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Brave New Worlds Social Outcas
Number of words: 718 - Number of pages: 3.... so ugly!’…’And then so small.’ Fanny made a grimace; smallness was so horribly and typically low-caste’” (46). Bernard’s looks pushed him to be an outsider. His physical insufficiencies cause him to be different mentally.
The way that he thinks and acts is different then that of the cultural norm. “’They say he doesn’t like Obstacle Golf.’…’And then he spends most of his time by himself – alone’” (44). The way that Bernard acts is so different then everyone else in the world in whi .....
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The Lord Of The Flies: The Evil Of Mankind
Number of words: 1006 - Number of pages: 4.... these are little boys and in their minds a chief is a leader, but still, it is expected that when suddenly removed from society, any group would attempt to mimic that which they had previously become accustomed to. Also, the platform becomes the designated meeting area for the boys, and they are told to come to this platform whenever they hear the conch. Just like with a school bell, they are to report to wherever they need to be when the sound is heard. In order to protect themselves from the elements, the boys also construct several huts. Once this mock-society is established, the boys .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Symbolism In The Forest
Number of words: 865 - Number of pages: 4.... the black mans book on that night. She
explains that the only reason she does not sign is because Pearl is still
in her life. At this time the forest itself is a open door to another
world, a wicked world that would take her away from her present situation,
but that is not the only door that the forest holds.
The forest is an open door to love and freedom for both Hester and
Dimmesdale. It is a place where the letter on their bodies can no longer
have an effect on them if they choose. A world ruled by nature and
governed by natural law as opposed to the artificial strict community with .....
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Animal Farm
Number of words: 1601 - Number of pages: 6.... in Russia, and their
determination to struggle against capitalism. Like Old Major,
Lenin and Marx wrote essays and gave speeches to the
working class poor. The working class in Russia, as
compared with the barnyard animals in Animal Farm, were a
laboring class of people that received low wages for their
work. Like the animals in the farm yard, the people is Russia
thought there would be no oppression in a new society
because the working class people (or animals) would own
all the riches and hold all the power. (Golubeva and
Gellerstein 168). Another character represented in the book
is Far .....
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Critical Analysis Of Steinbeck
Number of words: 549 - Number of pages: 2.... to George or himself. Carlson's luger, which is used to shoot Candy's dog in the back of the head, is also used by George to shoot Lennie in the back of the head. Slim had said earlier that he wished "somebody'd shoot [him] if [he] got old an' a cripple" (p. 45) and he also acknowledges that George has to shoot Lennie, telling him that he "hadda" (p.107). Both Candy's dog and Lennie are killed out of love. Candy feels that his dog no longer needs to suffer and George never wants Lennie to suffer for a crime he did not mean to commit.
The parallels that exist between the outcasts and Le .....
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Summary Of "A Raisin In The Sun"
Number of words: 678 - Number of pages: 3.... waits at home while Walter goes over to the neighbors house to
talk to them about what has happened. Walter is, in good reason, very angry
and annoyed by the racist whites. He goes over and at first tries his best
to stay calm over the situation. The white father then says, "Listen, if I
ever see your son with mine, I will througth that little black spoiled brat
back into your yard." Walter becomes enraged and hits the man directly in
the face as hard as he can. This brings an upraw amongst the Youngers and
the entire community. Thus bringing the whites, even those who weren't
before, totall .....
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Social Injustices In Huckleberry Finn
Number of words: 1368 - Number of pages: 5.... provides us with that chance.
Throughout the book we see the hypocrisy of society. The first character we come across with that trait is Miss Watson. Miss Watson constantly corrects Huck for his unacceptable behavior, but Huck doesn’t understand why, "That is just the way with some people. They get down on a thing when they don’t know nothing about it" (2). Later when Miss Watson tries to teach Huck about Heaven, he decides against trying to go there, "...she was going to live so as to go the good place. Well, I couldn’t see no advantage in going where she was going, so I made up my .....
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Comparison Of 1984 And Animal Farm
Number of words: 394 - Number of pages: 2.... it does. He also instructs Winston that if the
Party informs its members that 2+2=3 or 4 or all at the same time, then it
is so. Although this true reality is available to Inner Party members,
they too do not have the freedom of thought or individuality... they are
only just aware of its existence. Only the outside reader is able to think
and understand the true nature of the reality established by the Party.
In Animal Farm, Orwell unveiled that reality is a simple mental
state that can be easily manipulated. Napoleon and the pigs proved this
theory by repeatedly changing th .....
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Mcmurphy Is A Tragic Hero
Number of words: 891 - Number of pages: 4.... beginning McMurphy seems to be winning his battles with the Big Nurse but she is simply waiting for the right time, awaiting her opportunity. The Big Nurse has ultimate power over the patients and this is what makes McMurphy lose to the Big Nurse. McMurphy find out the reason why the other patients are in the ward when they say to him
"Mr. McMurphy…my friend…I'm not a chicken, I'm a rabbit. The doctor is a rabbit. Cheswick there is a rabbit. Billy Bibbit is a rabbit. All of us in here are rabbits of varying ages and degrees, hippity-hopping through our Walt Disney world. Oh, don't misun .....
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Lord Of The Flies
Number of words: 2319 - Number of pages: 9.... his experiences on the island gave him a more realistic understanding
of the cruelty possessed by some people. The ordeals of the three boys on
the island made them more aware of the evil inside themselves and in some
cases, made the false politeness that had clothed them dissipate. However,
the changes experienced by one boy differed from those endured by another.
This is attributable to the physical and mental dissimilarities between
them.
Jack was first described with an ugly sense of cruelty that made him
naturally unlikeable. As leader of the choir and one of the tallest boys .....
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