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River Of Names

... out of her experience as a working class lesbian addicted to violence, language and hope.” Her emotionally intense tale is woven with poverty, incest and abuse is ultimately a tale of survival. Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed. In today’s society people are eager to categorize what they are unfamiliar with. They perceive people who are poor, and from the south as “white trash.&# ...

Number of words: 1461 | Number of pages: 6

Pride And Prejudice: 5 Married Couples

... love and marriage. During Elizabeth’s stay in Pemberly while Jane is ill, Austen reveals to the readers, that Elizabeth and Darcy share a common interest. For example, Miss Bingley states that ‘Miss Eliza Bennet… is a great reader…’ p34. While in a conversation between Darcy and Miss Bingley, it is stated, ‘What a delightful library you have at Pemberly,…’ p34. This illustrates to the readers that the two share the same interest of reading. Having the interest reading portrayed to the readers as an interest, reveals that Eliz ...

Number of words: 1139 | Number of pages: 5

Jack Kerouac-On The Road

... about it in splendorous detail. Truly Jack Kerouac was a mindful literary genius and his novel On The Road published in 1957 is a great American novel that all citizens should take the time to read. On The Road begins with Sal Paradise, a beatnik traveler looking for something more in his life than the tedious life he lives, and his hero Dean Moriarty, a true representative of beat life in America and a mad man. Sal desires meaning for his pointless life so he begins a great American journey looking for everything and nothing, following ...

Number of words: 1686 | Number of pages: 7

Romeo And Juliet - Examples Of Love

... Benvolio encouraged Romeo to go to the Capulet's feast and accurately predicted that Romeo would find other girls more attractive than Rosaline. This was highlighted when Benvolio said "Compare her face with one that I show, / And I will make thee think thy swan a crow." ( I. ii. 86-87). Later, when violence was prevalent, Benvolio watched out for his friends and relatives, encouraging peace. He spoke against fighting when he said "I pray thee, good Mercutio, lets retire. / The day is hot, the Capulets abroad, / And, if we meet, we s ...

Number of words: 979 | Number of pages: 4

A Couple Of Papers On Frankens

... we want to happen, but that isn't always the case. For every achievement there must be a failure and no one wants that on their plate. Just as in the case of Frankenstein and the monster, a mistake was made and the inventor had to acknowledge that, and correct what he had done. The only problem was that he didn't. Victor Frankenstein used science to help him build a "monster", but when his experiment failed, he wouldn't take responsibility for his creation. Science is about understanding nature. It incorporates all things around us and att ...

Number of words: 3071 | Number of pages: 12

The Analysis Of The Movie Fiel

... related stage of development. Related issues that were portrayed for each stage will be discussed. Ray Kinsella The main character of the story can be considered to be entering the middle adulthood stage. This stage is characterized by child rearing, career success, and household management. This all boils down to becoming one's own self, in the eyes of themselves, rather than through the eyes of one's parents or society. All of this is seen in Ray's character. He is the father, the husband, and the breadwinner. Then a voice comes ...

Number of words: 961 | Number of pages: 4

The Yellow Wallpaper: Exemplifies Women's Position In The 19th Century

... the 19th-century is concretely defined by Kathy Peiss in the article Going Public: women in Nineteenth-Century Cultural History when she states: "women were unknown to the public sphere, the realm of politics, education, labor, and commerce were still dominated by men"(818). The nameless narrator in the story has to deal with this cruel and harsh reality where oppression is the instrument in order to render the female as a domestic and private creature. Gilman offers concise critiques in her story by symbolizing events in the main char ...

Number of words: 2398 | Number of pages: 9

Extensive Symbolism Of The Sca

... letter A, the scenery of the rose bush, and the settings of forest to make the characters -Hester, Dimmesdale, Chillingworth, and Pearl- into symbols in the novel in order to portray his moral and theme of: "Be true. Be true. Be true!" The red letter A is presented but whose meaning has to be deciphered. What does the letter mean? It is a question every character in the novel repeats who confronts the blatant red token and who has to deal with it. The letter A manifests in a variety of forms and places. Not only does the A manifes ...

Number of words: 3871 | Number of pages: 15

Ideals Satirized In Candide

... is unworthy to marry his "sister, who has seventy-two quarterlings!" (361). Candide's responce is "she has many obligations to me, she wants to marry me"(361). The reason for the brothers' anger is that Candide can not trace his lineage. For some reason this was important to the nobility of the time so they could in effect "stay in the family" and keep there line pure. Unfortunatly that inbreeding resulted in birth defects and sickness later in life. I guess the moral is not to date your friends sister. After arriving in Venice, Mar ...

Number of words: 580 | Number of pages: 3

Santa Claus

... Santa Claus brings a whole new meaning to the season of Christmas. Despite his buxom body and his bag of goods, St. Nick succeeds in fitting down various narrow types of chimney's. Quickly yet quietly, he sneaks in and out of houses, leaving only gifts, milk stains and cookie crumbs as evidence of his presence. And he sets off to the next home, hoping that a lit fire place would not come to his surprise. The task of fulfilling the dreams of millions of children is not an easy one. It requires many trusted helpers. These helpers include pa ...

Number of words: 499 | Number of pages: 2

Dr. Faustus, Pride And Gree

... pride. Even before the play begins Marlowe makes obvious that Faustus is swollen with pride. The Chorus tells how Faustus is full of knowledge of theology "Till swollen with cunning, of a self conceit" (page 1, 1.0.20). He is so proud of his accomplishments that he has become conceited. Then he is compared to Icarus with "His waxen wings" which actually could have more than one symbolic meaning (1.0.21). First of all it emphasizes the danger of Faustus' pride, sense it was Icarus' pride which led him to fly so high in the sky that his w ...

Number of words: 1217 | Number of pages: 5

Call Of The Wild Book Report

... property. He was the ruler of his domain, uncontested by any other local dogs. he was a mix between a St. Bernard and a Scotch Shepherd dog. He weighed one hundred and forty pounds, and he carried every one with utmost pride. Buck had everything he could want. Little did he know, he would soon have it all taken away from him. One night, while the judge was away at a raisin grower's committee meeting, the gardener, Manuel, took Buck away from his home. Buck was then sold, and thrown in a baggage car. This would be the beginning of a new ...

Number of words: 929 | Number of pages: 4

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