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Herman Wouk's The Winds Of War
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enjoyment and furthering interests with his novel. This is what Virginia
Woolf focuses her composition about and emphasizes so very clearly
After reading her essay, I came to grasp and understand her theory that
one is best not to accept advice from another on how to read literature,
since the best advice is no advice at all. Woolf expresses the conception
that when one begins to read literature he begins to enter different stages
of interpretation that will ultimately improve his pleasure and
satisfaction. It was obvious to me that I had in fact indulged in forms of
interpretation when reading literature, but it had never da .....
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The Color Purple: Nettie
Words: 695 - Pages: 3.... and Corrine, Nettie was under the impression that all colored people [men] wanted to keep women from learning. Upon meeting Samuel, Nettie realized that "they are not all mean like Pa and Albert, or beaten down like Ma was." (138-139) The only man Nettie had ever had contact with were Pa and Albert; so she perceived that all men treated their wives and the women in the family like possessions to be sold to the highest bidder. For the first time in her life, Nettie met a man who, not only wanted her to learn, but also had the benefit of "a wonderful marriage" (139) based on friendship and understanding.
To her great disillusionment, the s .....
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The Great Gatsby: Jay Gatsby Is A Pathetic Character
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comfortable nature. It is true that her life is not very exciting, but it
is unreasonable to think that she would trade all that she had in her
marriage to Tom Buchanan for Jay Gatsby. At that time, divorce was very
uncommon, and it was very unlikely that any woman would leave her husband
for any reason at all.
Everything that Gatsby ever did in his whole life was based upon
his pursuit of the dream. He moved to New York and bought his very
expensive mansion because of Daisy. Jordan Baker said, "Gatsby bought that
house so that Daisy would be just across the bay."(Fitzgerald 83) He held
many expensive parties in th .....
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Stephen Leasock's "Arcadian Adventures With The Idle Rich": Satire
Words: 1040 - Pages: 4.... The satire acts as a moral instrument to expose the effect money
can have on religion, government, and anything within its touch. Writing about
such topics is hard to do without offending people. Leacock's technique combines
money with humour, and accompanies his moral message with ironic characters;
their exaggerated actions, and a constant comical tone to prevent readers from
being offended.
Leacock's utopian world is filled with humorous labels that represent the
"Plutonian's" personalities. "Ourselves Monthly"; a magazine for the modern
self-centered, is a Plutonian favourite. To fill their idle days, the Plutonian
women are in .....
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Sense And Sensibility: A Summary
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Marianne. As usual, Marianne is being her impulsive self and Elinor is
trying to take care of her families well-being.
A brief synopsis of Elinor and Marianne's personalities leads to
the following: Elinor is quiet, soft spoken, full of good manners, and
well brought up. Marianne is impulsive, outspoken, full of a vibrant love
of life and playful. To fully understand the girls, it is important to see
how other character viewed them.
Edward Ferrars, the object of Elinor's affection (though she would
never show it) is quoted as saying Miss Dashwoods friendship the most
important of his life. This is a considerable compl .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird
Words: 1058 - Pages: 4.... but sing their hearts out for us" (94). Boo is exactly that. Boo is the person who put a blanket around Scout and Jem when it was cold. Boo was the one putting "gifts" in the tree. Boo even sewed up Jem’s pants that tore on Dill’s last night. Boo was the one who saved their lives. On the contrary to Scout’s primary belief, Boo never harms anyone. Scout also realizes that she wrongfully treated Boo when she thinks about the gifts in the tree. She never gave anything back to Boo, except love at the end. When Scout escorts Arthur home and stands on his front porch, she sees the same street she saw, just from an entire .....
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A Room Of One’s Own: Cranial Spelunking
Words: 2134 - Pages: 8.... leaving much for the reader to contribute.
When attempting to explore the mind, the first step would be to look inward and see how your mind is operating. Then you would have to take this information and record it. This is no simple task. But someone like Virginia Woolf would have no problem doing this at all. It would simply be a matter of giving her a pen and paper. By placing your stream of thoughts on paper, you can easily explore how the human mind processes information. The flow from one thought to another is like a stream (thus the name). More often than not, visual stimuli are what form the current that directs the stream. Thi .....
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Critical Analysis Of House Opp
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The hermit's preoccupation with the prostitute served to destroy him, but unfortunately for him, the blame cannot be aimed at her. Throughout the middle of the passage, the hermit described the features of the prostitute with a particular contempt, yet he continued to look, even leer at her. He continued to think about what went on behind the closed doors, the men that waited around outside the house "smoking, chewing tobacco and spitting into the gutter - committing all the sins of the world according to the hermit." In fact, after the story unfolded, the hermit was so upset that he was "forced" to leave behind his shelter to .....
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The Metamorphosis Essay
Words: 567 - Pages: 3.... a job which he despises. He is like a bottom-feeder for other people’s love and respect. He maintains a spark of real intimacy for his sister, which later surfaces when he hears her playing the violin to the guests. At that moment he realizes what he has been starving for as he plays out in his mind the fantasy of keeping her in his room, having her play to him, kissing her, and telling her his plans of sending her to a music school. This gaining of Grete’s love and appreciation is the reward Gregor feels he has earned through his suffering. When he hears his family’s decision that he is in no way a human being and mus .....
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Lord Of The Flies
Words: 332 - Pages: 2.... and the moonlight provide much radiance. In addition there are brilliant flashes of lightning from the still lingering storm. The luminous sky provides light while the clear, silver water works on restoring Simon’s body after he has been savagely killed.
Simon’s body and the creatures around it also show his holiness. Light images of the creatures that surround Simon glorify his body, and as light falls on his corpse he is transfigured into an icon of expiation. Also, the water covers Simon in a “coat of pearls” and “creatures” (interpreted to symbolize angels) begin to spread a layer of silver over him. The apotheosis of Si .....
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