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The Great Gatsby - Tom Buchana

... superficial character. Although Tom is well known as a wealthy man who seems to have the whole world at his beck and call. Despite his advantages which he has received in life it does not reflect his image which is ugly. People are constantly striving to be like him because of his social status. He is the apex of the society, a very powerful individual, with enormous wealth. He is openly aggressive towards people especially his wife whom he is abusive towards. He also shows abusive actions towards his mistress Myrtle when he meets with her ...

Number of words: 402 | Number of pages: 2

Catcher In The Rye: Escape From The Truth

... his only true friend is his eight-year-old sister Phoebe, to whom Holden tells that he really wants to be ‘the catcher in the rye”. Holden admits his only truth and shows that Phoebe is his only friend. Another form of escape for Holden is his acting, which he uses to excuse the past. Holden has tried to lie, hide, and blame his way through life; when he finds that it is not the answer he collapses. Holden is a pathological liar. He lies, some times for no reason. Holden says his name is Rudolf Schmidt, who is acutely the jan ...

Number of words: 764 | Number of pages: 3

"Billy Budd" By Herman Melville: Captain Vere

... of his “gallantry in the West Indian waters as flag-lieutenant under Rodney in that admiral's crowning victory over De Grasse”. Captain Vere is a rather surprising man to be a captain, for when he is dressed as a civilian he would never be taken for a sailor. For example, he never used nautical terms in his everyday conversations. Even aboard ship, if one did not know that he was the captain, he could easily be taken for some royal of the king's that is being transported from one place to another. As Melville points out, ...

Number of words: 466 | Number of pages: 2

The Yellow Wallpaper: The View From The Inside

... lives of women. Gilman, does well throughout the story to show with descriptive phrases just how easily and effectively, the man 'seemingly' wields his 'maleness' to control the woman. But, with further interpretation and insight I believe Gilman succeeds in nothing more than showing the weakness of women, of the day, as active persons in their own as well as society's decision making processes instead of the strength of men as women dominating machines. From the beginning of the story forward the narrator speaks of how her husband and other ...

Number of words: 1053 | Number of pages: 4

The Chosen: The Similar Desires Of David Malter And Reb Saunders

... learn the Talmud, but differed in their approach to religious training and their relationships with their sons. The most notable difference between Reb Saunders and David Malter was their approach to religious training. Reb held a very strict, traditional view of his own and his family’s Judaism. He wanted his son to become the next rabbi in the family in order to carry on the family heritage. He also forbade his sons to dress out of the Hasidic uniform. However, David on the other hand, was more relaxed and easy-going about his faith. ...

Number of words: 616 | Number of pages: 3

The Pearl: Summary

... wife Jauna and there son Coyotito. they live a simple life until coyotito is stung by a scorpion. Kino takes the baby to the rich doctor who will not treat him because they are poor. So Kino gets into his boat to find a pearl. He finds a pearl "the size of a seagull egg" , and they think there trouble is over. conclusion: Kino and Jauna ultimatly have to go to the capital to trade their pearl in. Some trackers follow them to get the pearl. What insues is a chase through the mountains ending up with the death of Coyotito. Finally , they come ...

Number of words: 171 | Number of pages: 1

A Farewell To Arms

... relationship with Catherine consists of a game based on his attempts to seduce her. He does make one attempt to kiss her, and is quickly slapped by an offended Catherine. Later in the story, Frederic is wounded and sent to the American hospital where Catherine works. Here he finds a part of him he has never had before, the ability to love. This is where his feelings for Catherine become extremely evident. Their relationship progresses and they begin a passionate love affair. After his stay in the hospital, Frederic returns to th ...

Number of words: 522 | Number of pages: 2

Candide

... what he would like to have is in his journey to find the ideal companion. Throughout his adventures, comes upon many different men with many different companionship situations. For example, during 's time with Count Pococurant, Voltaire indicates to the reader that is impressed with the count's two women. (118) The amazement and awe by is answered with an explanation from Count Pococurant that shows that he is happy with them, but is becoming tired of their presence. (118) Voltaire strongly appeals to the reader with this scene becaus ...

Number of words: 806 | Number of pages: 3

Night

... stars, so they could be picked out easily. The next step is that all the Jewish people had to get rid of all their valuable belongings. The next step in the system is moving all the Jewish people to the ghettos either in the large one or the small one. Elie and his family was moved to the large one. The next step is that Elie and his family had to move to the small ghetto where they were getting ready to leave or be sent some where else. The next step of the system is everyday they take a certain amount of Jewish people into the center o ...

Number of words: 1615 | Number of pages: 6

The Great Gatsby: America Degenerates Into A Place Of Moral Destitution

... secure morality of his ancestral West, we realize that gaiety was merely a thin facade, and that behind it lurked a hideous ugliness that penetrated to the essence of the human spirit. It was during the Jazz generation that the common man, a man no different to James Gatz, pursued the glowing icons of his age. As religion gradually faded away, it was money that had become an object of veneration. The desire to become wealthy was parceled in the form of the American Dream, a savage ideal that was fundamentally flawed from the outset. The fa ...

Number of words: 959 | Number of pages: 4

Machismo In One Hundred Years

... authoritarianism has slowly been giving way to democracy, Latin America has indefinately been marred by decades of despotic rule and swaggering, fornicating, testosterone-loaded men. Latin America's frightening history has been beautifully delineated be Gabriel Garcia Marquez. In using the tainted image of the Latin American male as their vehicle, this essay will deal with specific ills Marquez was concerned about in his respective country: the tragic results of machismo. Authoritarianism, or perhaps one of its greatest bi-products, ma ...

Number of words: 1131 | Number of pages: 5

Moby Dick

... dark realities that can never be permanently hidden, and together they mark a recrudescence of the tragic spirit in what would seem an unlikely time, on unlikely soil, and without benefit of tragic theater or tragic audience. Both authors were aware of the untimeliness of their books. Hawthorne, in the famous letter to his publisher, Fields, spoke of fearing that his novel would "weary very many people and disgust some" by keeping so close, and with so little diversification, to "the same dark idea." Would he have an audience receptive to hi ...

Number of words: 10442 | Number of pages: 38

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