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Stephen King's The Stand: Summary
... in her dreams, to
Boulder, Colorado.
On their way, they meet up with six people from various states in the
United States who joined them on their journey. Fran is disturbed by her
dreams, as all of them are by their own. She dreams of an old lady named
Abigail, in Colorado. This lady is kind and loving and promises to protect
them from the evil. In the dreams there is also a "Dark Man". He is always
there lurking, waiting to attack.
Harold admits to himself that he is in love with Fran and goes crazy
when he realizes how serious Fran has become with Stuart Redman, one of the
newcomers to their traveling group. Harold becomes insanely jealous and plots
t ...
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Where Should The Line Be Drawn?
... his broadcasts incite Nazis to annihilate many more Jews(80). The setting of Mother Night occurs in several different countries. Howard spends most of his childhood in Schenectady, New York. When his father, an engineer for the General Electric Company, is reassigned, the family moves to move to Berlin, Germany. After World War II, Howard is secreted by the CIA back to New York to escape extradition for crimes committed while under cover. Howard eventually turns himself in and is sent to Israel to be tried for war crimes. In the novel Mother Night, Howard’s crimes are not justified by his position in the CIA. Werner Noth, Police Chief of Berlin and Campbell ...
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Loves Music, Loves To Dance: Summary
... answering, these ads in hope that she will find Erin's killer.
Darcy goes on many dates and the one person she would never suspect.
While at his home, she finds Erin's ring.
The key scene in this novel is when Darcy is on a date with Michael
Nash, otherwise known as Charles North. She starts to get very nervous
because he is acting extremely strange, so she decides to walk around a
little at his “writing cabin”. Darcy goes to sit back down on the couch
and steps on something almost completely covered by the fringe on the rug.
Ignoring it, she sits down and begins shaking uncontrollably. While
shaking so badly, Darcy accidentally spilt some sherry on the ru ...
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Midsummer Nights Dream: Humor
... means "fragrant smells," while odious means "repulsive."
A simple mistake by someone that is low in the society, but totally changes the meaning of the sentence. This humor is obvious to everybody watching that Bottom had made a mistake. This type of humor, while obvious, sometimes doesn't portray the meaning correctly. Inferred humor is sometimes more suited for this.
Shakespeare used something like inferred humor to get across some other meanings that added to the play. One good example is the character of Puck. Puck is a hyperactive child that gets into a lot of mischief. His attitude toward his tasks is sort of a light and airy one. He does not take ...
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Othello - Injustice As A Theme
... around him and his surroundings to suit his own “peculiar” ends. And best of all, Iago appears to be a good and honest person to all involved parties until just before the close of the play. Everyone is his willing dupe. Every master villain attempts his level of excellency.
Iago, to achieve his revenge, makes Othello wrongfully suspect his wife of infidelity, and makes him insane with jealousy, enough to kill her in his rage. Othello is the general of the city of Venice, and a foreigner, a dark-skinned Moor. He has eloped with a senator’s daughter, Desdemona, and they love each other dearly. Othello is a level-headed practitioner of war, and ...
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THe Catcher In The Rye: Summary
... Phoebe, Holden's younger sister, is innocent just not quite as naive as Sally. It is clear that she is young and innocent, because of the odd things she does like constantly changing her middle name or paying for belching lessons, this she states towards the end of their conversation. One who is harden by and to the world would not take lessons in belching.
A catcher in the rye is a defender or a guardian of the innocent. The idea and the name are purely symbolic. The meaning is as the children are running thorough the rye they do not see the cliffs ahead and the plummet they will make. When they make this "fall" they lose their child-like innocence. This fall ...
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Things Fall Apart: Okonkwo
... that should have been followed was
dramatically altered, and his life took a completely new direction. " I could
have been a great man" he explains, if he only had the chance. The pride of
these men who have no faults in their own minds, but struggle to erase the
faults they know others can find. This essay will convey the value systems of
each character in their culture and the cinematic and literary techniques used
to magnify their presence in the works.
Charles foster Kane was a child that was very fond of his mother, as seen
in the first scene of the young characters life. Charles' father did not seem to
have any attachment to his son. Appearing quite igno ...
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Objectivism In The Founterhead
... always be what people want you to be. Then you’ve got them right where you want them” (261). Keating was so narrow-minded that he did not know that that secret was not a rare one at all. Much of the world knew and exercised this information everyday. Keating said that if you became what people wanted you to be then you would have them right where you want them. Keating must have wanted them playing with his soul then. Because when a person becomes what people want him to be he opens up his soul to be influenced. When a person gives pieces of your soul to too many people he is left with an empty shell. In effect that person becomes a virus, living o ...
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The Great Gatsby: Nick Was A Neutral Character
... dream still had not came true because Daisy did not break up with Tom and go with him. It can be seen in the last chapter on the novel, when Gatsby was murder, Daisy went to somewhere else with her husband, and did not go to Gatsby's funeray. I called up Daisy half and hour after we found him, called her instinctively and without hersitation. But she and Tom had gone away early that afternoon, and taken baggage with them. Therefore, Nike Carroway's analysis was right by these clear observation. However, Nike Carroway is a good narrator, he sees everything happen and does not trust everybody easily. So during the people discuss about something at a time, he doe ...
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The Silence Of The Lambs
... how dangerous he can be and explains the rules of the facility. After this she is led into the hall in front of Dr.Lecter’s cell. Once at his cell Clarice asks him the questions on the questionnaire but he is reluctant to answer. After returning to Washington she decides to try again with Dr.Lecter.
During the second interview Dr.Lecter tells Clarice that he knows who Buffalo Bill is. He tells Clarice that Buffalo Bill was a former patient of his and that his name is James Gumb. Dr.Lecter also told her that James had a storeroom in Baltimore. Clarice contacts the manger of the storage depot and goes inside Gumb’s space. While inside Clarice finds a car, after rearr ...
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