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Lord Of The Flies

... he states, “photographers stare and snap at the dead men, at the keyboard of rifles above their heads.” These two lines describe the white photographers starring at the dead black men and taking pictures of them for the newspaper. The newspaper that the white photographers are taking pictures for is symbolic because it is made up of the colors black and white. He also uses a metaphor in describing the rifles taken from the dead men. He says, “Keyboard of rifles,” which describes the rifles all lined up like the keys on a keyboard. T ...

Number of words: 529 | Number of pages: 2

A Rose For Emily

... eyesores" (55). The voice of the town identifies Emily as a "tradition a duty, and a care". The men and women of the town act differently to Miss Emily. A sort of hereditary obligation that triggers a memory. In 1894 when Colonel Sartoris had remitted her taxes, but generations change within the story, and their values differ. So the next generation, feeling no hereditary obligation attempts to collect these reportedly remitted taxes. The encounter between the next generation with its more modern ideas and the aged Miss Emily gives the fi ...

Number of words: 1294 | Number of pages: 5

The Things They Carried 3

... to ease anxiety. Death can change how people display their power or how they use their existing power by altering their behavior. Power is an emotionally strong element to have; power can make someone feel better by knowing that they have control over someone or something else. When fear is present, power can aid in easing the anxiety by giving the person the emotional lift that is present when control is felt. The power, which is present in the story, is physical power and an example is Norman Bowker carrying a thumb of a boy that had ...

Number of words: 1138 | Number of pages: 5

Don Quixote: The Misadventures Of A Lunatic

... knight-errantry and went crazy. He convinced a simple-minded peasant named Sancho to become his squire, promising him wealth and a high spot in society. This book consists of many adventures these two had, both were convinced that they were doing brave and honorable acts of chivalry, when they were only two fools running around the countryside. Cervantes tries to make his book more interesting with the use of point of view. Don Quixote sees what his mind and imagination create, not that which is transferred through the optic nerves in a very c ...

Number of words: 2232 | Number of pages: 9

The Jungle By Upton Sinclair

... who teaches Jurgis about Socialism. There are also the members of Ona’s family, each of whom play minor roles in the story. The story opens with the feast at Jurgis and Ona’s wedding in America, but soon flashes back to the time before they left Lithuania. Jurgis met Ona at a horse fair, and fell in love with her. Unfortunately, they were too poor to have a wedding, since Ona’s father just died. In the hopes of finding freedom and fortune, they left for America, bringing many members of Ona’s family with them. After arriving in Ameri ...

Number of words: 1871 | Number of pages: 7

The Merchant Of Venice - Anton

... his sadness, trying to find an explanation for their great unhappiness with themselves and with the world. - Salerio: "But tell not me: I know Antonio Is sad to think upon his merchandise.2 Antonio: "Believe me, no: I thank my fortune for it, My ventures are not in one bottom trusted, Nor to one place; nor is my whole estate Upon the fortune of this present year: Therefore, my merchandise makes me not sad."3 Salanio: "Why, then are you in love."4 Antonio: "Fie, fie!"5 The mystery of Antonio's sadness remains, as he dismisses the prospec ...

Number of words: 1031 | Number of pages: 4

Montana 1948

... and his present family are close and loving. It is this very stability though, combined with the respect in which the much loved and admired Frank is held by both the townspeople and David, that make the events which occur suddenly and with increasing speed, so shocking and destructive, particularly for David. David’s view of life dramatically starts to change through the eavesdropping of his mother and father’s conversation regarding Frank’s behaviour towards the woman on the Indian reservation. While David must preten ...

Number of words: 496 | Number of pages: 2

Signifigance Of Disease And Pl

... in the castle. By doing this he finds out who is after him and the identity of the murderer of his father. Polonious is one of the people spying on Hamlet to find the “source of his madness” and says "That he's mad, 'tis true 'tis pity, And pity 'tis 'tis true" [2.2.97-98]. Hamlet never stops his act and gets his job done. During Hamlets search for revenge, he also sparks the beginning of Ophelia’s demise. This happens because to insure no one knows that Hamlet is acting as if he is crazy, he only tells his most trusted friend ...

Number of words: 532 | Number of pages: 2

Orwell's Politics And The English Language

... themselves to become lazy in their thoughts and their writing. Orwell states "what is above all needed, is to let the meaning choose the word and not the other way about". Orwell feels that hackneyed phrases and defunct metaphors allow a writer to easily and quickly compose a piece utterly lacking in original and intelligent thought. Orwell also cites the dangers of terms and phrases such as ‘pacification', 'transfer of population', or 'elimination of unreliable elements' as "designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectabl ...

Number of words: 1118 | Number of pages: 5

Review Of John Updike's Review "It Was Sad"

... from a moral perspective, relating to these works. He definitely takes the position of the lower class of American society as this time in history, and even brings up the topic of racism and sexism in the recall of the event. It seems that the ships crew and the lower class passengers were the most courageous in the eventful two and half hours it took for the ship to totally go under. He provides quotes from the various selections, one being the statistics of death, by class. These statistics show that, in actuality, more of the upper ...

Number of words: 413 | Number of pages: 2

Alcoholizm

... countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. This increase is paralleled in other countries, including developing nations. After 1980, however, consumption remained relatively stable in many western European nations. Alcoholism, as opposed to merely excessive or irresponsible drinking, has been thought of as a symptom of psychological or social stress or as a learned, maladaptive coping behaviour. More recently, and probably more accurately, it has come to be viewed as a complex disease in its own right. Alcoholism usually develo ...

Number of words: 637 | Number of pages: 3

Hamlet

... time which depicted the role of women as the comforter, helper, and supporter of man, "A Doll's House" introduced woman as having her own purposs and goals. The heroine, Nora Helmer, progresses during the course of the play eventually to realize that she must discontinue the role of a doll and seek out her individuality. David Thomas describes the initial image of Nora as that of a doll wife who revels in the thought of luxuries that can now be afforded, who is become with flirtation, and engages in childlike acts of disobedience (259). ...

Number of words: 4232 | Number of pages: 16

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