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The Crucible

... farmer’s life. He obviously lived by the Puritan belief of Plainness. He disagreed with Reverend Parris in the way he ran the church. Others too agreed with John Proctor: and in efforts to live simply, they stopped going to church, later fueling the accusations for the witch trials. Abigail did not want to make a big issue of what happened in the woods. She states this by saying "...I’ll be whipped if I must be. But they’re speakin’ of witchcraft. Betty’s not witched"(8). At that time she did not want the issue to get bl ...

Number of words: 485 | Number of pages: 2

Courage In Individuals In "On Being Seventeen", "The Most Dangerous Game" And "Giving Blood"

... Silmen. David Raymond, from the book On Being Seventeen, is courageous in a psychological way. He is a high school student who was born with dyslexia. He writes about his life and how difficult school and learning to read was for him. All he wants is for people to accept him the way he is. ÔÓ...anyway life was awful. More then anything I wanted some friends.Ó By the end of high school he was more excepted in places where he once was ostracized. He even tries to help people with the same problem he has. ÒMaybe he was scared li ...

Number of words: 590 | Number of pages: 3

The Hobbit

... under the Mountain, t hough he was killed in combat in the battle of five Armies. SMAUG: The dragon of the Lonely Mountain who hordes the treasure he stole from the dwarves of Dale. GOLLUM: He is perfect example of the evil powers of the One Ring. He was born a Hobbit but had the ring too long. It made him into a slimey little creature who only lives to possess the ring. BARD: The archer who killed Smaug. He shot the dragon in the one spot it had no protection. The towns people later conside ...

Number of words: 1444 | Number of pages: 6

Symbolism In Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird

... symbolism in the novel. Harper Lee uses symbolism rather extensively throughout this story, and much of it refers to the problems of racism in the South during the early twentieth century. Harper Lee's effective use of racial symbolism can be seen by studying various examples from the book. This includes the actions of the children, the racist whites, and the actions of Atticus Finch. The actions of the children in this novel certainly do have their share of symbolism. For instance, the building of a snowman by Jem and Scout one winter is v ...

Number of words: 1727 | Number of pages: 7

To Kill A Mockingbird: Prejudice

... Scouts life was Boo Radley. He brought wonder, fear and then finally relief to her heart. At first kids thought he was evil. There were rumours that while he cut out the newspaper for his scrap book he "drove the scissors into his parent's leg."(pg11) He had tried to kill them. Even though this may have been just a rumor the kids were terrified of the Radleys. They described him often as a monster "six-and-a-half feet tall" with "bloodstained" hands. He was said to eat "raw squirrels and any cats he could catch".(pg12) During the rest of th ...

Number of words: 948 | Number of pages: 4

Kitty Freemont

... and power in everything they did. She would never fully understand their passion to be in their promised land, and make it everything that they wanted. Little did she know, she would grow to understand it more than she ever expected. felt that it was best not to get involved with these children. She wasn't in agreement for what was happening to them, but she wasn't prepared to take a side for them. She seemed to follow the passive way of so many others in the world of just thinking that maybe what was happening was right and they must have ...

Number of words: 1595 | Number of pages: 6

To Kill A Mockingbird

... of rape. In truth, these claims are false, but she knows she can get away with it, since the people in those days had the utmost respect for white women, and black men were looked down upon as still being slaves, even if they weren't in shackles. The main character, Atticus Finch, defends Tom in the whole case. He comes under fire and is commonly known in the neighborhood as a "Nigger lover" for defending Tom, and his children's friends make fun of them at school since their father is defending Tom. Atticus tries his best to be a fair lawy ...

Number of words: 585 | Number of pages: 3

Stephen King: Telekinesis And It’s Effects On The Innocent

... is one of the major factors that led to her rage and destruction. Mothers and maternal figures are often means of destruction. In Carrie’s case it is her mother, Margaret White, that aids in the total breakdown of Carrie’s mental unstableness. Her first and greatest impediment to a normal life is her mother, a woman indoctrinated with a fierce religious fanaticism who refuses to teach Carrie the adjustment skills necessary for survival in the real world. Consequently, Carrie’s discovery of her menstrual period- t ...

Number of words: 1384 | Number of pages: 6

The Picture Of Dorian Gray: Corruption Through Aestheticism

... to is Lord Henry Wotton, who exists not only as something external to Dorian, but also as a voice within him (Bloom 107). Dorian continues to lead a life of sensuality which he learns about in a book given to him by Lord Henry. Dorian's unethical devotion to pleasure becomes his way of life. The novel underscores its disapproval of aestheticism which negatively impacts the main characters. Each of the three primary characters is an aesthete and meets some form of terrible personal doom. Basil Hallward's aestheticism is manifested in his ...

Number of words: 1416 | Number of pages: 6

The Red Badge Of Courage 3

... makes it easier for us to relate to them. The tattered solider, Jim Conklin, wilson, and the youth all have characteristics that makes it easier for us to relate to them. Physical and emotional pain is what the tattered solider illustrates in the book. The tattered solider's pain comes from all of the horrible things associated with war. Him going crazy brings emotional pain and the physical pain is brought on by the endurance of war. "There was a tattered man, fouled with dust, blood and powder stain from hair to shoes, who trudged quie ...

Number of words: 778 | Number of pages: 3

A Separate Peace: Contrasting Gene And Phineas And The Struggle For Power

... power by stating that the tree is, indeed, a "cinch" (p. 6). No Upper Middler had dared to do the unthinkable, vaulting off a tree to land in a shallow river. Phineas is the first to do this. This single statement tells us much about him. He doesn't mind taking risks, enjoys intimidating others, and over exaggerates. It tells that he is very strong and powerful to be able to do what others can not do. The denotation of power is "the capability of achieving something." Not only is Phineas achieving something from jumping off this tree, he is ...

Number of words: 796 | Number of pages: 3

Wuthering Heights: Use Of Atmospheric Conditions To Emphasize Events And Highlight The Mood Of The Characters

... of the book. She herself writes that the word "Wuthering [is] a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station (the Earnshaw house) is exposed in stormy weather" (p.2). Many of the notable events that take place between Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange are accompanied by a change in the weather. Emily Brontë uses the weather to show the beginning of a transition from calm to turbulent events in the storyline. The books starts with Lockwood's arrival, a severe winter storm raging outsi ...

Number of words: 462 | Number of pages: 2

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