... Art records his father’s memories in a series of oral interviews: Vladek’s courtship of the wealthy Anja, the marriage that facilitated his rise in the business world of the Jewish community of Sosnowiec, his times in the Polish Army and capture by the Nazis in 1939, and his release and return. Vladek tells about how the Nazis policies of extermination were put into practice. The concentration camps began to fill; yet Vladek and Anja manage to survive using strategies, and blind luck, until they are caught and sent to Auschwitz. “We had to make for ourselves “bunkers,” places to hide” (Spiegelman, pg. 110). By hiding in these bunkers they are able to avoid the ...

... Dave feels as if he is surrounded by people who treat him as a child and he does not like this at all. “You ain’t nothing but a boy. You don’t need a gun.” This statement said by Joe, is the main reason why Dave truly wants a gun, to feel independent. Even though Dave wants to be acknowledged as an adult, his actions are very immature and childlike. The act of cornering his mother for a gun is one good example of immaturity. Dave feels as though he can not ask his dad for the gun for fear of rejection, a perfect example of immaturity. Daves defiance to his mother’s rules is another example of immaturity. Dave’s mother agrees t ...

... has most of his life concentrated his efforts in order to establish a reputation of being in the uppermost fraction of the social hierarchy. Once, this is beyond doubt achieved, he does not experience a sense of success, only a lack of motivation to go on. To earn the hart of Daisy thus becomes his only goal and dedication in life. This symbolizes how Gatsby being frustrated and disillusioned by failing to be satisfied in his long sought position, tries to escape the American dream in favor of the soft values in life. Daisy becomes his obsession in life and the disappointment when he realizes her lack of affection for him is fatal. By introducing Nick as a nar ...

... Lennie as a friend and a favor. With all these problems that Lennie caused George, especially with work, such as getting run out of Weed because they thought Lennie tried to rape a young women. “They run us outa Weed,” he exploded triumphantly. Anyone would have given up on him and left, but not George. George stayed with him because he loved him. He remained for a friend. George’s other strong characteristic was taking the life of a friend, out of love and compassion. He also did it out of respect, so Lennie could die with dignity. “George was quite for a moment. “But not us,” he said. “Because____” “Because I got you an’____” “An I got you. We got each other, ...

... through the fighting amongst the children, the violence of the household, and the family’s treatment of Maggie’s death. The kids in the world of Maggie fight each other for the positions of control and power among other children. The novel opens with a scene of violence. Two different groups of boys are engaged in a bloody scuffle. Crane writes, “A very little boy stood upon a heap of gravel for the honor of Rum Alley. He was throwing stones at howling urchins from Devil’s Row who were circling madly about the heap and pelting at him” (Crane 3). That the kids are battling for the so-called “honor of Rum Alley” (Cra ...

... and symbolism to emphasize Marco's honor which, in my opinion, is his prominent characteristic. Throughout the play, we can clearly see that the plot helps us develop Marco's character in our imagination. For example, he is an illegal alien, and this might give the reader a less honorable view of him, and it might justify Eddie's action. But the fact that Marco left his family to give them support and to save his oldest son who is "sick in the chest," (pg. 535) makes the reader forget about his illegal stay and makes his status rise to the one of a hero. In this play, Marco's actions lead us to the discovery of a violent side which he uses to defend his honor i ...

... and noble if he goes down in war…he lies there dead…but whatever death lays bare, all wounds are marks of glory." If Hector had salvaged his pride and retreated to safety, he would have lived to defend Troy. Therefore, the possibility arises that he could have stopped the onslaught of the Acheans altogether, and won the war for the Trojans. The result of Hectors pride was his death and the betrayment of his fellow warriors and friends. Another person within the Iliad whose pride was the downfall of his character, was Patrocleus. Patrocleus was a great warrior, friend, and asset to the Achiens. But, he made foolish choices on account of his pride. For in ...

... end of the novel by suggesting that crime and punishment bring about the end of civilized life. In the same chapter he describes the overgrown vegetation of weeds around the prison. The weeds symbolize how corrupt civilization really is. He also points out a positive symbol, the wild rose bush. This represents the blossoming of good out of the darkness of all civilized life. The most important symbol which is carried throughout the novel is undoubtedly the scarlet letter A. It initially symbolizes the immoral act of adultery but by the end of the novel the "A" has hidden much more meaning than that. The "A" appears in many other places than on the chest ...

... the two years that we have him under view, does he venture upon an idea that is remotely original-and that time the heresy almost ruins him."(Bloom) At first the reader sees Babbitt as a person more than happy to conform to the standards set for him by the rest of society. Babbitt goes about his normal routine praising modern technology, material possessions and social status as ways to measure the worth of an individual. In fact the readers first encounter with Babbitt sees him praising modern technology. "It was the best of nationally advertised and quantitatively produced alarm-clocks, with all modern attachments, including cathedral chime, interm ...

... the hunters by saying they "merely prefer death to life, darkness to light." The writer claims that killing for sport should not be continued. The dominant mode of the paper is evaluation. Many of his stronger arguments use comparison and contrast to show the difference between the good and the bad. " He seems to get nothing other than the satisfaction of saying: ‘Something which wanted to live is dead.' " On the other hand the killer for food receives life in return for his killing, further stating that the hunter for sport is evil. This work clearly exposes gaming hunters and expresses how senseless it is to kill for fun. Krutch identifies huntin ...