... me to learn all I can from him, gives me space in the workshops and material to experiment with.” (181). Merlin is able to learn a myriad of information while in Tremorinus' presence. This space that Tremorinus gives Merlin is the right tool to entitle Merlin to advance intellectually. Some mentors provide the space for knowledge to grow, but others are more effective because they set the foundation for the knowledge to develop. The personage who is the most efficacious and who bestows the true idea of knowledge on Merlin is Galapas. One day Merlin travels through the forest and stumbles on what looks like an inhabited cave. In the cave Merlin meets Galapa ...

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... the only thing that is important to them is that Tom Robinson is black. Even if the jurors wanted to say that they beleived Tom was innocent they would have to face the people of Maycomb and then they would be shunned for letting a black man go free. Boo Radley was also the victim of prejudice. The people of Maycomb county did not understand Boo, he was not seen outside of his house and people did not know what to think. They made up their own ideas of what he was like and made him out to be some sort of monster. They pre-judged him because he was different than they were. Scout later met Boo and discovered that there judgements of him were false. The s ...

... more academia than what the school is already shoving down his and everyone else's throat. The standard prep is only concerned with being on the top of the Honor Roll, so that everybody's parents can marvel at how smart (s)he is. There is one character that fits into no stereotype. "Leper" Lepillier is an individualist. Individualists are people who don't conform to social norms just for the sake of being accepted by others. Real individualists are not those people with blue and green hair you see on talk shows. Those people conform to a subculture, something that was less common during World War II. The real individualists of the world are quickly disappear ...

... inhuman. Although not a fool, Ray Kinsella was also not invincible. For example, he was forced to deal with defeat and hopelessness throughout his travels. Once, he misunderstood a message given to him and journeyed to a place that he was not called to go to. But, being the bright and resourceful person he was, he was not discouraged and continued to persevere. Ray Kinsella was called upon by forces left unknown to the viewers and himself to go on both a physical journey as well as a journey of the heart. After hearing voices proclaiming, "If you build it, they will come," Ray risked the economic and emotional stability of the family he loved dearly to build a b ...

... extravagant house shows the hypocrisy of the Puritans. They seek to punish those, like Hester, who break the laws of Puritan society but at the same time they too violate their own laws. The Puritans can not see the faults within themselves. Puritan society is seen as a place where “iniquity is searched out, and punished in the sight of rulers and people.” (pg. 58) The Puritans pride themselves on the uniform goodness of their town and their ways of dealing with sinful dissenters. Hester’s public appearance is seen as a blessing on the “righteous Colony of Massachusetts.” (pg. 50) The Puritans see their society as picturesque an ...

... a story that keeps a skiff of slave-hunters away from Jim: " 'Well, there's five niggers run off to-night, up yonder above the head of the bend. Is your man white or black?'...'He's white' " (110). Huck's tall tales are used for the survival of both Huck and Jim, and Jim knows this. Huck's stories are usually believed, but even when doubted, he manages to change his fib just enough to make it believable. An example of this is when he is caught as a stow-away on a raft and his original story is not believed by the crew: "Now, looky-here, you're scared, and so you talk wild. Honest, now, do you live in a scowl, or is it a lie?" (106). Huck then changes his s ...

... Blackpool look like he was a traitor to the other workers. They regarded him as an outcast, even though in actuality he was trying to help them. Stephen was married to a “disabled, drunken creature, barely able to preserve her sitting posture by steadying herself with one begrimed hand on the floor”. She had left him for years and he paid her, but she soon returned. Her returning made the “blackpool” started by Stephen’s co-workers, accept him even more. She was nothing like when they first married. She was now a drunk whom he did not care for anymore. The woman he did care for, Rachael, was the women he wished to marry now. Rachael, who, “showed a quiet oval fa ...

... from the headlines. Though abortion certainly remains a hot-button issue, the debate has shifted. For the time being, at least, the argument centers on whether or not the act should be legal, not on whether or not doctors are currently breaking the law by performing them. The antiquated plot line is not the story's main flaw. The biggest drawback here is a one-two punch of highly technical prose employed to relate a thoroughly dull story. Karen Randall, the daughter of an eminent physician, dies as the result of a botched abortion. Art Lee, a Chinese obstetrician, is accused of performing the D & C that has resulted in her death. Though Lee is known to be an a ...

... his home. Holden inhabits a hotel upon his return to the city, and there he encounters a prostitute; his innocence dominates his notoriety resulting in a minor conflict between the hooker and her pimp. Holden telephones many acquaintances in an attempt to ease his boredom among the remaining days. In very few occurrences, he achieves success. The wrath of the "phonies" constantly plagues Holden pending the sessions with the psychoanalyst; the treatment bequeathed to Holden consists of a "rest cure". Even after the inquiry and the treatment, the questions remain unanswered, and Holden invariably suffers from lack of love. Regular daily occurrences effec ...