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The Common Hemingway Protagoni

... through heroic actions. To begin with, Krebs returns home from World War I to a society that he no longer feels attached to. It can be assumed that before the war Krebs worked within society since he is depicted in a college photo along with his similarly-dressed fraternity brothers. When he enlists into the Marines though, life becomes simplistic; you eat, sleep, and fight. The problem arises when Krebs tries to return from a simplistic lifestyle of war, to a much more complicated domestic lifestyle. "Ironically, Krebs is disi ...

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Inspiration By Homer

... of English, Hartwick College states, ". . . the Mock-Epic is a literary form that burlesques the Classical epic by bringing the formulas characteristic of the epic . . . to bear upon a trivial subject." First published anonymously in Lintot's Miscellany in May 1712, Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock"is a mock-epic which depicts vanity, pride, and the never ending battle between the sexes. Pope engages the classic formulas of an epic to depict a tale of a great injustice, the unforgivable theft of a single lock of hair. "The Rape o ...

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Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawth

... of the town's people. For het to have held this secret for seven long years, while continuing to live in the community with the badge of disgrace, is a testtaments of her inner strenght of love for Arthur. And when Hester told Arthur, that Chillingworth was her husband. Of course Arthur was angry with Hester. She could not live with Arthur being upset with her. And the very reason she suffered with the scarlet letter for seven years is that his love was only ting keeeping her from going in life. Arthur on the other hand, was in total deni ...

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To Kill A Mockingbird 7

... the black population permeates at the bottom. Families with the Finch’s stature would be found at or near the top. According to the caste system people had a position to uphold for example, if you were of a Finch’s status you were to act respectably and not act like trash. The Ewells’ in this story are just above the colored folks only because they are white. Most people look down upon them resulting in avoidance. This caste system exists because in Maycomb it is the way things have always been. Class structure pr ...

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Sunrise On The Veldt: Order

... Then the buck died. An organism is born, it grows, it lives for a period of time, then it dies. The human life cycle is similar. A baby is born. The baby’s parents take care of it, then the baby turns into an adult. The adult lives for a period of time, then the adult dies. Humans seek order in the life cycle to help explain death. The order in the life cycle was sought instinctively, because people wanted an explanation of death. The order in "Sunrise on the Veldt" was shown in the life cycle. In the novel, The Wave, a teacher sought ...

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Fannie Flagg Fried Green Tomat

... began in the fifth grade when she wrote, produced, directed, and starred in a three-act comedy called "The Whopee Girls," which brought the audience to hysteria, but got her expelled from school for using the word "martini." At age 19, Fannie began writing and producing TV specials, and since then has appeared in more than 500 shows and in many motion picture and stage productions, including Candid Camera, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Love Boat, and Grease Fannie Flagg, (as she later changed her name to), was quite good at acting and comedy, ...

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Theme Developed Through Motif

... to practice doesn't he." All Willy wanted was for his son to follow the American dream of becomming a famous athlete so he could earn lots of money. Biff wanted to please his father and through his support he felt that he could accomplish anything. As Biff grew older he found himself still aspiring to establish the American Dream. Although it was not for himself anymore it was now for his father. While Biff was in a n office talking to someone he suddenly found himself running down the stairs with a pen in his hand. He had once again stolen ...

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The Sword In The Stone

... This fish takes what he wants because of his size. In a speech about power, he tells Wart that, "Might is right," and might of the body is greater than might of the mind. Because of the way the fish-king rules, his subjects obey him out of fear for their lives. Wart experiences this firsthand when the fish-king tells him to leave. He has grown bored of Wart, and if Wart does not leave he will eat him. The king uses his size as his claim to power, therefore his subjects follow him out of fear. In Wart's next transformation into a hawk, he s ...

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Scarlet Letter 4 =

... to become. Otherwise she will continually serve as a representation of their mistake. Pearl is the rose bush that is located outside of the prison door. Although, she brings happiness to Prynne, Pearl is covered with “thorns”. When Mr. Wilson asks Pearl the question of who made her, Pearl responds “that she had not been made at all, but had been plucked by her mother off the bush of wild roses, that grew by the prison-door” (95). She is a good child, an “infant…worthy to have been brought forth in Eden; wort ...

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Kubla Khan

... world it is tragically unable to sustain this world. It is believed that “” was created by Coleridge when he was in a deep sleep that was induced by the use of opiates which were prescribed for dysentery. He fell asleep while reading Purcha’s Pilgrimage about building of ’s palace and garden. When he woke up from experiencing the dream in which he created the poem he began writing it down. He was part way through writing the poem and was interrupted by a person from the nearby town of Porlock. After this interruption ...

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Looking To The Future 1984

... simultaneously, and accepting both of them. The Party intellectual knows in which direction his memories must be altered; he therefore knows that he is playing tricks with reality; but by the exercise of doublethink he also satisfies himself that reality is not violated"(Orwell 190). Many descriptions similar to this are given in the book and help explain the way in which the socialist government of Oceania operates. It explains how a strong ruler can manipulate facts to fit his or her own intentions, which is often what socialist rule ...

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The Political And Econimical C

... because they had not yet set up factories to manufacture their own. The English took advantage of this fact in every way possible. It was their thirst for political power and domination over the American economy that sealed their fate. England passed many acts to entice the Americans into buying their goods. One of the first to be passed was the Molasses Act of 1733. This act stated that molasses coming from the French or Dutch sugar islands was to have on it a six pence tariff per gallon. Instead of encouraging people to buy Bri ...

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