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Tale Of Two Cities: Roots Of Revolution

... the same tortured forms. Sow the same seed of rapacious license and oppression over again, and it will surely yield the same fruit according to its kind" - P347, Book III, Ch15. Dickens, who lived in England where there were many unjust punishments and immoral actions by high ranking officials, was basically saying that the things that fueled the revolution in France, the crushing of humanity and rapacious license and oppression, if used in a similar manner somewhere else would have the same result. In this case he was probably thinking of ...

Number of words: 299 | Number of pages: 2

1984 Reading Journal

... he see's a bit of political sympthy. See's young girl who he dislikes. He feels it is only a matter of time before his though crimes are detected. A knock at the door he thinks is police. Mrs. Parsons, his neighbor is at the door and asked him to unclog a sink. He does it but smells sweat all over the apartment. Mrs. Parsons is a follower of party doctrine and a fellow employee at the ministry. The children are members of Spies, a youth that encourages spying and telling on traitors, including parents. Winston is revolted. He returns home and ...

Number of words: 3000 | Number of pages: 11

Death Of A Salesman: Willy Loman

... dreams, his pride, his career choice and his failure to manage life's problems. Willy, at a young age, noticed an old salesman who worked at an age of 80 and made a lot of money. The old salesman took orders from no one, he made his own orders and everyone did as the old man said. When the old salesman, Dave Singleman dies, all the buyers came to his funeral. All the people Dave ever knew came. There were thousands mourning his death. From that point, Willy Loman found an awesome dream which he followed the rest of his life. Wi ...

Number of words: 764 | Number of pages: 3

Hurston's "Sweat": Women Overcoming Domestic Violence

... American women to stand up to their abusive husbands. Getting a divorce was not a very common thing to do. Most women endured the pain and troubles of being physically and mentally abused everyday. A number of women were too poor to get a divorce or even runaway from their husbands. Husbands of these times supported the family and were the only ones who had a job in the family. In “Sweat” Delia was the supporter of the family she worked every day supporting herself and Sykes. This was not very common in these times. Most women sta ...

Number of words: 562 | Number of pages: 3

The Scarlet Letter: Forms Of Punishment

... or punished by a person on a higher level. The punishment given can take many forms. In the book The Scarlet Letter, By Nathaniele Hawthorne, The protagonist, Hester Prynne, is punished for an act of adultery. Her sentence was to bear a scarlet letter of "A" upon her bosom. This punishment is a form of public humiliation. In the 1620's this form of punishment was one of the severest sentences given. The people would want the guilty to suffer in front of his fellow man. To keep the person from hiding himself from his hum ...

Number of words: 238 | Number of pages: 1

Common Human Experiences In To Kill A Mockingbird

... he is black and Mayella Ewell, the woman Tom is accused of raping, is white. Atticus proves without a doubt that Tom is innocent. But in a all white jury guilt or innocence is not important to them the only thing that is important to them is that Tom Robinson is black. Even if the jurors wanted to say that they beleived Tom was innocent they would have to face the people of Maycomb and then they would be shunned for letting a black man go free. Boo Radley was also the victim of prejudice. The people of Maycomb county did not understan ...

Number of words: 420 | Number of pages: 2

Byblis And Myrrha

... and visa versa; Myrrha begins where Byblis’ concludes. The language used by arouses sympathy. Right away, Byblis exclaims, “What misery is mine!” to draw attention to her suffering (Mandelbaum 308). Later, she discusses her “grief” caused by the “evil fate” that makes Caunus her brother (308-9). Myrrha points out her “misfortune” in having not been born to those tribes that would allow her to fulfill her desires. Instead she is “forlorn- denied the very man for whom [she longs]” (339). In Crane’s translation ...

Number of words: 1473 | Number of pages: 6

The Bluest Eye 3

... Her mother doesn't care for her either her actions toward Pecola are not without contempt. Cholly Breedlove is Pecola's drunken father. He has never known a loving family; his father deserted him and his mother who then left him to die in a garbage can. His great aunt saves him and raises him until her death, which occurred when Cholly was only thirteen or fourteen years old. Cholly himself deserts his family, not physically but he is always in a drunken state and doesn't provide the family with the barest necessities. Cholly dies alone i ...

Number of words: 1310 | Number of pages: 5

In Search Of Our Mothers' Gardens And Everyday Use: Honoring Heritage

... different, they still convey the idea of honoring heritage of families. In “Everyday Use” there are two conflicting ideas about how to honor one’s heritage as exemplified by Dee on the one hand and Maggie on the other. The first idea is from Dee’s point of view. She believes that heritage is something that is physical. When Dee (Wangero) and Hakim-a-barber came to dinner at her mother’s house Dee wanted specific thing that had been in her family for years. She wanted part of the butter churn and the butter dish from her gr ...

Number of words: 795 | Number of pages: 3

Civil Disobedience

... Before I supported his , I opted to see if it was justified. For Thoreau’s arrest to be an act of , it has to be publicized. Being publicized distinguishes his arrest as rather than being criminal (7). Thoreau had many people offering to pay his taxes but refused to take them. His refusal made his arrest publicized enough for someone to pay his taxes to release him from jail. Civil disobedient acts need to be publicized to show the participant is against the political system. Thoreau showed he was against paying taxes by wanting to stay in ...

Number of words: 493 | Number of pages: 2

Candide: Voltaire's View Of Human Condition

... are all noticeable events that have been described in exaggerated terms. The subtitle, “optimism,” used to Candide in which is used of the philosophy of Leibritz was to call attention to the points relevant to an understanding of the philosophical tale. The formula, “Everything is for the best in this best of all possible worlds,” is often reminded to the reader as a clue to the story’s outcome will be and how the story is created in the process of philosophical events. Candide is heavily depended upon exaggeration; but i ...

Number of words: 813 | Number of pages: 3

Summer Of The Monkeys: Jay Berry And His Conflicts

... Hinder 1. Monkeys 2. Environment "It is every boys dream to own a pony and a .22" those were the exact words that motivated Jay Berry to realize his goal of catching Jimbo and the rest of the escaped circus monkeys. In Wilson Rawls novel Summer of the Monkeys Jay Berry Lee encounters many obstacles in his way of succeeding his goal. Before Jay Berry succeeds his goal, he encounters many conflicts that both hinder and help him through his amazing journey. The first inner force that helps Jay Berry along his journey ...

Number of words: 1063 | Number of pages: 4

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