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Secret Identity

... Kansas; he now lives alone in an apartment in downtown Metropolis. He fits the mold of the stereotypical business man in any bustling city of commerce. With his suit, briefcase, and cellular phone, he can not blend in more. But who am I kidding? Underneath that tailored suit lies another with a big “S” on his chest. Who knew that this mild-mannered reporter is faster than a speeding bullet and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound? They call him “The Man of Steel”. He is Superman. He can fly, has x-r ...

Number of words: 619 | Number of pages: 3

Ryans Red Badge Of Courage

... Crane uses color in his descriptions of the physical and the metaphysical and allows color to take on meanings ranging from the real to the surreal. Crane opens the novel with a description of the fields at dawn: \"As the landscape changed from brown to green, the army awakened, and began to tremble with eagerness at the noise of rumors\". The fog clears to reveal a green world of grass. It also reveals another green world, the world of youth. Like school children, the young soldiers circulate rumor within the regiment. This ...

Number of words: 1476 | Number of pages: 6

1984 3

... Next, I will compare the methods of government and social control used in the story and the ones used in Italy, Russia, and Germany. First symbol is Big Brother, an organization running a totalitarianism control of the people. It symbolizes the Russian, Italian, and Germanys governments. At the time the book was released, Russia was ruled by Joseph Stalin. Stalin ruled Russia as a dictator from 1922-1953. Italy, at the same time as Stalin government, was ruled by Benito Mussolini (1922-1943). He was the founder and leader of Italian Fascism. ...

Number of words: 1360 | Number of pages: 5

Les Miserables 3

... unending prejudice for stealing a single loaf of bread to feed a small child. As the ill treatment continues, Valjean becomes more and more bitter toward society. He probably would have been pushed too far, and would have lashed out against his aggressors, if he had not been shown kindness by the church. Valjean was taken in by a kindly Bishop, who fed him and offered him a place to stay. Valjean, however, had already fallen partially from the light of reason and when all the others were asleep he stole the silver dinner ware and fled into ...

Number of words: 960 | Number of pages: 4

People's Behavior And The Affect Of Social Situations

... actually thought they were guards. Some of the students became mentally ill in that short period of time. This experiment probably wouldn't be ethical now, but at the time no one knew what would happen, so I think the experiment wasn't unethical. I never would've expected this to happen. I thought the students would just wait the time out and leave when it was over. I had no clue the experiment would have such an affect on them. This experiment was useful in that it showed people that the environment does have an impact on behavior. It was a ...

Number of words: 453 | Number of pages: 2

Fallacy Of Personal Attack

... you do not. This form of rejection is not logical. There are three forms of personal attack, character assassination, circumstantial and tu quoque. Character assassination is a personal attack where the arguer's reputation is considered evidence that his argument is false. For example, if a convicted felon out of jail has an argument, most people will not believe him because of his prior involvement with illegal matters. By rejecting his argument only because he was in jail, a personal attack has occurred. Circumstantial personal atta ...

Number of words: 206 | Number of pages: 1

Hamlet - Enstragement In Hamlet

... of living. This is shown by Hamlet’s refusal to commit murder thus preventing Hamlet from committing suicide at a time when he felt like doing so to avenge his father’s death because both murder and suicide are considered sins (Cahn 97). " To be, or not to be, that is the question:/ Whether’ tis nobler in the mind to suffer/ The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune/ or to take arms a sea of troubles…", (Act III, I.) Hamlet is questioning if it is worth living in such misery or not as everyday he is burdened with tryin ...

Number of words: 1590 | Number of pages: 6

Huck Fin 2

... to move to South America to make a fortune there. He boarded a riverboat and headed for New Orleans where he would arrange the rest of his trip. However, he never made it past New Orleans and never into South America. He begged the riverboat to teach him how to pilot the riverboat. The riverboat pilot agreed to teach him for $500. Mark Twain went west during the civil war and established himself as a writer during this time. He wrote humorous stories about his experiences which lead to a job as a newspaper reporter in 1862. The followin ...

Number of words: 3280 | Number of pages: 12

The Tiger And The Lamb

... tender voice" (line 5). "Blake develops an elaborate personal mythology that underlies virtually all symbolism and ideas in his work." (Shilstone, p.223) Blake discusses that the creator of the lamb is also calls Himself a Lamb. With this he brings religious significance into the poem. It the New Testament, Jesus of Nazareth is referred as God's Lamb. There are a few themes developed in "The Lamb." Blake describes the lamb as symbol of childhood innocence. He also questions about how the lamb was brought into existence, which mention ...

Number of words: 614 | Number of pages: 3

The Book Of Judges

... judges where already known and written. belongs to a specific historical tradition which is called the Deuteronomic history. The author of , was in exile in Babylonia. While in exile he was deeply concerned with foreign domination. So he wrote many of his stories on the migration of the tribe of Dan to the North and the sins of the Benjamites. The author emphasized that Israel was being influenced by foreign powers and the loss of freedom and prosperity. Recurring throughout the book is the stereotyped formula: "The people of Israel d ...

Number of words: 434 | Number of pages: 2

Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton

... Ethan and Mattie in turn, fall in love. However, they never follow their love due to Ethan's morals and the respect he has for his marriage to Zeena. Ethan eagerly awaits the nights when he is able to walk Mattie home from the town dances. He cherishes the ground she walks on. After a visit to the doctor, Zeena is told that she needs more sufficient hired help. Thus, she decides to send her incompetent cousin away and hire a new one. Ethan and Mattie are desperate to stay together. However, Ethan's lack of financial means and Zeena's h ...

Number of words: 1005 | Number of pages: 4

For Whom The Bell Tolls

... rowdy, hard-nosed outdoor sense of adventure. He had garnered his father's passion for hunting and fishing in the north woods of Michigan, a period of his childhood which left important impressions later reflected in several of his short stories such as "Up in Michigan" and "Big Two Hearted River." In high school, Ernest edited the school newspaper, excelled in football and boxing, and ran away from home twice. Upon his graduation, seventeen year old Hemingway headed to Kansas City to enlist in World War I, in outright defiance of h ...

Number of words: 2357 | Number of pages: 9

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