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Rand's "Anthem"

... and during the time the two find the house in which they will live in for the remainder of their lives. One day while Equality was tending to his job as street sweeper, he came across a beautiful young woman taking care of the fields. Even though it is forbidden, he decides to go over and talk to her. While they were talking, we see the first sign of emotions when "Their face did not move and they did not avert their eyes. Only their eyes grew wider, and there was triumph in their eyes, and it was not triumph over us, but over things ...

Number of words: 583 | Number of pages: 3

Of Mice And Men: Why I Shot Lennie

... at him because I was frustrated. It mad him sad and he started to cry. Lennie is just a little kid at heart so when he is sad he cries, that's the only way he can deal with his problems. But anyway, I had mad Lennie angry and he started to cry. Then I felt sorry for him and told him I would get him a dog so he wouldn't have to carry around that mouse. Then he gave me that "guilt trip" and started saying that he could go live and the woods and he would be fine without me. Yes, Lennie was a very smart person. As I look back to those even ...

Number of words: 404 | Number of pages: 2

Edna's Suicide

... options are just some of the paths Edna could have followed. Try to fit your ending into one of these categories: she can be with her lover (in any manner she wishes), she can be married (to a man of her choice), she can live alone. Each of the first two hypothetical endings would betray the point of the novel. Edna does not awaken to sex. She is liberated and does become a very sensual woman, but it is not to sexual expression that she wakens. Therefore, all options involving a lover fall short of fulfilling the meaning of her awakening. If ...

Number of words: 972 | Number of pages: 4

Guilt And How It Is Handled

... This character is not only guilty for what he does but also the fact that he does not confess to everyone in town. By not admitting his responsibility, he increases his guilt because Hester must endure all the blame. Dimmesdale's guilt eats away at him and leads to his doom. On the other hand, the adulteress handles the guilt by telling other people and showing them that she feels guilty. The people forgive her after time but Dimmesdale still feels guilty, and since time has passed can not face the truth. A situation that creat ...

Number of words: 614 | Number of pages: 3

One Hundred Years Of Solitude

... just a way of saying that they are destined for downfall and failure. They are afraid and tired of people whispering and pointing, so after Jose kills a townsman, they decide to retreat into the jungles of South America. With the help of other settlers, they found their own little town, named Macondo, in hope of escaping the wrath of fate. Their family lives through one hundred years in this manner, before their destiny is fulfilled. This novel is about how a family is able to survive, for a time, in solitude. So, it is appropriate that the ...

Number of words: 416 | Number of pages: 2

The Hiding Place: An Analysis

... the entire novel, she’s risking her life to help others. In this way she respects her life and the lives of those around her. She is willing to do what it takes to make sure that no one is mistreated. Her faith in God allows her to live through these heartbreaking events. The beliefs that she is following in God’s plan enables her to be so brave and strong while painfully watching her world fall apart. Ten Boom incorporates individual and society into her everyday life. She is conscious of those around her to the point where ...

Number of words: 1499 | Number of pages: 6

Zaabalawi: The Wise And Loving Image Of Zaabalawi

... of this healer in songs, and was confirmed of Zaabalawi's greatness by his father stating, "May his blessing descend upon you, he's a true saint of God, a remover of worries and troubles." (779). This statement was the seed of the narrator's faith which had remained dormant by the means of modern medicine, until these means had exhausted themselves when he, "became afflicted with that illness for which no one possesses a remedy." (799). Only then, in a "death bed repentance" was the question asked if this man really did exist, and was h ...

Number of words: 822 | Number of pages: 3

Wuthering Heights Summary

... meets them there instead and says that Linton is to sick, and that they much come to the Heights. When they see him, he is sickly and weak, but he tells them that his father said that he was just tired and growing too fast. Cathy tries to talk to Linton, but he ignores her, causing her to get angry. She threatens to leave, and Linton becomes terrified, and begs her to stay. He tells her to let Heathcliff know that he is feeling better, and swears to Cathy that he really is. Cathy and Nelly leave, promising to come back the following week. ...

Number of words: 1119 | Number of pages: 5

Irving's The World According To Garp: Analysis

... he created. The story he spun was entertaining, comical, and even inspirational even if it wasn't grammatically perfect. So what makes his story telling so strong and unique that you look past these flaws? His use of irony, but it's not only the irony, it's how he manipulates the irony. I call his technique ironic circling. Ironic circles are when the author creates irony that starts at the beginning of the book and doesn't stop until the end. The irony just keeps repeating itself over and over again until the reader is so engross ...

Number of words: 1050 | Number of pages: 4

George Orwell's 1984

... are caught by the Thought Police. The Thought Police are a group of modern people who are like the police of our time except that this police can see you every single second of your life through special devices that look like T.V.'s called Telescreens. This Telescreens are placed in the houses of people, outside buildings, parks, walls, anywhere they could be put and are always turned on. The Telescreens are constantly giving you information of the wars won and also telling you what to do and always watching every movement you do, no express ...

Number of words: 777 | Number of pages: 3

The Piano Lesson: Characters

... . For many years, prejudice, especially in the form of racism, has sparked many hate crimes and wars. Over generations, people have devised strategies to combat these injustices in the most effective way possible, whether it be civil or violent ways of protest. August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize winning play, “ The Piano”, is set in the early 1930s at a time when racism was spreading like wild fire. The play takes a close look into two dynamically different approaches to overcoming prejudice in America. Although their strategies differ gre ...

Number of words: 1504 | Number of pages: 6

Tom Sawyer

... a long night of cavorting with his friends. Soon after the start of the story Tom meets Huckleberry Fin. Huck is a local outcast of society who likes to live by his own terms. Tom and Huck become good friends. One night the two boys go to the grave yard. While they are there they witness the murder of the town doctor, Mr. Robinson. The boys watched as Injun Joe kills the doctor and frames a drunk by the name of Muff Potter who just happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. The boys swear never to speak of this again. S ...

Number of words: 966 | Number of pages: 4

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