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A Tale Of Two Cities: Characters Are "Recalled To Life"

... a very functional life. In doing this Lucie and Mr. Lorry, in a way, gave Dr. Manette's life back to him or "recalled him to life." Another instance in which someone is "recalled to life" involves Charles Darnay. Charles Darnay is on trial for treason in England(Book 2, Ch.2-4). C.J Stryver and Sydney Carton are representing Darnay in this trial. Sydney Carton saves Darnay from death in this trial with his miraculous wits. Through this Darnay is given another chance at life ,and therefore was "recalled to life." The last and most signif ...

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The Awakening: Edna Pontellier's Spiritual Awakening

... is the complete opposite of what she wanted her relationship with her children to be. She was willing to do anything for her children, except give her self up for them. Her individuality was preserved during her life by her separations from her family. Edna bought the house around the corner in order to go and be away from her children and paint. Towards the end of her life, Edna realizes that she is becoming consumed by her family. They are taking over her soul. “But she knew a way to elude them.” (p. 115) Her actions around her suici ...

Number of words: 432 | Number of pages: 2

Assassination At Sarajevo

... order after war October 12, 1914- Gavrilo Princip’s trial Key Idnividuals/Roles: Francis Joseph- emperor of Austria-Hungary Francis Ferdinand –Archduke, heir to the thone; assassinated Sofia Chotek- Francis Ferdinand’s wife; assassinated Gavrilo Princip-assassin and revolutionary terrorist Description/Summary of Event: Of all the European rulers at the time, none was probably more unlucky or unhappy as Francis Joseph, emperor of Austria-Hungary. Francis Joseph’s brother Maximillian was killed by a Mexican firing squad, his sister-in-l ...

Number of words: 581 | Number of pages: 3

The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: Critique

... he was fiercely criticized, he was among the first writers to incorporate views other than that of a reverential main character into his stories, and he was also a primary user of colloquial enunciation. Plot Synopsis The plot is, as the title suggests, about the adventures of an unruly and carefree boy named Huckleberry Finn. The novel depicts the 1900's southern social climate in a manner that is not only satirical, but psychoanalytically intuitive. In it, Huck, as he is commonly known, runs away with a slave named Jim. As the ...

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Metamophasis

... lawyer, but Franz did not want to be a lawyer, he wanted to be a writer. He went to law school against his will, because his father wanted him to go there. He then took a high paying position with the government of Czechoslovakia in an insurance post. In the story, Gregor’s father had very little respect for him, and Gregor had to work to pay off the family debts. That is an example of Gregor’s father’s control over his life and Kafka’s situation was similar. He eventually was forced to become a lawyer, whereas what Kafka wanted ...

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Cannery Row

... biologist, and Mack and the boys, a group of not-quite-homeless, rather philosophical bums. Mack and the boys freelance, picking up money and short-term jobs where they can. Early in the story, they acquire an empty fishmeal storage building from Lee Chong. Mack and the boys transform it into their home, the Palace Flophouse. Doc ran Western Biological, a company that supplied animals for educational purposes, like dissection. He would go down to the tidepools and collect all sorts of critters like squid, octopus, and sea cucumbers. When Do ...

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The Handmaids Tale

... at any time. Women followed rules to keep them out of danger, but they were not enforced. "I remember the rules, rules that were never spelled out but that every woman knew; dont open your door to a stranger, even if he is the police. Make him slide his ID under the door. Dont stop on the road to help a motorist pretending to be in trouble. Keep the locks on and keep going. If anyone whistles, dont turn to look. Dont go into a laundromat, by yourself, at night . .. Women were not protected then."(p. 24) Nobody believed it could happe ...

Number of words: 1482 | Number of pages: 6

A Worn Path: A Tale Of Unstoppable Love

... around" she must travel it again. She begins her journey to town on "a bright frozen day in the early morning" in December. Phoenix Jackson is "very old and small ", and walks like the "pendulum in a grandfather clock" ever so carefully with her "thin, small cane made from an umbrella." The description of Phoenix Jackson at the beginning of this story gives the reader a glimpse of how difficult this trip is going to be for an elderly woman such as her. The description "Her eyes were blue with age. Her skin has a pattern all its own of numberl ...

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Of Mice And Men 2

... loving him and always stood by him. The friendship they shared went beyond what was transparent they each shared a dream and both knew they ment the world to each other. I felt that if these totaly different people could get along and look out for each other, why can't we get along with people who are differnt than us. They made me realize that I could learn something from how to treat people who are differnt than me. What I also liked about it was the way they never stopped trying to reach their dream. This made me think that if they could w ...

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The Odyssey The Role Of Prophe

... run the gauntlet of the Prowling Rocks if not for the gods’ advice of using a sacrificial bird (349). Moreover, prophecy can be negative as well as positive. Achilles was prophesied to die gloriously in battle if he chose his life’s way as a warrior. Oedipus was exiled and condemned by his own words, after he slew his sire and wed his mother. This type of prophesy can blind even the gods themselves; Chronos was fated to be defeated and his throne stolen by his son. Demeter loses Persephone periodically every year because her daught ...

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Antigone - Creon As A Tragic H

... why he is upset. Most parents today have to approve of someone before their child can date them, so that is why most of the audience can relate to Creon and express pity. King Creon notices that he has a weakness in which he tries to correct but is too late. His weakness is just like Romeo in that he is impulsive with his decision making. He never really sits down and thinks about things, instead he just says what comes to mind. In scene 3, line 118 he says you will never marry her while she lives, right after his first discussion ab ...

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The World Anti-Communist League: "Inside The League"

... League. Now the book "Inside the League" exposes the hidden nature of the League and documents in devastating detail a parade of League-affiliated authoritarian ideologues marching from the death camps of Nazi Germany into the parlors of Reagan's White House. The idea for the book came when Jon Lee Anderson was researching a series of columns on Latin American death squads for Jack Anderson, (Jon Lee's employer but not his relative). Enlisting the aid of his brother Scott, the two first began tracing the connections between the death ...

Number of words: 998 | Number of pages: 4

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