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The Lord Of The Flies
... occurred during wartime.
The story begins when a group of British boys crash on an uninhabited
island. In the beginning they area all unruly and unmorginized. Finally, a boy
by the nakme of Ralph decides to take charge and call a meeting. The boys
declare him “chief” and then begin to follow his lead. Ralph is also assisted
by another lad by the name of Piggy. The group of boys were getting along fine
until Jack Merridew, a boy who wanted to be “chief” instead, decided to go his
own way. He disobeyed Ralph and did things his own way. He was to preoccupied
witdh his own whims to do the act that was most important on the island, which
was to keep the ...
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Lord Of THe Flies: Defects Of Society Due To Nature Of Individuals
... other fought in Europe. It taught us
not fighting, politics, or the follies of nationalism, but about the given
nature of man." After the war he returned to teaching and wrote his first novel,
Lord of the Flies, which was finally accepted for publication in 1954. In 1983,
the novel received the Noble Prize and the statement, "[His] books are very
entertaining and exciting. . . . They have aroused an unusually great interest
in professional literary critics (who find) deep strata of ambiguity and
complication in Golding's work. . . ." (Noble Prize committee) Some conceived
the novel as bombastic and didactic. Kenneth Rexroth stated in the Atlantic,
"Golding's ...
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The Power And The Glory
... Greene uses these elements to show a main theme for his novel, is very good. The elements come together to show the theme, which is pity. Pity for a fellow human being.
Setting is a major element of fiction. The setting of a piece of literature can set the mood of the scene. Setting, can also make the reader feel a certain way. Some of the scenes in “The Power and the Glory” evoke certain feelings in the reader. In the scene when the whiskey priest was put the crowded jail, for having liquor on him, Greene makes the scene so horrible that you can’t help but feel sorry for the priest. As Kenneth Allott said, “The crowded unseen figures in the dark seem like ...
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The Great Gatsby: Life In The 1920s
... never gets Daisy, the women he loves. The plot is well structured and easy to follow even though it is very complex and has a lot of internal conflicts. The plot is very entertaining because it involves a character striving for a goal that he is never able to accomplish.
The Characters in the novel played a big role in developing the story. The characters give the impression that they are respectable and wealthy. They all are very charming and elicit. They are in fact horrible people who had hardly any morals. These characters portrayed people who were corrupt and dishonest. They are likeable because they lived a life that most people can only dream of. The ...
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Evaluation Of The Lord Of The Flies
... a pig. He vows to kill it the next time. On their return, Ralph holds
an informational meeting and informs the boys that they will be safe, but that
they must start a signal fire and set up temporary shelters until help can be
found. A rumour of a beast is heard, but is quickly discounted as a nightmare.
It will later be a major theme in the book. On the mountain, fire is created,
but only through the use of Piggy's glasses. After Jack goes off to hunt and
comes back, Ralph discusses the problems of people not working with Jack. Simon
goes into the jungle alone and contemplates. The boys become used to the daily
tasks on the island. The small children play all the t ...
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The Pearl: Selfishness And Greed
... Coyotito is improving,
he says to Kino, "Sometimes, my friend, the scorpion sting has a curious
effect. There will be apparent improvement, and then without warning -
pouf!" Then he poisons Coyotito and tells Kino he will return in an hour.
When the doctor returns he gives Coyotito the anecdote and then asks when
he will get paid.
The next show of greed comes from the dealer that Kino was going to
sell the pearl to. The dealer tells Kino that his pearl is large and
clumsy, and that no one would buy it. Then he offers Kino one thousand
pesos, but Kino knows that the pearl is worth fifty thousand pesos. When
Kino doesn't agree to sell the pearl for a thousand ...
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Lord Of The Flies; Creating A New Society
... a group of young school boys, who are victims of a nuclear war, are
sent away to a deserted island to ensure their safety. The problem that
William Golding presents to the readers of LORD OF THE FLIE S is one that
suggests what might happen when a group of young boys is faced with the
challenge of creating a new civilization for themselves without the help of
adults. The boys must take what they have been taught and incorporate that
into a new society governed by themselves. Before long these boys will
deal with the many fears associated with this new life and the power
struggles for survival that will exist along the way.
The boys' creatio ...
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The Scarlet Letter: Dimmesdale As The Greatest Sinner
... middle of the night. However he was to coward to stand there in the day when people could actually see him. Even in the end of the novel when he confesses he is about to leave the country, still running away from his problems, never facing the consequence of his sin. The townspeople dont want to believe his sin anyway because they think to highly of him. He neglected his parental responsibilities as a father by not keeping in touch with Pearl and Hester. This was a very sinful thing to do. When Pearl asks him if he will stand with them on the scaffold he says no, just crushing the child. And Hester does nothing cut encourage this behavior by saying that one ...
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A Modest Proposal: A Different Version
... This
deep sleep is a common occurrence at Jesuit Prep. Yet, every time the
teachers bore us to sleep, our future is hurt by our loss of vital
information to help us continue through High School College. As humbly as
I may, I propose to solve this problem and help the students of Jesuit Prep
enjoy these classrooms of boredom. This proposal, deeply thought out to
solve the common problem of students sleeping and hurting their future
lives and careers is to place table top dancers in every classroom.
I have worked out the details entailing the added cost of these daily
dancing ladies. A well-known friend of mine, who owns a nightclub off of
Harry Hines, was ...
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The Scarlet Letter: Roger's Character Stereotyped As An Abusive Person
... his wife had an affair, he told her not to tell anyone he was her husband. He then lived his life to find out who made his wife pregnant, and therefore put Hester in constant fear for her true love. He went about his life, indifferent to what he was putting her through. She was affected greatly by his schemes, and thus Chillingworth emotionally abused his wife, as was his standard of doing things.
Pearl was abused because of Chillingworth's neglect towards her. He could have looked past his wife's sin and loved his daughter. He could have cared for her and supported her, but he chose not to. He failed to look into his heart and nurture his daughter. He volunt ...
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