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Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress": The Essence Of Time

... Next, he implicates "real time," to persuade her to become accessible to him. In real time, Marvell gives examples of her aging and how she will go to the grave with her pride if she doesn't give in. Finally, the use of "optimum time" plays on her emotions of how sweet the opportunity to make love to her would be. Marvell tells his mistress that the act would be almost animalistic and intense. Throughout the poem, he uses the phases of time in an attempt to frighten her into having sex with him. All three stanza's in the poem r ...

Number of words: 384 | Number of pages: 2

Rasin In The Sun Two Influence

... play to be well educated. Asagai is the more traditional of the two, which probably explains why he seems to be more laid back and open. His care for Beneatha can be shown by his traditional yet symbolic gift of his families Nigerian robes. (61) In this same way he inquired about the way she had her hair style... untraditional to him. (62) George on the other hand is more to the point and is comparing the norm of the time to his actions and what he compares others too. such as when he says " Look honey, we're going to the theater-we're ...

Number of words: 315 | Number of pages: 2

The Catcher In The Rye: Evil And Corruption In The World

... "full of perverts and morons. (There were) screwballs all over the place."2 His situation only deteriorates from this point on as the more he looks around this world, the more depressing life seems. Around every corner Holden sees evil. He looks out on a world which appears completely immoral and unscrupulous. The three days we learn of from the novel place a distressed Holden in the vicinity of Manhattan. The city is decked with decorations and holiday splendor, yet, much to Holden's despair "seldom yields any occasions of peace, charity or ...

Number of words: 991 | Number of pages: 4

A Review Of Lawrence E. Walsh’s Iran/Contra

... and blatantly tried to mislead congress and the American people. This book will give the reader all the details, and the final outcome of most of the events prior to and after Iran/Contra. Lawrence E. Walsh was born in 1912 and is a Republican. He worked in the 1930’s as an assistant to Thomas E. Dewey, then the Manhattan district attorney. Later on he worked in Albany under Republican governors, and served in the Eisenhower and Nixon administrations. Lawrence Walsh is a former Federal District Court judge, has practiced law on Wall S ...

Number of words: 851 | Number of pages: 4

Doublethink In 1984

... lets say you broke a vase. When your mother asks you who broke the vase and you say the dog did it that would be lying. The reason it is not doublethink is that you do not believe in two different beliefs at one time. You don’t believe you broke the vase and the dog broke the vase, you absolutely know you broke the vase and are trying to put the blame on the dog as to avoid trouble. Changing ones mind is also different from doublethink. Changing ones mind is accepting or believing one thing, then deciding to accept or believe ...

Number of words: 1703 | Number of pages: 7

All Quiet On The Western Front: The Destructiveness Of War

... Examples of the physical destructiveness many soldiers underwent can be seen through the words of the narrator, Paul Baumer. He watched many of his comrades suffer and die. Franz Kemmerich died of an infection after his leg was amputated. Detering tried to run away, was caught, and was executed. A flame-thrower hit Muller. Bertinck died of a chest wound, Leer a hip wound. Behm was shot in the eye. Haie Westhus was shot in the back. Berger received a wound to the pelvis. Last of all, Katczinsky with a splinter in the head. Her ...

Number of words: 608 | Number of pages: 3

Flowers For Algernon

... his memory recalls. After his operation, he remembered every aspect of his childhood, whether it was good or bad. "...He's normal! He's normal! He'll grow up like other people. Better than others..." Charlie had dreams of how his mother was ashamed of him. His mother always thought her son was normal and would grow up and be somebody. "...He's like a baby. He can't play Monopoly or checkers or anything. I won't play with him anymore..." Charlie's sister also ignored him. To her, Charlie was dumb and could not do anything. Charlie had dreams of ...

Number of words: 725 | Number of pages: 3

A Rose For Emily

... she has withdrawn from her community to live in seclusion. "No visitor had passed since she ceased giving china-painting lessons eight or ten years earlier.” Faulkner characterizes Miss Emily's attempt to remove herself from society through her actions. "After her father's death she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away, people hardly saw her at all.” The death of her father and the shattered relationship with her boyfriend added to her attempt to live in seclusion. Though her father was responsible for her beco ...

Number of words: 445 | Number of pages: 2

America And I: “Light” And “Dark”

... aspects of her experience and understanding in America. As it is commonly regarded darkness symbolizes those things which have negative connotaions. Yezierska uses the notion of darkness to symbolize her feelings of despair, confusion, and the hardships faced by her. On the other hand the image of light is used to symbolize hopes and dreams about her life in America, and the unraveling of her confusion. Yezierska, in using these images, is able to present a clearer picture of the emotions that should be interpreted from the story. Even from ...

Number of words: 1028 | Number of pages: 4

The Great Gatsby: Gatsby's Illusion Of Himself

... did not want to deal with the reality that confronted him upon returning from the war. Fortunately, he had "an extraordinary gift, a romantic readiness," and he found in Daisy someone to focus this on. She is perfection to him, something for which he can strive, so he puts all of his energy into finding her again. He uses his inherited money to travel around the country, searching; when he runs out, he goes into the drug business, then oil, then liquor. He clips out articles about Daisy from every newspaper he can find; he buys a huge, roma ...

Number of words: 693 | Number of pages: 3

John Gardner's "Grendel": Good Vs. Evil

... does. By using this viewpoint, the author allows his readers to see the other side of the coin. Therefore, throughout the course of the novel the reader is able to understand how important Grendel is in defining the humans. Grendel's first encounter with the human beings that he literally defines is not a pleasant one. After accidentally trapping himself in a tree he is discovered by a group of thanes out on patrol. Grendel expresses absolutely no hostile intentions towards these "ridiculous" (ch.2, pp.24) creatures that "move ...

Number of words: 870 | Number of pages: 4

Summary Of To Kill A Mockingbird

... started out with the Ewells, at least I think so, but Jem says that it started out way before that in the summer that "Dill" came to us, it was his idea to try to get Boo Radley to come out of his house. I was being wise and said, "If you want to take a broader look at things, it really began when General Jackson ran the Creeks up the creek, if he hadn't, Simon Finch would have never paddled up to Alabama, and where would we be if he hadn't?" We thought that we were too old to get into a fight over it so we asked Atticus. He said that we we ...

Number of words: 1050 | Number of pages: 4

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