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The Scarlet Letter
Words: 449 - Pages: 2.... of the effects from guilt. He sneaks out at night to stand on the platform, but why doesn’t he confess. He is a reverend, and should be able to tell everything. That is why it is so hard for him. He is trapped between a rock and a hard space. If he tells the citizens, he is no longer the great reverend. Then again, if he doesn’t, he will be forced to carry the ever so heavy burden. Dimmesdale waits for such a long time that the guilt has already got to him by the time he is ready to confess. He carves the letter, “A,” into his chest. He beats himself with leather whips, and has to go for long walks in the woods. Back then .....
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The Concrete Dangers Of Abstra
Words: 2728 - Pages: 10.... In more precise terms, Shakespeare makes a comment on this subject, as his portrayal of Macbeth’s gradual deterioration clearly leads to the reader’s understanding of the dangers of illusion.
In fact, even before the appearance of the main character, the prevalence of this theme can already be noticed in the first scene, through the obscure and deranging apparition of the three witches. In effect, the three “Weird Sisters” are the generators of Macbeth’s illusions, and it can already be seen that the source of these predictions cannot be entrusted. More specifically, we first see the witches prepari .....
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The Lord Of The Flies: The Evil Of Mankind
Words: 1006 - Pages: 4.... is named chief, the boys decide to take down the names of all of the children. Being of grammar school age, this is expected. The taking of names is comparable to scholastic roll call. Granted, these are little boys and in their minds a chief is a leader, but still, it is expected that when suddenly removed from society, any group would attempt to mimic that which they had previously become accustomed to. Also, the platform becomes the designated meeting area for the boys, and they are told to come to this platform whenever they hear the conch. Just like with a school bell, they are to report to wherever they need to be when the soun .....
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Lord Of The Flies: Jack Merridew - Not Guilty
Words: 414 - Pages: 2.... a brawl arose. I defended myself and unintentionally cut Ralph
as our spears locked together. ‘My spear slid down his spear and cut him
on accident.' (p.177) In a situation like this, Ralph's spear could have
easily slipped down and cut me instead.
An individual is not controlled by another individual. As for
influencing the boys to kill Simon and Piggy, the boys were uncontrollable.
On the night that Simon died, we were having a feast while "a thing came
crawling out the forest. It came darkly, uncertainly." (p.152) The boys,
especially the littluns, were so terrified, they thought Simon was the
beast, so they attacked with the th .....
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The House On Mango Street: The American Dream
Words: 361 - Pages: 2.... she was living in. She lived on Mango Street and hated every minute she was there. Her family always dreamed of a white house with trees all around it, with real stairs and a real hallway, and at least three washrooms. The house they dreamed of is everyone’s dream. The house was nothing like this dream. The house was small and red with tight steps in front and small windows. It was old and broken down. It was not the most secure or safest place to live and it was not what Esperanza wanted. Throughout the entire book, Esperanza and many others were trying to escape Mango Street in order to look for a better place to live.
Finall .....
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Huck Finn: Essay On Each Chapt
Words: 9125 - Pages: 34.... this trick of Twain's in mind as you read the book, because
you'll find him doing it dozens of times. He'll be expecting you to
understand things better than Huck, who's just a simple, almost
illiterate kid. Twain will often be winking at you over Huck's head,
the way two grownups might be quietly amused at the naive things
said by a young child.
Huck tells us that he's been living with the Widow Douglas, a
woman he seems to like even though she has set out to "sivilize"
him. His friend, Tom Sawyer, .....
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Catch-22 Book Review
Words: 2221 - Pages: 9.... NY. Joseph Heller was born in Brooklyn, New York. During World War Two he served in the Air Force division of the United States Army as a wing gunner. After just a few weeks of war, he tried to obtain a discharge from his superiors. He was refused, and ended up flying over sixty missions. In those respects, he is a lot like Yossarian, the main character of the book.
Heller was written several books and a few plays. His literary works include Something Happened, God Knows, Good as Gold, Picture This, No Laughing Matter, ( with Speed Vogel ) and We Bombed in New Haven ( a play ). Catch-22 was his first and is widely considered to be his bes .....
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: A Satirical View Of The Old South
Words: 805 - Pages: 3.... thirty-two when Huck tells to Aunt Sally his story
about the blown cylinder head. When she asks him if anyone was hurt he
said "no'm. Killed a nigger." When she shows no emotion in her reaction
it shows us how many southern whites looked at blacks. We also see at many
times during the novel that Huck and Jim have a true friendship. The go
out of their way at many times for the welfare of eachother and they
develop a relationship to which they both contribute. Huck teaches Jim
about diversity, priests and rulers in chapter fourteen when he reads to
him about Solomon and Frenchmen. Jim also teaches Huck an important lesson
on how peo .....
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A Review Of The Old Man And The Sea
Words: 464 - Pages: 2.... it. He goes 2 days fighting the fish, without food
or rest. until he finally gets his chance. But when he thinks it is all
over, there is still more trouble ahead. The fish is too big to be placed
in his small boat, so he has to strap it to the side. Meanwhile, the blood
from the harpoon shot leaks out into the sea and attracts sharks. While
the old man is returning home from his expedition, he has to fight off the
sharks from eating his prize. But it doesn't take to long for the sharks
to take lots of big chunks out of the fish. He ends up killing all the
sharks and he gets home safely, and exhausted.
Ernest Hemingway is an author o .....
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