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Great Gatsby
807 Words - 3 Pages

.... it successful for himself. The is about what happened to the American Dream in the 1920s, a time period when the dream had been corrupted by the avaricious pursuit of wealth. The pursuit of the American Dream is the sublime motivation for accomplishing one's goals and producing achievements, however when tainted with wealth the dream becomes devoid and hollow. Jay Gatsby, the central figure of the story, is one character who longs for the past. Surprisingly, he devotes most of his adult life trying to recapture it and, finally, dies in its pursuit. In the past, Gatsby had a love affair with the affluent Daisy. Knowing he could not marry her because of the difference in thei ....


Rebecca By Daphan Du Maurier
539 Words - 2 Pages

.... is engaged. The young lady does not want to leave her loved one. That night she contacts Mr. De Winter and tells him the news. Shocked, he decides to ask the young lady to stay with him at Manderley and later proposes to her. After they arrive at Manderley, the newly Mrs. De Winter is unwelcome by the servants and is especially disliked by Mrs. Danvers. While spending much time at the house, Mrs. De Winter discovers information about the former Mrs. De Winter, Rebecca. All along, the young lady understands that everything she does is compared to Rebecca. She becomes furious and fed up with all the reactions she receives and is convinced by Mrs. Danvers to kill ....


Black Like Me 2
665 Words - 3 Pages

.... blacks stayed in their towns when the towns offered nothing to the Negro in form of stores, washrooms or jobs. If this was asked to a black the answer would have been related to blacks desire to keep fighting and struggling for desegregation. Of course, nearly any white man would fail to understand this. The white community wanted none of the blacks about in their town. The ignorance of whites or their "misunderstanding" is clear when Griffin is on the bus and requests to get off at his stop. The bus driver refuses;"I can't leave the door open all night". This was just pure disrespect from the driver for he had nothing better to do than wait for traffic. Griffin at the t ....


To Kill A Mockingbird 2
408 Words - 2 Pages

.... by the author Harper Lee. The story took place in the very deep part of the south during the 1930's when the country was in a economical depression in a town called Maycomb. This novel was written in the first person, therefore we know that the narrator is a character in the story. This story is a flashback that covered around three years. He father Atticus that treat her as an invitingly. In the south the tradition and society is more important which is the individual is more important! He makes them learn everything by themselves, Therefore she tells us how she is getting educated. Jim was a very active boy, He has manners. He was the son of atticus. Scott was the daughte ....


12 Angry Men: Influence Of Surroundings
334 Words - 2 Pages

.... the streets... he's got to die! Stay with me." (23) But Four sees the truth that Eight has brought into th light and still votes guilty. Eight tries to convince Three how the boy is not guilty beyond reasonable doubt but Three does not listen adn would rather see the boy die. "For this kid, you bet I'd pull the switch."(17) This shows how emotionally unstable Three is. He is a grown man living in a civilized community and would like to see a boy who he does not even know die by his own hands Eight does not think highly of Three for what he says about killing the boy and shouts "your a sadist."(17) which is the absolute truth about Three. The emotional make-up of a ju ....


How Napoleon Obtains And Maint
2369 Words - 9 Pages

.... Napoleon maintains power by elevating himself over the other animals, and taking on the characteristics of man. Through these processes, Orwell is trying to convey simply the message of the Russian Revolution. Orwell is also trying to convey a warning about propaganda, and a warning about absolute power through the ways in which Napoleon obtained and maintained power. Napoleon obtains power primarily by elimination. He believes that if he eliminates all the people standing in between him and ultimate domination, then he can govern the animals in any way that he sees fit. His first step of eliminating is to divide the animals into two classes. Napoleon, along with the other p ....


Black Rain: Reader Response
1361 Words - 5 Pages

.... weapon,” “special new-type bomb,” to “special high-capacity bomb.” That day, I learned for the first time to call it an “ atomic bomb.” (Black Rain 282) The importance of the name of the bomb may seem ineffectual, but he seems to dwell on finding out what caused this type of destruction. Something else that Mr. Shizuma wants to do is remember every little detail about what happens to everything from what angle the house was on after the bomb to what his wife cooked for dinner with the food rationing. He even likes to write how people cured themselves of radiation sickness and what the burns and other injuries look and act like. These things are like myself ....


An Interpretation Of Franz Kafka’s Parable “The Trees.”
479 Words - 2 Pages

.... same, is individually different. Therefore one must come to his own conclusions about the representation of the tree. The parable also gives off a sense of an opinionated unity. While the narrator unifies his readers through the use of the pronoun “we” in the first sentence, the entire parable feels as though it is the opinion of the narrator. This fact poses a discrediting, of sort, to the validity of the parable. It may not hold true for each individual that is reading the parable, yet it seems to be reflective of the experiences of the narrator and no one else. These interpretations, though complicated and seemingly apparent, do not portray the atmosphere of the parabl ....



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