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1984: Socialism, Fascism, Or Communism
<view this essay>.... life are controlled. Some of these can be compared to a life dominated by Socialism, Fascism, or Communism.
Socialism demands state ownership and control of the basic means of production and distribution of wealth. Both of these are going on in the book. The Inner Party controls business, and I don’t think that anyone can have private profits. They all have apartments, no houses or privately owned residents, and all eat and work in similar environments. All of these are signs of Socialism. There are classes of people, though, (the proles are different from the others), and this is not a trait of Socialism.
Communism also calls for no private property while t .....
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A Time Of Prejudice
<view this essay>.... and time full of prejudice, Maycomb was no exception. In this book prejudice is very wildly excepted, due to uneducation of others.
This story shows how Scout learns that her childish fears help educate her to become a better person. In a time full of prejudice, we all need to learn this lesson that Scout did and realize you can’t judge a person without knowing them. Atticus displays this trait of not prejudging people throughout the book, but never really talks about it until the end of the story after Scout already realizes it through all her adventures.
Every summer, the boy next door comes to visit his aunt. His name is Dill. Jem, Scout and Dill, as .....
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Antigone 3
<view this essay>.... honor.
First, Creon is a tyrant. His rule will not be remembered for many reasons, one being that he desecrates family honor. When a son or father dies in battle, they are carried home to be properly buried by their families. Eteocles, Antigone’s other dead brother, is a patriot and is buried because he fights for Thebes. However, Polynices is not buried because he rebels against Thebes. Creon leaves Polynices’ body out to be attacked by dogs and vultures. This angers the people of Thebes because family honor is very important to them. Therefore, the people of Thebes will not remember Creon because of his offensive deeds performed wh .....
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The Physicists
<view this essay>.... is the place of a tragedy as Mr Ernesti has strangled a nurse. Mr. Beutler has also killed a nurse a couple of months ago. The inspector is slightly annoyed because he has to visit Les Cerisiers the second time during a short period of time and because he can’t speak to or take away the murderer . He is also expressing the wish of the public prosecutor that the sanatorium has to be taken over by male nurses because of the two murders by the two physicists. During the course of the play the personal and physical change is perceptible. Both the main characters and the environment are changing. For an example in act two, Herbert Georg Beutler alias Sir Isaac Newt .....
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Joseph Conrad Heart Of Darknes
<view this essay>.... past and experiences affected his writing. Then, they show how light versus dark is used to contrast the civilized and the savage. Finally, they will examine Conrad’s use of light and dark in Heart of Darkness to contrast the civilized and the savage.
Joseph Conrad’s past experiences contributed greatly to his literary style. He was born December third, 1857. His childhood was unstable; “Conrad’s parents came from families that sacrificed property, liberty, and life in the futile struggle for independence.” (Gillon-3) His father, Apollo, “joined a radical patriotic group which was working for another uprising.R .....
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Moral Development In The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn And The Great Gatsby
<view this essay>.... These
authors have chosen their narrators well, as we see a significant number of
action that have brought them to be ethically developed. Narration in a
story is important, and is usually told by a main character. These
narrators face a world of confusion, a world of fear, a world of adventure,
and most of all, a world of opportunity. By these things I mean that Nick
Caraway, and Huckleberry Finn have a chance to mature as time progresses
though the novel, and then make a remarkable move to end up as a hero.
The narrators of The Great Gatsby and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
develop morally as the relate the story that reflects each one's position
i .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Misconstrued Identity Of Hester Prynne
<view this essay>.... to be repentent
because of sarcastic comments that may seem to be repentance.
In chapter seven Hester says to Pearl, “ Thou must gather thine own
sunshine, I have none to give thee.” To the untrained eye Hester may seem
repentant. She may even seem like she is wollowing in her own misery.
However, under close magnification you can cleary see that Hester is
actually angry at the hypocrisy of her Puritan neighbors to the point where
she does not openly display her anger but in a rather sarcastic manner. In
chapter forteen Chillingworth urges Hester to remove the A. She there
replies by saying, ‘'Were I worthy of it, it would fall away of its own .....
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What We Talk About When We Tal
<view this essay>.... scene with the two couples sitting around a table drinking gin and making small talk. The real story begins when the topic of love comes up.
Terri, Mel’s wife, was once married to an abusive man, who “...went on dragging me (Terri) around the living room. My head kept knocking on things.... What do you do with love like that?.... People are different, Mel. Sure, sometimes he may have acted crazy. Okay. But he loved me. In his own way maybe, but he loved me.” (pp 110-111) To the reader, it seems hard to believe that there could be love in a relationship where one partner physically abuses the other. However, in Terri’s case, .....
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