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1984 3
Number of words: 1360 - Number of pages: 5.... He was the founder and leader of Italian Fascism. While Germany was ruled by Hitler with his Nazi party. In the story, the government put Big Brother pictures everywhere with the saying, "Big Brother is Watching You,” and also the famous propaganda, “War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength.” This is done by the Ministries of Truth, a department that deals with news, entertainment, education, and the fine arts. They did this sort of thing to raise the reputation of the leaders, and it is also used to warn the citizens that they should not do anything in op .....
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Women In The Odyssey: Valued Beings Or Forgotten Slaves?
Number of words: 1014 - Number of pages: 4.... their return. But in the Odyssey, it is a woman
who saves the day several times. The story starts with Athene interrupting
the chief god, Zeus, and reminding him of Odysseus' troubles on Earth. She
convinces them to back her against Poseidon, who is angry with Odysseus, and
allow her to start him on his journey home. She then continues to watch him
throughout the story to make sure he was safe. Everywhere he goes, she is
there. In Book Five, when Odysseus is leaving Calypso's island, Poseidon is
leaving Ethiopa, where he was visiting. When he sees Odysseus on his turf,
he whips up a large s .....
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Eveline: Character Analysis
Number of words: 628 - Number of pages: 3.... her future, hopes “to explore a new life with Frank (Joyce 5).”
When, in a moment of terror she realizes that “she must escape (Joyce 6),” it
seems to steel her determination to make a new home for herself elsewhere. On
the other hand, she is comfortable with the “familiar objects from which she had
never dreamed of being divided (Joyce 4).” She rationalizes that: “In her home
anyway she had shelter and food; she had those whom she had known all her life
about her (Joyce 4).” As she reflects on her past she discovers "now that she
was about to leave it she did not .....
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A Christmas Memory
Number of words: 643 - Number of pages: 3.... the story is bittersweet because there is joy to be found in the simplicity of the three friends’ happiness. However, after this specific Christmas, Capote is forced to move out of his house and to leave his innocence behind. The story is not purely self-serving because Capote uses this piece not only to revisit his memories of happier times, but to also evoke the memories of the readers. The theme of a loss of childhood innocence is one that many people can relate to, as well. However, Capote composed this piece using the observant eye of a youth juxtaposed against wisdom only gained w .....
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Sir Gawain And The Green Knigh
Number of words: 765 - Number of pages: 3.... Gawain to start to look for his fate and find the Green Knight and his chapel. Starting his crusade, Gawain was given a feast and many thought he would never return again, as some of the knights would comment, “Better to have been more prudent, to have made him a duke before this could happen. He seemed a brilliant leader, and could have been.” (II, 677) Gawain knows all of this that on his travel he would be put to death, he still went on this final crusade, to his death with utmost bravery.
Sir Gawain also shows his honor often. In accepting the Green Knight’s challe .....
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The Great Gatsby - The America
Number of words: 1431 - Number of pages: 6.... chance she might show up at one of them. He, himself, does not attend his parties but watches them from a distance. When his hopes don’t show true he asks around casually if anyone knows her. Soon he meets Nick Carraway, a cousin of Daisy, who agrees to set up a meeting, "He wants to know...if you'll invite Daisy to your house some afternoon and then let him come over (83)." Gatsby's personal dream symbolizes the larger American Dream where all have the opportunity to get what they want.
Later, as we see in the Plaza Hotel, Jay still believes that Daisy loves him. He is convinced of this a .....
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Grapes Of Wrath And Jim Casy
Number of words: 2487 - Number of pages: 10.... for was supposed to be , Casy was hailed and respected by many for simply being a preacher. Casy and Jesus both saw a common goodness in the average man and saw every person as holy. Both Christ and Casy faced struggles between their ideals versus the real world. (Despite Casy's honesty, goodness, and loyalty to all men, he would not earn a meal or warm place to stay. Although Jesus had many followers, still others opposed his preaching until the very end. ) These prophets attempted to disengage man from the cares of the world and create a high spiritualism that stemmed joy from misery. .....
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Nihilism
Number of words: 1653 - Number of pages: 7.... let’s look at what Bazarov says on the subject. "We base our conduct on what we recognize as useful... the most useful thing we can do is to repudiate – and so we repudiate" (123). The base concept of is to deny or negate, and as we learn later in the same paragraph, to negate everything. With this ‘destruction’ of everything from science to art there is no building for nihilists, as Bazarov says "That is not our affair" (126). Nihilists view the current structure of society as concerned with such trivialties as ‘art’ and ‘parliamentism’ while ignoring real life issues such .....
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Critical Essay - Brave New Wor
Number of words: 646 - Number of pages: 3.... emotions and this lack of emotions conveys the lack of individuality that is present throughout the society. A reader will enjoy this because individuality is a key aspect of life. People strive to make themselves known for who they are and not for what nation they represent. Society is trying to detract itself from discrimination due to race, gender or any other characteristic. The lack of individuality present in "Brave New World" appeals to the reader's need for individuality and causes them to take interest in the plot of the story.
This story is based on happiness of the peopl .....
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Crucible
Number of words: 357 - Number of pages: 2.... come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you. And you know I can do it.”(Pg. 20 | Line 2) she shows her evil character as she even threatens her “friends” that she will harm them when they get in their way. She is also not afraid of blaming everything on Tituba, who she asked for help with conjuring the spirits, by saying, “Don’t lie! (…) She comes to me while I sleep; she is always making me dream corruptions!”(Pg. 44 | Line 9)
As you can see in the paragraphs above, Abigail has a great ability to act, which she use .....
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