefore, he eventually moved in with his sister and brothers to be a part of the family again. Furthermore, there is a portrait of the Leary children at the Leary household. This portrait symbolizes the security that Macon feels now that he has moved ba ...

Number of words: 1062 | Number of pages: 4

The Catcher In The Rye: Now And Then

... has affected posterity. Holden Caulfield was not the average sixteen year old in the forties, and he is not the average sixteen year old in the nineties either, but this does not matter. The struggles he survives and the decisions he makes can still be related to today’s choices. Despite the forty year difference between now and the first publication of the Catcher in the Rye, the book is still a popular book among teenagers. One of the first major changes in children’s lives today is the break up of the nuclear family. When Salinge ...

Number of words: 1638 | Number of pages: 6

Great Expectations: Injustices And Poor Conditions Committed On Women And Children

... had felt an impending feeling of guilt. It is a common theme in Great Expectations and is one that I have felt numerous times before. In one instance, my friends and I were at a party playing with a water balloon launcher shooting balloons down the street. My neighbors had just put in a new set of porch windows that were quite expensive. With a slight aiming misalignment we broke a window and had to confess to my neighbor and give her our apologies. Pip, however, had the guilt weighed on his conscience forever-he did not have the cour ...

Number of words: 740 | Number of pages: 3

Youth Violence

... However, “as becomes more and more common many people are accepting the idea that ‘kids will be kids,’ and that they will occasionally blow each others’ brains out,” (Bromdon 2). In order to be assured that our society does not gain a lackadaisical look at teen violence, such as the fictional society in Michel’s book, one must first look at in America today, secondly explore possible causes for , and finally find solutions that will help stop . First off, in order to curb the rise in it is necessa ...

Number of words: 2434 | Number of pages: 9

Cannery Row By John Steinbeck-

... the lives of Doc, a local marine biologist, and Mack and the boys, a group of not-quite-homeless, rather philosophical bums. Mack and the boys freelance, picking up money and short-term jobs where they can. Early in the story, they acquire an empty fishmeal storage building from Lee Chong. Mack and the boys transform it into their home, the Palace Flophouse. Doc ran Western Biological, a company that supplied animals for educational purposes, like dissection. He would go down to the tidepools and collect all sorts of critters like squid, ...

Number of words: 414 | Number of pages: 2

Lord Of The Flies: An Analysis

... most of all, did not bore the reader. The Lord of the Flies begins with about 20 pre-adolescent boys who are on an airplane, and the airplane crashes on an uninhabited coral island in the Pacific. The airplane crew has been killed, and the boys are left on their own. They start to collect themselves into a society of food gatherers under an elected chief, Ralph. Ralph is about 12 years old, and has a very sensible, and logical personality. At first, the boys create duties to follow, and they live amicably in peace. Soon however, di ...

Number of words: 1735 | Number of pages: 7

Imperial Presidency: Overview

... to analyze the rise of the imperial presidency through war and recovery, with emphasis on the events of the twentieth century. After the war in Vietnam, Schlesinger divides the book based on the specific nature of the events that had an impact on presidential power. He divides it based on domestic policy, foreign policy, and the affairs that go on in secrecy. Schlesinger provides an incredible amount of evidence to recount the ups and downs of the imperial presidency. He provides a base for his argument with an in-depth view of what the fram ...

Number of words: 2164 | Number of pages: 8

The Great Gatsby: Nick Carroway A Good And Neutral Narrator

... told Vick he wanted to return the past over again with his lover- Daisy, Nick Carroway warned him to give it up, because it was impossible. Unforturately, Mr.Gatsby was not believe it. So at the end, Mr.Gatsby's dream still had not came true because Daisy did not break up with Tom and go with him. It can be seen in the last chapter on the novel, when Gatsby was murder, Daisy went to somewhere else with her husband, and did not go to Gatsby's funeray. I called up Daisy half and hour after we found him, called he ...

Number of words: 812 | Number of pages: 3

Is Huck Finn Too Mature?

... On Huck's adventure he encounters alot of different views of society. He experiences the restrictions of the company in which he surrounds himself. This knowledge that Huck get's first hand ultimately ends with Huck's mature decision to oppose the views of society and risks going to hell for his friendship with Jim. This is a very mature and noble decision for a boy of Huck's age to make. It is also noticeable that Huck is unlike other boys of his age with the introduction of Tom Sawyer. Tom is always thinking of amazing plans and ac ...

Number of words: 1004 | Number of pages: 4

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