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A Man For All Seasons

... as Wolsey ask's More's opinion about a certain letter that is to be sent to the Pope regarding the validity of the King's marriage to Catherine. More compliments Wolsey on his phrasing and avoids the content of the dispatch directly, except to say that he feels the council should be informed before it goes to Italy, this response sparks Wolsey to reply: Would you tell the council? Yes, I believe you would. You're a constant regret to me, Thomas. If you could just see facts flat on, without that moral ...

Number of words: 1047 | Number of pages: 4

Great Expectations

... never develops to a major character. Joe is identified as a compassionate, sensitive character, and the most direct way to display this feature is to have the character appear vulnerable. Mrs. Joe serves as the tyrant for which Joe is made helpless. Joe, unless he is a scared character, does not recognize the friend he has in Pip. Without Joe as a major role in Pip's life, Pip also seems very incomplete. Second, Mrs. Joe also serves as the comical interlude of an otherwise sombre story. "When she had e ...

Number of words: 1116 | Number of pages: 5

“Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl”

... mistress took very good care of her and Linda liked her new home. I was told that my home was now to be with her mistress; and I found it a happy one. No toilsome or disagreeable duties were imposed upon me. My mistress was so kind to me that I was always glad to do her bidding, and proud to labor for her as much as my young years would permit. I would sit by her side for hours, sewing diligently, with a heart as free from care as that of any free-born white child . . . (377) Linda’s mistress didn’t treat her as a slave. She f ...

Number of words: 1556 | Number of pages: 6

Brave New World Compared To 1984

... Huxley wrote A Brave New World in the third person so that the reader could be allotted a more comprehensive view of the activities he presents. His characters are shallow and cartoon-like (Astrachan) in order to better reflect the society in which they are entrapped. In this society traditional notions of love and what ideally should come out of it have long been disregarded and are now despised, "Mother, monogamy, romance. High spurts the fountain; fierce and foamy the wild jet. The urge has but a single outlet." (Huxley 41) The comparison ...

Number of words: 1225 | Number of pages: 5

Why Are American Afraid Of Dragons?

... the dragon. Americans just don't have the time for it. Men generally feel the obligation and the responsibility of taking care of the family's financial needs. A good man is preoccupied with his wife, his children, his work, his colleagues etc... So which form of entertainment should he choose for his busy day? I sincerly hate to be rude but Ursula K. Le Guin has to keep in mind that we live in a mediatic world. Among the many different forms of media including books, radio, theatre and television, writing is and has been proven to be t ...

Number of words: 337 | Number of pages: 2

Lord Of The Flies 12

... hunters. He was overcome with pride when he was the only hunter to stab the wild boar. Even the though the boar is not killed, they all begin dancing around Robert, who was the pretend boar. In all of the hunters' intense excitement they become overzealous in their pretend killing of the pig and poor Robert is poked and prodded quite harshly with the hunting spears. This was the first time Ralph had let the beast inside of him be seen. All of the boys were showing signs of savagery. William Golding uses this to foreshadow the upcoming ...

Number of words: 583 | Number of pages: 3

Winston Smith

... worst crime of all. As the novel opens, Winston feels frustrated by the oppression and rigid control of the Party, which prohibits free thought, sex, and any expression of individuality. He has illegally purchased a diary in which to write his criminal thoughts, and has become fixated on a powerful Party member named O'Brien, whom Winston believes is a secret member of the Brotherhood, the legendary group that works to overthrow the Party. Winston works in the Ministry of Truth, where he alters historical records to fit the needs of the Party ...

Number of words: 528 | Number of pages: 2

A Separate Peace - Symbolism

... encourages his friends to have a snowball fight. When Gene looks back on that day of the Winter Carnival, he says, "---it was this liberation we had torn from the gray encroachments of 1943, the escape we had concocted, this afternoon of momentary, illusory, special and separate peace" (Knowles, 832). As he watches the snowball fight, Gene thinks to himself, "There they all were now, the cream of the school, the lights and leaders of the senior class, with their high IQs and expensive shoes, as Brinker had said, pasting each other with snowba ...

Number of words: 1606 | Number of pages: 6

Don Quxiote

... for them other ideas and other theories, less imperfect, but by placing the facts of life, in mute comment, alongside of the theories. To be put in a more tangible sense, after addressing a subject matter over a sustained period of time one is apt to view them selves in the same light as the character of which they are enamored by. It plagues the news as high school children take arms and seek vengeance inside schools today. As the Scapegoat they place the blame on television, violent movies, and video games. Theorists and psychologists say ...

Number of words: 419 | Number of pages: 2

Taming Of The Shrew

... not in desperate need of money (I.ii.56-57). He tells Hortensio (I.ii.49-57) that his father has died and that he is out in the world to gain experiences he cannot at home and only secondarily to find a wife. Also, immediately before this declaration, is the scene of misunderstanding between he and his servant Grumio about knocking on the gate (I.ii.5-43). I see this exchange as demonstration of his enjoyment of verbal sport, a good example of Petruchio's sense of humor and his appreciation of things non-conventional. Though Petruchio may no ...

Number of words: 810 | Number of pages: 3

Money Equals Happiness In The

... means for survival. On the other hand, or island, East Egg natives represent the class of society that receive money from their relatives. They were someone’s heir and rich from birth. It was also known that no one on East Egg would marry someone poor or with new money. Fitzgerald reveals that the life of the privileged class is filled with corruption, carelessness, and materialism through his use of characterization in the novel. Daisy, the wife of Tom Buchanan, has no goals in life; no discipline, nor any morals. She can’t e ...

Number of words: 1228 | Number of pages: 5

The Crito

... that we should not care what the majority thinks because those who are reasonable people will understand. However, Crito’s counter-argument to this is that the majority can cause great harm; therefore we should care what they think. Socrates further goes on to say the majority acts haphazardly; therefore, they cannot do great good or great harm (Plato 45). Crito says that "the opinion of the many" would judge us wrong if we didn't help you (and anyone in your position would agree that you ought to escape). Socrates notes that so ...

Number of words: 1408 | Number of pages: 6

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