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Jane Eyre: Changing Seasons And Weather
937 Words - 4 Pages.... of the summer night, it seems that the season serves as a catalyst for Jane’s pleasant state of mind. Soon after though Jane is confronted with hunger and the realization that she has no contact point or evident community, and aptly she is confronted with the summer’s rain. The rain is a direct expression of Jane’s situation in reality and it contrasts Jane’s previous summer stillness adequately. Jane is soon rescued by the Rivers of Moor house, in the town of Morton. After recovering from exhaustion in the care of Mary, Diana, and St. John the summer seems to brighten. She forges new friendships with the Rivers girls and the servants. Together they explore the wil ....
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Flowers For Algernon: Charlie's Psychological Traumas
725 Words - 3 Pages.... He'll grow up like
other people. Better than others..." Charlie had dreams of how his mother was
ashamed of him. His mother always thought her son was normal and would grow up
and be somebody. "...He's like a baby. He can't play Monopoly or checkers or
anything. I won't play with him anymore..." Charlie's sister also ignored him.
To her, Charlie was dumb and could not do anything. Charlie had dreams of his
sister yelling at him and making fun of him. He also had memories of the night
his parents took him to the Warren Home. He was terrified and his dad would
never answer his questions. Charlie remembered his childhood and through his
memories, he felt guilty ....
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Madame Bovary: Destiny
1048 Words - 4 Pages.... if
she had made a different decision, her life would not have ended as tragically.
When we first meet Emma, the future Madame Bovary, we perceive her as
being a woman who is refined perhaps a bit more than the average peasant girl
living on a farm. We conclude this because she attended a boarding school where
she was taught “dancing, geography, needlework and piano.” (p.15) Charles, on
the other hand, gives her more credit than she deserves. He regards her as well
very educated, sophisticated, sensitive and loving, with the last characteristic
being the one she lacks most. Soon after Emma marries Charles we see her
unhappiness, and we are faced with a dilemma, why did ....
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Edgar Allan Poe And The Raven
2113 Words - 8 Pages.... life and lifestyle, a brief look at other Poe
works, criticism on his writings, and some unusual ways his fame has been
honored . To begin with, “The Raven” holds a dark sense of elegance which
has been appealing to many since it was written in 1845.
The theme of “The Raven” is simple: a man suffering the loss of his
love is visited by a speaking raven, whose repetitious, meaningless answers
torture him to the point of insanity (see Appendix R) (Decoder, Internet).
The feeling of lost love portrayed in the poem might have reflected the
death of Poe’s wife, Virginia, in 1847 (Qrisse, Internet). As it is read, a
definite rhyme ....
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A Separate Peace: Gene Forrester
736 Words - 3 Pages.... Gene emerges a mature adult.
Gene jounces the limb and causes Finny's fall and at that moment he becomes aware of his inner-self and learns of his true feelings. This revelation comes to him back in his room before he and Finny leave for the tree. It surrounds him with the shock of his true self until he finally reacts by jouncing the limb. Up in the tree, before the two friends are about to make their "double-jump", Gene sees Finny in this new light. He realizes that Finny feels no jealousy or hatred towards him and that Finny is indeed perfect in every way. Gene becomes aware that only he is the jealous one. He learns of his hatred and that he really is a "savage u ....
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Freedom And Liberty
939 Words - 4 Pages.... the people’s loyalty to the government
are all determined by the individual.
In order to keep the people of Oceania
in conformity with the desires of the governing Inner Party, the Inner Party
controls several aspects of the people’s lives. Communication, for one, is
controlled for the benefit of the nation. Newspeak is a modified version of
language that is enforced upon the people in order to limit their expression.
Syme and Winston, two middle-class workers in Oceania, discuss the concept
of Newspeak. Syme reveals that he supports the system, demonstrating how he
has been brainwashed by the Inner Party who enforces the system.
"It’s a
beautiful thing, the dest ....
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Raising In The Sun: Walter Younger
192 Words - 1 Pages.... Walter
starts to change and chagnes for the good of the family.
Walter is an ambitious man. He has always wanted to be a rich man, but his
dreams have been shot down by his family. No one believes in him. Only he does.
This is wny he is the way he is. He is selfish. Always me me me. He lost
all the money his family and his mother had intrusted him with. He was always
thinking about himself and he lost all his money by giving it to a man who he
trusted. But the man ran off with the money.
But Walter finally changes. Luckily his mother and saved enough money for a
house. But they were going to live in a white neighborhood and the whites did
not like that. T ....
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Comparing Survival Concepts And Situations
613 Words - 3 Pages.... to one another. The plot thickens when one of the kids attempts to overthrow the elected leader by segregating the group. His devious, deceptive plan is successful and he and half the group separates from the other. Now these young boys must face their original problem; being stranded from all contact of civilization coupled with the hatred of the two “tribes.” This is extremely dangerous because the tension between the two groups is at a high and everyone fears for their lives. Although I can’t explain the ending of William Golding’s book (because I am not sure what exactly happens) I’m sure it is vaguely similar to that of Gary Paulson’s book Hatchet. ....
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