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Frankenstien All Behavior Is L

... the night that he was born. Shortly after the monster was given life, he was feared and hated. From the moment of the monster’s birth Victor hated and despised it, rather than embracing and loving it. In the monster’s crucial moments of development, he got his first experience of hate and fear. The monster had the same needs that a child would. Like a child at birth, the monster should have received love and care. Instead Victor, his father, hated the monster and ran from it. The monster later encountered a poor farming fam ...

Number of words: 608 | Number of pages: 3

The Repressive Governments Of Zamiatin's We And Orwell's 1984

... questions in their respective books 1984 and We. These novels depict, ". . . mechanized societies whose citizens are deprived of freedom through physical and psychological conditioning." (Bloom 17) The amazing thing about these civilizations is that the majority of the citizenry, at least publicly, applauds the government's totalitarian actions. Both Zamiatin's We and Orwell's 1984 have governments that repress thought and action through the use of physical and physiological force. One of the most visible ways the government of the Un ...

Number of words: 1895 | Number of pages: 7

The Crucible - Struggles In The Play

... wife), and that it is Abigail who should be killed instead. In Puritan society, the role of the child is to be quiet, and stay out of the way. When Abigail is being considered a witch in the first moments of the story, Rev. Paris is very worried about how this will effect his image, and not of the fate of Abigail. It is this society where Abigail feels the need to break loose and to act the way a teenager should: freely. This is the reason why she goes dancing in the forest. She is expressing her need to act her age and to break out of t ...

Number of words: 463 | Number of pages: 2

Talk So Kids Will Listen And Listen So Kids Will Talk: A Review

... can be used in the job place or when talking to someone else. The book talks a lot about control. People control the conversation too much. We do this without knowing it. Sometimes people control the conversation by talking Sarcastically: ‘is that what you're wearing -- polka dots and plaid? Ooh, you ought to get a lot of compliments today.' Blaming or Accusing: ‘Your finger prints are on the door again, - why do you do that?" Name Calling: "How dumb can you be?" Threats: "Touch it again and you'll get it!" Commands: " ...

Number of words: 277 | Number of pages: 2

Battle Royal

... to his grandfathers dieing words. His grand father told him to "live with your head in the lion's mouth. I want you to overcome ‘em with yeses, undermine ‘em with grins, agree ‘em to death and destruction, let ‘em swoller you till they vomit or bust wide open." In other words his grandfather was telling him to conform to the white peoples way of life in order to get ahead. I believe that the story had a deeper meaning than the aforementioned one. I believe that if the reader were to take a deeper look into all of the symbolism in ...

Number of words: 1028 | Number of pages: 4

Early American Literature By Stephen Crane And Robert E. Lee About War

... many of their loved ones were dying. The Americans didn't like war and they were tired of sending their people out to war. Two authors that conveyed this war time really well were Stephen Crane and Robert E. Lee. Stephen Crane depicted the attitudes of Americans at that time really well. In his poem "War Is Kind" he shows us how tired Americans were of war. This poem is very strong and emotional because he gives us mental images of how horrible war is. In this piece Crane keeps repeated "war is kind". These three words really show how ...

Number of words: 402 | Number of pages: 2

Character Development In Dead Poets Society

... characters. Another reason this work is relevant is because the movie was released before the novel was ever written, leaving plenty of room for differences in the character development of each work in many quintessential aspects. In life people are very judgmental of others due to their actions and appearances. Such is so in Hollywood?s entertainment industry. However, in written literature, judgement is not as prevalent because the reader is permitted to invent his own opinions and use his imagination based on what the author has p ...

Number of words: 872 | Number of pages: 4

Gullivers Travels

... In Book I, his ship is blown off course and Gulliver is shipwrecked. He wakes up flat on his back on the shore, and discovers that he cannot move; he has been bound to the earth by thousands of tiny crisscrossing threads. He soon discovers that his captors are tiny men about six inches high, natives of the land of Lilliput. He is released from his prone position only to be confined in a ruined temple by ninety-one tiny but unbreakable chains. In spite of his predicament, Gulliver is at first impressed by the intelligence and organizationa ...

Number of words: 1261 | Number of pages: 5

To Kill A Mocking Bird 2

... power over Calpurnia." "Put my bag in the front bedroom, Calpurnia," was the first thing Aunt Alexandra said" (pg. 127) As soon as she arrives it is understood the lack of respect that she has for Calpurnia. Never once does she say "please" or "thank you" just a command that must be followed. Calpurnia was the authority and mother figure for Scout as long as she can remember and this is the first time she has ever seen her in such a low power position. Calpurnia had become a part of the Finch family by her years of service and love for the ...

Number of words: 865 | Number of pages: 4

Great Expectations: True Goodness In A Person

... Joe. After Pip’s view of the upper class life, living with these “common people” just wouldn’t do it for him. He wanted to be something better than he was, but it’s not just because he was selfish and ignorant, it was also contributed to by Estella, a girl Pip fell in love with. “…Why, he is a common laboring-boy,” (561) were the exact words that broke Pip’s heart and drove him to yearn so much to be a gentleman. He dreaded the word “common”. It was not good enough for his girl, Estella. He had what Dickens called ...

Number of words: 718 | Number of pages: 3

The House Of Seven Gables

... These sentences emphasize the emptiness of the Pyncheon’s hearts and lives. The Pyncheon’s waste all of their “energy” and thoughts on money and power. On the outside, for example, Judge Pyncheon is a man of benevolence and wealth. However, in reality he is a malicious man who imprisoned his cousin for a murder which he did not commit, all for money and power. Colonel Pyncheon’s greed and selfishness is what built , and in turn it is also the reason for the house’s ruin. Clifford and Hepzibah hardly live a full and satisfyin ...

Number of words: 478 | Number of pages: 2

The Color Purple: Nettie

... States and Africa and in addition the issue of racial “importance.” Leaving the United States, Nettie believed she was leaving behind not only racial discrimination, for in Africa they would be "black like the Africans themselves" (143), but also gender discrimination. Before meeting Samuel and Corrine, Nettie was under the impression that all colored people [men] wanted to keep women from learning. Upon meeting Samuel, Nettie realized that "they are not all mean like Pa and Albert, or beaten down like Ma was." (138-139) The only man ...

Number of words: 695 | Number of pages: 3

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