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Dandelion Wine
... Dandelion Wine took place in a small town called Green Town, Illinois.
In Green Town the Spauldings owned a patch of land that they grew dandelions on.
Every summer, Douglas, Tom, and their grandfather would pick the dandelions and
bottle it for wine. Summers in Green Town were very hot and winters cold.
It was a town where almost everyone knew each other like a big family.
In this story many problems confronted Douglas. There were many deaths,
Great-Grandma, Helen Loomis, Colonel Freeleigh and Elizabeth Ramsal, which were
friends and neighbors of Douglas. A good friend of Douglas, named John Huff,
moved away to Milwaukee because of a job op ...
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The Canterbury Tales: Picture Of Society
... adventure or going on a quest. In the tale, the Knight is sent on a quest by the queen to find the answer to her question of what women desire most. The Wife of Bath describes the Knight’s quest for the answer to this question. It appears that he has failed in his quest until he meets the lady in the woods. She gives him the answer that he is seeking. The listener is pleased by this and the listener is even more pleased by the request that the old woman has for the Knight. This part of the tale would keep a listener listening to the speaker. The listener would want to know what happens next. The lesson of the tale comes in the latter stages of the story. The trust ...
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Hamlet Literary Analysis
... dual personalities are the foundation of his madness. There are many examples that illustrate how Hamlet’s deceitful nature results in a tragedy because of his inability to choose which role to play.
In Act One, Hamlet appears to be very straightforward in his actions and his role. When his mother questions him, Hamlet says, "Seems, madam? Nay it is. I know not seems" (1.2.76). By saying this, Hamlet lets Gertrude know that he is what she sees, torn over his father’s death. Later, he makes a clear statement about his state of mind when he commits himself to revenge. "I’ll wipe away all trivial fond records, all saws of books, all forms, all ...
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Candide - All Is Not For The B
... of Westphalia and is taught by the learned philosopher, Dr. Pangloss. Candide is abruptly exiled from the castle when found kissing the Baron's daughter, Cunegonde. Devastated by the separation from Cunegonde, his true love, Candide sets out to different places in the hope of finding her and achieving total happiness. On his journey, he faces a number of misfortunes, among them being tortured during army training, yet he continues to believe that there is a "cause and effect" for everything. Candide is reunited with Cunegonde, and regains a life of prosperity, but soon all is taken away, including his beloved Cunegonde. He travels on, and years later he finds her a ...
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Biblical Allusions And Imagery In Steinbeck's The Grapes Of Wrath
... The writing of The Grapes of Wrath coincided with the
Great Depression. This time of hardship and struggle for the rest of
America gave Steinbeck inspiration for his work. Other peoples' stories of
everyday life
became issues for Steinbeck. His writings spoke out against those who
kept the oppressed in poverty and therefore was branded as a Communist
because of his "voice." Although, it did become a bestseller and receive
countless awards, his book was banned in many schools and libraries.
However, critics never attacked The Grapes of Wrath on the artistic level
and they still consider it a beautifully mastered work of art. More than
any other American novel, ...
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Tavris' In Groups We Shrink
... fact that people are afraid of
ridicule. So afraid that nobody is willing to do the morally correct thing.
As in The Lottery, we see that people are reluctant to act out against
the remainder of the group. Why did the town's people just stand by and take
part in the senseless stoning of Mrs. Hutchinson? Why didn't anyone intervene?
Nobody was willing to be an individual and step up to take responsibility and
put an end to the senseless lottery.
Another good example of the reluctance to act against the group would be
the Rodney King incident. As the officers clubbed, electrocuted, and beat
Rodney King to a bloody pulp, onlookers just looked on. No ...
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An Analysis Of Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" And "The Devil And Tom Walker
... in on the scene, first he tells of the mountains and
then the town and down till he's in the room with Tom and his wife. In "The
Devil and Tom Walker" the author gives some info on the situation and the
charters and then just jumps into the story. In both of the stories you get
the feeling of something supernatural is going to happen. Also in both they
take place in remote areas.
Next we have the husband wife relationship in both cases. Now Rip
was sort of a say nothing do nothing when it came to his house and wife.
His wife would bad mouth him and yell at him, but Rip wouldn't do much
anyway. He would just go off and sleep. Now Tom and his wife on the other
hand ...
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Homeland: A Book Review
... attention on Paul Crown. A young German immigrant. Paul leaves behind a Germany of cholera, poverty and political upheaval only to face problems of equal magnitude in America.
Undaunted by a difficult ocean crossing Paul arrives at Ellis Island penniless but naively optimistic about his future. He makes his weary way to the opulent home of his Uncle, Joe Crown, a well-established brewer in Chicago. Jakes uses the Chicago setting as a backdrop for his “class struggle” motive, which is central to the plot of his story.
Paul’s uncle, Joe, and his cousin, Joe Jr., are foils in this “class struggle” that ultimately fractures that Crown family and forces Paul to lea ...
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Jane Eyre, The Feminist Tract"
... her
motivation from the experiences she had undergone while living in the
Victorian era. Her approach in advocating social reform is to establish
Jane as a model for readers. Readers are meant to examine Jane's life,
especially the manner in which she handles problems or confrontations in
her relationships, and to follow her example in their own lives. Just as
we see Jane as a model of a woman successful in asserting her self-worth,
we are also given a warning about the possible outcome of failure to
realize self-worth in Bertha Rochester. This facet will also be discussed
briefly. Bronte uses the motivation of personal experiences to create the
life of Jane Ey ...
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The Scarlet Letter: Symbolism
... the author's tone and diction as a beautiful, gold and colorful piece.
Pearl, Hester's child, is portrayed Puritanically, as a child of sin who should be treated as such, ugly, evil, and shamed. The reader more evidently notices that Hawthorne carefully, and sometimes not subtly at all, places Pearl above the rest. She wears colorful clothes, is extremely smart, pretty, and nice. More often than not, she shows her intelligence and free thought, a trait of the Romantics. One of Pearl's favorite activities is playing with flowers and trees. (The reader will recall that anything affiliated with the forest was evil to Puritans. To Hawthorne, however, the forest w ...
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