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H.g. Wells The Time Machine
Words: 1828 - Pages: 7.... year 802,701 AD his first impression of this society is " Disease, hardships and poverty were eliminated. Man's restless energy turned to art and for a time a great culture flourished"(Bennett 430). Wells, known for his social consciousness, gives the illusion of a perfect society free from all worry. The surroundings seem to indicate a time of great learning ,of art, and beauty. The Time Traveler states " I saw mankind housed in splendid shelters, gloriously clothed and as yet I had found them engaged in no toil" ( Wells 38 ). The Time Traveler believed that the future held a perfect society. He assumes that these people who li .....
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Superstition In The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
Words: 746 - Pages: 3.... that you've found, instead of nailing it up over the door, but I
hadn't ever heard anybody say it was any way to keep of bad luck when you'd
killed a spider."(Twain 5).
In chapter four Huck sees Pap's footprints in the snow. So Huck goes to
Jim to ask him why Pap is here. Jim gets a hair-ball that is the size of a fist
that he took from an ox's stomach. Jim asks the hair-ball; Why is Pap here?
But the hair-ball won't answer. Jim says it needs money, so Huck gives Jim a
counterfeit quarter. Jim puts the quarter under the hair-ball. The hair-ball
talks to Jim and Jim tells Huck that it says. "Yo'ole father doan' know yit
what h .....
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Animal Farm: Satirical Techniques Such As Irony, Fable, And Allegory
Words: 998 - Pages: 4.... of this allegory is Stalin, represented by Napoleon the pig. He represents the human frailties of any revolution. Orwell believed that although socialism is a good ideal, it could never be successfully adopted due to uncontrollable sins of human nature. For example, although Napoleon seems at first to be a good leader, he is eventually overcome by greed and soon becomes power-hungry. Of course Stalin did too in Russia, leaving the original equality of socialism behind, giving him all the power and living in luxury while the common pheasant suffered. Orwell explains: “Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making t .....
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Brighten Beach Memoirs: Neil Simon's Background Influence
Words: 556 - Pages: 3.... Get a half-pint of butter pecan. And…”(p. 93 Simon) was what Eugene often heard. Knowing his family counted on him, Eugene did the right thing and did not say no. Lastly, everyone in his family was exepting to pitch in and help. Simon is like that and under stands his role and makes sure everyone in the play has their own role in the house because he feels that that Is right (Simon p 54). Responsibility and exceptingness of his less fortune Neil Simon always had a way to keep everything under control. Finally Simon’s responsibility helped out a lot and helped the family out in many ways.
Living with a minimum amount of money .....
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Demian
Words: 974 - Pages: 4.... dreams that he is on a boat, "surrounded by absolute peace and the glow of a holiday." He dreams of how his sisters' "white summer dresses shimmer in the sun." As Emil awakes he describes himself having fallen "out of paradise back into reality, again face to face with the enemy, with his evil eye." This dream is very sinificant in that it shows Emil's departure from the absolute "good" world into one of "evil." Emil has had first experience with lying, which he did to Kromer, that opened the door to more evil. Emil now finds himself jumping at every command Kromer throws to him. Emil begins to feel separated from his family and th .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Hester's Alienation
Words: 1280 - Pages: 5.... joy into her life and she constantly punishes herself for committing
her sin. Having been alienated from and by her community Hester forces
herself to live plainly and simply. She "strove to cast ["passionate and
desperate joy"] from her." She loves to sew, as women such as herself
"derive a pleasure…from the delicate toil of the needle," but she feels she
does not deserve the gratification. Though sewing could be "soothing, the
passion of her life …Like all other joys, she rejected it as a
sin." Hester no longer feels worthy to wear the finery she is capable of
sewing for herself. All of the "gorgeously beautiful" things she has .....
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Cyrano De Bergerac
Words: 603 - Pages: 3.... no sister. Later, I dreaded the thought of seeing
mockery in the eyes of a mistress. Thanks to you I've at least had a woman's
friendship, a gracious presence to soften the harsh loneliness of my life. "
When Cyrano admits, "My heart always timidly hides its self behind my mind," the
reader can instantly relate to this dilemma but it is the fact that Cyrano is
able to overcome it that makes him a hero.
Not only is Cyrano filled with emotion, but he also goes out of his way
to live life to the fullest. Cyrano's introduction to the reader definitely
leaves a lasting impression. Not only does he banish an actor from the theater
for performing .....
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C.S. Forester's Lieutenant Hornblower: Success And Failure
Words: 417 - Pages: 2.... them to turn down the terms of the proposal that the Spanish wanted and
get what they wanted without giving anything to the Spanish. These achievements
made by Hornblower is what later earned him the command of the Retribution,
although his command of the Retribution did not come until later when the war
started again.
Hornblower had also had a few failures that hindered his successes.
Among these was when Hornblower was using the red hot shot to sink enemy ships.
This was both a success and failure. It was a failure because after heating the
shot for a considerably long period of time the shot began to deform. This
deformity of the s .....
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Love In Rosettis Goblin Market
Words: 1222 - Pages: 5.... Laura said," Here the two sisters are hiding together, secretly gazing on the goblin men. In the poem the 'goblin men' represent the human figure of man. We soon find that Lizzie is very apprehensive of the goblin men and she warns her sister of impending danger: " 'We must not look at goblin men,/ We must not buy their fruits;/ Who knows upon what soil they fed/ Their hungry thirsty roots?' " This is Lizzie's first warning, two more times does she warn her sister of the goblin men. Laura refuses to listen to Lizzie.
Vernon
Laura, unlike her sister, is interested in the goblin men. She thinks the goblins are full of love and they h .....
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She’s Worth More Than A Diamond
Words: 1149 - Pages: 5.... and her only reason to live, but also serves as a priceless treasure purchased with her life. Pearl’s strange beauty and deeply enigmatic qualities make her the most powerful symbol Hawthorne has ever created.
The product of Hester’s sin and agony, Pearl, was a painfully constant reminder of her mother’s violation of the Seventh Commandment: Thou shalt not commit adultery. Hester herself felt that Pearl was given to her not only as a blessing but a punishment worse than death or ignominy. She is tormented by her daughter’s childish teasing and endless questioning about the scarlet letter and it’s relation to Minister Dimmesda .....
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