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God V. Man In Antigone
<view this essay>.... to human law versus divine law can best be seen through Antigone’s reverence for the gods in relation to her actions, Kreon’s realization of the effects of his selfish pride, and the people of Thebes’ observations about Kreon’s decisions.
Antigone has the most direct struggles with human law and a higher law in the drama, for it is the application of this theme that decides her fate. Faced with the decision to defy the King and properly bury her brother, Polyneices, or leave his body unprepared for death as Kreon wished, she chose to obey the wishes of the gods and bury him. At the time of the drama, the Greeks believed that a decent .....
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Grapes Of Wrath
<view this essay>.... a very special role in which they are distinct and contribute something to the Joad family and to the world.
The most authoritative figure is Ma Joad. She is a very strong southern woman whom the whole family looks upon for support. Ma is a lady who is both strong mentally and physically. Her understanding is acknowledged by the rest of the family to be supreme. Of her emotional strength Tom says. “Her hazel eyes seemed to know, to accept, to welcome her position, the citadel of the family, the strong place that could not be taken.” (95)
The family felt what Ma felt and let her emotions be in control. “And since, when a joyful thing ha .....
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Book Report On Of Mice And Men
<view this essay>.... Lennie saw a girl wearing a bright red dress. He grabbed on to the sleeve of her dress. The girl became scared and screamed; this frightened Lennie. He did not know what to do so he held on to the dress tighter.
The next day, George found out that the girl went to the police and pressed charges against Lennie. The police were all over town looking for him. George and Lennie escaped by hiding in an irrigation ditch until nightfall and then leaving town. After that, they hitchhiked all the way to Salinas Valley, California where the story continues.
The next day they arrived at their destination, the ranch where the would be working. That day, they m .....
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Kafka's The Trial: The Reality Of Guilt
<view this essay>.... anywhere in the
novel. It remains an enigma to the reader and to Joseph. Ultimately, at
the end, Joseph is executed superficially without conviction. Probing
deeper, however, one ponders the question of original sin. Is Joseph
guilty for merely existing? Is his incessant denial of committing a
criminal offense a crime in its self? In 'The Trial," Joseph may not be
guilty in the sense of committing a sin, but could be guilt itself.
An important note to keep in mind while reading "The Trial" is Kafka's
structural organization of paragraphs. Most of the paragraphs are
confusing and lengthy; some even more than one or two pages long. In
chapter two when J .....
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The Giver: A Critique
<view this essay>.... are rises in action.
The climax is when the plan to escape the society is being conceived and the
actual escape itself. The falling action is when he is escaping from the search
planes and trying to keep himself and Gabriel alive. The ending is when he
feels triumph at the top of the hill and then sleds down it to his new family,
his first memory that belongs to him.
There were many characters in this book the main one being Jonas. Jonas is
a child in this supposed "Utopia" who ends up with the most important assignment
of all the "Receiver of Memory". The Receiver holds all the memories of the
whole community so the community does not have to be .....
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The Lost World: Summary
<view this essay>.... by InGen for a biological preserve for tourists to see the dinosaurs
at a certain cost. After a tremendous tragedy at Isla Nublar, the company went
bankrupt and destroyed Isla Nublar. They did not bother to mess with Isla Sorna
because of publicity reasons. For six years no one knew about this lost world.
Many times there were cases of large unknown animals at Costa Rica, but no one
found out what they actually were or where they had come from. A rich scientist
named Dr. Richard Levine performed research on some of these animals and found
some clues which led him to the lost island. He set out on a test expedition
with his colleague to find out exactl .....
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Battle With Fate
<view this essay>.... down again the spray slashed them. The crest of each of these waves was a hill, from the top of which the men surveyed for a moment a broad tumultuous expanse, shining and wind-riven. It was probably splendid, it was probably glorious, this play of the free sea, wild with lights of emerald and white and amber"(p. 246). This quote shows the oceans relentless pursuit of the crew never letting up, and even though the ocean had beauty in all its ferocity, the crew never had time to realize it. The ocean was cruel despite its beauty. The crew was being smashed to pieces, the ocean doesn’t care. They were always trying to survive the unforgiving ocean. When the crew .....
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A Farewell To Arms
<view this essay>.... can find his inner self. Lieutenant Rinaldi shares a room with Frederick. He is an emotional Italian, and is always in love with someone. When he is first introduced, he is in love with Catherine Barkley, a nurse at a local hospital. Frederick goes with Rinaldi to meet her. When they first meet, Catherine speaks of her finance killed in war. Frederick starts going to visit Catherine everyday. Frederick is not in love with Catherine, but he wants to have an affair with her. He tries to kiss her, but she slaps him. Frederick has to go to war so she gives him Saint Anthony on a necklace. While fighting, Frederick gets wounded very badly. Rinaldi and the priest .....
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