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Corruption Of Dorian Gray (The

... It is Dorian's decent into homosexuality that degenerates his entire being. Unlike many of the other characters in the novel, Dorian possesses a flare for fashion and an interest in feminine things. Dorian becomes obsessed with the finer things in life. He collects jewels, tapestries, and instruments. "These glittering trappings and millineries of which he was so much enamoured, point perhaps to a feminine trait in him." (Woodcock, 199) Months at a time he spends collecting his precious jewels or staring at his exquisite tapestries. He ...

Number of words: 1102 | Number of pages: 5

Linking Edgar Allan Poe To The

... Poe's life. The poem is about a man in a room all by himself. "Leave my loneliness unbroken!" (Poe) He is then visited by a raven, which says nothing, but "Nevermore." It brings out the thoughts and feelings of the lonely man. This lonely man (the name of the man was never mentioned), is like a mirror image of Poe. During the time that Poe was rewriting "The Raven" (the original was written ten years before), life was really hard for him. "He had been for ten years a writer of untiring industry, and in that time had produced an amount ...

Number of words: 891 | Number of pages: 4

Contrasting Marlow And Kurtz And The Theme Of Evil In "Heart Of Darkness"

... we gain the power to defeat our inner darkness, and all of its elements. Just as everyone has the potential for evil within themselves, we too have the potential for true goodness. In many literary works the author attempts to exemplify the evil which lies within by showing many characters which have been, or are being overcome by their inner darkness. In the novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad we see how Marlow's journey into his ultimate evil, into his inner self, can be a positive experience. By contrasting Marlow with Kurtz, who ...

Number of words: 2608 | Number of pages: 10

Barbara Kingsolver's "Animal Dreams": Alice

... heart decided that the only way to endure Alice's death was to flush any remembrance or resemblance of her out of his fortified technical realm which throughout the novel becomes increasingly skewed. Kingsolver pushes home this idea by omitting Alice from any of Homer's frequent flashbacks which are usually mishaps from the past involving his daughters. These incidents are his only recollection of his daughters' estranged childhood in which he strained to create slippery and unmothered women. Homer's fear of becoming attached to anyth ...

Number of words: 594 | Number of pages: 3

Fahrenheit 451: Change

... in. According to Preston Bradley, "I don't care how much a man may consider himself a failure, I believe in him, for he can change the thing that is wrong in his life any time he is ready and prepared to do it. Whenever he develops the desire, he can take away from his life the thing that is defeating it. The capacity for reformation and change lies within." Throughout Fahrenheit 451, Montag, a dedicated fireman and book burner, sees pleasure and titillation from burning books and destroying lifetimes of important ideas. When outside influence ...

Number of words: 1501 | Number of pages: 6

Field Of Dreams

... from both the world of baseball and literature who had been dead for many years. Kinsella related to common people, but possessed powers that are not only uncommon, but ultimately inhuman. Although not a fool, Ray Kinsella was also not invincible. For example, he was forced to deal with defeat and hopelessness throughout his travels. Once, he misunderstood a message given to him and journeyed to a place that he was not called to go to. But, being the bright and resourceful person he was, he was not discouraged and continued to persevere. Ray K ...

Number of words: 1067 | Number of pages: 4

Grapes Of Wrath: Ma Joad The Leader

... will survive only if she remains calm. Ma keeps her self-control when Ruthie tells some children about Tom's secret. The family becomes nervous and enraged over the situation, but Ma restores order by handling the situation in a calm and collected manner. If Ma were to ever show fear, the family would most likely collapse. For, "Old Tom and the children could not know hurt or fear unless she acknowledged hurt or fear." Thus, if Ma acts as if everything is all right, then the family will assume everything is all right. Most members of t ...

Number of words: 723 | Number of pages: 3

Types Of Monsters

... is the kind of monster you would find in a fairy tale or a scary story. They are the kind of monsters that go “bump” in the night. Storybook monsters usually are created by some kind of accident or experiment, which causes some sort of deformation. These kinds of monsters often do nothing more than scare kids and don’t pose any real threat to anything in the real world. The real life monsters differ greatly from the storybook monsters. Almost all real life monsters are created from some problem from their home life. In some cas ...

Number of words: 629 | Number of pages: 3

The Theme Of Fear In "Lord Of The Flies"

... to share his discovery in an attempt to end the fear of the beast and to halt the evil on the island. Sadly, he is mistaken for the dreaded beast that apparently inhabits the island. The hunters, in fear, savagely, murder Simon, ending all one's hopes for the end of evil. By the end of the novel, all the boys, except for Ralph have regressed into a primitive state and have lost all morals, until their rescue, wh en they finally see how bad they have been. The plot of this novel is based on fear, fear that leads to evil. In ‘Beast from the ...

Number of words: 1344 | Number of pages: 5

Reaching Up For Manhood

... aggression out on their loved ones. Even though it may seem sexist it is a known fact that males are more likely to partake in violence than the average female. In order to prevent violence, it needs to stop before it starts. To do this, we start at childhood. The social, family, and educational environment must change for the better. This is not an easy task and no one is saying that it is going to take place over night. However, it is known that what we are, what we know, and how we act all reflects on the way in which we grow up and develop ...

Number of words: 2741 | Number of pages: 10

In Cold Blood: Life Goes On

... no one can come close to having. Capote allows us to feel their closeness as in page 21 we are carried into one of their many conversations where they exchange secrets and dreams. This relationship explains Susan’s reaction when she finds her best friend dead. When Nancy Ewalt shouts that Nancy’s dead, "Susan turn[s] on her. ‘No, she isn’t. And don’t you say it. Don’t you dare" (Capote 60). Her love for her friend does not allow her to realize that Nancy is really dead. She is so overwhelmed with the circumstances that she ...

Number of words: 862 | Number of pages: 4

The Great Gatsby: The American Dream

... wants to be looked at sometime.” Gatsby knew that he could not marry Daisy because of their different social backgrounds, therefore, he leaves her to achieve the wealth that would make them equal. When he does leave her, she dates a few older men and then finally settles down with Tom Buchanan of New Orleans. Once Gatsby acquires his goal, he moves just to be near Daisy. Jordan explains, “Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be across the bay.” In order for him to see her, he holds extravagant parties, hoping that she will at ...

Number of words: 965 | Number of pages: 4

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