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The Catcher In The Rye - Fores
Words: 572 - Pages: 3.... all her kings
in the back row."
"Okay," Stradlater said, but I knew he
wouldn't. (p.33-34)
This is seen again when he doesn't trust Stradlater to stop his advances of Jane in the case that she says no. Holden gives up his faith in people to trust him when he boards a bus holding a snowball. The driver refuses to believe that Holden won't throw the snowball so he draws the conclusion that "People never believe you." (p.37). He is also always placing labels upon people as being "phonies" which gives the reader the idea that Holden thinks that others are materialistic.
Holdens attempts to protect the innocence in the world is another earl .....
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Everything That Rises Must Converge
Words: 574 - Pages: 3.... she makes thoughtless remarks, her genuine affection for her childhood nurse Caroline, shows that she has no real malice towards the black race.
There is a repetition of the words "meet yourself coming and going", in which she implicates her kind, as the party responsible for the tension between black and whites. In fact, what she really means is that, "we dominated this race of people", and feels threatened by it. Also, Mrs. Chestney truly meets her match when the black woman who boards the bus with her son refuses her charity. Julian becomes overjoyed when he notices that the woman’s hat is identical to his mother†.....
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Antigone Paper
Words: 829 - Pages: 4.... bringing a divided city together, which has lost three kings relatively fast. King Oedipus dies and his two heirs fight each other for the crown resulting in both of their deaths. Creon wants to make sure he becomes a respected and somewhat feared ruler so that he can keep everyone in line. One stubborn rebel who gets what their after could tear apart the kingdom.
Now, naturally, there is no way to tell the character and mettle of a man until you’ve seen hem govern. Nevertheless, want to make it plain: I am the king of man who can’t and never could abide the tongue-tied ruler who through fear backs away… (198).
He does not want to .....
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The Joys Of Reading A Novel
Words: 390 - Pages: 2.... read in a hurry, the joy of reading it is lost because
the reader would most likely look over the words just enough to understand the
plot but would not go in detail. The detail in a novel is very important since
it helps create atmosphere and mood which results in the reader beginning to
imagine himself as the character. In some novels, for example, just the details
of the surroundings of the character's location take seven to eight pages to
explain and if the detail is missed, the reader fails to imagine the intended
atmosphere.
The extent to which a novel is studied causes the reader to lose
interest in reading the novel becaus .....
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Hamlet Polonius Family
Words: 901 - Pages: 4.... and queen’s wishes and it
is this loyalty that eventually proves to be fatal for him. An example
of hoe Polonius’ innocent involvement with the royalty results in his
death can be found at the beginning of Act III, scene iv, when Hamlet
stabs him while he is hiding behind the arras in Gertude’s room. This
shows how Polonius, a man unaware of the true nature of the situation
he is in, is killed by a member of the royalty during the execution of
one of their schemes. This makes Polonius’ death a tragedy.
The next member of Polonius’ family to die is his daughter
Ophelia. Ophelia .....
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What Is Literature
Words: 559 - Pages: 3.... Not only was this one of the most significant documents in the Civil Rights movement, but was also one of the most well-written, most powerful and most persuasive pieces of writing. "The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence, but we still creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter"(King 14). This vivid comparison reflects the innate talent for writing possessed by Dr. King as well as his strong idea. By reinforcing his statement using powerful and persuasive words, Dr. King's "The Letter From Birmingham Jail" has become a memorable piece of litera .....
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Invisable Man - Black Leaders
Words: 2160 - Pages: 8.... were after the same dream they all went about making that dream reality in different ways. There are strengths and weakness that can be found in all three men’s philosophies.
The most militant and extreme of the three was Garvey. Marcus Garvey was born Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. on August 17 1887, at Saint Ann’s Bay, Jamaica. He was the youngest of eleven children. His father, Malcus (Marcus) Mosiah Garvey, was a stonemason and his mother, Sarah Jane Richards, was a domestic servant and produce grower. He left school at the age of fourteen to serve as a printer’s apprentice. After completing his training he took a job with a printing c .....
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Oedipus Rex
Words: 407 - Pages: 2.... had fullifilled the prophecy. As the text states: "
Shepherd: If you must be told then...they said it was
Laios' child. but it is your wife who could tell
you about that.
(Text Omitted for space purposes)
Shepherd: There had been prophecies...
Oedipus: Tell me.
Shepherd: It was said that the boy would kill his own father.
Oedipus: Then why did you give him over to this man?
Shepherd: I pitied the baby, my king, And I thought that
this man would take him far away to his own country.
He saved him- but for what a fate! For if you are what
this mane says you are, No man is more wretched than
Oedipus.
Oedipus: Ah .....
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Hamlet 3
Words: 1110 - Pages: 5.... person, due to a fatal personality flaw. In Hamlet, Young Prince Hamlet is this such noble man, his fatal flaw being procrastination.
One may ask why did it take Hamlet so long to kill his incestuous uncle, whom he regarded with the utmost repugnance. This has become a very controversial issue. Many critics and readers have different opinions as to why they believe Hamlet delayed the slaying of Claudius. Some believe it is due to Hamlet’s insanity. Others say he was in love with his mother, or that he secretly had sensual
feelings toward his uncle. Some think Hamlet was just simply a coward, and the list goes on. But the .....
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The Hamlet In Me
Words: 650 - Pages: 3.... and bring to justice all the people who have marred the situation.
Though the church mandates through its moral code that Hamlet not take revenge, Hamlet tries to find the worst fate for his devious uncle possible: "Now might I do it, now he is a-praying, And now I'll do't and so he goes to heave…When he is drunk asleep, or in his rage, or in th' incestuous pleasure of his bed…Then trip him…And that his soul may be as damned and black As hell, whereto it goes" (3.4.77-100). Hamlet finally gains the nerve to kill his uncle, but sheaths his sword when he realizes that if he kills him while he is praying, his uncle will ascend to heaven .....
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