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Plato's Simile Of The Cave: Artist's Work Is Based On Illusion
<view this essay>.... it suggests in Iris Murdoch’s The Fire and the Sun, “art naively or willfully accepts appearances instead of questioning them.” Plato supports writers who relish on good people and censor their work by writing morally sound stories. He is proposing that an earnest man would produce real things (which direct the mind to philosophy) opposed to unreal things (speculations of reality). Because of this, Plato believes that art can increase psychological harm. As stated in The Fire and the Sun, Art or imitation may be dismissed as ‘play’, but when artists imitate what is bad they are adding to the sum of badness in the world; and it is easier to copy a bad man th .....
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CATCHER IN THE RYE
<view this essay>.... to the theme of going home, which is a recurring theme during the novel. The novel is basically his slow return to his home, and he is wondering whether he should go home or stay outside and freeze. The other two symbols, Jane Gallagher and the Museum of Natural History, both represent the theme of the past. Jane Gallagher was an old friend of Holden’s, and he mentions her many times during the story. He mentions that he will call her, but he never gets the nerve to. She is an important part of his past that he misses a lot, and he wants to go back and be with her again. The Museum of Natural History represents a different aspect of his past. While Jane Gallagh .....
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The Last Of The Mohicans: Summary
<view this essay>.... tribe. Hawkeye is madly in love with Cora Munro (Madeleine Stowe),
eldest daughter to a proud British Colonel. The romance between these to
escalates throughout the course of the film. Chingachgook, the adopting
father of Hawkeye, and Hawkeye's Mohican brother Uncas, is one the last
members of his tribe, the Mohicans. Chingachgook is a wise and much
respected man. The British officer named Duncan is also very much in love
with Cora Munro. He fights under command of her father, and despite her
fathers initial dislike for Hawkeye, and his great liking for Duncan, Cora
does not feel the same love for Duncan that he feels for her. Magua is a
member of the Hu .....
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To Kill A Mokingbird
<view this essay>.... help her. I also appreciated the fact that Jeremy did everything for his sister out of love for her. Scout was a girl from a middle-class family with good standing in their community. She was often fussed at by the ladies of the town and by her uppity Aunt Alexandra because she did not carry herself in a lady-like manner. Instead of her having tea parties and wearing dresses, Scout climbed trees and wore jean overalls. I laughed as I read this particular part because it reminded me of when I was young and liked to climb trees. I can also relate to the closeness shared by the siblings because I am very close to my younger brother, Brandon. Charles Baker "Dill .....
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Lord Of The Flies: How Anyone Can Regress Into Savagery
<view this essay>.... . When all the survivors came
together as a result of Ralph blowing the conch shell, they voted on a
chief. Ralph became the leader and he made Jack the leader of a group that
would be in charge of hunting and maintaining a fire. Giving Jack this
power was Ralph's first mistake as chief. However things went along
smoothly, rules were set and abided by. All of the boys agreed to give the
conch shell some power by only speaking when they were holding the shell in
their hands. This power was personified by the statement “By the time
Ralph had finished blowing the conch the platform was crowded.” Which
shows how even early on, the group let the conch sh .....
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Big Brother: Who Is He And What Does He Want
<view this essay>.... said wether Big Brother is a real person or one made up by the Party to force te ideas and beliefs on the people of Oceania. Either way, everyone has to love Big Brother, if someone even has a bad thought about Big Brother or writes, says, or thinks anything bad about the party they will be arrested, killed or beaten and tortured into loving the Party. People of Oceania are forced into thinking and believing certain things, this is where Big Brother comes in. People are made to believe that they are always being watched by Big Brother, which they are. In every room of almost every building there is a Telescreen which allows Part members to see and hear anyt .....
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The Great Gatsby: Being Successful
<view this essay>.... up a reference to the poet Noel Perrin I will stick to a correlation between his story and elements of The Great Gatsby.
In Noel Perrin’s short story… I think it is a short story, he discusses America’s relationship with the color green and its correlation’s with The Great Gatsby. The green element in this novel is literally (no pun intended) taken from the green light at the end of the dock extending from his mansion. When we think of the color green we can associate it with a few things. The majority of the things in nature are green, leaves, plants, and the grass. Green represents a peaceful color; one that does not hurt the eye when put in direct line o .....
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The Lottery 2
<view this essay>.... Hutchinson.
The lottery is an annual event which takes place in the village. It takes place on the day of June 27. Everybody gathers on this date in the middle of the square for the drawing of the lottery. To the townspeople this event is like any other event happening in their town, such as a dance, club, or even a holiday program.
Mr. Summers, the head of the lottery, has to gather the information of all the households the night before to make the list for the following day. He has to mix the papers up with the one with the black dot on it in the box. The head of the household picks the paper from the box to seen if their family drew the dot o .....
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