.... that from the beginning, Jack had to kill, and it was driving him crazy not to kill. All that Jack could do while stuck on the island was think about killing, talk about killing, and actually killing. That was his first evil trait. The second evil trait found in the savagery of Jack Merridew is unnecessary stealing. The two characters that he really stole from are Ralph and Piggy. From Ralph, Jack stole the boy followers, respect, and friends. He stole followers from Ralph by luring them into his tribe with the promise of meat and protection from the beast. He stole respect by spe .....

.... "The calls were in different tones, evidently proceeding from two men who had lost their way, and were searching in different directions for their path" (Cooper, p. 5). Bewley states that this meeting is symbolic of losing one's way morally, and then attempting to find it again through different paths. Says Bewley, "when the two men emerge from the forest into the little clearing we are face to face with... two opposing moral visions of life which are embodied in these two woodsmen" (cited in Long, p. 121). Critic Donald Davie, however, disagrees. His contention is that the plot is .....

.... One person is Tom Joad, one of Ma and Pa Joad's children. He has recently been released from prison and seems to be concerned only for himself. He wakes each morning only wanting work for money and food for his stomach. But throughout the novel Tom learns many lessons, especially of those by Jim Casy, his old preacher-friend. Jim Casy, a man representative of Jesus Christ in both his initials "J.C." and in his beliefs. The preacher is the one character that throughout the novel always knows what he must do: to help those less fortunate fight in anyway possible in order to get what they d .....

.... pearl for much less than it is worth so they could sell it for a big profit. Kino now realized that this pearl was becoming a problem but he didn't care. His motives revovled around greed which was shown throughout the story. Kino encounters many other obstacles in his journey to sell the pearl such as theieves and his wife. Kino who was described as a very loving and caring man at the beginning of the novel hit his wife because she wanted to get rid of the pearl. He was being driven by greed and jealosy of what others in society had. In the end Kino's son Coyoito was shot as a resul .....

.... rhetoric and philosophy. Livy was never closely involved with the literary world of Rome, the poets or the partons of the arts. Livy in his time wrote a total of 142 books, many of which have been lost, and most of his later books are known only by summaries. The history of Rome, which was compiled by Livy in the height of the Roman civilization takes a look at the past achievements of his great civilization. Although a historian, Livy did not take an objective view towards the history of Rome. There is not a lot to be known about the man himself; it is assumed though that he must ha .....

.... about a character’s experiences. Readers sympathize with Christina Cotter and fear for Bobby Shatford. The thoughts and emotions of every character are stunningly real. The book does not neglect to include the women who fish. Linda Greenlaw is the captain of the Hannah Boden. The boat brings in the most fish on the coast. There is also Karen Stimpson, known to be one of the most experience sailors around. Sue Bylander is also a sailor and works with Stimpson as a graphic designer in-between fishing seasons. None of the three women are depicted as weak or hysterical during the s .....

.... days. In very few occurrences, he achieves success. The wrath of the "phonies" constantly plagues Holden pending the sessions with the psychoanalyst; the treatment bequeathed to Holden consists of a "rest cure". Even after the inquiry and the treatment, the questions remain unanswered, and Holden invariably suffers from lack of love. Regular daily occurrences effect each distinct person with diverse emotions. In The Catcher in the Rye, the pessimistic Holden Caulfield views all incidents as a result of the ignorance from the "phonies". The basis of the theme derives from the actuali .....

.... within the church. The Pardoner was an expert at exploiting parishioners' guilt for his financial gain. He sold them various “relics” that supposedly cured ailments ranging from sick cattle to jealousy. And if the relics didn't seem to work, it was obviously because of the sinful man or woman who purchased them, and no fault of the Pardoner. He had a few lines he would routinely say to his potential customers; “Good men and women, here's a word of of warning: If there is anyone in the church this morning Guilty of sin, s .....

.... elicit strong emotions. Throughout the vigil, watching over his mother's dead body, and at her funeral, he never cries. He is, further, depicted enjoying a cup of coffee with milk during the vigil, and having a smoke with a caretaker at the nursing home in which his mother died. The following day, after his mother's funeral, he goes to the beach and meets a former colleague named Marie Cardona. They swim, go to a movie, and then spend the night together. Later in their relationship, Marie asks Meursault if he wants to marry her. He responds that it doesn't matter to him, and if she w .....

.... of each other in the book by wanting the same thing but they have different methods of achieving it. Gatsby wants Daisy, and Myrtle just wants to be higher in society. Gatsby plays the god-like character in this book so his means are good but both him and Myrtle do bad things to get higher in a crowd that will never take them in. To make themselves appear better to the other crowd, they lose some of the moral fiber that was there to begin with. (Fitzgerald, -page 83) Loss of morals in the 1920' in America caused the American dream to vanish. The god-like character of the book was a go .....