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Lord Of The Flies: Simon, The Christ Figure
Words: 1310 - Pages: 5.... them he
paused and looked round. The littluns watched him inscrutably over double
handfuls of ripe fruit. (56) In giving them the fruit until they are
satisfied, Simon recreates the event in which Christ multiplied the loaves
and fishes to feed the poor until they were contented. After this, Simon
disappears from the others to be alone and begins to have feelings that
something is wrong. He starts to have premonitions of the Beast: The Lord
of the Flies.
When the boys set off in a party to find the Beast on the mountain,
Simon starts to see a vision of what they will find.
Simon . . . felt a flicker of incredulity -- a beast wit .....
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Maus
Words: 945 - Pages: 4.... wealthy Anja, the marriage that facilitated his rise in the business world of the Jewish community of Sosnowiec, his times in the Polish Army and capture by the Nazis in 1939, and his release and return. Vladek tells about how the Nazis policies of extermination were put into practice. The concentration camps began to fill; yet Vladek and Anja manage to survive using strategies, and blind luck, until they are caught and sent to Auschwitz. “We had to make for ourselves “bunkers,” places to hide” (Spiegelman, pg. 110). By hiding in these bunkers they are able to avoid the Germans. For instance Vladek tells Art about one of the b .....
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A View From The Bridge By Arth
Words: 828 - Pages: 4.... the play, we can clearly see that the plot helps us develop Marco's character in our imagination. For example, he is an illegal alien, and this might give the reader a less honorable view of him, and it might justify Eddie's action. But the fact that Marco left his family to give them support and to save his oldest son who is "sick in the chest," (pg. 535) makes the reader forget about his illegal stay and makes his status rise to the one of a hero.
In this play, Marco's actions lead us to the discovery of a violent side which he uses to defend his honor in a number of occasions. For example, when he challenges Eddie to lift the .....
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Religion In Jane Eyre
Words: 1328 - Pages: 5.... John Reed makes upon her, her
obnoxious cousin. John tells Jane "mamma says; you have no money; your father
left you none; you ought to beg, and not live here with gentlemen's children
like us and eat the same meals that we do, and wear clothes at our mama's
expense"(12).
She receives no love or approval from her family. The only form of love
that she does have is the doll she clings to at night when she sleeps. Mrs. Reed
is a conventional woman who believes that her class standing sets her to be
superior, and therefore better than a member of her own family. As a result of
Jane's tantrums, quick temper, and lack of self-control, socie .....
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The Pearl Greed And Its Abunda
Words: 775 - Pages: 3.... lifestyle, unfortunately for them. Kino’s destiny was much demoralizing, in the actuality that his whole life was contaminated by the meager existence of the treasure.
The decease of his son, and the tension between Juana, his wife, and him, triggered Kino’s breakdown. Because Kino was exceedingly possessed by the prosperity the pearl might possibly produce for him, he even assaulted Juana, as a result of her recognizing that the pearl and the greed it caused was gradually diminishing Kino and her community’s lucidness. Although Kino assumed that selling the pearl would improve his family’s level of affluence; .....
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Hobbit Essay
Words: 808 - Pages: 3.... the Goblins who had surrounded the group in a cave. The magical ring, which was a key to helping the group succeed in the book, allowed he who was wearing it to become invisible to others. Also, there was a black stream in Mirkwood that made he who drank out of it suddenly very drowsy and forgetful of previous events. All of these examples of happenings and objects found in Middle Earth are physically impossible in a world such as ours.
Several of the organisms in the book are not known to exist on Earth. Hobbits, of course, are fictional characters, as are dwarves, elves, goblins, and trolls. Many species of animals are able to vocally com .....
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Beowulf 6
Words: 802 - Pages: 3.... and Beowulf wrestles with Grendel until he is able to rip one of the monster's arms out of its socket. Superhuman feats also appear in the fight with Grendel's mother. When Beowulf enters the water, he swims downward for an entire day before he sees the bottom. He does this without the use of oxygen. During the battle with Grendel's mother, Beowulf realizes that Unferth's sword is useless against the monsters thick skin. He grabs an enormous sword made by giants, almost too heavy to hold and slashes through the monster's body. Beowulf's spirit and teachings do not allow him to quit, even though he may die. The Anglo-Saxons use Beowulf as .....
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The Chosen By Chaim Potok
Words: 767 - Pages: 3.... but he is wary of it at first because Danny is a Hasid, and regards regular Orthodox Jews as apikorsim because of the teachings of his father. Reuven goes from not being able to have a civil conversation with Danny to becoming his best friend with whom he spens all of his free time, studies Talmud and goes to college. Reuven truly grows because he leans, as his father says, what it is to be a friend. Another way that Reuven grows is that he learns to appreciate different people and their ideas. He starts out hating Hasidim because it’s the “pious” thing to do, even though his father (who I see as the Atticus Finch of this novel) .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird Essay-ev
Words: 581 - Pages: 3.... testimony in telling the court that the right side of Mayella’s face had been severely bruised. A left-handed person would logically have inflicted this injury. Tom’s left hand is shriveled and totally useless. On the other side of the coin, Atticus shows the court that Mr. Ewell is not ambidextrous but is only right-handed.
A second testimony that supports the opposite of the verdict, was the fact that Mr. Ewell never called a doctor after learning of Mayella’s injuries. Following the incident, there had not been any physical examination performed by a certified physician. If indeed Mr. Robinson had commi .....
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Anthony Vs Octavian
Words: 1279 - Pages: 5.... through his triumviral allies he had avenged the death of his uncle.
42/1BC Division of the Empire. Antony received most of Gaul, but Cisalpine Gaul was redefined as part of Italia. Influence over government in Rome, possibly reduced, as Antony was absent in the provinces to collect taxes and appease veteran soldiers. Lepidus (Antony's ally) was allocated Africa to put him at a distance from Antony and Octavius who divided the European empire between them. Division of the Empire. Octavius received the two Spanish provinces, and Sicily and Sardinia. He settled many of his veterans in Italy, giving him significant influence over the govern .....
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