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Billy Budd By Herman Melville
Words: 1336 - Pages: 5.... and the single person whom we are meant to learn the most from. On the ship, the Rights-of-Man, Billy is a cynosure among his shipmates; a leader, not by authority, but by example. All the members of the crew look up to him and love him. He is “strength and beauty. Tales of his prowess [are] recited. Ashore he [is] the champion, afloat the spokesman; on every suitable occasion always foremost”(9).
Despite his popularity among the crew and his hardworking attitude, Billy is transferred to another British ship, the Indomitable. And while he is accepted for his looks and happy personality, “…hardly here [is] he that cynosure he had .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Letters From The Heart
Words: 422 - Pages: 2.... as one of the devine souls, the other
two being man and god. They are optomistic as well as true non-conformists.
They also believe that the basic human nature is good. Almost everything
is symbolic in the Romantic wold. Romantics rely on their strong sense of
intuition because they believe that there are things that lie beyond the
senses.
The Scarlet Letter is written in the Romantic style. It contains
many elements that are vital to the Romantics. It is full of symbolism. For
example, by the end of the story, how many different ways could the letter
"A" be interpreted? What about the lot described in the beginning? Was
Pearl Hesters chil .....
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The Jungle
Words: 1359 - Pages: 5.... surprise, the young do not observe the tradition of giving money to the bride to help pay for the feast. Ona becomes worried that they are not going have enough money, but Jurgis simply replies by saying “I will work harder”. The story then flashbacks to how the two first met. Jurgis met Ona at a horse fair, and they fell in love. They were too poor to have a wedding because Ona’s father had died. In hopes of finding freedom and fortune, they left for America, bringing several members of Ona’s family with them. As soon as Jurgis and his family arrive in America they are faced with a problem. They do not speak English and get lost. .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird
Words: 499 - Pages: 2.... know much about the prejudice of Southern America. She basically knew nothing about prejudice. She thought every person was the same as her. But she found that out at last. She also finally found out that most people were nice. She just had to put herself in those people's situations. "As I made my way home, I thought Jem and I would get grown but there wasn't much else left for us to learn, except possibly algebra." This statement showed that she understood the prejudice and people's thinking at last. That would make her life a lot different.
Jem was Scout's brother. He was a little older than Scout. He also became familiar about the preju .....
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Character Analysis: Holden Caulfield
Words: 329 - Pages: 2.... was definitely not someone that you could depend on.
Holden’s actions were also peculiar. He would always act like a tough guy but he really was very scared. The incident with Maurice the pimp and Sunny the Prostitute is one example. He is very nervous about having a prostitute but he tries to act normal about it. From the time Maurice asks him if he’s “innarested in a little tail t’night?”(91) he feels uncomfortable but he still gets the prostitute. He then tries to act tough when Maurice is asking for five more dollars for the prostitute but Holden, unfortunately, as the prostitute takes five more dollars from his wallet .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Racism
Words: 539 - Pages: 2.... and just belief, and yet we allow them in all schools. To
Kill a Mockingbird is spoken through the eyes of a seven year old who comes
to the conclusion through the trial of Tom Robinson that racism is unjust.
As the story progresses you learn the hate put onto a man solely due to his
color. Through a wise, just, man, Atticus, you learn that hate should
never be brought onto anyone. Prejudice is another example in which hate
should not be brought forth in.
To Kill a Mockingbird demonstrates prejudice through Boo Radley.
Boo shows us that thoughts can be brought onto a person, just because they
are different. People believe that he is a .....
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Joshua And The Children
Words: 505 - Pages: 2.... race. Hate without reasoning. He feels it is wrong what the adults are doing to the children. They are being brought up to believe that it is OK to mistreat somebody who is "different" from you. This is why Joshua felt he should teach the children, and not the adults.
Once Joshua started to communicate with the children, and got to know them better the adults were amazed at how Joshua related to the children so well. He knew their names right from the second he met them, he played their games, and he even let himself lose at them too. Eventually the adults in the town began to realize that whoever this Joshua really was, he was .....
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A Thousand Acres: The Monopoly Game
Words: 1151 - Pages: 5.... them any critical thought, it seems as though there is no correlation to them and the book. While the game may have only lasted for two weeks for a couple of hours each night, it didn't stop them from playing in spite of all the work that had to be done (81). The tournament is significant to the book in that it illustrates the another aspect of their lives that Smiley left out.
The infamous monopoly tournament between Ginny, Ty, Rose, Pete, and Jess went beyond a mere harmless board game played to pass the time and fill pages of the book. Beneath the seemingly innocent game lays the symbolism and significance Smiley used to describe .....
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Catcher In The Rye: Childhood Innocence - What Holden Never Had
Words: 713 - Pages: 3.... But I rubbed it [The ‘fuck you' written on the wall] out
anyway." Another example is on page two hundred and eight, "'So shut up.'
It was the first time she [Phoebe] ever told me to shut up. It sounded
terrible. God, it sounded terrible. It sounded worse than swearing." There
is one more outstanding quotation from the novel which is found on page two
hundred and thirteen. "I felt so damn happy all of a sudden, the way old
Phoebe was going around and around [the carousel]." All these examples
clearly show that Holden appreciated "childhood innocence" to a great
extent. Yet Holden acts the opposite.
The irony in this novel is Holden's b .....
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Heart Of Darkness: Different Centers Of Darkness
Words: 843 - Pages: 4.... Col. Kurtz’s little army attacks Capt. Willard’s patrol boat while similarly Kurtz sends his band of natives to assault Marlow and his crew. Finally, the Russian in Conrad’s novel, and the photographer as portrayed by Dennis Hopper in Apocalypse Now bear a striking likeness in not only their physical appearance, but there state of mind as well.
However, Dorall continues deeper into abyss of interrupting these two novels by pointing out subtle variances. He first mentions the fact that the characters on the riverboat in the novel lack the depth and development of a true character. On the other hand, the film takes time and effort .....
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