... Squealer is a sly, crafty pig who is not only intelligent, but a manipulative speaker as well. His cunning is key to the deception of the other animals. In chapter three, Squealer deceives the animals of the farm for the first time. The animals find out that the milk and apples are given solely to the pigs, and Squealer is sent to explain the uneven distribution of farm resources. “‘Comrades’ he cried. ‘You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege?’” (Orwell 42) He goes on to explain, “ ‘Milk and apples (this has been proved by science, comrades) contain ...

... was the guide. The main character in The Time Machine was the Time Traveler. He was a scientist that has built a time machine in which he plans to travel through time. Second of all, the two books are different in plot patterns. The book Journey to the Center of the Earth uses the plot "The Choice." Professor Hardwigg found a parchment by Arne Saknussemm that tells how to get to the center of the Earth. The professor couldn't resist an adventure and chose to go on it. The Time Machine uses the plot "The Understanding." The Time Traveler had built a time machine and went into the future. The sensation he felt when he traveled he could not describe. The kinds of confl ...

... stays faithful to her daily predictable duties. “ She looked round the room, reviewing all its familiar objects which she had dusted once a week for so many years, wondering where on earth all the dust came from “(4) (sic). Eveline’s life is a fearful one, which resembles the dust constantly, mentioned in this story. The way objects can constantly build up dust time after time no matter what environment its in resembles her. Eveline is constantly being involved in problems and stress time after time. So who’s to say that if she changes her environment that other problems wont build up again like the dust. A promise is supposed to be something that is sacred. It’s ...

... of friendship. His friendship with Dfanny Saunders is encouraged by his father, but he is wary of it at first because Danny is a Hasid, and regards regular Orthodox Jews as apikorsim because of the teachings of his father. Reuven goes from not being able to have a civil conversation with Danny to becoming his best friend with whom he spens all of his free time, studies Talmud and goes to college. Reuven truly grows because he leans, as his father says, what it is to be a friend. Another way that Reuven grows is that he learns to appreciate different people and their ideas. He starts out hating Hasidim because it’s the “pious” thing to do, even though his ...

... Buddhism would be labeled and classified with a number between 200 and 290 and a book on Hinduism would have a different number, but would also have a number between 200 and 290. As a result of his system, which is widely used in libraries still today, each book has its place making it “easy for the librarian and the user to understand” (Gale Research, 1). Like the Dewey Decimal System Maycomb also had its classification system. In the book, Jem confused the Dewey Decimal System with John Dewey’s philosophy of education. This is clear when Scout says, “What Jem called the Dewey Decimal System was school wide by the end of my first year, so I had no chance to comp ...

... hide their secret sins. He presents the illusion that, we try somehow to hide our wickedness from God. This is the reason Hooper wears the veil. Not to hide his sins, but to openly declare his relationship with humanity as being a sinner. In doing this, he thrusts a stone edifice between him and humanity. He has become a dissenter, because his ideologies were opposite of the majority. The people, question his sanity and form hypothesis’s on his reason for wearing the veil. He becomes feared by the children, ostracized from his former society, and imprisoned in his own heart. The veil symbolically serves multiple purposes. First and foremost, the veil ser ...

... take proper action?" Was it right to go against her Uncle Kreon’s wishes and go ahead and bury her brother that was to be left out for the vultures? Would it have been better just to leave the situation how it was? The fact is, Antigone did the right thing. She was acting out of divine influence so to speak. Since divinity and humanity are shown to be colliding forces where divinity out weighs humanity in ancient Greece. Antigone was justified in her actions. Antigone was following divine laws, or walking with divine shoes, while Kreone followed the laws of the state. Her brother’s afterlife was so important to Antigone that she was willing to give up anything t ...

... next section takes place 500 years later, when a scholar, Thon Taddeo, is trying to piece together the real story of what happened to civilization after the nuclear holocaust. In sharp contrast to Francis' faith, Thon is filled with doubt which becomes his major way of approaching life and finding truths. History is revealed to be inconsistent and subject to interpretation and loss. History is not nearly as reliable as Francis' frail desert faith. The last section of the novel shows the first Earth colonists arriving at Alpha Centauri. There is another nuclear explosion and the threat of another apocolypse, but the real question hinges upon suicide. Government sa ...

... nature of the novel. Yet the novel is not without its sharp advocates, who argue that it is a critical look at the problems facing American youth during the 1950's. When developing a comprehensive opinion of the novel, it is important to consider the praises and criticisms of The Catcher in the Rye.When studying a piece of literature, it is meaningful to note the historical background of the piece and the time at which it was written. Two J.D. Salinger short stories, "I'm Crazy" and "Slight Rebellion off Madison," were published in periodicals during the 1940's, and introduced Holden Caulfield, the main character of The Catcher in the Rye. Both short stories were re ...

... or the vat. A strange thing happened to Pip when he was in the brewery yard. He looked over to were the building was on his right and saw a figure hanging there by the neck. He saw a faded trimming dress and afterwards saw the face of Miss Havisham. With terror Pip ran away from it, then ran towards it. He went only to find no figure there. Miss Havisham treated her relatives like in weird ways. When Miss Sarah Pocket asked her how well she look she said "I do not, I am yellow shin and bone."1 She started arguing with Camilla and both would make insults to each other. Miss Havisham asked Camila what was the matter and Camilla said "Nothing worth ment ...