... prisoners is much more controlled. In the beginning, the prisoners loathe prison life. They come to feel restricted in everything they do. Simple activities that they once took for granted, such as using the restroom, are taken from them – granted only when told to do so. As time progresses, they come to accept prison’s daily routine. The prisoners grow accustomed to being told what to do, then doing it. When enough time passes, prison life is all the life that they know. Acceptance of their controlled life becomes dependence as they are no longer able to function on their own, but rely on being told what to do. In the final stages, the prisoners loose ...

... caste system consists of Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons, each caste ranging from minus to plus. Throughout the novel, Huxley describes everyday circumstances in which these people take part. For example, the cinema has been replaced with the "feelies", a type of moving picture that will give physical as well as visual and aural delight. Spearmint gum has given way to sex hormone chewing gum. Speaking about sex, causal sex is something that everyone participates in. In fact, in you don’t your peers look down on you and think that something is wrong with you. The population eats grammes of soma, a non-hangover-producing substitute for rum, da ...

... reality. We are forced to live within the confines of reality. Hence, "wishing does not make it so." There are definite laws of causality which are in effect, and are inescapable. She attempts to derive a morality from this view of metaphysics. She believe that man (sic) is a certain type of being: a rational animal. Man is the only form of being which must actually think in order to survive. This, to her, implies that it is RIGHT for man to think. The good is that which is useful to and promotes life. The life in question is ones own life. However, one doesn't have the responsibility for the lives of others, except in a negative sense.. not to interfer ...

... mentioned. Emily's father has great control over her actions. He has power to keep her from finding a life outside of his: "We remembered all the young men her father had driven away." Emily learns through her relationship with her father that the only way to love is through power. He dies when Emily is about 30 years old, and, while it gives her freedom, she mourns his death. The power held over her, which Emily interprets as love, is gone. Emily never experiences a normal relationship. The townspeople do not feel affection for her in the traditional sense. Instead, they regard Emily as "a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon ...

... deeds,showing honor and exemplifying bravery. But with all of his amazing characteristics, Beowulf had a hard time proving humility. "you’re Beowulf, are you - the same boastful fool who fought a swimming match with Brecca, both of you daring and young and proud, exploring the deepest seas, risking your lives for no reason but the danger? All older and wiser heads warned you not to, but no one could check such pride."(p.39, Beowulf). This quote best describes Beowulf as a child, full of pride and not that good at hiding it. "I fought that beast’s last battle, left it floating lifeless in the sea." (p.40 Beowulf). Another quote that showed that in his o ...

... done is definitely wrong and here begins his inner turmoil. With scrutiny, he looks at himself and tries to figure out which way to go. Should he continue with what he is doing and listen to Danforth or should he listen to his conscience? He does try a feeble attempt to talk to Danforth and explain how their actions are unjust, but again, his inner struggle pulls him back to a more moderate stand. Hale then decides to persuade the wrongly accused to confess witchcraft. At least this will save them from death by hanging. He preaches perjury to the people, even though this is also against their religion. Hale’s principles were ridden with guilt and sadness because of ...

... Money often changes a person, but it should not replace a human presence as a friend. With the arrival of Eppie after Silas's gold is stolen, his life becomes meaningful, joyous, and new emotions are evoked from him. "Silas pressed [the child] to him, and almost unconsciously uttered sounds of hushing tenderness…" (167) Eppie becomes Silas's treasure in life. Silas rears up Eppie as his own child and his life never becomes bleak again. Life just comes with hardships and treasures. You can't have one without the other. In Charles Dickens's Nicholas Nickleby, the title character is subjected to a difficult life. As the novel progresses however, N ...

... and lightning arrive, we feel peace when we are just '… outside the ring…' Like a child unaware of the complications his parents face in their relationship until they decided to separate or file for divorce. All of a sudden he is caught in the storm and looking for answers as to what caused this, in his perspective, sudden clash of ideas. Living '…between two massing powers…' often causes feelings of despair and loneliness where we just want to be alone and when bystanders such as family and friends who provide 'neutrality' try and comfort us we often push them away. 'None such shall be left alive;' goes to show that everyone loses in wa ...

... Bernice, Ambush and Little Caesar. Despite their squabbles, they love each other. Love is one of the major themes in this book. Gloria Naylor steps aside and lets the characters do her work for her. Love has the unfortunate nature of being objective and the best way to tell love stories is from every point of view. How else can one understand from the outside? On page one she starts with Cocoa telling her side of things and on twenty-two; here comes George’s side. And it continues on like this, back and forth, telling both sides of certain events through the fog that is each character’s own perception of things. This is a brilliant manipulation of ...

... designed to demolish the notion of war being a patriotic and meaningful adventure. The one particularly vivid image that got to me was that of the lone soldier who doesn't fasten his mask fast enough and suffers from the full effects of deadly gas: 'In all my dreams, before my helpless sight, He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.' And then: 'If you could hear at every jolt, the blood Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues.' Owen generates two powerful images aimed at discouraging the mere thought of war by its emotionally distressing descriptions. The ...