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The Cathcer In The Rye

... the death of his brother, so he pretends that he is till alive, to take the pain away. Holden calls everyone a phony, because they do not conform themselves to the way he thinks. Holden needs self-esteem so he likes to think of other people as being lesser that he is. When Holden leaves school and ventures out into the real world, he finds that most people are "phony," and it drives him insane. In order for him to stay safe he must evaluate other people and make sure that he is better off then they are. Holden never realizes that children ...

Number of words: 323 | Number of pages: 2

A Jury Of Her Peers 2

... the author uses characters and symbols to make the reader aware of the social injustice done to women, and in order to evoke a sense of self-worth in women reader. The characters in “ A jury of her peers” plays a role which knowledges a reader about the horrors of the time period when the story takes place. Simply by the name Mr. Wright, tells us that men are always right when it comes to opposition against women. Men in this story are shown to be superior to their sub species, women. It shows us that anything a man does is ...

Number of words: 769 | Number of pages: 3

Literary Analysis

... so they can only be attracted sexually. Instead of taking things slowly and getting to know each other or on the other hand engage in a type of relationship just to satisfy each others desires they act like they have known each other for a long time and that they can’t live one without the other. At the start of the play we see that Romeo is in love with Roseline and that he only talks about her but when he meets Juliet at the party he totally forgets Roseline and falls in love with Juliet. Friar Laurence clearly states this to Romeo: “I ...

Number of words: 402 | Number of pages: 2

Great Expectations

... to the convict and doesn’t see him again. Later, a stranger will show up in the Three Jolly Bargemen. He’ll scare Pip a little because he reminds him of the convict. Pip thinks he might be in danger, but instead, the stranger gives him two one-pound notes. At that time, not much connection is shown between the notes and the convict on the marshes, but later discoveries indicate that it was the convict that had sent the man with the notes. Suddenly, there’s a twist of fate. Pip’s invited to play at Miss Havisham’s. Miss Havisham i ...

Number of words: 1480 | Number of pages: 6

Comparison Of The Illiads Achi

... fighting in the same war and that they were both male warriors. They were also very renowned fighters for their troops, and are both very strong. They both had very high confidence in themselves at the beginning of the fight; feeling that they could both beat the other in a fight. This opinion changed, however, shortly into the battle, where Hector began to feel less and less confidant as he slowly lost. The reason they fought was for a just cause, they both believed, although their causes were quite different. These two warriors were not ...

Number of words: 610 | Number of pages: 3

Race Is Ever Where

... Othello. People that are angry or upset say most racist comments in the play. For example, when Emilia found out that Othello had killed Desdemona she was extremely mad and she called Othello a "Blacker devil", this was the only time in the play that she had said anything racist about Othello. The main characters that have racist attitudes are Iago, Brabantio, Roderigo and Emilia, with the hatred of Othello as the basis for their racist actions and comments towards him. Iago is the most racist character in the book as he has it in for Othello ...

Number of words: 881 | Number of pages: 4

Tell Tale Heart Critical Analy

... guilt over the murder is too overwhelming to bear. The narrator cannot tolerate it and eventually confesses his supposed “perfect” crime. People tend to think that insane persons are beyond the normal realm of reason shared by those who are in their right mind. This is not so; guilt is an emotion shared by all humans. The most demented individuals are not above the feeling of guilt and the havoc it causes to the psyche. Poe’s use of setting, character, and language reveal that even an insane person feels guilt. Therein ...

Number of words: 1623 | Number of pages: 6

Oedipus 4

... severe victim of fate, ".... damned in his birth, in his marriage damned, damned in the blood he shed with his own hand." The hero Oedipus is tormented by the punishment of a crime that he did not commit. At birth, it was said that he would "…lie with [his] mother, breed children from whom all men would turn their eyes; and that [he] should be [his] father’s murderer." This fate is undeserved and makes one question the reasoning behind the fate. The gods seem heartless and cold in their treatment to an innocent man. The aspe ...

Number of words: 1155 | Number of pages: 5

Van Gennep's "Rites Of Passage", Durkheim And Turner's Theory Of Communitas

... this ceremony as a Rite of Passage, rather than a Rite of Intensification, because it is held in response to a non-periodic change (puberty) and it affects the participants individually. The community plays an important role in supporting the girls-by building the tepee, for instance. At times, as when the boys join the Singers, the community actively participates in the ritual. However, the community is involved only because of its members' relations to the girls. Van Gennep divides Rites of Passage into three parts: separation, ...

Number of words: 2117 | Number of pages: 8

To Kill A Mocking Bird 2

... ten languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature. They're for there were lot of races of all times. One example of races is social, sexual, and racial. Social is also a prejudice too. Many people skip over this word and thank that prejudice is racial or even sexual. People can't help sometime that they are prejudice in social. People do it all the time and don't thank about w ...

Number of words: 672 | Number of pages: 3

Death Of A Salesman - American Dream

... attaining wealth, power, and prestige. Without success why would anyone want to do anything? You would think that success is free to every American, but it is not. Success is afforded or denied to a person if they qualify. In Death of a Salesman, I believe Willy Loman was not successful in anything he did because he lived in his own world. A big indicator to one's success is their performance on the job. If a person is doing well, generally, they are successful. In the beginning of the play Willy Loman comments on how he was "vital to Ne ...

Number of words: 516 | Number of pages: 2

Ethan Frome - Contrast Between Film And Novel

... reason for judging the people of Starkfield in the way they treat the Fromes. Otherwise, the audience might find the fact that a young engineer is judging the people a bit strange. However, the change results in a lot more dialogue and interaction between the narrator and the people in the town. This is different from the detachment the narrator has which is prevalent in the novel. The movie adequately captures the bleak and dreary mood in the novel. The camera shows the Frome household in the middle of nowhere, with no houses nearb ...

Number of words: 991 | Number of pages: 4

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