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Eye Deep In Hell: Book Review
Words: 1617 - Pages: 6.... with the death involved in the trenches. Third, he discusses how those in charge went about sustaining the men and keeping their morale up. Finally, he ends his book talking about the attitude of the men on the front lines.
“Eye Deep in Hell” is a very descriptive and informative book. Ellis does a nice job giving in-depth insight as to what these men actually incurred in the muddied trenches and otherwise abyss known as the “Western Front” of the First World War. He is able to almost put us in the shoes of the men whom were actually there, making us realize what it was like being on the front line of World War I, fighting .....
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The French Lieutenant's Woman By John Fowles
Words: 972 - Pages: 4.... and make it
final. However it seems he was not able, or did not want to chose just one
of the endings to the novel. It would seem that Fowles is trying to be fair
to all of the characters by including the various endings which satisfy all
of them. Fowles comments that the job of a novelist is "to put two
conflicting wants in the ring and describe the fight", which is essentially
what he has done. However it is hard to decide for whom to fix the fight in
favor of when one owns both fighters.
Fowles also briefly mentions allowing "freedom of characters" in his
writing. This concept is somewhat vague. To allow freedom of characters is
to .....
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Macbeth - Symbolism And Imager
Words: 1367 - Pages: 5.... change is effected in Macbeth's character over the course of the play; he is driven from subordinate confusion to tyrannical insanity. The fluidity of his own psyche is reflected in the fluidity with which the characters around him take up dynamics that reflect his inner fears and worries. Macbeth's relationship to the witches in Act 1 Scene 3 and his wife in Act 1 Scene 7 especially resonate with his inner psychic state. Both relations reveal important currents of Macbeth's diseased mind.
The witches in Act 1 Scene 3 create a dynamic which flatters Macbeth in an attempt to convince him to kill Duncan. They flatter him in two ways. Firs .....
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Hunting My Own "Bear"
Words: 782 - Pages: 3.... uncle for job. As soon as I asked him, he went into shock, he thought that I was just a little brat and that I would be the type to just live off my parents the rest of my life; so he gave me the job.
That next following monday morning was the worst morning ever. My back was hurting because I had slept late from the night before. It was 7 o' clock in the morning and I was thinking to myself: "What am I doing here, when everyone else is sleeping comfortably in their beds." In addition, I was the youngest and the most ill-prepared, so the whole day was just learning how to do this and that, and what not to do. The following days got eas .....
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1984, Science-fiction Or Reali
Words: 1016 - Pages: 4.... the far distance a helicopter skimmed down between the roofs, hovered for an instant like a blue bottle, and darted away again with a curving flight. It was the police patrol snooping into people’s windows”(Orwell 4). However unlikely it may seem, our government has the capability to watch us just as “the party” watches the citizens of Oceania.
As we speak, hundreds of satellites orbit our planet, each capable of watching everything we do outside. This technological advancement highly mimics that of the telescreens in 1984. If our government wished, it could use helicopters to peer into our windows just as .....
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Symbols In The Great Gatsby
Words: 1107 - Pages: 5.... by the spectacle of what had become of
the American Dream and how it had become corrupted by greed
andmaterialistic possessions.
At the end of Chapter One, Nick catches Gatsby stretching his arms
out towards a green light. At the time it is not revealed to us that this
is the light at the end of Daisy's dock.
he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far
as I was from him I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I
glanced seaward--and distinguished nothing except a single green light,
minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock. (Fitzgerald
26)
Throughout the n .....
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Breaking Societies Rules
Words: 843 - Pages: 4.... life. John lives in a house feeling empty and thinking his wife does not love him. Lust is a very powerful feeling, and it tempts John right into bed with Abigail. Unfortunately once he commits adultery, Elizabeth does not forgive him. She finds ways to punish John and make him feel more remorseful. For example, Reverend Hale asks John to recite the commandments, and he forgets one, Elizabeth then says sarcastically, “Adultery, John.” Elizabeth responds in such a manner that John feels overwhelming pain in his heart. Naturally, Elizabeth feels guilty as well. She tells John, “I have sins of my own to count. It needs a cold wife to pro .....
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"Beware Of The Fish" By Gordan Korman: A Review
Words: 300 - Pages: 2.... is a kind of fish.) It all started
when Elmer Drimsdale, school genius invented somethingthat is sort of like
a television broadcaster. He didn't know it really worked!!!!
When Bruno and Boots found out their school was broke and needed
more money, Bruno began to think up schemes to put their school on the
map.All his attempts seemed to fail, so he vented his anger on the
television broadcaster, not knowing it actually worked. He accidently
broadcasted many announcements, declaring 'The Fish' will seek his revenge.
During these broadcasts, the video camera was focused on a poster of a
salmon.
The police thinks that these are warning f .....
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Daddy, Vampires, Black Hearts ( An Insite Into A Life )
Words: 697 - Pages: 3.... conflict is extremely apparent as she uses examples that cannot be ignored. The atrocities of NAZI' Germany are used as symbols of the horror of male domination. The constant and crippling manipulation of the male, as he introduces oppression and hopelessness into the lives of his women, is equated with the twentieth century's worst period. Words such as Luftwaffe, panzerman, and Meinkampf look are used to descibe her father and husband as well as all male domination. The frequent use of the word black throughout the poem conveys a feeling of gloom and suffocation.
Like many women in society, we know that Plath felt oppressed and stifled .....
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Thier Eyes Were Watching God
Words: 487 - Pages: 2.... wish and desire to be a big voice and he had to live nearly thirty years to find a chance.” (28) While, Janie was with Joe in Eaton Vile she had a higher status then the rest of the towns people. Janie tried to interact with them, but Joe would not let her. He thought of Janie as being better then all of them. This led to the way she was treated in society. All of the women in the town thought Janie had everything, but Janie did not. She wanted to be excepted as part of them. When Joe died people in the town expected Janie to be mournful, so she put on an act for them. “She sent her face to Joe’s funeral, and herself went rollicking w .....
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