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Animal Farm 3
... setting of a farm is ideal for this story. It is a good place for Old Majors vision and has necessary isolation from the world for the development of this society. This makes life easier in the since that it is away from the modern world typical of the Twentieth Century. If this novel was set anywhere other than a farm, the characters would be irrelevant and the story it self would have no meaning. The story would also be hard to understand and follow.
Without the rural setting of this farm, Napoleon would not have been able get the power he so desperately wanted through this revolt. The revolt would not have occurred if this novel had been set in an urban are ...
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A Clockwork Orange: Violence And Corruption
... and the [mouth] and the belly and dealing out kicks...I [was]
sick...on the floor...” (70) and at the end of the book for no other reason than
they feel like it. “...It was all panting and thudding against this like
background of whirring farm engines...” (150) There seems to be no difference
between the people being beaten by streets punks such as Alex and the police,
who are supposed to protect them. The novel begins with the police doing little
to protect the citizens, for how else could a fifteen year old kid and three of
his friends rule the streets? They also seem to relish beating Alex for the
reason that they don't get to do it often. However, by the thi ...
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Famous Mathematicians: A Book Review
... writing, which discussed early dealings with algebra. Euclid wrote the problem of dividing geometric figures, such as rectangles and triangles, in a book called "On the Division of Figures." Euclid's name will be known throughout mathematical history because of his work on the Elements, which has been and will continue to be an important part of mathematics.
Archimedes was born in Syracuse in 287 BC and is thought of as the greatest mathematician, engineer, and physicist of ancient times. He was often asked by King Hieron to solve problems or assist in the safekeeping of Syracuse by developing different defense mechanisms. His mathematical works are conce ...
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Lord Of The Flies Character An
... other things that Piggy did to attempt to bring order
to the island just like a grown-up. When Jack was busy hunting pigs and
dancing about in the blood that engulfed him, Piggy just wanted people to
listen to him. He yearned for someone to listen to his ideas without asking
questions: when he suggested moving the fire to the beach, he just wanted a
ship passing by to see them. Piggy mimicked adults, he did not run about in a
savage nature, he was good. Being the only boy that wasn't violent, shows
how diverse Piggy was from the other boys on the island. "I got the conch I tell
you" Piggy screamed in attempt to gain the boys' lost attention, "I tell you I ...
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Macbeth And Fear
... to a person.
To begin, we'll address Macbeth's subsequent murders, following Duncan's. For Macbeth, he's just killed the King of Scotland and blamed it on his son. It worked and he became King, however he remembered the witches' prophecies. They claimed that Macbeth would be King, but it would be Banquo's children that would follow after him. This made Macbeth very angry, he risked everything to become King and after him none of his family will follow.
As well Lady Macbeth is being comsumed by fear and guilt, she is slowing losing her sanity. This is a result of her not being able to handle what she has done to Duncan. As shown in this quote "Fie, my lord, fie! a ...
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The Pardoner: Chaucer's Religions Diction
... with the time (702). More description of his head, "a little cap, …bulging eyeballs," with a holy relic on his cap," stress the face of the Pardoner (703-704,705). Descriptions of the "holy relics" follow and show that he is actually a fraud. Drawing "more than the parson in a month or two" and singing "an Offertory" the best, reveals his greed and self-indulgence with money (724,730). The first impression of "gentle" and "noble" allow the Pardoner to seem humble and nice, while he is actually his greedy, sleek nature as he sells fake relics (728).
Next, Chaucer focuses the description of the Pardoner on his head and the relics he sells. The "hair as yellow as ...
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Go Ask Alice
... story are the setting, characters and theme. The narrative of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is told within the framework of a dream. However, that does not become clear until the end of the story. Springtime, the setting for Alice's dream, is the traditional time in English literature for frivolity and strange stories. The setting for Chaucer's Canterbury Tales also takes place in the spring, at the beginning of April. This accounts for many of the fantastic elements and for the non-linear nature of the story; ideas and conversations are not to be taken seriously, but rather to be enjoyed for their lack of connection and straightforward meaning. The dream wo ...
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Comparing "Waiting For Godot" To "Hollow Men"
... realize before
they do that they should consult with Godot. Who or what Godot symbolizes
remains a mystery, but their whole existence seems to be to wait for Godot.
They meet a couple of fellows: Pozzo, an upper-class man, mistaken by
Vladimir and Estragon as Godot, and Pozzo's slave, Lucky. After they leave,
a messenger from Godot arrives and states simply that Godot will arrive
tomorrow, same place, same time. They consider leaving, but do not. The
second act is almost an exact repeat of the first, but Lucky and Pozzo have
fallen upon hard times. Pozzo has become blind and pathetic, and Lucky has
become dumb. This change in events is a direct point of lif ...
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Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Grim P
... not a satire at all.” Nineteen Eighty-four is not simply a criticism
of what Orwell saw happening in his national government with the coming of English Socialism, but a
warning of the consequences of contemporary governmental practices, and what they where threatening to
bring about.
Perhaps the book seems so bleak because the events in the book are a somewhat logical projection from
current conditions and historical environment that Orwell observed in 1948. Perhaps people would be more
comftorble with the book if they could rule out in their minds the possibility of the profecy becoming a
reality.
In a critique of his own work, Orwell called Ninet ...
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Findley's The Wars: Analysis
... to war and met a tragic end. Furthermore, from the conflicts on the battlefield, to the conflicts of the mind, to the final conflict before death, like real soldiers, the characters in the novel cannot avoid crises. Finally, Findley’s theme is that war is one horrible tragedy after another for all who are involved.
Robert Ross could have been any soldier in the First World War by another name. He went through many of the same problems and was faced with many of the same dilemmas all soldiers went through in that time. Robert had to frequently deal with the death and mutilation of his friends and fellow soldiers. He also experienced the horrors on the battlefiel ...
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