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Critical Analysis Of The Jungl

... in 1906, by Sinclair himself with considerable financial aid from Jack London. There is no table of contents as it is written in the form of a novel. Likewise, there are very few footnotes and the footnotes it does have are on how to pronounce things. There is a bibliography in the back which lists all of his sources for information on meatpacking and his other documentation. For the most part it is historically accurate, as it tells the life of a man who works in a realistic meat packing setting. Because it is fictional, though, ...

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The Destruction Of The Human S

... creates himself, while in The Picture of Dorian Grey, the main character is influenced and destroyed by his friend and mentor.Again, both novels portray the human spirit's motivation and vulnerability. In the novel Frankenstein, Victor, the main character, is driven to insanity and death by his motivation, his own creation.He dedicates all of his time and knowledge to create a living human being from dead tissue.This "monster" becomes his motivation and influence throughout the rest of the novel.Victor blames himself and feels guilt for all of ...

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Preface To Short Story Selection - The Matisse Stories

... aged. She was also upset to see the change in the salon and she basically lost it. Susannah threw a fit in the salon smashing mirrors and throwing hair pins. The staff in the salon were very supportive and Susannah calmed down. When she got home, her husband commented on how nice her hair looked and paid her some attention; which was something that he hadn’t done in a very long time and this cheered Susannah up and restored her mood to a good one. The second story was about an artistic family and their housekeeper. The mother, Debbi ...

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Literary Comparison Of A Clock

... had failed continuously to control the entire population because people still retain their ability to choose. It is said that once a person loses his free will, he ceases to be a person. This is the struggle confronting the protagonists in both A Clockwork Orange and The Crucible. The fifteen-year old rebel Alex and the respected farmer John Proctor refuse to conform to the rules of their oppressive societies, and as a result are denied the freedom to choose between good and evil, therefore becoming less than human. Both Alex and John ...

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Mary Astell's From A Serious Proposal To The Ladies

... was tired of the oppressive nature of man, which kept her and her sisters from developing their minds. She felt that females back then should have the same rights as women have achieved through the Civil Rights Movement today. Her answer to this was "A Religious Retirement." It is Mary Astell's ideal place to end her intellectual suffering and open new doors for the female mind. I feel that Mary went a little to far with this idea. She wanted to segregate males and females, live in a convent, and find alternates to marriage for women, whic ...

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Summary Of Cue For Treason

... the road Peter met Mr. Desmond and Mrs. Desmond and the rest of Desmond's acting company. Peter joined Mr. Desmond's acting company after all. The Peter met this boy name Kit Kirkstone. Kit is a very bright and smart boy. But Peter didn't like him at all when they met each other. They still become friends in the company. In Chapter 8, Kit finally tells Peter that she is a girl, she ran away home from her gudience because her own very reason. They also met the man from Stratford, William Shakespeare. Shakespeare is a very understandin ...

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Cry, The Beloved Country: The Breakdown And Rebuilding Of South African Society

... us a sense of the trials and hardships the blacks went through then. Cry, is a story about a Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and how he sets out to bring his family back together. While he sets out about doing this he realizes that his family is completely in the shambles and his family has strayed from the church and tribal traditions. Kumalo eventually learns to deal with this and while he is doing this, he makes a friend, James Jarvis, that changes the way he has looked on life. The tribal breakdown starts to show in book I, with the land ...

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Racism In Wright's Black Boy

... he could be himself. As an innocent child Wright sees no difference between the blacks and the whites. Yet he is aware of the existence of a difference. "My grandmother who was as "white" as any "white" person, had never looked "white" to me." (Wright pg. 31). This statement shows his confusion about blacks and whites. When, as a child Wright learned of a white man beating a black boy he believed that the white man was allowed to beat the black child. Wright did not think that whites had the right to beat blacks because of their ...

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Livy's Historical Approach

... of Rome". In the following essay I will discuss Livy and "The History of Rome", for although Livy was a historian Livy did not have an objective view towards Rome. It is my intention to show this in the following essay. Titus Livius, more commonly known as Livy, was born at Patarium in Northern Italy around the year 59 B.C. Patarium where Livy was born and raised was a very rich city famous for it's strict moral code. The early years of Livy's education was spent focused on the study of rhetoric and philosophy. Livy was never closely ...

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Cry, The Beloved Country: Stimulating A Change

... to them by a simple label, Paton indicates that these evils are universal and fundamental within human nature. As Stephen Kumalo searches for his son, Absalom, Paton has several events befall onto Kumalo in order to represent the harsh society that many of the blacks live in. The first event occurs when Kumalo arrives in Johannesburg, afraid from the stories that he has heard, he puts his trust in another black man who appears to be of good intentions, but in reality cheats Kumalo of his money. This experience is unlike his tim ...

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The Old Man And The Sea

... both enjoyed it. One day, the old man was out on the water fishing. The weather was beautiful, the currents were perfect, and he saw all birds flying over the water. He knew he had to catch a nice fish today. He saw one of his poles have a jerk so he pulled it in and it was a bonita fish, which he was goin to use for a nice piece of bait later in the day. The day progressed and he saw a real big jerk on the pole. He jumped up and held it, but the fish was not hooked yet. A couple more jerks he felt, but the fish was not taking it. Fina ...

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Shielded Consequences

... produce consequences far beyond their intentions. First, Putnam’s vengeance towards the town causes the imprisonment of George Jacobs. Also, Abigail’s attempt to win over John Proctor results in his death. Finally, Parris’s efforts to clear his name causes the deaths of many innocent people. Had these characters planned out their situation, this would have been a whole different story. First, Putnam’s troubled relations with the town causes George Jacob’s imprisonment. To begin with, Putnam is introduced as a man that has ...

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