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Barbed Wire By Mary Emeny
593 Words - 3 Pages.... boy “rid[ing] eagerly down the road” (9) have their enjoyable realities striped by the harshness of war. Likewise, war enters women’s lives creating turmoil. The woman who works “deftly in the fields” ( ) no longer is able to experience the offerings of life. The “wire cuts,” ( ) pushing her away from the normal flow of life. In addition, man undergoes tragic obstacles as a result of war. “A man walks nobly and alone” ( ) before the horrible effects of war set in on his life causing disruptions. War enters the life of man destroying the bond man shares with his beloved environment ( ).
Although a great deal of physical effects exist in Emeny’s work, th ....
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Compare And Contrast Daisy To Myrtle
447 Words - 2 Pages.... they shared many similarities. For example, both women liked the finer things in life. That is, they were happy as long as they possessed rich material possessions. Another similarity between them is that they both cheated on their husbands with men richer than their own husbands. Gatsby was richer than Tom and Tom was richer than George.
With all these things in mind, we must also keep in mind that Myrtle and Daisy are from two different social classes. Myrtle is not very high class. She proves this to us several times. For instance when she buys a copy of the “Town Tattle” or when she is content with the mutt puppy that Tom bought her. Daisy would not have be ....
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A Good Man Is Hard To Find
766 Words - 3 Pages.... the community, and the Christian way of life. His wife, Faith, symbolizes his faith in himself, the community, and "Faith" herself. Goodman Brown is struggling with temptation, the devil, and the ways of the Christian faith. He doesn't feel that he can face this struggle. He has a low level of confidence in himself, as did the author, Hawthorne himself. Hawthorne wrote this story during a time when he himself was growing up doubting the Puritan faith. This story takes place at least a generation after the Salem Witch Trials. Both Brown and Hawthorne exhibit doubt in themselves as well as their Roland 2 ancestors. Goodman Brown is also struggling with his past. He must ta ....
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The Scarlet Letter: The Plot
667 Words - 3 Pages.... even before his arrival to the American Colony's,
first by being captured by savage Indians. While being held captive he was
presumed dead his wife Hester had a child by another man out of wedlock.
By the end of the book we see that Chillingworth's sins are far
greater than either Hester's or Author's. This is first evident in the fact
that he married Hester knowing she would never love him and yet he made her
marry him anyway. He admits this while talking to her in the jail cell.
"Mine was the first wrong, when I betrayed thy budding youth into a false
and unnatural relation with my decay."
His second sin is allowing himself to become obsessed with
ven ....
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Hamlet 2
1189 Words - 5 Pages.... daughter, Ophelia. . She, like others in the play, was manipulated by Claudius for his own purposes. In Act II, Scene 2, Claudius and Polonius use Ophelea to determine the cause of Hamlet’s madness.
Polonius: At such a time I’ll lose my daughter to him:
Be you and I behind an arras then;
Mark the encounter: if he love her not
And be not form his reason fall’n thereon,
Let me be no assistant for a state,
But keep a farm and carters
And in Act II, scene 1, Ophelia tells Polonius how Hamlet has scared her, making Polonius believe that Hamlet has gone insane. Thus the death of Ophelia is a tragedy because she did nothing deserving of her horrible d ....
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Red Badge Of Courage
764 Words - 3 Pages.... friends with two other soldiers, John Wilson and Jim Conklin. John was as excited about going to war as Henry, while Jim was confident about the success of the new regiment. Henry started to realize after a few days of marching, that their regiment was just wandering aimlessly, going in circles, like a vast blue demonstration. They kept marching on without purpose, direction, or fighting. Through time Henry started to think about the battles in a different way, a more close and experienced way, he started to become afraid that he might run from battle when duty calls. He felt like a servant doing whatever his superiors told him. When the regiment finally discovers a battl ....
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The Fellowship Of The Rings
485 Words - 2 Pages.... a great
blizzard until nightfall. Where warmth and comfort are found in a local tavern.
The Hobbits were well to entertain and were taken notice by a man, a warrior
by the name of Strider. He took aim on their quest and was reluctant to aid in
their cause. Gandalf had departed them to seek the wisdom of another wizard.
With Strider and the remaining party they traveled the broad expanse if terrain.
Where they would befriend new adventurers along the way. Many a time would they
be tempted to misuse the ring. But Frodo's will held strong. Up unto the
climax of events, when the ring raids came to take what once belonged to them.
In a moment of weakness, Frodo placed ....
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A Christmas Memory: Truman Capote
1027 Words - 4 Pages.... how they managed to gather their meager
sums. People in the house donate a dime or two. Buddy and Sook make some money
by selling jams and jellies, rounding up flowers for funerals and weddings,
rummage sales, contests, and even a Fun and Freak museum. The secret fund is
hidden in an old beaded purse under a loose board in the floor. They never
remove the purse from under Sook's bed unless making a deposit or a ten-cent
withdrawal on Saturdays. She allots Buddy ten cents to go to the picture show
each Saturday. Sook has never visited one before, but asks Buddy to go instead
to come back and tell she the stories of the picture show. After dinner, Sook
and Buddy retire t ....
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