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Stephen King's The Stand: Summary

... other survivor in her hometown of Ogunquit, Main be her recently deceased best friend's weird brother Harold Lauder. Fran puts aside her personal feelings for Harold aside, and goes with him to the place in her dreams, to Boulder, Colorado. On their way, they meet up with six people from various states in the United States who joined them on their journey. Fran is disturbed by her dreams, as all of them are by their own. She dreams of an old lady named Abigail, in Colorado. This lady is kind and loving and promises to protect them from th ...

Number of words: 534 | Number of pages: 2

Great Gatsby

... love of his life, so much that she was the equivalent of ³Winter Dreams² to him. Gatsby¹s silk shirts being tossed over his head out of his dresser is a good example of how his money means nothing to him and how he would give it all away to have Daisy. Also his eccentric cars were the center of attention because of their high price and extreme beauty. All of these examples of prosperity represent the lives of the people of this novel to a point. Together, the citizens of this book are more concerned with their possessions and money, tha ...

Number of words: 558 | Number of pages: 3

The Celestine Prophecy

... manifesto..." That just about sums it up. This is a great book for someone looking for direction and conflict resolution. However, if you're looking for a book with depth and literary merit, you'd be better off with Danielle Steele. First of all, Redfield's characters are more two-dimentional and unbelieveable than Barbie paper dolls. "The characters...are featureless mouthpiecesfor the monotone authorial voice," says Moyle. A major problem I had with reading The Celestine Prophecy was keeping track of who was who; the characte ...

Number of words: 436 | Number of pages: 2

The Canterbury Tales: The Wife Of Bath

... the accepted roles of society, reflecting women's attempt to gain control during the medieval period. The General Prologue presents an interesting description of The Wife of Bath. Her character is noted to be strong and bold and we learn she is slightly deaf. The Wife of Bath was married and widowed five times and has had numerous companions. The Wife of Bath is a skilled cloth maker and a devoted Christian pilgrim who has made trips to several shrines. Through her unique introduction in The General Prologue we learn much ...

Number of words: 993 | Number of pages: 4

So Long A Letter And A Raisin In The Sun: Love And Wealth

... named Ramatoulaye who is faced with Islamic traditions and financial difficulties. Her deceased husband, Modou had also married another young woman named Binetou. Ramatoulaye’s best friend Aissatou is also in a similar situation. Her husband Mawdo married his cousin Nabou, because of his mother’s wishes. All of these marriages are formed mostly on the significance of wealth, the more wives the more you have. In A Raisin in the Sun, the Younger family is faced with financial difficulties, but in the end the most important thing is love. ...

Number of words: 1306 | Number of pages: 5

Literary Approach Paper On The Death Of A Salesman

... his math exam. He even taught Biff to steal, without even realizing it. "Willy:...[Biff] Go right over to where they're building the apartment house and get some sand...Charley: Listen, if they steal any more from that building the watchman'll put the cops on them!...Willy: You shoulda seen the lumber they brought home last week..."(50). As one can see, Willy is almost encouraging Biff to steal in order to make a new stoop. However, when Willy finds out Biff has been stealing other things, like the school's football, he seems shocked. ...

Number of words: 793 | Number of pages: 3

A Review Of Huxley's Brave New World

... his audience. Typically, reading BNW elicits disturbing feelings which the society it depicts has notionally vanquished - not a sense of joyful anticipation. Thus BNW doesn't, and isn't intended by its author to, evoke just how wonderful our lives could be if the human genome were rewritten. Let's say our DNA will be spliced and edited so we can all enjoy life-long bliss, awesome peak experiences, and a spectrum of outrageously good designer- drugs. Nor does Huxley's comparatively sympathetic account of the life of the Savage on ...

Number of words: 4621 | Number of pages: 17

Comparison Of Herbert's "Dune" And Asimov's "Foundation Series": Effects Of Technology And Belief Systems On The Individual

... in Foundation where the society depends on religion and social behavior to survive the onslaught of advanced technology. Religion might be a fuel to achieve a specific level of technology. Such as in the Bible, "Seek and you shall find." May mean that God wants all Christians to achieve the highest amount of experience that they are capable of. Religion gives an individual, morals and control, while science gives an individual the medium under which he can explore the hidden. "Dune" is a fine example that shows the mingling of religion and sci ...

Number of words: 1722 | Number of pages: 7

Great Gatsby 4

... light lights up across the bay from Gatsby’s place. This light burned at the end of Daisy Buchanan’s dock. For Gatsby, this green light symbolized the “go-ahead” sign. Green was the symbol for promise, hope, and renewal. Gatsby’s dream in life was to be with Daisy. The green light on the other side of the bay that Gatsby saw gave him an unyielding hope that his dream would be realized. At the end of the first chapter Gatsby was seen stretching his arms toward the green light appearing as to be worshipping it. G ...

Number of words: 833 | Number of pages: 4

The Outsiders

... This novel's theme is very specific; people, no matter what their social background, strive for the same goals and experience the same disappointments. This novel shows this theme throughout a detailed story line with some clever plot twists. is about a gang. They live in a city in Oklahoma. Ponyboy Curtis, a 14 year old greaser, tells the story. Other characters include Sodapop and Darry, Ponyboy's brothers, Johnny, Dallas, and Two- Bit, that were also gang members and Ponyboy's friends. This story deals with two forms of social classes: t ...

Number of words: 870 | Number of pages: 4

The Catcher In The Rye: Holden

... In The Rye', a book describing nervous breakdown, media speculated widely about the possible connection. This gave the book even more notoriety. So what is 'The Catcher In The Rye' actually about ? Superficially the story of a young man's expulsion from yet another school, 'The Catcher In The Rye' is in fact a perceptive study of one individual's understanding of his human condition. Holden Caulfield, a teenager growing up in 1950s New York, has been expelled school for poor achievement once again. In an attempt to deal with this he le ...

Number of words: 1430 | Number of pages: 6

Lord Of The Flies: Conflict Between Ralph And Jack

... conflicts of opinion are what makes life chaos on the island. The boys are drawn away from a civilized way of living. Comments made by Ralph and Jack show the boys that Jack is resorting to savagery. Ralph and Jack both agree in the beginning while they are reasoning in a civil manner. Throughout the novel the two leaders stray from one another because of differences in motivation. Jack told the boys “We've got to decide about being rescued” (Golding, 20). This statement illustrates Jack's civilized concern for the whole group. Jac ...

Number of words: 756 | Number of pages: 3

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