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An Analysis Of Hawthorne's Short Stories
... he also uses male characters as vile
transmitters of evil, therefore he is not a misogynist and targets both sexes
equally.
In Young Goodman Brown, Faith, the wife of Young Goodman Brown is a
character who loses her faith and submits to the Devil. Hawthorne, in this case
directly uses faith as the carrier of a flaw. That is, she does not contain
enough self-control, or faith to refuse the calling of the Devil. Even with the
emotional plea from her husband, “Look up to heaven, and resist the wicked one,”
(1590) Faith cannot resist the Devil's temptation and has “uncertain sorrow,”
(1587) after submitting to him. The character of Faith which Hawthorne
portra ...
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The Joy Luck Club: Journey To Adulthood
... her village and her home. This natural disaster forced her family to move to a nearby village, but Lindo stayed behind. She was to move in with her future in-laws, the Huangs. When she arrived at her new home, the place where she would start her new future, she could see by the outside of the house that the Huangs were much higher in society than her family was. Once she stepped inside, however, she sees that the house is uncomfortable and imposing. Lindo was not welcomed warmly as a new member of the family. Instead she was shown to the servants' quarters which gave her a good idea about her position in this household. Her sole purpose of being the br ...
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The Sniper
... choice in this story; very dangerous, for they are very strong guns that are “true” war weapons. As evidenced above, location plays a big part in how dangerous a war is.
Bullets, of course, are another big danger in war. The author shows with bullets how close you are to death in a war. In the event where lights his cigarette, he is twice almost killed with the “enemy” sniper’s bullets! ’s own bullets are quite dangerous, too, as seen when he easily kills the tank commander and citizen woman informer. After shooting them, the “enemy” sniper sees him, and “His forearm [is] dead.” This is considered lucky as far as war goes, though, for instead of just having a ...
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Lord Of The FLies: Fear
... of quite a young age.
Generally associated with such ages, are night-mares and the infamous “
boogey-monster” These things, are enough to frighten any kid of youth, but
now they are on an island, a new place, where they are not cared for
anymore. It is quite understandable that the first mention of a “snake-
thing” or “beastie”, be dismissed by the elder boys, as a nightmare. Even
the names echo a childish ring. However, the other little boys, do not
dismiss it. Already, by the second chapter, fear has worked its way into
their society.
“He say's the beastie came in the dark” (about a littilun)
“But I tell you there isn't a beast!” (Ralph)
From this moment on ...
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Prejudice: Looking Through The Window
... the Finches, in her words," …they're good folks. But
they're not our kind of folks." Scout on the other hand doesn't care about
how much money Walter has but about his potential to be a friend. She
doesn't let irrelevant things like money cloud her judgment of people.
The most typical of all prejudice views is that of race. An
example of this is during Tom Robinsons trial. Tom was a black man accused
of raping a white woman, a crime that is punishable by the death penalty.
Even though all the facts proved that he didn't do it, the jury still found
him guilty "beyond a reasonable doubt". Tom's life has been sacrificed to
racism by the people who were there to ...
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The Touch Of Magic By Lorena Hickok
... wanted them because Annie was nearly blind and Jimmie
had something wrong with his hip and had to walk with a crutch. Annie's one
year old sister was taken right away by her aunt and uncle because she was
darling. Nobody knew where to send them so that's how she ended up at the
infirmary.
A few months after they had arrived, Jimmie got deathly ill. The doctor'
s couldn't do anything for him and unfortunately he past away. Annie took this
unbelievably hard for she had realized that Jimmie was the only thing she had
ever loved.
Annie's attitude then worsened even more because she felt she had
nothing left. She would throw hissy fits at the nurse ...
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Jonathan Swifts Gulliver's Travels
... run away. He says, "I must
needs discover some more rational being," (203) even though as a human he
is already the most rational being there is. This is why Swift refers to
Erasmus Darwins discovery of the origin of the species and the voyage of
the Beagle_to show how Gulliver knows that people are at the top of the
food chain. But if Lemule Gulliver is satirized, so are the Houyhnhnms,
whose voices sound like the call of castrati. They walk on two legs instead
of four, and seem to be much like people. As Gulliver says, "It was with
the utmost astonishment that I witnessed these creatures playing the flute
and dancing a Vienese waltz. To my mind, they seemed li ...
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Michael Korda's "Defining Success"
... of a small outcome on success. Another thing
is that if that person is from a rich family then their dreams is most likely
beyond their reach. This is because they have capitol and capitol can almost buy
dreams. Why have a small dream.
Education also plays an important role in success. Not unless they got
lucky on becoming a movie star or on a cover of a magazine because they were
noticed or spotted by some important person. Without education then you wouldn't
have any ideas where to start on how to become successful. Also, you wouldn't
have any confidence because you would be afraid and wouldn't know how to face
obstacles that might be in the way of your ...
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Brighten Beach Memoirs: Neil Simon's Background Influence
... to be in trouble (Simon p 78). To help out his family he runs many errands “Go to Hansons. Get a half-pint of butter pecan. And…”(p. 93 Simon) was what Eugene often heard. Knowing his family counted on him, Eugene did the right thing and did not say no. Lastly, everyone in his family was exepting to pitch in and help. Simon is like that and under stands his role and makes sure everyone in the play has their own role in the house because he feels that that Is right (Simon p 54). Responsibility and exceptingness of his less fortune Neil Simon always had a way to keep everything under control. Finally Simon’s responsibility helped out a lot and helped the fami ...
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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
... the most part of her childhood these two cages were the most prominent ones although there were many other barriers which held her down. In the autobiography she recounts her feelings growing up and being restrained by certain cultural and gender based biases.
Angelou's childhood in Stamps, Arkansas a relatively poor town for the blacks in the neighborhood. The Maya character growing up was impressed by the field workers that would constantly pass through her grandmothers grocery store, with the suffering of their ill paid work. Right from the start of the novel Angelou demonstrates a humanistic sympathy for the Southern blacks. When Maya was a young girl ...
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