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Summary Of The Scarlet Pimpernel
<view this essay>.... empty cart. On the other hand the Scarlet and his crew
rescue the Duc de Chalis family. Another diversity happen in the same day
with the Scarlet disguise as an old hag with her son who she(the Scarlet)
said that the son has the plague. But what the gates keeper didn't know
was the cart contain the Comtesse de Tournay and her two children. So all
in a day works save a few lives which will be put to death under the
guillotine by the over thrown citizens.
The main character of this book is the Scarlet Pimpernel or known
as Sir Percy Blakeney. He is the man of courage who with his crew has
saved many lives. In his everyday lives he acts as though he was a d .....
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All Quiet On The Western Front
<view this essay>.... comes about as a result of Baumer's realization that the pre-enlistment society simply does not understand the reality of the Great War. His new society, then, becomes the Company, his fellow trench soldiers, because that is a group which does understand the truth as Baumer has experienced it.
Remarque demonstrates Baumer's disaffiliation from the traditional by emphasizing the language of Baumer's pre- and post-enlistment societies. Baumer either can not, or chooses not to, communicate truthfully with those representatives of his pre-enlistment and innocent days. Further, he is repulsed by the banal and meaningless language that is used by members of th .....
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Louis Tanner Of Destroying Angel And Rick Deckard Of Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep: Importance To The Thematic Development Of "moral Men In Immortal Worlds" And Body Mind Invasion
<view this essay>.... is the type of person whom we say would "do the right thing" in certain
situations. He's honest and honorable. If Tanner makes a promise, he keeps it.
He made an agreement with Rattan, where Rattan would be shipped to New Hong Kong
illegally in return for the name of the chain killer. Rattan is a drug dealer
with a lot of money to waste. He's also the only person with the information to
catch the chain killer. To get justice the moral must cooperate with the immoral.
We also know that Tanner is not a womanizer. He had his chance with Hannah but
did not take advantage of the situation: "No Hannah"(136). Tanner had more
worrisome thoughts than making love .....
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The Bluest Eye 2
<view this essay>.... toward Pecola are not without contempt. Cholly Breedlove is Pecola's drunken father. He has never known a loving family; his father deserted him and his mother who then left him to die in a garbage can. His great aunt saves him and raises him until her death, which occurred when Cholly was only thirteen or fourteen years old. Cholly himself deserts his family, not physically but he is always in a drunken state and doesn't provide the family with the barest necessities. Cholly dies alone in a warehouse. Claudia MacTeer is the main narrator in the story. She is about nine years old when they story takes place, she is remembering the story. Claudia is black .....
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Huckleberry Finn: Separation From Society
<view this essay>.... on the island and is enjoying the company. He tries to justify the situation because he did not have anything to do with Jim's actual escape. However, he knows that society would not approve the fact that he didn't turn Jim in. He even tells Jim that, "People would call me a low down Ablitonist and despise me for keeping mum…." (p. 46)
After traveling down the river for some time, Jim believes that they are nearing Cairo and starts to imagine his life as a free man. His plans for freeing his family and the nearing of the completion of the "crime" begin eating away at Huck's conscience. He resolves to go ashore and turn Jim in, which immediately relieves .....
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Grapes Of Wrath And Of Mice And Men: Character Study
<view this essay>.... not exempt from his two works "The Grapes
of Wrath" and "Of Mice and Men". "The Grapes of Wrath" has been recognized by
many as "the greatest novel in American History" and it remains among the
archetypes of American culture. Although "Of Mice and Men" may not have
received as much fanfare as the other it is still a great classic that was
recently made into a motion picture.
The focus of "The Grapes of Wrath" Is one family, the Joads, who has
been kicked off their Oklahoma farm and forced to move to California to look for
work. The story has historical significance as it is true that many families
were forced, in the same way as the Joads, to leave the .....
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Dante’s Tools Of Character: Love And Choice
<view this essay>.... character, love and choice.
In Dante’s Inferno, the main scheme is to gain individual satisfaction. Personal recovery is dependent on the love of others. This is true when Dante first meets Beatrice. Beatrice was sent to help guide Dante through Hell and it is she who is the patron of Dante’s self-remembrance. The encouragement, love, and passion of another has a restorative effect on a person. To become isolated from others is to be submerged in the ice of Hell. A person's self perceptions can be frozen and they are unable to move or respond to love.
A person rarely gives up on those they love, at least not with out a great struggle. Giving up on our .....
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Symbolism In The Great Gatsby
<view this essay>.... parties and extravagant gatherings so he can relate with the wealthy. This leads one to believe that Gatsby is indeed "green with envy."
It is also probable that Fitzgerald uses the green light to symbolize money and it’s power in society. Money rules the lives of the people in the story. Gatsby needs money to live the life that he does. Gatsby also feels he needs the money to get back together with Daisy.
The green light can both symbolize envy and money; however, the most reasonable meaning would have to be one of future hope, especially in Gatsby’s case. The use of a green light at the end of a landing stage to signal a romantic reunion, is similar to th .....
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