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A Pair Of Tickets By Amy Tan
... her for a day they plan to take a plane to Shanghai, China where Jandale will meet her two half-sisters for the first time. It is both a blissful time and yet a time of remorse, Jandale has come to China to find her Chinese roots that her mother told her she possessed, and to meet her two twin half-sisters whom her mother had to abandon on her attempt to flee from the Japanese.
Some people have no opportunity to get to know their heritage and their long lost family members. Jandale however, had almost waited her entire life to connect with her heritage and her family. She was willing to visit China and meet with her two half-sisters only in recognition to her moth ...
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A Clean Well-Lighted Place
... throws the old man out of the bar just so he can go into bed with his wife. The young man has absolutely no respect for the older man who is deaf. He yelled at the old man saying, "You should have killed yourself last week." The waiter treats him like an obstacle as if he is slowing down his life.
The second waiter introduced is a middle-aged man. He does not say much, but it seems as though that this is because he does not want to get in a fight with the younger waiter. All he does is ask the young waiter questions, as if the middle-aged waiter was sort of stuck in a catch twenty-two. The middle aged man felt for the old man but could not expre ...
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Summer Of My German Soldier
... Madlee is a journalist that becomes great friends with Patty. Charlene teaches Patty all the basic journalism skills and also supports Patty when no one else will. Anton Reiker was a prisoner of war. After he escapes the POW camp he hides in the room above Patty's garage. Patty feeds and clothes Anton. Anton is kind and generous to others, but more than anything he wants to protect Patty. He is one of Patty's only supporters. Pearl Bergen is Patty's mom. She is nervous and quick to judge people, but especially Patty. She is rude and does not protect Patty from her father when he decides to beat her. FBI agent Pierce is the man who comes to question Patty before ...
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A Critical Analysis Of "Revelation" By Flannery O'Connor
... Mrs. Turpin, the main character, refers to
the higher class woman as “well-dressed and pleasant”. She also labels the
teenage girl as “ugly” and the poor woman as “white-trashy”. When Mrs. Turpin
converse with her black workers, she often uses the word “nigger” in her
thoughts. These characteristics she gives her characters definitely reveals the
Southern lifestyle which the author, Flannery O'Connor, was a part of. In
addition to her Southern upbringing, another influence on the story is Flannery
O'Connor's illness. She battled with the lupus disease which has caused her to
use a degree of violence and anger to make her stories somewhat unhappy. The
il ...
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Time And Fate In Romeo And Jul
... make thee think thy swan a crow." (I, ii, l 86-87) To show his appreciation, the servant asks for Romeo's presence at the ball. Romeo should have considered the servant's warning; if Romeo occupies the name of Montague, he shall not be permitted. Once at the ball, Romeo is searching for a maiden to substitute the unrequited love of Rosaline. Romeo happens to gaze upon Juliet, who charms Romeo. Romeo proclaims, " Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!/ For ne'er saw true beauty till this night." (I, v, l 52-53) Since Romeo declares his love for Juliet, she feels the attraction also. They believe that they are in love and must marry. However, it is a genui ...
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Antogonistic Enlightenment
... without begging the question of propriety.
Brille is a political prisoner in racially segregated South Africa, anyone would assume he joined politics to end apartheid. Yet, in describing the unbelievable "human brutality" he has witnessed, he describes the fighting of his 12 children (21). Hannetjie assumed Brille was accustomed to Hannetjie's oppressive behaviors, but ironically Brille was only now a victim of violence (21). He did not use politics to better his life, until he was imprisoned for only pretending to do so before (23). Brille likens his experience in prison to his experience with his family, he becomes aware of his power to make others behave ...
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Exotica - Character Analysis
... they appear to be acting without any apparent explanation - and then seem even more real when we understand them.
Exotica clearly illustrates the importance of character in film. It is common in the classic Hollywood film to simply portray one principle character and create the story around him/her. However, Egoyan's Exotica differs in this respect, as he portrays five principle characters, each with separate desires, and unifies them via the complex and tangled narrative in such a manner that by the end, these people are so tightly wound up together that if you took one away, their world would collapse. After the first few scenes of the film, we are taken to c ...
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Character Sketch Of Mr. Pignatti
... him. Mr. Pignatti a lonely man with only friend, a monkey at the local
zoo, welcomed John and Lorriane as friends. He really enjoyed their
company and tried to make them happy. Mr. Pignatti acted like a big kid,
but the problem is he's 50 year's old. He goofs around, drinks wine, buys
them anything they want. Their parents never did that. As time goes on the
Lorriane and John grow more attached to Mr. Pignatti to the point of love.
While he is fooling around in his child like way Mr. Pignatti over exerts
him self and has a heart attack.
Mr. Pignatti must stay at the hospital to recover, amazingly he
gives the keys to John and Lorriane! Their parents would ne ...
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Hamlet 11
... his soul. It if he had done it he could have possible damned his own soul.
Another reason why Hamlet delays taking action against Claudius is because Hamlet wants to get him to admit that he is guilty of killing his father. Hamlet could possible be seen as being greedy here. Hamlets not only want to kill his Uncle Claudius but he wants to damn his soul and wants him to admit his guilt so that Hamlet can become King. To achieve his goal Hamlet writes a play that is called "Mouse Trap". In the play, a man kills his own brother and marries his sister -in-law. During Hamlets play the "mouse Trap" Claudius acts guilty by standing and making a commotion and stopping th ...
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Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Grim P
... is not simply a criticism of what Orwell saw happening in his national government with the coming of English Socialism, but a warning of the consequences of contemporary governmental practices, and what they where threatening to bring about.
Perhaps the book seems so bleak because the events in the book are a somewhat logical projection from current conditions and historical environment that Orwell observed in 1948. Perhaps people would be more comfortable with the book if they could rule out in their minds the possibility of the prophecy becoming a reality.
In a critique of his own work, Orwell called Nineteen Eighty-Four "A work of a future terrible [sic] ...
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