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The Scarlet Letter: Evil Of Isolation
665 Words - 3 Pages.... Only a combination of
death and confession finally release Arthur from his torture.
Though Hester's ostracism from society and the tortuous nature of her
shame, Hester is stripped of all passion and humanity. Since society
acknowledges Hester's sin, she becomes an exile in her own town. "All the world
Ha[s] frowned on her," and Hester must bear the brunt of her shameful isolation.
When Hester walks through her town "a sort of magic circle [forms] itself around
her." Devoid of any social contact, save that of her daughter, Hester must
endure of lonely existence. "In all her intercourse with society, save that of
her daughter, there was nothing that made [Hester] feel as ....
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The Red Badge Of Courage
1077 Words - 4 Pages.... changed, and he became confident and fearless.
Henry was greatly concerned with how he was perceived by others. He wanted his fellow soldiers to think highly of him, as someone who was brave and would fight until death. After Henry enlisted, he went to tell his friends, thinking that they would consider him a hero. When Henry first arrived at training, he felt that he was invincible. However, when Henry heard that his regiment was going to battle he started to wonder if he would run. He was afraid to tell anyone of this because he thought they would think he was a coward. When he was returning to the regiment, shortly after he ran, he wondered and cared about ....
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The Island Of Dr. Moreau
1642 Words - 6 Pages.... true human standing. The plot, main character, theme, style, and setting are key elements found in this novel.
The basic conflict of this novel was that the creatures of the island went against the creators, or the scientists. When the Beast Men were first created, they were not to intelligent. Due to this, the creators manipulated their minds with lies. The creatures, even though they out numbered the humans by a large margin, believed everything their “Masters” would utter, and, therefore, followed a code of law. These laws consisted of the following: they were not to walk on all-fours, they were not to suck up their drink, they were not to eat flesh of any kind, ....
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The Chrysanthemums 2
1629 Words - 6 Pages.... they have settled into a fairly familiar and ordinary routine, they are still responsive to each other’s sense of accomplishment and agree to celebrate with a night on the town.
Elisa is earthbound, rooted securely in her garden but also held down by her connection to it. Their house is described as “hard-swept” and “hard-polished,” and is the only outlet for her talents. However, Elisa needs something more in her life than a neat house and a good garden. Their marriage is childless and conventional and she has begun to sense that an important part of her is dying and that her future will be predictable and mundane. Elisa is a barren woman ....
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Maggie A Girl Of The Streets And Pudd’nhead Wilson
1004 Words - 4 Pages.... than her. The boy ends up cheating on her and Maggie is destroyed,
she is killed in the end.
Pudd’nhead Wilson is about 2 boys switched at birth. One was a
slave and grew up as a rich white boy, while the other who was the heir to
the house grew up a slave. After a murder it was realized who was really
who and the mistake was returned to normal.
Roxy, the mother in Pudd’nhead Wilson was first seen as a hero in
the book. She saved her own child from slavery and put her masters child
into it. This idea does not work out and son grows up beating her and
whipping her. Her son turns into the laughing stock of the town. According
to the website http://etext.lib.virginia.e ....
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Farewell To Manzanar
1043 Words - 4 Pages.... facets, because she did not look like the other white, kids, and her idea of gender roles before school were based on how her parents acted, who were first generation Japanese immigrants. Accordingly, Jeanne had to work extra hard to compensate for her differences so she could fit in with the mainstream of white people. Because of the want to fit in, Jeanne accepted white culture's beliefs in terms of school and gender as the way to model her life because it is made fitting in easier.
Jeanne seems to have set up her own type of Jim Crow rules, like those in the South. She always had to be complaisant around White people and apologize or be submissive to them even if ....
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Catcher In The Rye: Summary
1703 Words - 7 Pages.... likes to go out with many girls.
7. Jean Gallagher is not only Holdens friend; she's Holdens best
friend. These characters like each other, and have known each other since
they were very little.
8. Sally Hayes is Holdens friend. She likes poetry, and she also
likes to go to the theater. She goes out on a date with Holden.
PLOT
This story is based on a young boy's life. This young boy's full
name is Holden Caulfield. He is twelve years old, and attends a school
called Pencey. Holden starts off this story by telling his story about the
last Christmas. He starts off by saying that he was at Thomson Hill
watching a football game. He returned from New York w ....
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To Kill A Mockingbird
563 Words - 3 Pages.... which made him work even harder at winning the case. Even though his family was made fun of, he stuck with his choice and worked the hardest he could to ignore the threats and harassment. He did very well to ignore all the abuse and was greatly respected after the trial was over.
Blacks, because they were considered inferior, were expected to do everything for whites. Everything had to be perfect, without excuse. Even the Finch’s family friend, Calpurnia, was mocked when she didn’t make the perfect cup of coffee. “She [Calpurnia] poured one tablespoon of coffee into it and filled the cup to the brim with milk. I [Scout] thanked her by sticking out my tongue= ....
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