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Kozol's Amazing Grace: Trials And Tribulations Of Everyday Life

... by our nation, one that is blind to their problems. Studying the people themselves would only get us so far in understanding what their community is really like and why they feel this way. Jonathan Kozol really got to know the people individually. We can take his knowledge and stories to try for a better understanding of the environment in which they live. By doing this, we can explore the many reasons why the people have problems, what some levels of intervention could be, and possibly find some solutions to making the South Bronx a heal ...

Number of words: 1789 | Number of pages: 7

How Does H.G. Wells Create Tension In: The Red Room

... is set in a castle adds mystery and intrigue as all castles are extremely old and many have violent and deadly secrets in their pasts. To add to this the narrator is already aware that there had been a fatal accident involving the young Duke who had fallen down the stairs, supposedly running away from a ghost. This adds tension because it makes the reader wonder what is going to happen to the narrator as he does not believe that the castle is haunted. The way that the past suspicious happenings appear in the middle of the story also creates a ...

Number of words: 3157 | Number of pages: 12

Love Medicine

... she goes to live at the Sacred Heart convent. She is taken under the wing of the twisted Sister Leopolda who beats and abuses Satan out of her soul. Yet, Marie puts up with her abusive treatment. Sister Leopolda explains her harshness to Marie as a difference between herself and the Devil. "He wants you. That's the difference. I give you love." Marie both does come to hate and love her. This nun made her as strong as she was. She gave her pride in herself; pride to prove to Leopolda that the Devil was not within her and that she could succ ...

Number of words: 1146 | Number of pages: 5

The Great Gatsby Is A Tragic H

... of his idealism. Gatsby is a romantic dreamer who wishes to fulfill his ideal by gaining wealth in hopes of impressing and eventually winning the heart of the materialistic, superficial Daisy. She is, however, completely undeserving of his worship. "Then it had been merely the stars to which he had aspired on that June night. He came alive to me, delivered suddenly from the womb of his purposeless splendor" (p.79). Nick realizes Gatsby's estate, parties, shirts and other seemingly "purposeless" possessions are not purposeless. Everyt ...

Number of words: 909 | Number of pages: 4

A Natural Curiosity By Margare

... description of Alix Bowen’s obsession with a murderer named Paul Whitmore who had held her hostage in the past, allows the reader identify with Alix’s innocence. A good-hearted, well-minded person, Alix Bowen feels compelled to discover how a man of Whitmore’s intelligence could possibly commit the horrible crimes that he did. Drabble also forces the reader to sympathize with Alix Bowen, and to understand her obsession. In showing her unconditional dedication to Whitmore, Alix sets off to locate the father of the murderer. The ...

Number of words: 490 | Number of pages: 2

Stanley Renshons' High Hopes: Clinton's Actions

... do with how he reacts to a given situation and performs all tasks bestowed upon him. "The term character is derived from the Greek word meaning ‘engraving'" (38). It can be defined as a trait or distinctive combination of traits. Bill Clinton's personality, beliefs, and attitude are a very distinctive part of his character. As Renshon states, "Character shapes beliefs, information processing, and, ultimately, styles of behavior. It is therefore deeply embedded in the foundation of psychological functioning" (38). The three elem ...

Number of words: 2325 | Number of pages: 9

Character Willie Stark In Jack Burden's Novel

... them seeming to contradict others. One of the main characteristics that he exhibits is his enormous energy. Indeed, the man seems hardly to need to sleep; for example, when they return to his father's place after visiting Judge Irwin, Willie Stark goes for a walk in order to think things through rather than go to bed, even though it is three o'clock in the morning. Later in the novel, he spends hours working on plans for the hospital that he has sworn to people that he would build. Furthermore, all of the evidence points toward the idea that ...

Number of words: 1637 | Number of pages: 6

Frankenstein: The Creator's Faults In The Creation

... arrogance, Frankenstein neglects that he will have created a living creature that he will have to care and be responsible for. Frankenstein becomes so obsessed that he shuts himself away in his laboratory and thinks of nothing but the completion of his project. This fixation clouds his judgment and he is unaware that he is disobeying the natural cycle of life. He strives to make his creation 'perfect' and when he believes he has succeeded, he praises himself as a god: 'I had selected his features as beautiful, beautiful! Great god!' (P ...

Number of words: 1292 | Number of pages: 5

Comparative Essay Between Heart Of Darkness And Apocalypse Now

... of Darkness and Apocalypse Now examine the good and evil in humans. In The Heart of Darkness, Marlow speaks of Fresleven who was killed in a fight with some natives. The argument between Fresleven and the natives was over some chickens, and Fresleven felt he had been ripped off in the deal. Marlow describes Fresleven as "…the gentlest, quietest creature that ever walked on two legs."(p. 13 Conrad) However, later in the same paragraph Marlow says,"…he probably felt the need at last of asserting his self-respect in some way. Therefore he ...

Number of words: 1286 | Number of pages: 5

Hemingway And Camus

... 41 by 5 you get 205. And now if you take the number of letters in Frederic's name (8) and add that to the number of letters in Catherine's name (9) you get 17. 205 + 17 = 222. And if you grant that the time of the events in the novel, counted properly, is three years, then the pattern we have discovered starts to emerge as figure on ground or as lemon juice ink on a secret message when held over a candle. For what is the product of 222 and 3 but the infamous 666 of Revelations 13:18? Imagine now our delight when we discovered a similar 66 ...

Number of words: 4650 | Number of pages: 17

Of Mice And Men: A Review

... time illustrating the relationship between Candy and his dog. They have been together for many years and they keep each other company in the same manner that George and Lennie do. This makes these three men very different from the rest of the ranch workers who are primarily loners. When Carlson shoots Candy's dog in the back of the head, Candy loses his companion, which makes it evident that something similar will happen to George. Lennie is like Candy's dog. He is even described by Steinbeck with animal-like qualities. His hands are des ...

Number of words: 344 | Number of pages: 2

Friendship Of The Musketeers

... in gaining membership into the musketeers. "'I respected your father very much' said he 'What can I do for the son… and from time to time you can call upon me just to tell me how you re going on and say whether I can be of further service to you.'" This quote show's that since M'Treville respected M. d'Artagnan, and how he would gladly be of service to his son, thereby continuing the friendship to the son. Another example of friendship is the on between d'Artagnan, Porthos, Athos and Aramis, this is shown throughout the book. It all start ...

Number of words: 881 | Number of pages: 4

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