... the world. As a deeply religious man, the collective attitude that the life endowed by God upon the Irish peasantry was not worth living profoundly disturbed the conscience of one man in particular, that of Jonathan Swift. How could a person, much less a group of people, be so consumed by the pain of the sin-filled world that they could not feel any of the magnificence with which God had created the world? In answering this question, Swift discovered a series of social vices and injustices that perpetuated the painful poverty of the Irish peasantry, and due to his resulting anger felt that it was his God-given job to do something about them. "'What I do is ow ...

... intrigue and of brotherhood¡K ¡K ¡K from different people or places." and "After some time, he spoke again,¡K ¡K ¡K the hold soon filled with mutterings of approval." At that time, Kunta and the other prisoners wanted to keep their voices secret. Because they feared if the white men heard their plan, they would know the prisoners had united. Therefore, they were always murmuring and muttering. On the other hand, the common word "talking" is more casual, louder and clearer. That is why I think Haley used " murmuring" instead of the more usual "talking." Then, Haley used "toubob" instead of the more usual "white men," because the Africans meant "toubob" as an insult ...

... society to crumble and fall apart. William Golding believed that the defects of a society could be traced back to the flaws of the human nature. These societies were very different from each other because the individuals were very different. Ralph’s society was based on everyone having a say in the government. Ralph was kind and good to the people of his society. He let them have freedom and liberties which was not go for his society because they abused their freedom and became lazy and irresponsible. His society did not have their priorities in order because Ralph did not stress that the rescue fire and the shelters were necessary. Ralph was pass ...

... and “Animal Farm.” All of his works were the unpleasant truths and showed his lifelong hatred of totalitarianism. Orwell gave us a behind the scene look at the powers behind the war and it’s impact. This also made Orwell one of the most known authors of his time. Another author of war was Frank O’Connor. O’Connor was not part of the war but seemed to know a lot about it. In his story “My Oedipus Complex,” he talks about a boy who’s father has been away at war and then returns home. This gave us an idea of what life would be like at home while a war occurred. O’Connor definitely gave a different look ...

... and eloquently reflect the morals and aspirations evident in the literature of their respective time periods. This idea is demonstrated when one examines the similarities between Lancelot and Odysseus, their differences, and the consequences of their actions on their lives. Although Lancelot and Odysseus lived in completely different and somewhat opposing time periods, their heroic and "larger than life" personalities share some quite distinguishing characteristics. I say that their time periods were somewhat opposing because the views of the culture regarding the afterlife and any supernatural occurrence represent the conflict present between monotheism and ...

... so far as I have learned, the guesses of his most intellectual readers have been almost as wide of the mark as those of the least apprehensive. It has been all the more provoking to the former class, that each surprise was the result of art, and not of trick; for a rapid review of previous chapters has shown that the materials of a strictly logical development of the story were freely given. Even after the first, second, third, and even fourth of these surprises gave their pleasing electric shocks to intelligent curiosity, the denouement was still hidden, though confidentially foretold. The plot of the romance is therefore universally admitted ...

... man in both his powers and opportunities.He should be a person in society whose actions involve the well-being of its members.The plot of the play should show him working to achieve some goal very dear to him.This action will involve him in choices.There will be a web of circumstances and this will set off a chain of events that could not have been foreseen or stopped.The hostility of his destiny may be the result of circumstances,of the activities of his enemies,or some supernatural force hostile to him personally or to all humanity such as fate,the gods, or Satan.When it is too late to escape the victim comes to realize what has happened to him,and dies bi ...

... Brown goes off on a typical search for the devil. The devil is associated with darkness and terror, a creature only to be sought after while enveloped in the darkness of the night. As Goodman Brown himself replies to Faith's longing for him to wait until morning to embark on his journey, "My journey needst be done twixt now and sunrise" (611). Goodman Brown knows exactly what he is going to look for, he is searching for evil. He goes to the forest to do his deed and "he had taken a dreary road darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest" to get there(611). Goodman Brown is willingly seeking the devil, and Hawthorne is throwing in all the stereotypes. This ...

... act without thought. Right from the first meeting called by Ralph on the island there are conflicts that arise. Feelings of superiority and power cause a struggle as to who would be the chief in the society that the boys were beginning to form. Jack takes this decision to heart and so he resents most of the decisions made by Ralph and he eventually splits off and forms his own tribe of savages. The boys eventually all join this tribe except Piggy and Ralph. The larger number of boys in Jack's tribe mean that hey can hunt pigs and obtain all the food that they need while excluding the two outsiders. With the breakdown of one tribe and the forming of another th ...

... a hazy, transparent realm, where the borders between insanity and sanity are unclear. “There’s long spells -three days, years- when you can’t see a thing, know where you are only by the speaker sounding overhead like a bell clanging in the fog (94)” Bromden’s view is omniscient. Although he poses to the ward staff as a deaf-mute, he actually hears and comprehends all that happens within the hospital. The Chief was able play the part of a passive observer, stationing himself in important meetings and able to see and hear things which are concealed from other inmates. This insight into what is happening around the ward is vital to the way in which Kesey’s themes are ...