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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: Huck Decides To Reject Civilization

... guardian Pap. This man had walked into and out of Huck's life on numerous occasions. He was the only father figure in Huck's life and failed miserably at the job. Pap was the first representation of civilization to Huck and it was a sour one. It was also civilization that awarded custody of Huck to Pap. He had been screwed over too many times by the civilized world, and that was the main reason he decided to leave home. Huck ran from his troubles at home down the Mississippi River. The river is where he found his sanctuary. Jim and Hu ...

Number of words: 693 | Number of pages: 3

Janies Quest In There Eyes Wer

... a some what satisfying life, Janie’s quest is for dependence rather than satisfaction. The first two people Janie depended on were her Grandmother, called Nanny, and Logan Killicks. Janie’s marriage to Logan Killicks was partially arranged by Nanny. She felt the need to find some one for Janie to depend on before she died and could no longer depend on her. At first Janie was very opposed to the marriage. Nanny responded with, “’Tain’t Logan Killicks Ah wants you to have, baby, it’s protection. ...He (God ...

Number of words: 606 | Number of pages: 3

The Old Man And The Sea

... learn that Santiago especially loves the sea and is unlike the other fisherman. While Santiago is going out to sea on the first morning, Hemingway includes numerous details about the setting. Some of the details are to inform the reader that the old man really enjoys and values the ocean. One way which Hemingway shows this is that Santiago refers to the sea as "la mar," a kind and beautiful yet sometimes cruel feminine creature. Younger fishermen refer to the sea as "el mar," which is masculine. Changing this to be masculine means that they d ...

Number of words: 733 | Number of pages: 3

With And Without The State In

... and the casted civilization they live in as the outside world continues to prosper, reigning above them. Christ Stopped at Eboli, by Carlo Levi, exemplifies an age-old repression of a people without hope because of an outside world that suppresses them. This eyewitness account demonstrates how the outside world does not provide resolutions their desolate existence and to help alleviate the conditions of daily life. The distance between the state, the outer world and the people, the inner world, creates an ignorance ...

Number of words: 1825 | Number of pages: 7

The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

... somethings bout this man that has write all these things bout our adventures. So listen an maybe you might even learn a little something bout this man. Now let me think....oh ya, now I recall it. I reckon it was a warm November ju's like any other, the 30th to be exact. But that ain't how Sam's Pa spoke of it. He had to go maki'n big, fancy speeches and things of that sort at the party. But after all that mubl'in we had a purdy good time. As a matter of fact as I recall that day it was almost pur'fect. If it warn't for me drunk P ...

Number of words: 5641 | Number of pages: 21

A Critical Approach To "Barn Burning" (by William Faulkner)

... by the social structure and the struggle that is imposed on him and his family. The economic status of the main characters is poor, without hope of improving their condition, and at the mercy of a quasi-feudal system in North America during the late 1800's. Being a sharecropper, Ab and his family had to share half or two-thirds of the harvest with the landowner and out of their share pay for the necessities of life. As a result of this status, Ab and his family know from the start what the future will hold -- hard work for their landlor ...

Number of words: 808 | Number of pages: 3

The Glass Menagerie: Symbols

... aspirations followed by inevitable disappointment, having dreams which are destroyed by the harsh realities of the world. Symbols are a major part of this play, as Tom, the narrator, is a poet, and admits he has a weakness for symbols. One major symbol presented in the story is that of the fire escape, a symbol that has a different meaning and function for each character. For Tom, it is a means of escape from fire, not the type of fire that was considered in its building, but “the slow and implacable fires of human desperation.” T ...

Number of words: 1144 | Number of pages: 5

The Flivor King

... urban areas and headed for urban areas. The citiea promised fobs and freedom of work. In fact, urban areas turned to be more populated teh rural, with the great population of fifty-one percent. Self employment was a rarity, seeing as with all the machinery, produjcts could be produced with rapid pace and much less effort. Shutt was one of teh many who fled from his home town to beging working for Henry Ford at the Ford Motor Company. Wioth the promise from Henry himself that he would be able to better himself, Shutt got married, had fo ...

Number of words: 514 | Number of pages: 2

Polonius Is Folish

... that Shakespeare created Polonius as a fool because of his foolish dialogue throughout the play. Polonius granted Laertes permission to go back to school in France. While saying good-bye in his chambers, Polonius tells his son: Beware Of entrance to a quarrel, but, being in, Bear’t that th’ opposed may beware of thee. Give every man they ear, but few thy voice. Take each man’s censure, but reserve they judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy (rich, not gaudy) For the apparel oft proclaims the ma ...

Number of words: 1749 | Number of pages: 7

Crime And Punishment: Is There Or Is There Not Such A Thing As Crime?

... These laws are decided and administered usually by elected officials who act as leaders in the society. From the input of the citizens, they make laws to run the society by. And when a person breaks the law, that is defined as a ‘crime'. For example, purposeful and alleged manslaughter is a crime, because it is a law to not kill others; people are not allowed to go cavorting around killing whomever they please, if they did, civilization would fall. Laws and rules hold us to civilization. Another way to define crime is through eth ...

Number of words: 1017 | Number of pages: 4

Millennium: Winners And Losers In The Coming World Order

... of how the more prosperous will live provides a chilling counter-point to our general euphoria about technology. In “Nomadic Man” he depicts humans in the “hyperindustrial” age, equipped with technological tools that enable them to be productive and mobile. They become privileged nomads, roaming the globe attached to cellular phones, portable fax machines, and waistband computers. Many people work all the time because they can’t get away from all the high tech paraphernalia, which he refers to as “Nomadic Objects.” “Micro ...

Number of words: 1177 | Number of pages: 5

Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Theme

... feels, among other things, a love described as Eros for the Mistress Esmerelda; whereas, for the Archdeacon the love he feels is known as Philia. While Quasimodo is drawn to Esmerelda by her inner beauty and personal qualities, he admires the Archdeacon for his powerful position in the social structure of the town. Throughout the story, Quasimodo does his best to protect Esmerelda. Contrarily, he is protected by the Archdeacon. There are four types of love, only one of which involves a man's physical love for a woman and vice versa. Th ...

Number of words: 1498 | Number of pages: 6

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