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The Yellow Wallpaper Vs. Story

... over their lives. In “The Yellow Wallpaper” the narrator’s husband controlled her both mentally and physically. He does not allow her to have any sort of mental or physical stimulation. She is virtually imprisoned in her bedroom, supposedly to allow her to rest and recover her health. She is forbidden to work and not even supposed to write. She does not even have a say in the location or décor of the room she is forced to spend almost even moment in. Furthermore, visitors are absolutely not allowed. She says, “ ...

Number of words: 1084 | Number of pages: 4

Cooper's "Deerslayer": View Of The Native Americans

... experiences and situation. Many critics, for example, argue that The Deerslayer presents a moral opinion about what occurred in the lives of the American Indians. Marius Bewley has said that the book shows moral values throughout the context of it. He says that from the very beginning, this is symbolically made clear. The plot is a platform for the development of moral themes. The first contact the reader has with people in the book is in the passage in which the two hunters find each other. "The calls were in different tones, evidentl ...

Number of words: 2277 | Number of pages: 9

The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: Early Influences On Huckleberry Finn

... when the novel begins, Huck is not used to following any rules. The book's opening finds Huck living with the Widow Douglas and her sister, Miss Watson. Both women are fairly old and are really somewhat incapable of raising a rebellious boy like Huck Finn. Nevertheless, they attempt to make Huck into what they believe will be a better boy. Specifically, they attempt, as Huck says, to "sivilize" him. This process includes making Huck go to school, teaching him various religious facts, and making him act in a way that the women find socia ...

Number of words: 1065 | Number of pages: 4

True Son

... Half Arrow accompanies him on part of this journey. True Son is reluctant to go and hates his white family. They force him to wear their clothes, speak their language and interact with other whites daily. The only white person he likes is Gordie, his younger brother. Gordie is the only one who tries to understand True Son, he's also the only one to call him True Son instead of John Butler, his real name. Once while he was living with his white family he tried to escape. When Gordie begged to go too, True Son brought him too. But Before they ...

Number of words: 962 | Number of pages: 4

Thesis Paper On The Crucible T

... he will be committed of adultery with Abigail Williams. Following these events he trys to save everyone’s lives by admitting to this horrible offense adultery and ends up losing the trial along with his life. He did have a chance to live but instead of signing away his name and his soul to keep his life, he wanted to die honorably with his friends not without a name, a soul, and with guilt. “John Proctors decision to die is reasonable and believable”. Reverend Parris, the Salem minister and Proctors immediate supervisor, w ...

Number of words: 1101 | Number of pages: 5

London's "To Build A Fire": Use Of Devices To Convey His Message

... on his journey, the logger is given advice from an old-timer at Sulfur Creek that "no man must travel alone in the Klondike after fifty below". The logger thinks this is "rather womanish" and believes he can survive by himself. Along his journey, the man encounters death as he falls into a spring, where "At a place where there were no signs, where the soft, unbroken snow seemed to advertise solidity beneath, the man broke through. It was not deep. He wet himself halfway up the knees before he floundered out to the firm crust". Then th ...

Number of words: 428 | Number of pages: 2

The Bogart By Susan Cooper

... called the Gang 5. The parents of Emily and Jessup were Robert and Maggie Volink. Robert works in the theater and Maggie owns and runs an antique store. The Volink family were excited and amazed that they inherited a castle. But what the Volink’s did not know was that a spirit called a Boggart lived there. The Boggart is a sprit that is neither good or bad. He mainly plays practical jokes on people. It is like a little child that can be friendly towards mortals. Boggarts cannot be seen or heard.. The Volink family sold the castle righ ...

Number of words: 820 | Number of pages: 3

A Dolls House 2

... Torvald, making her role similar to a slave. He too considers himself superior to her. As for Kristine and Krogstad their relationship is much more open to us. It is apparent that if Kristine and Krogstad were to engage in an argument, it is more likely that that they would come to a compromise. A strong sign that Mrs. Linde brings us a better understanding of Nora is their parallel in characters. Both are willing to sacrifice themselves for values dear to their lives. This act of aiding significant loved ones gives us a better understa ...

Number of words: 548 | Number of pages: 2

The Genji Monogatari

... 1973, p.48), or more specifically, "the kind of emotional response to the beauties of nature or the more gentle of human relations that was likely to elicit such an expression of spontaneous feeling as ‘Ah!'"(Varley, 1973, p.48) The "gentle human relations are those events that give the basis for the escapades of Genji, but it is the more subtle use of nature that gives us the backdrop for the story (and, incidentally, the basis for a paper). The first way that Murasaki employs nature is in her precise characterizations of the doz ...

Number of words: 2172 | Number of pages: 8

The Thief's Journal: The Prince Of Thieves - Genet

... nostalgia, or with a hint of adoration and pride, thus leading its readers to the realization that complete fulfillment and enjoyment of the senses cannot only be accomplished in polite society, but in the slums and alleys in which Genet roamed as well. Genet's life as a petty thief, prostitute, and prisoner is so foreign to most people and it is therefore fitting that his entire perspective and way of life is alien as well. For example, he sees intimacy in the sharing of lice between himself and Salvador. Salvador took care of me, but at ...

Number of words: 1801 | Number of pages: 7

Frankenstein: Morality

... work on the second monster. The first monster threatened Frankenstein and even his family. The monster angrily said to Frankenstein, "I can make you so wretched." (pg. 162) Trying to scare Frankenstein for not creating his mate the monster resorted to threats. If the good doctor does create a companion for his first creation he may be endangering others. "The miserable monster whom I had created," (pg.152) says Victor upon looking back at his work. If there is another monster there will be twice the power and possibly twice the evil, w ...

Number of words: 773 | Number of pages: 3

Lord Of The Flies: Simon, The Christ Figure

... talked, cried out unintelligibly, lugged him toward the trees. Then, amid the roar of the bees in the afternoon sunlight, Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach, pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage, passed them back to the endless outstretched hands. When he had satisfied them he paused and looked round. The littluns watched him inscrutably over double handfuls of ripe fruit. (56) In giving them the fruit until they are satisfied, Simon recreates the event in which Christ multiplied the loaves and fishes to feed the ...

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