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Joshua (the Novel)
<view this essay>.... between Pat, Herm, and Joshua concerning his lifestyle. They are walking home from breakfast at the diner and the other two are interested in why Joshua doesn’t mind living alone. “Don’t you get lonesome living by yourself?” Herm asks (72). But Joshua explains to them that he values the serenity of living alone. He tells them that he can peacefully enjoy the beauty of nature outside and the animals also keep him company at times. But the main reason why Joshua never feels alone is that God is always with him, loving him always, and will never abandon him: “No. I like being by myself… God is with us all the time̶ .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Life Lessons Of Jem And Scout
<view this essay>.... not treated fairly. they learned this in the trial of Tom
Robinson, they saw that black people were not treated fairly at all no
matter how good there case was, the trial showed the children how prejudice
the world they were living in was.
The third and final thing that they were taught would have to be
that you have to do what you think is rite no matter what other people
think or say to you, they learned this lesson from there father Atticus he
defended Tom Robinson even though every said that he should not defend a
black man. He did it because he knew it was the rite thing to do, and the
children knew that was the reason that he did it too.
There are .....
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Camus's The Stranger: The Sun
<view this essay>.... and threatened him. Being that the whole point of this confrontation was the fact that he could not stand the heat of the sun. Proving that the sun did provoke him in more than one way.
Another example of the way Camus uses the sun as an influence on Meursaults reactions and emotions is when he pours with sweat, symbolizing the flow of emotions. Meursault constantly thinks about the sun when one would expect him to be mourning his dead mother. He says, "I was surprised at how fast the sun was rising in the sky."(16) which is a strong support for the idea that Meursaults thoughts weren't on his mother and his actions weren't concerned with that, but with .....
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Catcher In The Rye: Holden Caufield
<view this essay>.... his favorite pastimes getting rip-roaring
drunk. A good example of this is one of the many bar scenes when he gets quite
drunk and asks the waiter to complement the singer. This is a show of his
drunkenness because the singer is awful or at least the thought so before he
started drinking. This is one among a plethora of bad habits like smoking,
cursing, and being extremely cynical (everyone is a phony). Holden is by far
not all bad, inside he is moral and generous. There are very clear examples of
these good qualities. He had some moral sense because when "bought" the
prostitute Sunny for a throw he could not go threw with it, so he paid her
anyway and s .....
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The Color Purple, The Bell Jar, Franny And Zooey, And Ethan Frome: Internal And External Forces On The Character's Lives
<view this essay>.... Esther Greenwood displayed her internal conflict with regard to her need for perfection, personal isolation, and depression. Externally, her dysfunctional family created more pressure upon the already disturbed Esther. Ethan Frome felt compelled to tolerate an ill, demanding wife and live in a town where gossip was the mainstay of conversation and the façade of proper behavior was maintained at all costs. His tragic family situation, coupled with his desire for a woman he could not pursue, created severe internal and moral conflict. Salinger’s Franny was faced with the expectation of others that she succeed to the level of her genius brothers as well .....
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Fahrenheit 451: The Strength Of Beatty
<view this essay>.... from the weapon. Breach mean's mind. Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man? Me? I won't stomach them for a minute." (Pg. 62) These short phrases are bewildering, because they have a very unclear meaning. He also said, "And you shrieked, 'Knowledge is power!' and 'A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees the farthest of the two!' and I summed my side up with rare serenity in, 'The folly of a mistaking a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself as an oracle, is inborn is us, Mr. Valery once said.'" (Pg. 116) This confused Montag to the point that he almost disclosed his passion for reading books.
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Billy Budd: Good Versus Evil
<view this essay>.... refers to Budd as a “ barbarian”. By this description of Budd Melville is emphasizing his likeness to a natural, pre-civilized man. As a “ noble savage”, Billy lacks an understanding of the tricks of sophisticated life and is unable to express himself through intelligence instead he must express himself through emotions. To further our understanding of Budd’s likeness to a “ noble savage” Melville states with a allusion to the bible that because of his lack of worldly knowledge he has not yet taken a bite out of the “ questionable apple of knowledge”. Here he compares Budd to Adam and Eve before they were coaxed by the serpent to take a bite of the apple .....
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More Than A Noble Perception
<view this essay>.... of him. Comparing their perceptions and the way he is shows how Macbeth may have came to the decision to commit his crime. Banquo is Macbeth's best friend in the tragedy. Banquo is with Macbeth when Macbeth meets the witches and they tell him of his upcoming fortune. Banquo notices how Macbeth is too ambitious after he sees Macbeth's reaction to the witches predictions. He feels even though Macbeth is his best friend he feels Macbeth is capable of wrong doing in the future to get what he wants. This is shown in one aside after they leave the witches. "…And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with hone .....
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