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Things Fall Apart

... Okonkwo and the village’s falling out to show how African culture, as well as other cultures around the world, suffered as a result of Westernization. In the book, Achebe focuses mainly on the character of Okonkwo. Okonkwo’s story follows the general pattern of a Greek tragedy. He experiences many successes in the beginning, but everything eventually comes crashing down on him. His early life is the typical success story. He starts poor, but works hard to earn everyone’s respect. From the beginning he is disgusted with his father. He is ...

Number of words: 812 | Number of pages: 3

Sandra Street: Home

... Sandra Street, home is portrayed as a place that you value and relish. The story starts off with a boy named Steve, who is ashamed of his street, because everyone keeps making fun of it. He does not recognize the beauty of his street and only sees the bad points of his home. He later learns to appreciate Sandra Street and sees the finer aspects of it after talking to his teacher, Mr. Blades, who tells him to open his eyes and be more aware of the good things in Sandra Street. Steve then goes on a walk with his teacher and realizes the ...

Number of words: 675 | Number of pages: 3

The Grapes Of Wrath: Description Al Joad And The Setting

... soon as Tom Joad comes home from prison, Al is a changed person. He is no longer cocky and he almost resents his brother coming home so soon. As the Joad family is forced to leave their home land and travel to California, Al takes on a great responsibility. His job is to drive the family and take complete care of the truck that they are driving. Al takes his job very seriously and gets upset when anything happens to the car. Emotionally, I would say Al has become very strong throughout the novel. He starts out pretty depend on the "glory" ...

Number of words: 431 | Number of pages: 2

All Quiet On The Western Front

... A generation of war ravaged youth trying to come to terms with the reality of life, and the hatred that took the lives of so many of their comrades. Before they had a chance to live the war engulfed their youthful aspirations to conquer the world. Torn apart by war, yet unified by the noble cause of defending their country in all its glory. ''On the threshold of life, they faced an abyss of death.'' Among the many new recruits, Paul Baumer and his classmates, enlist with youthful enthusiasm in the German ...

Number of words: 612 | Number of pages: 3

Beyond The Dead Sea Scrolls

... are divided as to who actually wrote down the texts, it is widely attributed to the Essene monastic sect, which had lived in the Qumran region. The actual origin of the Essenes is unknown, but it is believed that they evolved from the Hasidim of pre-Hasmonean times, approximately 170 B.C. They were first written about by Josephus, who was impressed by their seemingly innate ability to forecast the future. Josephus described how Judas, perhaps the most famous Essene, successfully predicted that the ruler of Judea, Aristobulus, would ...

Number of words: 1105 | Number of pages: 5

The Madness Of King George

... had fits of anger and his stomach got very upset. As time progressed George got worse. He woke up at night in pain, and eventually started to have fits of delusion. He hits on women in front of his own wife, and went through spells of yelling and rage during public appearances. As George's condition worsened his son began to plan a coup of his father's throne. The Prince began to build up supporters to help him get control of England, with promises of positions in the Parliament. Many doctors visited George, but none could cure his condi ...

Number of words: 416 | Number of pages: 2

The Lottery

... enjoys inflicting pain on others. Mrs. Hutchinson was eager to get to herself. She shows the evil in her character by wishing the pain that she must live through, and perhaps even die as the outcome, on others. She does not want to accept the fact that she was chosen. Mrs. Hutchinson says that it is “not fair”, regarding the final results of . was something she looked forward to until the outcome of was forced upon her. The entire population of the town participates in the tradition of . This shows that the whole community releases a ...

Number of words: 390 | Number of pages: 2

The House On Mango Street: Esperanza

... her. Women all around Esperanza, such as Minerva and Sally, are held hostage, within their own acceptance of an unjust cultural fate. For example, Minerva is a young girl ( about Esperanza’s age ) who constantly prays for better luck, and a happier life, but enables her husband to take advantage of her, and therefore sets the path for her unsatisfactory life. “ One day she is through and lets him know enough is enough. Out the door he goes. Clothes, records, shoes. Out the window and the door locked. But that night he comes back ...

Number of words: 829 | Number of pages: 4

Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Grim P

... book appears to be a satire at the start, similar to books such as “Gulliver’s Travels”, or Huxley’s “Brave New World”, but all too quickly the reader will “discover, quite unpleasantly, that it is not a satire at all.” Nineteen Eighty-four is not simply a criticism of what Orwell saw happening in his national government with the coming of English Socialism, but a warning of the consequences of contemporary governmental practices, and what they where threatening to bring about. Perhaps the book seems so bleak bec ...

Number of words: 1083 | Number of pages: 4

The Great Gatsby: Eastern Desires

... if they were choosing a prep school for me... Nick went to the east to make money. He was from the midwest, and even though his family was doing pretty well in the money department, Nick wanted to make his own money. By going from the midwest to the east, Fitzgerald shows Nick's desire to have more money. After spending the summer in the east and seeing how money affects people, he decides to go back west. I see now that this has been a story of the west, after all-Tom and Gatsby, Daisy and Jordan and I, were ...

Number of words: 728 | Number of pages: 3

Tarrou: The Plague's Only Hero

... of heroes who get crushed by fate for defiance. For these reasons, only Tarrou can be considered a hero. All the characters except Rieux and Tarrou can't be considered heroes. Paneloux believes in sainthood and God, but he offers no resistance to the plague since he believes it was divinely sent. Rambert chooses to run from the problem rather than face it. McCarthy also points out that he neglects his basic duty as a reporter by failing to record anything (109); a duty which Rieux and Tarrou fulfill. Grand produces two sentences a ...

Number of words: 785 | Number of pages: 3

Hard Times: The Gradgrind System Of Education

... are Tom and Louisa Gradgrind. The Gradgrind system of education is the reason why Tom and Louisa Gradgrind are lacking in imagination and therefore are not ready to tackle every day human life. The Gradgrind education system was very common in Victorian times and was probably devised by the many rich powerful people ready to employ the pupils once graduated. As this type of education teaches its pupil's to be a passive unthinking work force, therefore the employers could manipulate their minds, doing whatever they were told. The system for ...

Number of words: 2111 | Number of pages: 8

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