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Ring Of Time

... fixed on a young woman who passes by him. The young “cleverly proportioned, deeply browned by the sun, dusty, eager, and almost naked” girl is the one thing which he wishes to focus on. After watching her magnificently ride around the one of the circus’ rehearsal rings, the author begins see a connection between the girl and her act. This brings about the author’s central idea of a cyclical view of time. White suggests that time is circular, and that is goes round and round repeating itself. The images of rings ...

Number of words: 510 | Number of pages: 2

Comparison Of The Swimmer And

... some cases where they are contrary. Meanwhile the differences are most obvious in the meaning, but due to the general similar themes of the two poems, some similarities are found. The imagery used in the two poems is very similar at times. Both authors describe to the readers a picturesque view of nature, like plants blooming in the springs. Proof of this is found in “Lone Bather” : “ is plant with lilies bursting from its heels.” Similarly, in “The Swimmer” the first stanza reads “ opening the ...

Number of words: 1561 | Number of pages: 6

A Farewell To Arms

... placing Henry's ordered life in opposition to Catherine's topsy-turvy one, and then letting each one assume a role which will bring them closer together, Hemingway shows the pair's inability to accept "the hard, gratuitous quality of life." Stubbs begins by showing other examples, notably in In Our Time and The Sun Also Rises, in which Hemingway's characters revert to role-playing in order to escape or retreat from their lives. The ability to create characters who play roles, he says, either to "maintain self-estee ...

Number of words: 875 | Number of pages: 4

Everything That Rises Must Coverge

... south. Julian takes every opportunity of opposing her views because he finds her thoughtless remarks annoying. He often dreams of holding conversations with "distinguished-looking blacks" and contemplates bringing one home as lover. Despite his urges toward Blacks, the black women sitting next to him on the bus annoys him. By this encounter, it clear that Julian himself has not fully embraced multiculturalism despite how much he wants to. His mother carries herself as a woman of upper society and this is reflected by her actions a ...

Number of words: 573 | Number of pages: 3

More Than Magic - The Sword In

... Stone by T.H. White. An enchanting novel, it engulfed the reader in a powerful trance. Young Arthur went through a dramatic change in his life after coming upon Merlin, his future mentor and closest companion. He began to transform into a mature and respectable man; a work involved with more than magic; a work created through a strong basis of trust and love. “The love business is a powerful thing. I must say it is probably the greatest force on Earth.” (p110) Merlin said this line with such assurance and confidence that young ...

Number of words: 1031 | Number of pages: 4

The Joys Of Reading A Novel

... novel does not allow the novel to be read properly which further causes the reader to lose interest in the novel. Also, if the novel is not of interest to the student, he may not even bother to read the book, however, since it is forced upon him, it would be read in a hurry. If a novel is read in a hurry, the joy of reading it is lost because the reader would most likely look over the words just enough to understand the plot but would not go in detail. The detail in a novel is very important since it helps create atmosphere and moo ...

Number of words: 390 | Number of pages: 2

Heart Of Darkness 9

... contradictory) were the new ideologies taken into consideration during the time the novella was set. These views were expected to be adopted by the contemporary reader as evidenced by the frame narrator changing his view of London as "the biggest and the greatest town on earth" to being a "monstrous town… marked ominously on the sky… a broading gloom of sunshine…" It is important to realize, however, that both the frame narrator and Marlow absent information as affected by their own background and white, European upbring ...

Number of words: 813 | Number of pages: 3

Pride And Prejudice

... this passage, he is very confident, very sure of himself, and completely off the mark. It is something that we as readers can see quite plainly, but it reveals many things about Mr Collins's personality, and its distinct lack of depth. He views his proposal as doing Elizabeth and indeed the whole Bennet family a favour, by allowing them to keep Longbourn Estate in the family so to speak. While his proposal was comical in aspect it was also a looking glass into English society, through his long drawn out protests at Elizabeth's rejection of ...

Number of words: 1322 | Number of pages: 5

The Grapes Of Wrath

... idea was made clear, quite early, that the farming plains of Oklahoma were a cruel and difficult place for a family to make a successful living. Once the family reaches California, their hopes and dreams are basically shattered. Although briefly employed for descent pay, wadges are slashed, and the hard times become even worse. With lack of money, possessions, and an adequate food supply, the family finally hits rock bottom when torrential rains flood their makeshift boxcar home, destroying their truck, and once again sending them on the ...

Number of words: 1675 | Number of pages: 7

Analyzing The Creek

... and somewhat overwhelmed by her frankness and overpowering demeanor. He has always lived up to the "good boy" reputation that he has made for himself throughout the years. Now, he has this girl, who he met just a week ago, in front of him. He knows that she is totally wrong for him, and that she is trouble in the making, but he cannot help but to think that maybe she is what he wants. Eve is everything that Dawson has never been; the whole concept of right versus wrong excites him to a certain extent, and now he has to make a decisi ...

Number of words: 1821 | Number of pages: 7

Odysseus' Journey

... the day of trouble. And I will tell you all the malevolent guiles of Circe.” (287-290) Confrontation with Polyphemus After their cycloptic enemy ate many of the crewmembers, Odysseus knew he would have to blind the Cyclopes, but not to kill it because the stone blocking the entrance was too large for the men to move. Our hero quickly devised a plan to escape. “… We twirled it in his eye, and the blood boiled around the hot point, so that the blast and scorch of the burning ball singed all his eyebrows and eyelids, and the firs made ...

Number of words: 1158 | Number of pages: 5

Is Macbeth Responcible For His

... that Lady Macbeth had over her husband. Whilst the play is based loosely on fact, Shakespeare altered some of the events so that they fitted the play. For example, he invented Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking and death, the banquet scene and Banquo's Ghost as well as most of the cauldron scene. Shakespeare also changed Duncan from an ineffectual king into an old and revered ruler and he also ignored Macbeth's ten years of good rule. The first major event in the play is Act 1 Scene 1 where the witches talk about meeting Macbeth on the heath. Th ...

Number of words: 2263 | Number of pages: 9

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