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Brave New World: Comparing Life In The World State With Life In The US Today

... It uses genetic engineering and conditioning to ensure that everyone is happy with his or her work. Sex is a primary source of happiness. The brave new world basically teaches everyone to be promiscuous. You are allowed to have sex with any partner you want, who wants you, and sooner or later every partner will want you. Children are taught through hypnosis that "everyone belongs to everyone else." In this Utopia, what we think of as true love for one person would lead to a passion for that person and the establishment of family ...

Number of words: 1148 | Number of pages: 5

1984

... wards joined the imperial police. During his service, he wrote his first novel, Down and out in Paris and London (1933), was the start of many he wrote within the next seven years. His two most famous novels are Animal Farm (1945) and (1949), which are both attacking types of government, these two novels brought him his first fame as a writer. , a story of dictators who are in complete control of a large part of the world after the allies lost in World War II. The government in this novel gives no freedoms to its citizens. They live in fear ...

Number of words: 1155 | Number of pages: 5

A Tale Of Two Cities

... was taught to read by his mother, and had a passion for reading his father's collection of classics; such as Shakespeare, Cervantes, Defoe, smollett, Fielding, and Goldsmith. Charles wrote 15 novels, and the last one was unfinished due to his death caused by a stroke; he was fifty-eight and died on June 9, 1870. The main characters are: Charles Darnay- a French man who is a tutor and is put on trial numerous times and has to be rescued. Dr. Manette- a prisoner for 18 years who recovers with the aid of his daughter; he tries to repay her by re ...

Number of words: 977 | Number of pages: 4

In The Heat Of The Night

... from Gillespie their by showing him that he was calm and mature. As the story unfolded Gillespie saw more and more of Virgil’s good qualities. Gillespie saw that Virgil was calm, educated, smart, payed attention to detail, and was qualified for his job. Every time that Gillespie would arrest some one Virgil proved them innocent, when Oberst was arrested Virgil proved Gillespie wrong by proving to him that Oberst was not the murderer. When Gillespie arrested Sam Wood Virgil also proved him innocent. Even though Gillespie didn’t like ...

Number of words: 393 | Number of pages: 2

To Kill A Mockingbird 2

... it. The Negroes are poor because nobody will let them do anything about it. The Ewells won't work even when they can. The Negroes will work, but the only jobs available to them are the menial, low-paying ones. Scout (Jean Louise) Finch narrates the story, beginning with a brief family history. Simon Finch, a fur-trapping apothecary journeyed from England to Alabama, establishing the family which made its living from cotton on Simon's homestead, Finch's Landing. The Civil War left the family only its land, which was the source of family inco ...

Number of words: 3687 | Number of pages: 14

How The Use Of The Diary Form Narrative Is Beneficial To The Novel Dracula.

... therefore the reader knows everything that is happening; nothing is being hidden from the reader. An example of this happening is when Mina is at the insane asylum and is worried sick about something happening to Jonathan Harker. Mina hides all that she feels when Jonathan Harker is near her. All that Mina is feeling is written by herself, and what, how she is feeling is ready for a reader to examine because they are able to see her diary. If Mina's diary was not open to the reader, or if Someone was telling of what he or she saw, the obser ...

Number of words: 932 | Number of pages: 4

Of Mice And Men

... shows strong characteristics in this novel. One of these ways is taking on Lennie as a companion/traveling/working partner. Lennie’s Aunt Clara died and George being a close family friend took on caring for Lennie as a friend and a favor. With all these problems that Lennie caused George, especially with work, such as getting run out of Weed because they thought Lennie tried to rape a young women. “They run us outa Weed,” he exploded triumphantly. Anyone would have given up on him and left, but not George. George stayed with him because ...

Number of words: 713 | Number of pages: 3

Frankenstein: Morality

... monster. The first monster threatened Frankenstein and even his family. The monster angrily said to Frankenstein, "I can make you so wretched." (pg. 162) Trying to scare Frankenstein for not creating his mate the monster resorted to threats. If the good doctor does create a companion for his first creation he may be endangering others. "The miserable monster whom I had created," (pg.152) says Victor upon looking back at his work. If there is another monster there will be twice the power and possibly twice the evil, which could hurt or kill ...

Number of words: 773 | Number of pages: 3

Ordinary People: Dysfunctional Family

... the rights things relating to keeping a spotless home, plays golf and bridge with the other women in her social cycle, but in her own words, “its an emotional cripple”(Guest 253). Conrad on the other hand shows his personality to be different from Beth’s. He seems anxious to please everyone, putting their needs before his. Guest develops the theme “ forgiveness sets one free”, through the characters Beth and Conrad. Both are unable to forgive themselves for similar reasons, but Conrad comes to terms with his guilt while Beth cannot. ...

Number of words: 951 | Number of pages: 4

Oedipus Rexs Tereisias Brings

... life. Teiresias is also responsible for further developing the theme of blindness by using his own physical blindness to reveal to Oedipus his mental blindness. Lastly, Teiresias is ultimately responsible for imposing dramatic irony because of his great knowledge of the truth of Oedipus. In Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, the character of Teiresias is developed in such a way that he utilizes many dramatic devices in order to reveal information and move the play along.As a fortune teller, Teiresias is able to see the fate and destruction of Oe ...

Number of words: 1364 | Number of pages: 5

Huckleberry Finn: Lack Of Education

... time. Throughout Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain used satire to show that a lack of education in a society’s people provokes serious consequences. The first example of Twain’s satire to be intrudes in the novel is the character called Pap. He is Huck Finn’s father, and the town drunk. Pap is an ignorant man and a negligent father. Huck narrorates what it was like to live with his abusive dad. “By and by Pap got too handy with his hick’ry, and I couldn’t stand it no longer. It was all over welts. He got to going away so much t ...

Number of words: 850 | Number of pages: 4

Brave New World 2

... intricate fertilizing, decanting, and conditioning processes is directly used to produce and control a 5 caste system in society. Now, this is not a bad idea, other system is flawed. We see this in people like Bernard. An alpha is supposed to be at the top of society being well formed, tall, good looking and intelligent. Bernard however is somewhat shorter and less handsome than the rest of the men in his caste, and therefore is thought of as queer. This inconsistency in the hatching system shows proof that the system is not completely safe ...

Number of words: 1099 | Number of pages: 4

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