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Nick From The Great Gatsby

... of the story, but he manages to bring the two main characters of the novel together, and represents the missing link between the obsessive Jay Gatsby and the pretty yet vain Daisy Buchanan. "Of course I knew what they were referring to, but I wasn't even vaguely engaged. The fact that gossip had published the banns was one of the reasons I had come east (p.24)". Nick arrives on Long Island from the Midwest, and being a bit out of his element as an innocent, traditional and conservative type of person from a typical Midwestern lifestyle, he ...

Number of words: 1070 | Number of pages: 4

An Essay On Equus

... works to “normalize” the boy, feeling that as he makes the boy “safe” for society, he is taking away his worship and sexual vitality, both of which are missing in the doctors own personal life. Dysart actually envies Alan and the sexual worship he has experienced. In spite of his own hang-ups, the doctor does help the boy work through his obsession, in which he identifies the horse Equus with God. Shaffer is expressing to his audience that taking away the atypical aspects of this boy would take away part of the person he is, part ...

Number of words: 710 | Number of pages: 3

Tragic Differences

... Maybe, it is because tragedies can be very didactic. Maybe, by studying typical causes of tragedy, a person can prevent it from happening in his or her personal life. It is much easier to learn something from someone else’s mistakes than from your own. So it is possible that people who really enjoy tragedy do not really enjoy it, but use it to prevent their future misfortunes, if there are any. Otherwise, how can someone enjoy the pain and the suffering of others? But like everything else tragedy has laws. One of the laws is Hubr ...

Number of words: 1260 | Number of pages: 5

David Hume's Views On Human Freedom And Free Will

... moment. Free will can be hazardous because it allows us to commit spur of the moment actions, which are entirely out of character and contrary to our nature. Premeditated actions are those which truly depict the nature of a person. Actions are the entire external existence of humankind. In most cases our actions reflect our intentions. Although actions are only temporary and do not reflect the entire nature of a person, if people's actions are concluded to be predetermined than it must also be accepted that so is the will of all human b ...

Number of words: 474 | Number of pages: 2

Great Gatsby 9

... does not realize that he is a racist. He thinks that just because the white race has more wealth, that they should be in control of society. Miss Baker shows off her vanity in her actions. In the vehicle with Nick, Jordan insisted she receive special privileges because of her wealth and celebrity status. Her comment, "They'll keep out of my way," implies that other drivers will keep out of her way. She has a spoiled altitude towards because she thinks she owns the road. She is also hypocritical because she hates careless people even thoug ...

Number of words: 358 | Number of pages: 2

John Steinbeck The Pearl

... that their gunfire has killed his son. The pearl was supposed to bring him happiness and money but instead it brings death and evil. In spite of being poor, Kino is happy, honest, and hardworking. Once he finds the pearl, his dreams for his son become a real possibility. His wife Jauna is quiet, respectful and cheerful. Jauna believes that the doctor in town can save her son from a scorpion bite. The doctor only is interested in the money he will be paid and tricks them into believing he has cured the baby. Not very long after ...

Number of words: 552 | Number of pages: 3

Hard Times

... events, with his own environment and with the movements (political, social etc.) of his time." Charles Dickens was an author during this period and his novel reflects a number of different themes. The novel focuses on educational and economic systems of Victorian England, the industrial revolution, which spawned how industrial relations were viewed during the 1850's, and utilitarianism. I have chosen the two major themes of industrial relations and educational system during this period. Although, you can not discuss labor relations ...

Number of words: 2240 | Number of pages: 9

The Display Of Peer Pressures

... regression. In A Separate Peace the boys are tested in a series of events. They are all pressured to go to war. At the tree Gene was tempted by Finny to jump from the branch. Although Gene knew that he could be injured, he did what he thought would please Finny. That night Finny and Gene formed the Suicide Society. When they returned to the tree one night Finny was going to jump when Gene shook the tree. His feelings overwhelmed him and it was comparable to a spontaneous act of will. Finny fell and was seriously wounded. He w ...

Number of words: 932 | Number of pages: 4

Dulce Est Decrum Est By Wilfre

... of extremely graphic imagery adds even more to his argument. Through the effective use of all three of these tools, this poem conveys a strong meaning and persuasive argument. The poem's use of excellent diction helps to more clearly define what the author is saying. Words like "guttering", "choking", and "drowning" not only show how the man is suffering, but that he is in terrible pain that no human being should endure. Other words like writhing and froth-corrupted say precisely how the man is being torment ...

Number of words: 720 | Number of pages: 3

Frankenstein 5

... They penetrate into the recesses of nature and show how she works in her hiding-places. They ascend into the heavens; they have discovered how the blood circulates, and the nature of the air we breath. They have acquired new and almost unlimited powers; they can command the thunders of heaven, mimic the earthquake, and even mock the invisible world of its own shadows"(47). Frankenstein sees these innovations as overpowering and substantially giving humans the power of god. Frankenstein believes that through these new scientific pow ...

Number of words: 519 | Number of pages: 2

Collective Unconscious In Haml

... aspect of one’s personality. These influences vary from one individual to another depending upon the dominance of each archetype. In the play Hamlet, each one of these archetypes manifests itself as a dominant personality trait within one of the play’s main characters. It is also apparent that the collective unconscious itself is an underlying theme which exists throughout the events in the play. Although, these concepts have only recently been discussed and proposed as a psychological theory, it appears that they pre-date Jung b ...

Number of words: 1403 | Number of pages: 6

Cujo The Dog

... story's heading for a major depressing plot, but things seem to get better. Donna ends the relationship with her lover, Steve Kemp, and Charity Camber wins the lottery. Then, almost all at once, everything starts going horribly wrong in true King style. Kemp informs Vic of the affair. Ouch. Donna's life is quite obviously ruined. Brett and Charity discover the "decent people" aren't quite as decent as they thought, and then there's Cujo - who contracts rabies. Cujo does a lot of slaughtering while Brett and Charity are away visiting the "de ...

Number of words: 630 | Number of pages: 3

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