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A Lesson Before Dying: Mr. Wiggins
<view this essay>.... their relationship was the one visit in which Jefferson told Mr. Wiggins that
he wanted a gallon of ice cream, and that he never had enough ice cream in his
whole life. At that point Jefferson confided something in Mr. Wiggins,
something that I didn't see Jefferson doing often at all in this book.
"I saw a slight smile come to his face, and it was not a bitter smile.
Not bitter at all"; this is the first instance in which Jefferson breaks his
somber barrier and shows emotions. At that point he became a man, not a hog. As
far as the story tells, he never showed any sort of emotion before the shooting
or after up until that point. A hog can't show emo .....
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Bless Me, Ultima
<view this essay>.... innocence of life and it was lost to them forever. Tony’s brothers are of such a case. They had gone to war to fight for their country and explore the world. But as they yearned and sought the outside and how it was, they lost their innocence in the process. Being in war they saw death and destruction which soiled their once virgin eyes. Although they gained knowledge and experience they were becoming no longer young and gay, but were becoming mature and knowledgeable. Growing at such a fast pace was a regretful process, that even Andrew advised Tony to not grow too fast but that would not happen as we know.
Another example of loss of innocence in the bo .....
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Grapes Of Wrath 3
<view this essay>.... a "No Riders" sticker on it. Tom's conversation with this trucker is his first witness to the suppression of an honest working man by the larger more wealthy corporations since his release from prison. The trucker tries to socialize with him at this point but Tom is too absorbed into his own interest in keeping to himself. Arriving at his house with Jim Casey, Tom visits the abandoned house with one corner having been knocked in by a tractor. His family had been compelled to leave their land through repossession by the large corporations another example in Tom's life how the larger are trying to control the less fortunate. This land had been his family's sour .....
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Night Creatures
<view this essay>.... had a heart attack (that’s what they thought). And what do Carrie and Jerry care about it? He was a weird person anyway. That night Carrie and Jerry decide to climb the big brick fence that surrounded the house. They just wanted to check out what was there. They got their flashlights and shovels and started walking toward the house. They climbed the fence and had a rough drop down the fence. They looked around and saw huge plans; they were shaped like animals. Jerry looked up and saw a lion with wings; it was so big that he could fit his head into its mouth…If he wanted to. Jerry and Carrie were both scared, but they did not admit it. Ten they herd a rustle, J .....
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Midsummer Nights Dream: Humor
<view this essay>.... when Bottom says "Thisbe, the flowers of odious savors sweet,"82 he was supposted to say ‘odors' instead of ‘odious' in the sentence. Odors means "fragrant smells," while odious means "repulsive."
A simple mistake by someone that is low in the society, but totally changes the meaning of the sentence. This humor is obvious to everybody watching that Bottom had made a mistake. This type of humor, while obvious, sometimes doesn't portray the meaning correctly. Inferred humor is sometimes more suited for this.
Shakespeare used something like inferred humor to get across some other meanings that added to the play. One good example is the characte .....
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Herland: The Use Of Character Development
<view this essay>.... redrawn. The women of Herland are at ease in the halls of justice and centers of trade as well as in the nurseries and schools. Competitive individualistic approaches to life, with their hostility toward connectedness, disappear in Herland, and its women are able to relate to each other without dominating each other. It is no wonder that the three American explorers--Terry, Jeff and Van --who stumble on Herland are shocked and confused. Before they arrive, they joke about the mythical land, assuming that there must be men it, since women could not possibly cooperate well en .....
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Alvarez Shows Language Is A Tremendous Difference In Everyone's Lives In His Story
<view this essay>.... norms became hers. When she moved to the U.S., she was completely naive
when it came to the American culture. Yolanda was raised in the way that the use
of drugs and alcohol were totally unheard of. Pre-marital sex was something that
was taboo, and strictly reinforced. She had grown up with very traditional
values that were adopted from her mother and her father. She was never exposed
to any outside stimuli. Whether or not it was voluntary, she was forced to
conform to the rigid Hispanic values. This conformity kept her at bay. She
couldn't experience the things necessary to become a whole person.
Rudolf B. Elmhurst was a young man from a liberal f .....
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Billy Budd
<view this essay>.... the men on the ship and didn't understand the rules that they had on the ship. But there was one person that caught Billy's eye, the man at arms, Claggart. Billy never seen anybody so lonely but still so full of rage. Billy had made many attempts to talk to Claggart, but all had failed. Later on Billy was getting set up by Claggart. Why? Because Claggart was given bad information about Billy. Claggart was told that Billy didn't like Claggart and wanted to kill him later on the ship.
Claggart made his move, telling the captain that a group of sailors on the Ship were going to muteness and that Billy was the leader of this group. Captain Vere a .....
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