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Animal Farm Theme
Words: 1130 - Pages: 5.... necessary to the
well being of a pig. We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and
organization of this farm depends on us. Day and night we are watching
over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink the milk and eat
those apples. Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty?
Jones would come back! Yes, Jones would come back! Surely, comrades,”
cried Squealer almost pleadingly, skipping form side to side and whisking
his tail, “surely there is no one among you who wants to see Jones come
back?” The animals all are in agreement that they do not want Jones back,
therefore; believing that the pigs healt .....
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The Great Gatsby: Characters Show The Deterioration Of The American Dream
Words: 665 - Pages: 3.... she is Tom's mistress she does not gain anything because she is only being used by him. She uses her body to gain what she wants. Myrtle lacks culture and is very concerned about her appearance making her out to be a superficial character.
James Gatsby shows no hard work yet has gained wealth illegally. Although he has wealth he does not attain anything else. He has no respect, power, or success. Gatsby realized that the life of the higher class requires wealth to become their priority and he realizes that is the only way which will allow him to be with Daisy. When Gatsby fails to reach his dream all he has left to show for is hi .....
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A Comparison And Contrast In Both A's Worn By Hester And Dimmesdale
Words: 582 - Pages: 3.... the natural order" of the environment and therefore cannot even
perceive her sin as being evil except through outside brainwashing. While
Dimmesdale's personal interpretation as to the extremity of his own sins is a
"violation of God's law," which is the law that he is totally dedicated to and
supported by. Dimmesdale's interpretation of his sin is much more severe than
Hester's, it is a breach and direct contradiction of his own self consciousness
and physical existence. Therefore the appearance of his A, even though it is
never directly described in the novel, must be raw, jagged, and brutally crooked
(...a ghastly rapture; pg.95). Mayb .....
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Babyface: The Life Of Toni Chessmore
Words: 494 - Pages: 2.... arrangement was only supposed to go through
the summer but ended up going longer. Toni and Julie have grown up
together and have never been separated. It is very hard and frustrating
for them only to be able to communicate through letters.
Another adjustment Toni has to make is having to live with her
sister. Toni has an older sister, Martine, who lives in New York. Toni's
father has a small heart attack and he and Toni's mother are placed in a
care center for a few months. Her parents decide it would be best for Toni
to go stay with Martine while her father is recuperating. Martine and Toni
don't get along at all and it is hard .....
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The Stranger - Immersed In Sensuality: A Contemptible Trait
Words: 1109 - Pages: 5.... to physical sensations...” (Girard 95). In The Stranger, Mersault goes through life being “dictated by externals” (Parker) until it ultimately causes his downfall when he is executed for not allowing society and the consciousness of society dictate his actions.
Mersault does not make his own decisions, instead, he allows sensuality to dictate all aspects of his life and is contemptible for his indifference (Parker). Albert Camus expresses this contempt for indifference through the setting in his novel, The Stranger, as shown by Mersault being put to death for allowing the sun, a sensual object, control him at Maman’s funeral a .....
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Judith Guest's "Ordinary People": Summary
Words: 1474 - Pages: 6.... indifference or
inconsistency. Though a successful tax attorney, he is jumpy around Conrad,
and, according to his wife, drinks too many martinis.
Conrad seems consumed with despair. A return to normalcy, school and
home-life, appear to be more than Conrad can handle. Chalk-faced, hair-hacked
Conrad seems bent on perpetuating the family myth that all is well in the world.
His family, after all, "are people of good taste. They do not discuss a
problem in the face of the problem. And, besides, there is no problem." Yet,
there is not one problem in this family but two - Conrad's suicide and the
death by drowning of Conrad's olde .....
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Emerson's Self-Reliance
Words: 376 - Pages: 2.... necessary to sustain life. If you did have to be accepted to sustain life, there would be a lot of dead people in the world.
Have you ever heard the saying, "if a tree falls in the woods, would it make a sound?" Well if you have, you will notice a lot of similar things in it and Thoreau's saying, "the sky is less grand when it shuts down over less worth in the population." They are both saying that if something happened and nobody was around would it have the same affect as it would if many people saw it. Thoreau was saying that the sunset is not as beautiful when only a few people see it. I think that a person would have to .....
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Lord Of The Flies: The 13th Chapter
Words: 437 - Pages: 2.... that there was a hole on the bottom of the
boat and were unable to stop to stop the huge amounts of water that were
getting in the boat. They decided to abanden the boat. Everybody got in
the life rafts and watched the boat slowly sink till there was nothing
left to watch.
After a few days at sea the kids and officers land on an island.
As soon as they land on the island Jack and his "group" get together and
tie up the officers with vines on the local trees. This is Ralph's worst
nightmare come true. After they are done Jack tells Ralph, "either your
part of the group or your an outsider and that my group will hunt you for
the rest .....
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Lawrence's "Sons And Lovers": Relationships
Words: 844 - Pages: 4.... looking for things to love her. In the case of Paul she
believes that if Paul was to need her, if she could take care of him, "if
he could depend on her, if she could, as it were, have him in her arms, how
she would love him."(137) However, this is never allowed to happen. Paul's
mother Gertrude already occupies this space in his life. Thus the
relationship between the two is a struggle for an identity. The
relationship is a struggle between Paul and his mother and Paul and Miriam.
The main conflicts between Paul and Miriam are between physical-
spiritual differences and his mother. Miriam holds spirituality very close
to her. Thing wit .....
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