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Huck Finn, A Journey
Words: 894 - Pages: 4.... to be actual adventures. However, many of the adventures were figments of Tom Sawyer’s imagination. This is important to know since Tom’s description of an adventure is something that is not real and everything Tom reads contributes to the adventures him and Huck have. Huck’s adventures, though, are ones that are unforeseen and are probably are the more ‘real’ ones in the book.
Huck’s schooling with the widow and Miss Watson are another element of his innocent childhood. He experienced what he called the ‘sivilized’ life. He was fed, wore clean clothes, and was well taken care of. For a b .....
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Winston Smith
Words: 528 - Pages: 2.... Party member named O'Brien, whom Winston believes is a secret member of the Brotherhood, the legendary group that works to overthrow the Party.
Winston works in the Ministry of Truth, where he alters historical records to fit the needs of the Party. He has noticed a co-worker, a beautiful dark-haired girl, staring at him; he worries that she is an informant who will turn him in for his thoughtcrime. He worries about the Party's control of history: it claims Oceania has always been allied with Eastasia in a war against Eurasia, but Winston seems to recall a time when this wasn't true; the Party also claims that Emmanuel Goldstein, the leader .....
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Original Nature Of Man
Words: 1141 - Pages: 5.... and reason. Therefore when men give "rein to their congenital nature" and follow their feelings, they quarrel and grab, end up by opposing culture and confounding reason; and they culminate in violence. "Only under the restraint of law and the influence of ritual and righteousness do men conform to modesty and reason and yield to order (chan.52)."
It is because of theses desires that human nature is bad. If one gives in to such desires, three would be no order to the society. According to Husn Tzu, these desire are extremely compelling and may be overcome only under the restraint of law and the influence of ritual and righteousness. .....
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Cathedral 2
Words: 699 - Pages: 3.... though it is not as good as seeing it with his own eyes, it is good enough to give him an idea of what a cathedral is.
I think there are may different themes in this short story. For instance, I think that prejudices is one of the main themes which is shown through the husband’s way of react, when he hears that a blind man is coming. Because he does not know what to expect, he imagines a man, totally different, who does not have the same habits or knows the same thing as “normal” people.
“I remembered having read somewhere that the blind did not smoke because, as speculation had it, they couldn’t see the sm .....
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Escape Towards Death
Words: 1578 - Pages: 6.... novel Song of Solomon shows how the burdens of three characters, Hagar, Pilate, and Milkman,
were resolved by their deaths.
Hagar, the first main character to die with her burdens, is a character whose life revolved around her emotions and the positive, happy side of
life. A vain and spoiled person from her birth, Hagar never knew the problems of racism and poverty as other people in her small, midwestern
town knew and felt. Hagar's life was completely devoted to Milkman, her cousin and lover. "He is my home in this world." (pg. 137) Her
happiness, Milkman, would ultimately be her depression as "Ecclesiasties" finally turned her suc .....
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The Great Gatsby
Words: 806 - Pages: 3.... novel, when Gatsby was murder, Daisy went to somewhere else with her husband, and did not go to Gatsby's funeray. I called up Daisy half and hour after we found him, called her instinctively and without hersitation. But she and Tom had gone away early that afternoon, and taken baggage with them. Therefore, Nike Carroway's analysis was right by these clear observation. However, Nike Carroway is a good narrator, he sees everything happen and does not trust everybody easily. So during the people discuss about something at a time, he does not believe it is true. After he proves it, he will accept the truth. Moreover, when Nike went to Gatsby's .....
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Gattaca The Movie And Discrimi
Words: 410 - Pages: 2.... and other physiological experiments that can only be used now on identical twins separated at birth. These experiments when used could be used to gain insight on what our genes determine in our personalities. I also think that the achievement of us humans cloning ourselves would be a great achievement for the entire human race such as it was when we landed on the moon in 1969.
In the movie Gattaca they barely showed the moral consequences of the actions. Anton’s father showed more pride in his brother than Anton, but what about Anton making friends, was he doomed to be a social outcast in friendships also? The second rate swimmer .....
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Transcendentalism Leaves Of Gr
Words: 2061 - Pages: 8.... Second, there is the idea of the Adamic myth of America, whereupon mankind has found a temporal Garden of Eden in which to recreate himself and the world around him. The final theme is that of the perfect order of the cosmos as the stage for which these things can happen. Whitman makes the case that each individual, each "leaf of grass" has its own place within nature.
Up until the time of Whitman, the prevailing religious dogma of America had been one of strict adherence to traditional values and beliefs. Approaching the turn of the century, however, sentiment for an alternative path had begun to grow. Thus came the age of the Great Awak .....
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A Personal Utopia, Analysis Of
Words: 979 - Pages: 4.... Mond is willing to sacrifice the one thing dearest to him— science. He says he gave it up in hope of Controllership. He got what he paid for by continuing his interest in science, “By choosing to serve happiness.
Other people’s—not mine.” [235], or by serving stability instead of collapsing the fragile social structure. At the beginning, Bernard was willing to give up his position in the new world so he could further his studies in finding a society more suited to his needs; but, in the end, he did not want to give up his rank and failed in finding an ideal society.
It becomes apparent that anyone who will not give up a m .....
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The Lost World 2
Words: 584 - Pages: 3.... crippled. This made it hard for him to keep up with the fast pace search party. In addition, while in contact with a T-Rex Malcolm again receives a serious injury. While trying to escape, "Malcolm hits his head and falls to the floor seeing stars " (287). One may notice that or Ian Malcolm is almost constantly injuring himself. Although a brave and heroic figure he gets beat up a lot.
Dr. Levine is a wealthy scientist who goes around the world looking at bones and having adventures. Furthermore, Levine who was speaking to Malcolm says, "Would you be interested in helping me"(13). When he says this he is referring to helping with th .....
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