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Odysseus: Character And Development

... and basically all of his crew is killed. Instead of his character falling apart, he learns from that experience and does whatever it takes to try and get to his destination. His character also awakings when he is with Kalypso for many years. When Kalypso asks him to stay, and if he would stay she would make him immortal, he politely refuses. But he didn't do it in a unprofessional mannor. He had to make sure he didn't upset her. Odysseus tells her that she is far more beautiful than Penelope, but he was in fact mortal and that he wanted t ...

Number of words: 432 | Number of pages: 2

The Color Purple

... and happiness. She finally learns enough and with the final straw she could no longer bare, she leaves her husband and becomes an independent happy woman. Celie was an abused woman from all the men in her life. She was abused and raped by her stepfather and then by her own husband. This abusiveness took away all of Celie’s ambitions and drove her into a state of fear. That is why she refers to these men only known as Mister, for she had lost her feelings. She feared them so much that she would always do whatever she was told without hes ...

Number of words: 885 | Number of pages: 4

The Awakening

... joy, she did shout for joy."(p.27) Edna feels happy with herself for the first time in many years. "She felt like some new-born creature, opening its eyes in a familiar world it had never known."(p.115) Edna begins swimming regularly and thoroughly enjoys it. "Edna plunged and swam about with an abandon thrilled and invigorated her."(p.49) "She remained a long time in the water."(p.49) Swimming, for Edna, provides a much needed recess from her home life and the typical role of a woman and a wife in the 19th century. "I have a ...

Number of words: 770 | Number of pages: 3

Symposium: Eros And The Philosopher

... What are the implications, in your opinion, of the fact that the philosopher is in-between complete wisdom and sheer ignorance. In Plato's Symposium, Diotima tells what the true lover is. She goes into great detail explaining to Socrates that the true lover is not someone that everyone can become easily. A lover has to be nurtured from the beginning and must go through certain steps in order to become a true lover. The philosopher in Socratic ignorance is like the true lover in a lot of the same ways, but they are alike ultimately in ...

Number of words: 1505 | Number of pages: 6

The Tapestry

... building of FBC, and climb the stairway to the upper room, your ears are met with the melodious sounds of the family-like youth worship team. The unity of the team is so abundant, it makes people long to be a part of it. As you survey the whole group from the rear of the monstrous room, you are showered with a sound of extreme organization of musical tones. Moving a little closer reveals a visual and technical organization within the group. To the right, eyes and ears are blessed by the ivory keys of the large hi-tech keyboard, and wit ...

Number of words: 702 | Number of pages: 3

Mark Twain 3

... his father as: "A proud, a silent austere man who considered himself to be a member of the professional class both by virtue of his birth and by the fact that he studied law. He was Justice of the Peace in Florida and he owned 3 slaves, inherited by the death of his father." Samuel’s father was the owner of a 75,000 acre estate in Tennessee--land he had purchased for 500 dollars convinced that he was securing his family’s eventual fortune. Despite owning an estate in Tennessee, in 1839 James Clemens moved his family to ...

Number of words: 1355 | Number of pages: 5

The Patriotic Shopping Center

... relax and enjoy the day together. However, the author persuades the reader that the mall is nothing more than a glorified shopping center. “The outside [of the mall]…resembles…a Las Vegas Casino…impossibly large and vaguely unreal, [with its] unbroken, windowless multi-storied edifice the size of an airport terminal,” says Guterson (210). The outside was designed to attract a vast group of tourists that would flock at the chance to walk though America’s largest mall . He states, “ [The mall] had been imagined by its creators ...

Number of words: 774 | Number of pages: 3

Touch Wood By Renée Roth-Hano

... friends there. So, Renée, her parents, her two younger sisters, and their blind grandmother move into a crowded apartment in the German-occupied zone. Renée was disappointed in Paris when she arrived. She finds that everything seems to be smaller in Paris. Eventually, her new neighborhood becomes more of a home and helps Renée to miss Alsace a little less. Renée¹s parents had left Poland and then Hungary to find a freer, better life. They settled in France and thought they¹d be safe. Then Adolf Hitler, a German man who hated Jewis ...

Number of words: 847 | Number of pages: 4

In Cold Blood - Truman Capote

... His social contacts in the neighborhood and the people of Holcomb community are very good, people love to talk with him and Mr. Clutter is a member of the agricultural society. Mrs. Clutter: She’s the mother of the family, and loves miniature things. She has two kids, a girl named Nancy and a boy named Kenyon. The daughter is very much loved in town by boys who like to hang out with her, but she already has a boyfriend named Bobby Rupp. Nancy has another love, and that’s her old fat horse named Babe. The brother of Nancy is Kenyon, he’ ...

Number of words: 1286 | Number of pages: 5

Life After Death

... Both poets, in these works and many others, display a fascination with the death of themselves as well as the death of peers, and loved ones. Both Frost and Dickinson experienced a great deal of death throughout each of their lives. Frost’s greatest loss was the death of his son, which is greatly depicted in his poem “Home Burial.” Dickinson suffered the loss of many friends and family. She spent a lot of her time in her room looking out upon the headstones of these people. The only strong comparison between the poets, in terms of s ...

Number of words: 834 | Number of pages: 4

Sexual Themes In The Birdcage

... engagement to a girl named Barbara that he met at school. It turns out that Barbara's father is an ultraconservative United States Senator. He wants to meet his future son-in-law along with his family. After much debate it is decided that both Armand and Albert will be included in the meeting of the bride's parents. To avoid makinga bad immpression Val's biological mother is invited to pretend that she is still happily married to Armand. This offends Albert, who decides to dress as a woman to play the part of Val's mother. In the end all ...

Number of words: 1241 | Number of pages: 5

Character Sketch Of Mr. Pignatti

... parents. It nice to get away from the nagging sometimes. At first John and Lorriane just pity Mr. Pignatti, so they go to the zoo with him, but after a while they really like him and grow attached to him. Mr. Pignatti a lonely man with only friend, a monkey at the local zoo, welcomed John and Lorriane as friends. He really enjoyed their company and tried to make them happy. Mr. Pignatti acted like a big kid, but the problem is he's 50 year's old. He goofs around, drinks wine, buys them anything they want. Their parents never did that. As ...

Number of words: 337 | Number of pages: 2

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