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Ursula Le Guin’s Use Of The Psychomyth

... in a corner, a damp dirt floor, and only the size of a broom closet. The child lives in this room sitting and lying in his own excretions. The child can no longer speak like a human. The child is hastily fed a half bowl of corn meal and grease each day making its belly protrude and its legs so thin that there are no calves. The child has become mentally and physically deformed by this malnutrition and neglect. This is a representation of our very own sometimes gross existence. Think about our own homeless people and how they are treated. We ...

Number of words: 575 | Number of pages: 3

A Woman Mourned By Daughters: An Analysis

... their dead mother as a persistent presence in their lives. They are so burdened by the power she still carries over them, even though she is no longer living. They proceed in speaking about her as an elderly woman, weak and frail, “ a straw blown on the bed” (Lines 11-14). The describe her on her death bed. “ Like a corpse pulled from the sea”. In the fourth section (Lines 15-20) they discuss that what upsets them now that she is gone, isn't the fact that she died, it is all the things that she used to do to them. A knot forms ...

Number of words: 448 | Number of pages: 2

When The Legends Die

... greatly. It is a shame to see such a once prosperous culture become insignificant in today's world. To understand what this once great culture consisted of, first one has to obtain a basic grasp of some of the ideals that were practiced by Native Americans. Philosophy of life, importance of nature, and the ways in which they can receive their names are just some of the most important aspects to basic Native American culture. Native American life philosophy was very unique. It stated that life was ongoing. Birth, life, death, and ...

Number of words: 771 | Number of pages: 3

Death Of A Salesman: Willy Loman Is A Tragic Hero

... His delusion was that there would be people across the country coming to the funeral. However, in those moments that he begins to realize the truth, his wife Linda while understanding his situa tion, supports his delusion. She say to him that "you're the best looking man in the world". Bu t the truth is that being popular and good looking is not how you would succeed in the world now. It would be through hard work and perseverance. The American Dream has long turned sour for him. At the begin ning of his life, he remembers travell ...

Number of words: 692 | Number of pages: 3

The Shining: Summary

... young boy who has problems, or so his mother thinks. Danny has an imaginary friend named Tony who comes to him in his dreams. Danny uses Tony to interpret his psychic abilities or "the shining" as Hallorann calls it. Dick Hallorann is the Overlook's head chef who sticks around to show the Torrances the kitchen and supplies before he embarks on his vacation for the winter. Hallorann notices the shining in Danny and his father and offers his help in case of an emergency by telling Danny to yell in his mind and he'll come right away. After a f ...

Number of words: 867 | Number of pages: 4

The Cause And The Loss: Comparison Between "Mice And Men" And "Flowers

... much to big and strong for such delicate creatures, and even some humans. "Lenny's fingers fell to stroking her hair... he stroked harder... "Let go!" she cried... She struggled violently... and then she was still; for Lenny had broken her neck." (page 91). In innocence of his own strength, Lenny had killed a woman and suddenly traded his innocence for guilt. Charlie grew up having a paradise-like world where he supposedly had many friends. His lifelong ambition, to become smart. When the chance came he took the offer readily, unprepar ...

Number of words: 338 | Number of pages: 2

Dante 2

... in his writing. The Provencal love-cult, a school of poets started by William of Poitou, heavily influenced Dante in his early poetry(Smith 18). Provencal literature was very unique and technically complex(Smith 18), "it was concerned with the worship of the idealized woman (usually married, and therefore theoretically unattainable), involving much sorrow and torment to the lover, not unmixed, with pride"(Smith 18). This was the basis for the linked rhyme scheme of the Inferno. Dante was fascinated by Arnaut Daniel's "cult of the word an ...

Number of words: 1633 | Number of pages: 6

Night

... homes. Some of the officers and I tried to be nice to the Jews because I, personally, hated carrying around this gun. Once you were in the camp the site of these officers holding these weapons struck fear into the hearts of all in the camp. We had finally gotten all of the people of the town of Sighet onto the train and had started the journey towards Auschwitz. The condition on the train is something I don’t think I could have stood for. The Germans were put in charge of the train in the middle of the journey. The officers were tol ...

Number of words: 1221 | Number of pages: 5

Drinking: A Love Story - A Review

... wher she was being questioned by her aunt at a family party, and all she desperatly wanted was to climb into her mother’s lap to escape. This wasn’t possible however, it was seen as inappropriate behavior, so she just stood there and froze. Later she compares the feeling of safty her mother’s lap would have provided to that of the comfort supplied by “the drink” later on in life. Caroline began to drink to fill the void in her life which was created by a lack of love, affection, and comfort. The drink took on a role as if it were ...

Number of words: 1626 | Number of pages: 6

Catcher In The Rye: Alcohol, Sex, And Violence

... reason for underage teenage drinking is they believe in a mixture of rebellion towards their parents and a sign of maturity. Another reason for teenage drinking is it represents a daring gesture. According to Dr. Joseph Franklin, "The way drinking starts is, one kid dares another kid to take a drink of alcohol, and the kid doesn't want his friends to think he is a coward so he does. Then the rest of them follow." In the book, Between Parent and Teenager, it states the substance abuse is the number one cause of death amongst teenagers. Studies ...

Number of words: 1121 | Number of pages: 5

Biblical Symbolism In East Of

... to the conflict of good and evil. Much of the plot of East of Eden is centered upon the two sets of brothers representing Cain and Abel. Both pairs are similar to Cain and Abel in the way they go about winning their fathers’ favors. All four give gifts to their fathers, and the fathers dismiss the gifts of Charles and Caleb, the Cain representations (Marks, Jay Lester. p.121). Caleb and Charles Trask are obviously the more malignant brothers. They are also the more loving towards their father. Steinbeck’s purpose in this ...

Number of words: 1288 | Number of pages: 5

The Neurosis Of Passion

... he stumbles into a relationship with miss Havisham, Dickens’ woman in white, the vehicle through which the author explores women’s struggles with love, pride of nobility, and the issues instilled in them through their parents or caretakers. Miss Havisham’s quest for revenge against her fiancé drives her to instill within her adopted daughter Estella the incapacity to love so that she will never feel the pain of unrequited desires. Dickens produces an image of women either devoid of femininity and impotent, or lo ...

Number of words: 1941 | Number of pages: 8

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