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A Lesson Before Dying: Mr. Wiggins

... Jefferson felt he could trust. The turning point in their relationship was the one visit in which Jefferson told Mr. Wiggins that he wanted a gallon of ice cream, and that he never had enough ice cream in his whole life. At that point Jefferson confided something in Mr. Wiggins, something that I didn't see Jefferson doing often at all in this book. "I saw a slight smile come to his face, and it was not a bitter smile. Not bitter at all"; this is the first instance in which Jefferson breaks his somber barrier and shows emotions. At tha ...

Number of words: 964 | Number of pages: 4

Characterization Of Zaroff In Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game"

... claims that he is superior to other people of different races and that because he is strong, it's his job to abolish the weak. 4) This idea is expressed when Zaroff states, "...Life is for the strong, and, if need be, taken by the strong. The weak of the world were put here to give the strong pleasure... I hunt the scum of the earth - sailors from tramp ships - lascars, blacks, Chinese, whites, mongrels- ..." 5) This shows that Zaroff not only acts arrogantly, but also is sadistic. 6) His demented mind forces him to believe that it is moral t ...

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Crime And Punishment: Protagonist And Antagonist Essay

... of the story are Luzhin, Ilya Petrovich, and the landlady. Raskolnikov could be considered to be the primary protagonist, while Svidrigailov could be thought of as the primary antagonist. In every story the protagonist is the character that the reader cares most about. In Crime and Punishment the reader cares about Rodion Raskolnikov. He is the primary and most significant character in the novel. We are introduced to this complex character in Part 1. We get to know the poverty stricken condition that he resides in, and we get to know his ...

Number of words: 1691 | Number of pages: 7

The Grapes Of Wrath: Ma Joad - The Leader

... will survive only if she remains calm. Ma keeps her self-control when Ruthie tells some children about Tom's secret. The family becomes nervous and enraged over the situation, but Ma restores order by handling the situation in a calm and collected manner. If Ma were to ever show fear, the family would most likely collapse. For, "Old Tom and the children could not know hurt or fear unless she acknowledged hurt or fear." Thus, if Ma acts as if everything is all right, then the family will assume everything is all right. Most members of t ...

Number of words: 722 | Number of pages: 3

Understanding Holden Caulfield

... his inability to relate to the rest of the world in any manner will leave the boy forever baffling. Caulfield’s apparent virtue helps to mask his true character. It’s not difficult to understand why readers have always ignored Holden’s grave deficiencies as a person (Branch 42). After all, "he is very appealing, on the surface" (Costello 95). He "genuinely appreciates brief and isolated instances of kindness" (Lee 263) and "accurately pinpoints phoniness in low and high places” (Edwards 556). Thus, it is easy to explain reader’s acc ...

Number of words: 1720 | Number of pages: 7

Children Of The River

... Characters One of the main characters was Sundara. She took care of the whole family on the ship with no help, and she was only 13. She was a young girl and it was hard to do the right thing in America with the Cambodian ways. Then there is Jonathan. Jonathan is an American boy who falls in love with Sundara, but she is not allowed to be around because he is white. Jonathan does anything he can to be with Sundara and it all worked out at the end. Soka is Sundara’s aunt, but now she has Sundara as a responsibility. Ravy is Sundara’s Cou ...

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1984 Thematic Essay

... party. Another technique is the “thought police”, who observe and spy on society and eliminate those who have thoughts against the party. The party engages in many activities that people would consider inhumanly wrong. These include the changing of history with the objective of making the party look good. They also make up things it has the people believe through its telecasts, which the entire population watches. The main character is Winston, who works for the Ministry of Truth, which is an ironic name since it makes up what the people ...

Number of words: 638 | Number of pages: 3

The Great Gatsby: Importance Of Daisy

... man kills him. The two men in the novel which she loves are Tom Buchanan in the beginning and then Jay Gatsby. She is married to Tom in the beginning of the book but half way through the novel she meets Gatsby and remembers him from her past and then falls in love with him. Daisy lack of love for any one man as she says on page 133 "I did love him once- but I love you to" ,destroys everyone’s lives in the novel. In the beginning she fails to love Tom Buchanan which in a way drives him away to Myrtle which destroys Mr. Wilson’s life. Then ...

Number of words: 635 | Number of pages: 3

Call Of The Wild: Buck

... the man in the red sweater beat up Buck. The Buck travels eighteen hundred miles and then is sold to Francois and Perrault his new owners. Buck has a conflict with Spitz the leader of the pack of the dogs. They keep attacking each other, and then one day they had a big fight and Buck killed Spitz. Buck was the new leader of the pack. The dogs that could not make it would be shot. Francois and Perrault sold all the dogs including Buck to the Scotch half-breed man. The man beat all the dogs until one day they stopped at a bar and it was time ...

Number of words: 513 | Number of pages: 2

Summary Of Burk's "Runs With Horses"

... until one is very near death and the adults must pull him off of the other. Runs With Horses is the boys name. He completes the jog up and down the mountain, actually leaving behind the warrior who went with him to make sure he went all the way to the top of the mountain before turning back and that his pace never slackened. He nearly kills his friend, Little Face, when they are forced to fight to see who is superior. Runs With Horses, however, only goes on three raids. On this third raid, almost the entire raid party is killed when th ...

Number of words: 359 | Number of pages: 2

Brian's Search For The Meaning Of Life In W.O. Mitchell's Who Has Seen The Wind

... Lastly Brian's realization that it's all just sensations, and feelings complete his search for the meaning of life. Early in his life, Brian has many experiences with birth. The first of these comes to him at an early age when he sees newborn pigeons. When his father explains how these pigeons were made, Brian understands that birth is the beginning of life. Four years later, a similar conversation comes up when Brian asks his father how rabbits are born. With this new found knowledge, Brian also sees another newborn. But this tim ...

Number of words: 815 | Number of pages: 3

Billy Budd 2

... traits of each man. John Claggart represents the epitome of demon-haunted man. In chapter twenty, Melville carefully describes the change in Claggart’s twisted figure as he speaks to Billy with a “hypnotic stare” of his charge against the handsome sailor. His image initially was of “a serpent fascination,” however; his facial expression corrodes as he reveals his anger antipathy toward Billy face to face. First, his eyes change their color from a “wonted rich violet” to a “muddy purple.R ...

Number of words: 638 | Number of pages: 3

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