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1984
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the mob and "Big Brother" is the Mafia's strange way of making someone disappear
or "vaporize" (Orwell ). Almost unknowingly a person's identity can be changed,
altered, or deleted.
Authorities use security and surveillance cameras to observe criminal
activities or possibly every day activities. Too much surveillance liberties
are given to police or FBI. By using hi-tech cameras which can actually
document a person's life. Unknowingly, there may be a cute little camera
installed in the bedroom.
Another way that today's society controls the masses is subliminal
messages. Illegal now, subliminal messages were widely used in the
entertainment business ...
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Canterbury Tales (reeve Charac
... the Reeve seems to be more of a
specific individual than a representative of a large class of people.
After Chaucer presents the physical characteristics of the Reeve, he
then describes the Reeve’s occupation. A reeve by definition is a minor
official or superintendent on an estate, generally an intermediary between a
lord and his serfs. His job included being responsible and accountable for
all his master’s accounts and animals, as shown in this excerpt from The
Canterbury Tales:
“His swin, his hors, his stoor, and his pultrye
was hoolly in the Reeves governinge,
and by his covenant yaf the reckeninge,
sin that his lord was twenty-yeer of ...
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Evil In Human Nature
... towards her. Even after he realized what he did was wrong and unacceptable he continued on. This man was thinking of only himself because he felt that he might be questioned and accused of things. His actions may not have been violent but they were still evil. Another story where evil and human nature bind together is in "A Rose for Emily". This story and also a town's ability to pry and gossip. Emily was so in love with her lover that even after he died she slept with his corpse. Her actions did not allow the young man to rest in peace. Her actions were turned from love to evil without even realizing it. the townspeople were extremely worried about Emily literally ...
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The Scarlet Letter
... an elegant, beautiful woman standing tall and proud. During this time, Hester’s emotions, at full integrity, mirroring her appearance. When Hester is being questioned upon the scaffold, her virtue shines through when she refuses to name the partner of her sin. In the next example, Hester’s pride and stature both seem to dwindle in accordance to her appearance. Within the next seven years, Hester has gone through a change both physically and emotionally. The book describes to have absorbed all the rebellious and fiery qualities of Hester, leaving a cold and lonely woman, her tenderness “crushed so deeply into her heart that it can never show itself more.” At t ...
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
... of slavery and its geographical distribution in early
America. Also, it is important to have basic understanding of the Christian
faith and its two major kinds of believers at the time. There were those who
believed that all were equal and that all had souls that were to be treated with
compassion, and those who argued that God had created them superior to all
blacks. Keep in mind that Mrs. Stowe was living through all of what is in her
story. So while providing social, political, and religious commentary, she also
spatters her work with racism and subtle bigotry that would not be found in most
modern writing.
Uncle Tom's Cabin is a novel about how trust i ...
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Canterbury Tales: The Knight
... before embarking on it to change his clothes.
Additionally, the Knight has led a very busy life as his fighting career
has taken him to a great many places. He has seen military service in Egypt,
Lithuania, Prussia, Russia, Spain, North Africa, and Asia Minor where he always
"won the highest honor". Amazingly, even though he has had a very successful
and busy career, he remains an extremely humble man: indeed, Chaucer maintains
that he is meek "as a maiden". Moreover, Chaucer claims the Knight has never
said a rude remark to anyone in his entire life. Clearly, the Knight possesses
an outstanding character, and Chaucer gives to the Knight perhaps one of ...
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Do You Have A Voice
... as the story goes, Huck plays a trick on Jim and Jim thinks that Huck is dead. When Jim finally realizes that Huck is not dead, he gets really angry at Huck. Jim says, “ Dat truck dah is trash; en trash is what people is dat puts dirt on de head er dey fren’s em makes ‘em ashamed.” That line, from the story, is basically saying that Huck is trash for doing that to Jim. Then fifteen minutes later Huck goes into Jim’s wigwam and apologizes. This is showing that Huck does have a voice because any other white person from the south would not apologize to a slave. The slaves were thought of as being lower than any white person and Hu ...
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The Flies: Ideal Of Authority
... which it is realized that each person has control over his actions, and no authority figure can govern a person’s free will.
In the beginning of the play, Electra, daughter of Clytemnestra and the late Agamemnon, is introduced. At this point, Electra is leading a life of servitude, brought about by the death of her father, and the acquired power of gisthus. Electra has many dreams and wishes that she is unable to fulfill due to her low status in society. One of these dreams includes the reappearance of her brother Orestes, who disappeared from the city and their father was killed. Orestes does in fact return to Argos, and at one point offers to take El ...
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A Wizard Of Eathsea
... made his soul yearn for love, because he never got it as a child. He was a wild and unruly child, and the only time his aunt paid attention to him is when she found out he had powers. It is as if the aunt used him to live vicariously though, and that would make anyone upset and cold to others. However, Ged learns to overcome all of his emotional struggles and becomes someone who is caring toward others. When he is a little older, he leaves his home. This is easy for him to do because he has no emotional ties to anyone in Ten Alders, and he has the will to learn. He has almost “a calling” to go with Ogion, and it is his fate to do so. He can feel ...
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Ethan Frome: Failure
... in the house alone. His wife was seven years his senior
and always seemed to have some kind of illness. It seemed all she ever did
was complain, and he resented this because it stifled his growing soul.
Since his wife was continuously ill, and her cousin needed a place to stay,
they took her in to help around the house. Ethan took an immediate
propensity to her cousin, Mattie, because she brought a bright light upon
his dismal day. He seemed to have found someone that cared for him, was
always happy and could share his youth, unlike his sickly wife who always
nagged him. He longed to be with Mattie, however he had loyalty to his wife.
Being married to the wron ...
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