... the hacksaw-blade that Ivan found back at the camp, Shukhov removes both mittens, one with the blade. He then unbuttons his coat and let the guards search him. They search him side and back and his pocket, and one guard also crushes the mitten that Ivan holds out which is the empty one. This was in the book as, He was about to pass him through when, for safety's sake, he crushed the mitten that Shukhov held out to him - the empty one. (Solzhenitsyn, Pg. 107) The smart move that he does is to place the empty mitten on top and take the risk that the guard will only search the empty one. Shukhov was lucky. Another example of having ...

... He anthropomorphises the animals, and alludes each one to a counterpart in Russian history. A Tale of Two Cities also typifies this kind of literature. Besides the central theme of love, is another prevalent theme, that of a revolution gone bad. He shows us that, unfortunately, human nature causes us to be vengeful and, for some of us, overly ambitious. Both these books are similar in that both describe how, even with the best of intentions, our ambitions get the best of us. Both authors also demonstrate that violence and the Machiavellian attitude of "the ends justifying the means" are deplorable. George Orwell wrote Animal Farm, ". . . to discredit the So ...

... around her, she longed for the romantic fantasy life she had dreamed about since she was a child. She found her life dull and unfullfilling and was constantly trying to change reality. Emma wanted a dreamlover. She wanted a man to fullfill all her fantasys, a man to rescue her from the life she was living and to take her into her fantasy world. Emma went through many lovers, searching for the one love that would last always. She wanted to live through her dreams, never realizing that she would never find her dreamlover. Emma died because she would not step out of her fantasy world. Living in a fantasy world, rather then the dream world, certainly ...

... change as a result of their experiences or influence of other people, or are they are the same at the end as they were at the beginning? Discuss. The prince, Edward Tudor changes a lot in this book. When he changes places with the pauper, Tom, he finds out how it feels to have no money, be filthy, and have nobody believe him for anything that he says. At the end of the story when Edward gets his thrown back, he remembers the poor people in Tom's town and gives money and food to them. 4. Describe briefly two dramatic scenes that would make good material for a preview, if a movie were made of this book. The first scene would be when Miles Hendon, Edward ...

... Keating is one that adheres to conformity; a man of little independent thought, a follower. Howard Roark, on the other hand, is a man aspiring to achieve a level of complete and utter independence from traditional principles. One telling passage occurs in a scene where Keating and Roark are discussing architecture. Keating: "How do you always manage to decide?" Roark: "How can you let others decide for you?" As two men on the extreme sides of conformity and independence, it is hard for Keating to understand how someone could be so sure of himself, whereas it is incomprehensible for Roark to believe that Keating could have so little self-assur ...

... the novel Frankenstein, Victor, the main character, is driven to insanity and death by his motivation, his own creation.He dedicates all of his time and knowledge to create a living human being from dead tissue.This "monster" becomes his motivation and influence throughout the rest of the novel.Victor blames himself and feels guilt for all of the crimes that the monster commits, and becomes sick and sorrowful.For example, the monster kills Victor's youngest brother William, and he takes the blame and feels the guilt for it.Another example from the novel is when the monster starts to become familiar with the little beauties and simplicities of life, but begins t ...

... has been conditioned by the society he used to live in. This is the type of society the children live in. Everything is a game until the beast. The beast signals the end of the games and start of reality. Lives are at stake in perspective of the boys and survival must occur in any form. Our society is much like this as today's society is also about survival and what choices we make to survive. The mini-society started off peaceful. The purpose was to set a signal fire and live off fruit until help came. The conflict came when the fire and hunting could not be committed to at the same time. As the fire was a 24 hour task and hunting needed the whole party, ...

... of their lurid like attitude. The Cunningham's are very respected by the citizen's of Maycomb county. The Cunninghams took nothing, unless they could pay it back. Walter the youngest in the Cunningham clan was in the same class at school as Scout Finch the daughter of Atticus Finch. While in school, a fresh young new school teacher known as Miss Caroline did not know the reputations of the predecessors of these two children. In what looked like a good day for the rookie teacher quickly turned into complete disarray and a total adversity trip for the teacher. Walter Cunningham being raised in a very hard working environment was taught not to take what he could not ...

... the very deep part of the south during the 1930's when the country was in a economical depression in a town called Maycomb. This novel was written in the first person, therefore we know that the narrator is a character in the story. This story is a flashback that covered around three years. He father Atticus that treat her as an invitingly. In the south the tradition and society is more important which is the individual is more important! He makes them learn everything by themselves, Therefore she tells us how she is getting educated. Jim was a very active boy, He has manners. He was the son of atticus. Scott was the daughter and narrator of Atticus. Atticus was a ...

... Wickham grabs Elizabeth’s mind, unlike Darcy who wins her heart. Wickham charms her, leading her to accept his story because he is such a typical soldier type. She fights his charm with her laughter, impertinence and indifference, but he still manages to take her in with transparent deception. Elizabeth is tied to Wickham by her intellectual commitment to objectivity, which translates into superficial bindings. Not at all silly like her ditzy sisters, Elizabeth is simply disengaged and she wishes to see and understand excitement. She finds her wish in Wickham, who provides her with a strange tale that is both shocking and appealing to Elizabeth. Elizabet ...