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Battle With Fate
... expanse, shining and wind-riven. It was probably splendid, it was probably glorious, this play of the free sea, wild with lights of emerald and white and amber"(p. 246). This quote shows the oceans relentless pursuit of the crew never letting up, and even though the ocean had beauty in all its ferocity, the crew never had time to realize it. The ocean was cruel despite its beauty. The crew was being smashed to pieces, the ocean doesn’t care. They were always trying to survive the unforgiving ocean. When the crew was finally within sight of land, and after all they had been through to stay alive, the ocean was still relentless holding the boat back from shore so it ...
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The Chrysalids: The Importance Of Telepathy
... 103 finally and idea gets out about some people being able to communicate through thought-shapes. When Katherine and Sally got caught and tortured they finally tell some of the names to the inspector. This forces David, Rosalind and Petra to runaway to the fringes, and they established some kind of contact with a woman from Sealant (Zealand, On page 134). The help that the sealant woman promised is on their way to the fringes. The plot is greatly influenced, David learns more things as the time goes on. He discovers who is the Spiderman(Gordon) and where is Sophie. He meets them and learn what it is like to live in the fringes. When the sealant woman rescues ...
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The Plague
... This absurdity amounts to an emptiness in our lives and makes our very existence meaningless. However, Camus also believed we could find meaning through “purpose action,” which means “revolting” against injustices and fighting the “against s that enslave man.” 3This belief runs throughout the novel; and the main characters all represent this belief.
Camus could not have created a better setting for the novel.The story takes place in the desert town of Oran, Algeria, in northern Africa.The city suffers from extremes of weather conditions; in the summer and the heat forces the inhabitants "to spend those days of f ...
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Injustice In To Kill A Mockingbird
... commit. His side of the story was not believed because he was black, which really shows the amount of injustice during the time the novel was set in. Through the whole trial, he did not retaliate at the white people, he did not get mad because he was improperly accused, he just showed the level of respect which everyone deserves. He handled the injustice with a manner reserved only for gentlemen, which is a good description of what he really was.
The third person to suffer injustice in the novel was Boo Radley. Many accusations were claimed about him even though they were untrue. Just because he didn't leave his house, people began to think something was wrong. Boo ...
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: Slavery
... been raised in Missouri, a slave state, Huck does not even
know how to doubt the morality of keeping slaves. In his eyes, an idea
must be right if it is believed and practiced by highly respected members
of the community. Even the widow who rescued him from his father owns
slaves. Huck shows his own belief in the practice of slavery when he
discovers that Jim has run away. He has promised not to tell but worries
that people will “call me a low-down Abolitionist and despise me for
keeping mum....” (43). During the course of their journey, the line that
Huck envisions between himself and Jim becomes increasingly fainter.
Society and its mores seem ...
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Interview With The Vampire
... Throughout the whole book, you can really look at the conflicts between them. They are, somehow, attached or attracted by each other, both the mortals and the immortals. Their love and hate and struggles go to such degrees, and yet limited by their nature, it was almost impossible to understand it at all. I believe Anne Rice had used those characters to express humanity, the whole plot was some kind of an irony. Something like a metaphor, though she exaggerated everything to make it poignant enough.
Not only were the characters a success, the time and place details were incredible. The costumes, ways of manner, history and every background changes as the years ...
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Mary Shelleys Frankenstein- Th
... as “wretch,” “thing,” and “catastrophe.” Thus, the monster’s humane qualities, including compassion, loyalty, and intelligence contrast to the wretched traits of his creator, making the horrible references much more suitable for Victor.
Unlike Victor, the monster shows great compassion despite his appalling appearance. For instance, he demonstrates his love for others during his time spent observing Felix and Agatha while in the village. He wishes “to return to the cottagers, whose story excited in [him] such various feelings of indignation, delight, and wonder, but which all terminated in additional love and reverenc ...
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Twain's" A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court" Satire
... can easily see Twain's dual-criticism.
When Hank arrives in Camelot, he quickly rises to power. His
manipulation of public opinion regarding him by the use of "miracles"
immediately brings Hank to the realization that he can basically do
whatever he pleases. His knowledge of nineteenth century technology makes
Hank Morgan a "human standing next to apes"(Robinson 190). This section
of the story is filled with Twain's commentary on the absurdness of the
ideals of Chivalry. When Camelot is looked at from the standpoint of
twentieth century practicality, it looks so absurd that it is
funny(Robinson 184). An excellent example of this can be found in the ...
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Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
... to evil and wants to kill him, Jekyll is upset and says only, “ Oh what a lesson I have learned! “. This shows that at least Dr. Jekyll realizes he made a mistake in the first place, he says to “ let him (me) alone to suffer for a great evil deed that I have committed”. He realizes that morally what he did was wrong. And that one shall just be as they are, and not try to change that. He tried, and he failed.
Dr. Hyde on the other hand is the evil side of Dr. Jekyll. Enfield points out that “ he (I) saw a strange, deformed man round the corner and bump into a young girl. The strange man did not stop but simply walked right over the youn ...
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The Allegory Of Young Goodman
... stands for Brown’s faith in god or a greater power than himself. “There was a scream, drowned immediately in a louder murmur of voices, fading into far-off laughter, as the dark cloud swept away, leaving the clear and silent sky above goodman Brown. But something fluttered down through the air, and caught on the branch of a tree. The young man seized it and beheld a pink ribbon. ‘My Faith is gone!’ cried he, after one stupefied moment. ‘There is no good on earth; and sin so but a name. Come devil! for to thee is this world given.’ ” (Hawthorne 196) The ribbon Brown seized from the branch was one of the things Hawthorne ...
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