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A Farewell To Arms 2

... The style gains power because it is so full of sensory detail. There was an inn in the trees at the Bains de l'Allaiz where the woodcutters stopped to drink, and we sat inside warmed by the stove and drank hot red wine with spices and lemon in it. They called it gluhwein and it was a good thing to warm you and to celebrate with. The inn was dark and smoky inside and afterward when you went out the cold air came sharply into your lungs and numbed the edge of your nose as you inhaled. The simplicity and the s ...

Number of words: 606 | Number of pages: 3

Lewis' "Surprise By Joy": Analysis

... in any single role may not have known that he performed in the other two. In a varied and comprehensive writing career, Lewis carved out a sterling reputation as a scholar, a novelist, and a theologian for three very different audiences. In Surprised by Joy (1956), written seven years before his death, Lewis helps to shed light on all "three Lewises" in his most personal book. As such, Surprised by Joy represents one of the few works within the Lewis canon that speaks directly and unabashedly about his personal life. Given the almost stiflin ...

Number of words: 2750 | Number of pages: 10

Hands

... his to caress the boy and then a look of horror swept over his face." While Biddlebaum does not realize why he is struck with fear, Anderson tells the reader that he "was one of those rare little-understood men who rule by power so gentle that it passes as a lovable weakness." Thus, the author shows that Biddlebaum is alienated through confusion because he is so "gentle" and "weak". In further descriptions of Biddlebaum, the narrator states that Biddlebaum "did not understand what had happened" when he was disoriented by fear, but felt "th ...

Number of words: 1037 | Number of pages: 4

Fifth Business Character Foils Of Dunstan Ramsay And Percy S

... and throws a snowball at Dunny, which in turn begins the setting for the novel. The two continue to compete throughout the novel, for things such as Leola’s love, military recognition, and more. Percy’s and Dunstan’s characters contrast in many ways. The most prominent way in which they contrast is their values. Dunstan values spiritual things, while Percy values only material things. Percy is impressed by and yearns for money, while Dunstan could care less about it. Dunstan explains his lack of desire for materialistic things ...

Number of words: 678 | Number of pages: 3

Great Expectations

... to truly love somebody, one must understand what true love is. The dictionary defines love as a "strong affection or liking for someone or something."(Encarta 1) However, it goes much deeper than that. Love transcends passion or reason. It is a "surge of emotion and feeling from the depths of your body and soul to make you exuberant or sad, strong or weak, bold or trembling."(Sclossberg 1) It is being able to put out your whole life for the well being of somebody else. "Love drives you to share or sacrifice everything you are…or ever h ...

Number of words: 928 | Number of pages: 4

Metamorphosis 3

... transformations are due to an inner dissatisfaction with the current situation. The opening line of the story, “As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect,” reveals the primary and most basic metamorphosis of this piece of literature. Kafka attempts to show the reader Samsa’s discontentment with what his feels is the lack of control in his life by spontaneous transformation of a human being into an insect. Humans are at the top of the food chain in ...

Number of words: 1888 | Number of pages: 7

Literature: Tool For The Masses To Grasp And Form Opinions On A Subject

... three great causes to which he devoted his life; the American Revolution, religious reform, and the natural rights of man. At the age of 37, Paine strove for the fabled shores of America, determined to forget his past. He made the acquaintance of Benjamin Franklin, and settled in Philadelphia. There, Paine was eventually hired into the profession of editor for the Pennsylvania Magazine. He published a series of minor essays, but his first important work was an essay written for the Pennsylvania Journal in which Paine openly denounced sl ...

Number of words: 2838 | Number of pages: 11

Nothing

... Benjy's section of The Sound and the Fury-so vivid to Faulkner? Perhaps it reminded him of an important incident in his own life. Like Candace Compson ("Caddy" for short), Faulkner had three brothers. And like the Compson children, Faulkner called his own grandmother "Damuddy." She was his mother's mother and died when he was small. The Sound and the Fury is not the story of Faulkner's life. But it contains many places and people Faulkner knew. Jefferson, where the Compsons live, is much like Faulkner's hometown of Oxford, Mississippi. Like ...

Number of words: 1955 | Number of pages: 8

Never Lose Hope

... lasting forever.” In “The Chimney Sweeper”, Blake saw immortality in a different sense than Webster states. Blake saw immortality as happiness throughout life and the importance of hope. “The Chimney Sweeper” is a great title for Blake’s poem. The title is a symbol representing the harsh life of a chimney sweeper and his life as a child. He states, “When my mother died I was very young, and my father sold me while yet my tongue”, (ln 1-2). This is saying that his mother died when he was young and his father gave him up. Blake� ...

Number of words: 1147 | Number of pages: 5

Blindness In Oedipus

... to the truth his whole life. When he does find the truth, he loses his physical vision. Because of the truth, Oedipus blinds himself. Jocasta was blind to the true identity of Oedipus. Even when she found out the truth, she refused to accept it. In this case, those who are blind ultimately do have a higher vision - the truth. Kind Oedipus started life with a prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother. In an attempt to avoid this fate, his parents, Laius and Jocasta, sent him into the mountains to die. However, a shepherd s ...

Number of words: 990 | Number of pages: 4

Genesis 2

... from innocence into the harsh realities of the world by partaking of the tree of knowledge - education at school. Dawe has used various techniques to convey his message across. Throughout the poem, there is an underlying criticism of what society does to children by sending them to school, leading us to question the wisdom of "education" as provided at school. He has achieved this critical commentary by lightly incorporating the technique of gentle satire into the poem to attack the human folly. This satire implies that society has ...

Number of words: 883 | Number of pages: 4

As Night And Day And The Heir

... family during a heavy rainstorm. Since there was a heavy rainstorm the wooden bridge on the way from the village was washed away and killed Sokpae. The villagers arrived with news about Sogun’s death, which terribly devastated the family. “He must get away quickly because he could not face the dead body of someone virtually killed by him.” (Kiwon 493) as Sogun thought while running to his room to pack. He could not help feeling the guilt of virtually killing Sokpae so he left the family. Sogun had thought that running away w ...

Number of words: 637 | Number of pages: 3

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