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Tom Clancy
Words: 1083 - Pages: 4.... The archer knew that he must avenge the hardships brought on to him. In the following passage it is shown that the archer is a bitter vigilante who feels that he himself must right societies injustices, "The teacher of Algebra and Geometry neatly stacked his books on his desk and walked out of the small town of Ghazni and into the hills. A week later he'd returned to the town after dark with three other men and proved that he was worthy of his heritage by killing three Soviet soldiers and taking their arms." The Archer later goes on to pronounce, "I still carry the knife that once belonged to my first sacrificial Russian…" this quote .....
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Comparison Of Brave New World
Words: 624 - Pages: 3.... institution, there is a definite discrimination against the genetic underclass; that naturally born. Director Niccol is mocking the present-day view of prejudice and racism. In the future of GATTACA, this prejudice is referred to as genoism - genetic discrimination. Racism is a less specific form of genoism, and although such discrimination is outlawed, the laws are unenforceable because in this dystopian society, as it is in BNW, one's "genetic quotient" is known from birth. The underclass people of this world are limited but aware of their social status and they are not particularly happy with it. With the BNW, the lower castes seem .....
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The War Ridden Soldier
Words: 494 - Pages: 2.... his life on another person or thing because it will eventually leave him. Catherine Barkley is an English nurse who serves in Italy. On the other hand Catherine is experienced when it comes to love since she has already lost a loved one which was killed earlier in the war. Hemingway also lets us know Catherine already has the knowledge that her life cannot be dependent on another through her husband's death. This all sets the tone for the novel.
Hemingway also develops the theme through tone. The tone of this novel is a tragic one. Throughout the novel Hemingway foreshadows Catherine's death. When Catherine is brought into the delivering roo .....
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The Old Man And The Sea
Words: 733 - Pages: 3.... Hemingway shows this is that Santiago refers to the sea as "la mar," a kind and beautiful yet sometimes cruel feminine creature. Younger fishermen refer to the sea as "el mar," which is masculine. Changing this to be masculine means that they do not feel that the sea has any beauty or significance other than for money. Another way that the author tells that the old man appreciates the ocean is in one of his descriptions in the book. "Most people are heartless about turtles because a turtle’s heart will beat for hours after it has been cut up and butchered. But the old man thought, I have such a heart too and my feet and hands are .....
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Great Expectations. The Charac
Words: 1724 - Pages: 7.... stars appear.
Stella (without the first 'e') is the name of Sydney's beloved. Probably he gave his beloved this name because she was married in the real life and so, he could not reach her. Stars are far and they can not be reached by us. In GE Estella is presented as an impossible dream for Pip. In the same way Pip has expectations in a material level, Estella would be Pip's love expectation.
In a Christian sense, the star is a quality applied to the Virgin Mary. Stars are used for orientation, to guide us when we are lost at night. We could say the Virgin Mary lights her sons in the night of sin. In the novel, Estella appears as a ligh .....
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Huckleberry Fin 2
Words: 1543 - Pages: 6.... of the society around him. He disbelieves what societal beliefs have been ingrained in his mind since his birth, which is shown by his close friendship with Jim, a runaway slave. The river is the only form of separation from this society which Huck has access to, but it still does not completely separate them from what they disbelieve in. Although the river allows them some measure of freedom at once, the moment they set foot on Jackson's Island or the raft and although only on the raft do they have a chance to practice that idea of brotherhood to which they are so devoted. This freedom is very limited and they must still go out of their .....
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"The Miller's Tale" And "The Reve's Tale": Similarities
Words: 1117 - Pages: 5.... secret"
(89). His talent is illustrated when he turns his eye to the Carpenter's
wife and makes love with her. The situation is very similar to "The Reeve's
Tale." In that tale the Miller lets John and Alan, two scholars, who lost
their horse from the Miller's own doing, stay at his house. However, since
the two boys are "Headstrong…and eager for a joke" (110), Alan proceeds to
rape the Miller's daughter, while John sleeps with the Miller's wife. It is
apparent that these situations are very similar, in that the scholars are
having adulterous sexual intercourse with both the Carpenter's and the
Miller's wives. This similarity shows how the .....
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Is Life Significant?
Words: 849 - Pages: 4.... essays. "The Death of the Moth" as a title forces into my mind a meaning which is opposite that of a title like "Death of a Moth". This happens for one reason: Right away I notice the difference in phrasing. Woolf uses the word "the" while Dillard uses "a". Why is this do you think? "The" shows a distinct moth and a distinct death, it shows a significance for both. Yet "a" leaves both fairly ambiguous, showing that neither death nor the moth is very significant. In my mind this shows something of Dilliard's feelings about life. From this title alone I deduce that Annie Dilliard doesn't think much of anything in life is very important. How .....
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Zinn Chapter 4 Essay
Words: 825 - Pages: 3.... feelings. Men like James Otis and Samuel Adams from the upper classes formed the Boston Caucus and through their motivational speaking, molded and activated the laboring-class.
After the Stamp Act of 1765, the British's taxation of colonists to pay for the Seven Year War, the lower-class stormed and destroyed merchant homes to level the distinction of rich and poor. A hundred lower-classmen had to suffer for the extravagance of one upper-classmen. They demanded more political democracy in which the working class could participate in making policies. In 1776 elections for the constitutional framing of Pennsylvania, a Privates Commi .....
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Dantes Inferno 2
Words: 662 - Pages: 3.... and refused. By using Virgil as a representation of reason, Alighieri shows that in order to face evil, morality and intellect are required. As Virgil leads Dante into Hell, he says, "Here you must put by all division of spirit and gather your soul against all cowardice. This is the place I told you to expect. Here you shall pass among the fallen people, souls who have lost the good of intellect." (14-18) With the help of reason, Dante is able to face evil. The author shows that in order to conquer evil, reason, bravery and intellect are required.
As he is lead through the Dark Wood of Errors, Dante realizes the circumstances by whic .....
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