... has one escape--the Mississippi River constantly flowing nearby. Here nature is presented as a thought provoking environment when experienced alone. The river is quiet and peaceful place where Huck can revert to examine any predicament he might find himself in: "They went off, and I got aboard the raft, feeling bad and low…Then I thought a minute, and says to myself, hold on,- s'pose you'd a done right and give Jim up; would you felt better than you do now? No, says I, I'd feel bad…" (p.127). Only a few weeks with Jim and still feeling great ambivalence, Huck returns to the river to think. Twain tries here to tell the reader how strong the "mob" really is, and onl ...

... from the Anglo-Saxon language, meaning "counsel." That is how Ralph works, he is an embodiment of democracy; he is willing to be a leader but knows that it's important for each of the boys to be able to speak their mind. At the beginning of the book the position of Jack and Ralph is more or less equal. They are both well - conditioned boys of school age, who find themselves on a lonely island with some other boys of various age, but not older than themselves. They share similar opinions about their situation and its solution. They both want to be rescued and taken home. They both realize that there are a lot of things they must do to survive on the island until ...

... in life all these terms apply. By the time that Dickens began writing David Copperfield he was already a profound author with great popularity. I believe he wanted to portray life as best he could, he wanted to show what life was to him: and what better way than a biography closely related to Dickens himself. We could call it a 'Novel of personal memory' but we have to keep in mind the full original title: 'The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copperfield, the Younger, of Bluderstone Rookery. (Which he never meant to published on any account.) This complete title strongly suggests that this is one man's story written for hims ...

... an Arroyo in this story. The arroyo is a river polluted by sewage, to the boys it symbolizes a place for them to rebel and yell words they are not allowed to speak. Also the grinding ball found in the story symbolizes “ perfection”, it symbolizes the boys’ childhood’s. When the boys bury the grinding ball, they bury their childhood along with it. The symbolism Ri’os used in his story illuminated the theme, which is change is unstoppable , and that change is always accompanied by loss. In the story “Miss Brill” the author Katherine Mansfield uses symbolism to reinforce and illuminate the theme. Miss Brill is a very lonely lady, she’s all alone. Miss Bril ...

... are signs of rebellion, and protestation, even though both novels do not end the same end the same, both Sam and Tita get their point across. Hally is a young white boy living in Africa, it is safe to say that he was raised by a black man by the name of Sam. Now Hally is starting to grow up and he is noticing things which he did not notice when he was younger. He realized that where he lives white people have certain rights over black people. Hally owns a cafe and he has got two black men working for him, one of which is Sam. Hally walks in one morning and finds Willie and Sam dancing, preparing for a dance contest. "Hally- Think you stand a chance. Act your bloo ...

... 'their unsuspected hero'. The story ends with Lengel working his till and Sammy looking around for the girls, but they were gone of course. Sammy's stomach was turned as he wondered how hard the world was going to be from then after. Through out the story, I felt that Sammy was feeling trapped in life by his job. When Sammy made reference to him making a song up for when he was done ringing someone's groceries through the till, "'Hello (bing) there, you (gung) hap-py pee-pul (splat)!' - the splat being the drawer flying out.". Sammy knew he had been working there for a long time and was getting sick of working there. I believe Sammy felt as if he was placed i ...

... are thin” (46). Prufrock believes that he is to old for adventure and feels that he has lost his chance for love. He expresses this by saying, I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think they will sing to me (120-125). The mermaid being his love which might reject him if he so dares to ask the question. Prufrock is a procrastinator and the older he gets, the less likely he will propose his love. He stalls by saying to himself “there will be time”(23) for “a hundred decisions”(32 ...

... of flying fish and dolphin of which he would like to have salt on. This part of the story tells of a cold and harsh sea, that is, one that has value and mystery as well as death and danger. It has commercial value as well as the population of life in it. It is dark and treacherous though, and every day there is a challenge. A similar story tells about a tidal pool with life called `Cannery Road'. This part of the story has to deal with figures of Christ. It mainly deals with Santiago as being a figure of Christ and other characters as props, that is, characters which carry out the form of biblical themes. On the day before he leaves when he wakes up, Manoli ...

... number of women were too poor to get a divorce or even runaway from their husbands. Husbands of these times supported the family and were the only ones who had a job in the family. In “Sweat” Delia was the supporter of the family she worked every day supporting herself and Sykes. This was not very common in these times. Most women stayed home and watched the children while the men supported the family. With women not working this made it hard for them to get enough money to leave their husbands and support themselves and their children without their husbands. The story gives women of domestic violence courage and strength to get out of an abusive relationship. I ...

... a definite influence on Paul, but all three are shown in different times of his life. This influence goes on to shape the life of Paul. In conjunction to this, the story of “The French Lieutenants Woman” and the main character in that story, Charles, will be compared showing similarities and differences of the relationships of women in his life. In the story “Sons and Lovers” from the very beginning their was a connection between Paul and his mother. It was seen that a bond was formed between the two of them, but it wasn’t very strong in the beginning. The strong mother –son bond was between Paul’s older brothe ...