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A Separate Peace Is A Story Of

... also was the cause of their first real conflict. They saw all the seniors going off to war and they thought of the war as something dangerous. They also saw jumping from the tree as something dangerous. "Finny knew, if he stopped to think, that jumping out of the tree was even more forbidden than missing a meal. 'We had to do it naturally,' he went on, 'because we're all getting ready for the war.'" (Knowles 15) Then Finny came up with the Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session where he and Gene had to jump from the tree every night ...

Number of words: 1226 | Number of pages: 5

Green Grass Running Water

... understanding in their lives . This is also a time to celebrate how the world was once created and to insure harmony between all living things. Thomas King proves this thesis using the characters Alberta, and Lionel. Alberta Frank is a Native American woman teaching native studies to a small group of "white" students at the University of Calgary. This Native American woman is lecturing on the "destruction aimed at . . . reservations," a topic integral to her life, and one from which a great deal of passion should be generated. Howev ...

Number of words: 1536 | Number of pages: 6

I Am The Cheese

... of the novel is also a extension of the book's message, which contributes to the intensity of the story. In , the main theme of the story deals with a weak, individual teenager facing the Establishment, and confronting the evil and lies which exists in our society. It is a story about the fight of the individual against a system where the lines between friend and enemy are blurred. An illustration of this would be Adam's acquaintance with Mr. Grey and Brint. The reader cannot clearly label these mysterious people as good or bad. Althou ...

Number of words: 1080 | Number of pages: 4

Macbeth

... an inordinate desire for worldly honors; his delight lies primarily in buying golden opinions from all sorts of people. But we must not, therefore, deny him an entirely human complexity of motives. For example, his fighting in Duncan's service is magnificent and courageous, and his evident joy in it is traceable in art to the natural pleasure which accompanies the explosive expenditure of prodigious physical energy and the euphoria which follows. He also rejoices no doubt in the success which crowns his efforts in battle - and so on. He may e ...

Number of words: 1820 | Number of pages: 7

Romeo And Juliet Balcony Scene

... house. When he sees Juliet, he describes her beauty to the sun by saying “It is the east and Juliet is the sun”. When Romeo hears Juliet say that she loves him and does not care if he is a Montegue, Romeo tells Juliet “call me love and I’ll be new baptized”. Romeo also describes Juliet as an “angel” and that her eyes are like “stars”. Romeo wanted to sleep with Juliet but she wanted to get married first, so they decided to get married the next day. In the balcony scene of Romeo and Ju ...

Number of words: 325 | Number of pages: 2

The Positive Influence Of Gods In The Odyssey

... rough rocks of the island when Ino sees him and "She pitied Odysseus as he was buffeted about in this miserable way" (Homer 69). This shows that Ino pities the man and wants to give him a helping hand. Goddesses who want to help mortals, are a positive influence on them. Ino says, "'Here take this veil and stretch it under your chest: it is a divine thing, and while you have it there is no fear that you will drown or come to any harm'" (Homer 69). This is a good example of how a goddess can help a mortal. By giving Odysseus the veil she ...

Number of words: 615 | Number of pages: 3

Literary Themes In All Quiet O

... depersonalization of war. Remarque begins the story with Germany’s soldiers fighting an institutionalized war. Soldiers were trained to destroy and kill the enemy. By institutionalizing the war, it was made easier to kill someone just like you for no reason. But by depersonalizing the soldiers with their enemy, it left devastating effects on the mind and heart. Soldiers emotions were deadened and they became irrational. Throughout the story, Paul Baumer, the narrator does not talk about killing someone but as the story progresses, this ...

Number of words: 939 | Number of pages: 4

The Odyssey

... Ithaca. This love almost seems to help him persevere through the many hardships that he encounters on his journey home. On the other hand, Penelope also exemplifies this same kind of love for Odysseus. At home in Ithaca, she stays loyal to Odysseus by unraveling his shroud and delaying her marriage to the suitors that are courting her. She always keeps the hope that her love, Odysseus, will return. Odysseus and Penelope's marriage clearly illustrates the theme of love. There are also many other bonds formed in life that show great love and gu ...

Number of words: 542 | Number of pages: 2

Arcadia

... of a time cycle through the image of the apple juxtaposed with the image of the garden. In , Tom Stoppard uses a scientific view of determinism along with a religious view on determinism in order to allow the reader to see similarities in ideas between the Romantic era and the present day. Religious determinism in is shown to have to do with God/fate, predestination, and the future whereas the scientific view has to do with Newton, and with biological determinism. Although both stories do use both aspects of determinism, it is usually th ...

Number of words: 861 | Number of pages: 4

Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been

... to church. When she hears a car driving up to her house, her heart starts pounding, she pulls at her hair and says, "Christ. Christ.," not in reference to the Lord or religion in general but because she is worried about how bad she looks. This gives and indication of how the author interprets religion in the story, not important and not serious. As the story progresses, Connie’s language takes an obvious turn. When Arnold Friend, someone she has seen but never talked to, shows up on her doorstep, she is somewhat defensive, but curi ...

Number of words: 600 | Number of pages: 3

The Motif Of War In A Separate

... major motif is war, which is evident throughout the novel. The motif of warfare is represented in the novel by examples of real warfare. This novel takes place during World War II in the private prep school for boys' called the Devon School. Here we can see that they are involved in the war through many things. Most of the boys there are always talking about the war and about headlines that discuss the bombings in central Europe. Most of them realize that there is a war going on and that it is a huge problem, however, they do think of i ...

Number of words: 2057 | Number of pages: 8

A Scientific Comparison Betwee

... Shelley's Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, is a parody of gothic literature and of Oedipus Rex. Ultimately, 18th century Science Fiction uses satire and alienation while 19th century Science Fiction deals mainly with a parody of the ‘Oedipus Complex’. In Micromegas, Voltaire uses science to present the philosophic notion that there is an absurdity to human beliefs and actions. His work suggests that our main faults and vices are inherent to our inaccurate and misguided rationality. By mocking and belittling these faults usi ...

Number of words: 1051 | Number of pages: 4

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