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Wuthering Heights And The Them

... For example, Joseph’s bible-thumper character most likely symbolizes her father, who was a minister. However, Bronte’s book is not only a breakthrough to literature in these ways. The narration of the story is also very unique and divergent because there are multiple narrators. Bronte’s character Lockwood is used to narrate the introductory and concluding sections of the novel whereas Nelly Dean narrates most of the storyline. It’s interesting that Nelly Dean is used because of her biased opinions. In additio ...

Number of words: 916 | Number of pages: 4

Follow The River: Thom Versus Original Account

... a major impact on the understanding of the factual account of Mary's journey. In this paper, I will attempt to describe some of the similarities and deviations between Follow the River and the original accounts by John Hale and John Ingles, Sr. and describe how this distorts the understanding of the true account. After reading the original accounts of Mary Ingles' escape, I found that Thom's version of the event is similar in many ways to the actual account. Thom was very accurate in his description of the actual massacre that oc ...

Number of words: 1566 | Number of pages: 6

The Scarlet Letter: The Unavoidable Truth

... to escape her isolation, Hester goes into her inner soul and into the past. In Hester's "dusky mirror" of imagination, she remembers her old home in England, her mother, her father, and most of all, her own youthful face. Then, she thinks of the marital life with her husband, a "tuft of green moss on a crumbling wall". The "green moss" symbolizes Hester's youth, which was clinging onto the "crumbling wall", which represents her aged husband. She tries to loser herself in past memories, but reality rears its ugly head. A few moments lat ...

Number of words: 590 | Number of pages: 3

A Critical Analysis Of Herman Melville's Moby Dick

... the reader. Call me Ishmael. "Some years ago-nevermind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." (Melville 1) Ishmael tells the reader about his journeys through various towns such as New Bedford, Nankantuket. Eventually while in Nankantuket, Ishmael signed up for a whaling voyage on the Pequod. The Pequod was the whaling boat Ishmael sailed on where such characters as Queequeq, Starbuck, and the ca ...

Number of words: 2254 | Number of pages: 9

Book Review: For Whom The Bell Tolls

... or 'partizan' (Russian word for guerrilla) who is sent to take out a bridge during a frontal attack on the enemy. He is, as mentioned, a little overwhelmed by what he is ordered to do but he knows so much about the way people work and think that he can spot when a man is about to fold. He is very brave and cunning from what has been read so far and is very skilled at his job. Jordan's guide in the jungle is a man of 68 years named Anselmo. Anselmo is very agile and strong for his age and is a good guide. In addition to this, he i ...

Number of words: 307 | Number of pages: 2

Lord Of Flies: Animal Instincts

... when people are left to their own devices under chaos. Finally, when people are left to their own devices for a long period of time, their natural animal instincts come into effect and these are deemed evil by society. People will choose irrationalism and evil because they involve no work on the person's part and are enjoyable. At the beginning of the story all of the children, including Jack were in favor of having rules and following them. One of the rules was that the children would come to gather for an assembly upon hearing the sound o ...

Number of words: 801 | Number of pages: 3

The Good Earth: Summary

... Lung in the fields. She was strong and had knowledge of some things Wang Lung did not know how to do. She was helpful and loyal to Wang Lung even when he was not satisfied with her. I think the Chinese culture was too strict on the women. Wang Lung's father, an elderly man, was bossy and conservative. He was the oldest of the Wang family alive in the book and in Chinese culture anyone older than you should be respected and treated nicely. Wang Lung took care of him at first until he was married and then O-lan took care of both of them ...

Number of words: 1155 | Number of pages: 5

H.m.s. Pinafore

... stage was a raised cabin door. This was a used for a number of things. It was leaned on, danced on, and sat on. It was also used for Dick Deadeye to spy on other characters since it also doubled as an entrance/exit. It was perfectly placed because it was utilized to the utter most and didn’t distract from any of the action taking place anywhere on stage. To stage left was the main cabin/deck. The cabin was on the bottom, which included a door, and a window that was both used. There were also two sets of stairs to the top deck. ...

Number of words: 533 | Number of pages: 2

"The Heptameron"

... This book was published after Marguerite's death in 1558. is a collection 72 stories. The stories dealt with the social issues of religion, virtue vs. pleasure, and marriage. The stories are told by ten travelers who were at a health spa and were on the way home when they end up at a Pyrenean abbey due to massive flooding in the area. They devise a plan to pass time and to gain knowledge, and so the stories are told. In "The Heptameron," marriage seemed to be one of the most difficult things to obtain. It was a duty in which you had t ...

Number of words: 844 | Number of pages: 4

Literary Analysis Of Lennie

... The fact that Lennie does not move his arms when he walks also leads to the same conclusion, since it is natural to sway your arms when you are walking. 2. Quote: “Lennie Dipped his whole head under, hat and all, and then he sat up on the bank and his hat dripped down on his blue coat and ran down his back. ‘Tha’s good,’ he said. ‘Yo drink some, George. You take a good big drink. He smiled happily” (3). Significance: The fact that Lennie does not cup his hands for a drink, he without thinking, plunges his entire head into t ...

Number of words: 1300 | Number of pages: 5

Themes In "The Stranger" And "Waiting For Godot"

... God to save his soul unlike Vladimir and Estagon, who waits many years for their god. They both live their life for one reason: to wait for Godot. However, to wait for someone who is not going to come is just as pointless as not doing anything at all, just like Meursault who lives his life at the spur of the moment. Neither of them makes important goals in their lives. Meursault can care less about his promotion and Vladimir and Estragon could have done something worth while with the last fifty years of their lives. Because of this, th ...

Number of words: 795 | Number of pages: 3

Cry, The Beloved Country: The Breakdown And Rebuilding Of South African Society

... Cry, is a story about a Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and how he sets out to bring his family back together. While he sets out about doing this he realizes that his family is completely in the shambles and his family has strayed from the church and tribal traditions. Kumalo eventually learns to deal with this and while he is doing this, he makes a friend, James Jarvis, that changes the way he has looked on life. The tribal breakdown starts to show in book I, with the land that the tribe must use and how the people have used up the natural re ...

Number of words: 999 | Number of pages: 4

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