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Pride And Prejudice

... other today is quite different than how they would interact with each other back then. CHARACTERS: Pride and Prejudice is an appropriate name for the book. These notions permeate the novel thoroughly, especially in the views of Elizabeth and Darcy. Jane’s temperance does not allow for these qualities to exist in her personality. Mr. Darcy is characterized as a proud, haughty, arrogant man and ends up almost immediately alienating himself from the townspeople. This opinion arises after he refuses to dance with the young ladies who have a ...

Number of words: 1323 | Number of pages: 5

The Sound Of A Memory

... events of which Rudman is speaking of. The opening of Rudman's "Chrome" is read aloud at a steady, medium pace. The author is reflecting upon youthful memories of his motorcycle riding days. These memories are triggered by a news broadcast on the authors TV. He uses alliteration to help set a tone that will be repeated again and again throughout the poem. Phrases like "hundreds of helmeted riders," and "tearing up holes of desert turtles," use alliteration to create a smooth flowing, connected sound. The mood is calm and peaceful, yet de ...

Number of words: 1427 | Number of pages: 6

Analysis Of Gimple The Fool

... of the villagers and refused to live a life made by him (100). Further he was guilty of blindly loving a woman who would never treat him as a human being. Gimpel did not think of himself as a fool but every reaction betrayed his lie to himself. Gimpel did not make his own way through life and allowed others to persuade his every thoughts. When the voice of reason or logic presented itself, Gimpel chose to ignore common sense. Gimpel was a fool despite his self-denial. As a necessity of his community Gimpel served the purpose of b ...

Number of words: 1042 | Number of pages: 4

The Music School

... cycle. We are different from other living creatures because of our ability to think -- to be an individual by expressing your needs and wants. Our emotions contradict logical sense sometimes. For example, when someone is in trouble, but you have a plane ticket going back to your country that is only good for that specific time--what would you do? The most logical solution is just to go on the plane since you already have everything set, but you realize that saving the girl is more important--highly illogical. You have the plane ...

Number of words: 1347 | Number of pages: 5

Candide-Purposeful Satire

... speak out against religious hypocrites (page 1419, lines 99-102): Nothing that I more cherish and admire Than honest zeal and true religious fire. So there is nothing that I find more base Than specious piety's dishonest face. In Candide, Voltaire makes use of several characters to voice his opinion mocking philosophical optimism. On page 1594, Candide is asking a gentleman about whether everything is for the best in the physical world as well as the moral universe. The man replies: ...I believe nothing of the sort. ...

Number of words: 1164 | Number of pages: 5

American And Chinese Educational Systems

... who take the examination can enter college” (Education in China p126). Seldom students can enter college in China because of the small percentage of college admissions. Also, compared to the United States, China has few colleges, and they are only in some big cities. However, if a person doesn’t have a college degree, it is hard to find a good job, and there is not much opportunity for their future. Under the Chinese grading system, students study very hard. For example, in order to get in to college, Hong Ling studied until 2 o’cloc ...

Number of words: 1144 | Number of pages: 5

Macbeth - Kingship

... victory comes through, with thanks to the two leaders of the army Macbeth and Banquo. On their travel home Macbeth and Banquo stumble upon some old hags, and they predict Macbeth’s future to him. This startles Macbeth and his hunger for power grows so much that he and his wife plot to murder the well-respected King Duncan. Under Macbeth’s reign, Scotland becomes a country of turmoil because of the wicked leadership. Macbeth murders his best friend and another friend’s family and because of this Tyranny, paranoia sets in on Macbeth who se ...

Number of words: 1627 | Number of pages: 6

Irony In Animal Farm

... “No animal may drink alcohol” soon becomes “No animal may drink alcohol to excess.” Like the prior reference, once the pigs begin sleeping in beds, “No animal shall sleep in a bed” becomes “No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets.” These are a crystal clear examples of the novel’s dynamic use of verbal irony. The novel also has some good situational irony. A good example is when the pigs begin to walk, something that they vowed they would never do, or when they got drunk, again, something they vowed they would never do. ...

Number of words: 382 | Number of pages: 2

The Great Gatsby 2

... across her residence. 'Gatsby bought that Daisy would be just across the bay(p.83).' Moreover he starts fancy and expensive parties to see Daisy. Unlike any other hosts, Gatsby never attends to his parties. He waits patiently for Daisy to come, but she never comes. He asks people around to see if anyone knows her. Later on he meets Nick Carraway; the narrator of the story and the cousin of Daisy. Daisy and Gatsby reunite through Nick. Gatsby shows Daisy that he now has more wealth than he used to. Jay is a little disappointed beca ...

Number of words: 363 | Number of pages: 2

Macbeth - How The Magnitude And Horror Of His Actions Are Un

... God’s representative on earth, and so if a rebel were to attack the King, he would be seen to be attacking and rebelling against God. This is seen in Act One, Scene Two, when the Thane of Cawdor rebels against King Duncan, where the Sergeant says – "Ship wracking storms and direful thunders break" (L.26). This thunderous weather symbolizes God’s anger at his representative of Scotland being attacked. The darkness during the play (all but two of the scenes are set in darkness) shows how the night is strangling the earth, represe ...

Number of words: 2994 | Number of pages: 11

The Bell Jar

... Esther the right to go to her father's funeral: `My mother hadn't let us come to his funeral because we were only children then, and he had died in hospital, so the graveyard and even his death seemed unreal to me.` The fact that Esther couldn't really accept her father's death contributed to career problems: she had no idea of what to do with her life, she `thought that if my father hadn't died he would have taught me....` Before visiting New York and getting thrown into the real world Esther had been very successful academical ...

Number of words: 1171 | Number of pages: 5

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