.... This strict conformity shapes Stephen's life early in boarding school. Even as he is following the precepts of his Catholic school, however, a disillusionment becomes evident in his thoughts. The priests, originally above criticism or doubt in Stephen's mind, become symbols of intolerance. Chief to these thoughts is Father Dolan, whose statements such as, "Lazy little schemer. I see schemer in your face," exemplify the type of attitude Stephen begins to associate with his Catholic teachers. By the end of Chapter One, Stephen's individualism and lack of tolerance for disrespect become evident when he complains to the rector about the actions of Father Dolan. .....

.... and discussed throughout the writing, it is a very different perspective than the one shown by Augustine. In the writing of e, the reader gets a small glimpse of what life was like in the Roman Empire in the forth century, and more particularly how death was viewed during this period. According to the Confessions, life, though valued, was just a time spent before God chose to bring your soul to heaven; contingent of course on the fact that you were a Christian. “Yet in a moment, before we had reached the end of the first year of a friendship….you took him from this world (Confessions, 75).” “When all hope of saving him was lost, he .....

.... better than the niggers and trash he works for!” He was constantly persecuted for his decisions, which made him work even harder at winning the case. Even though his family was made fun of, he stuck with his choice and worked the hardest he could to ignore the threats and harassment. He did very well to ignore all the abuse and was greatly respected after the trial was over. Blacks, because they were considered inferior, were expected to do everything for whites. Everything had to be perfect, without excuse. Even the Finch’s family friend, Calpurnia, was mocked when she didn’t make the perfect cup of coffee. “She [Calpurnia] poured one tablespoon of coffee .....

.... Ralph was interested. “What was that?” the fat boy glanced over his shoulder, then leaned toward Ralph and whispered “they use to call me ‘Piggy’” Ralph shrieked with laughter he jumped up “Piggy!,Piggy!”… (Golding 11) Now that was only one example of why man is naturally evil. Right there Piggy decides to place trust in Ralph and in seconds it is shattered. This could relate to society in that if some one tells another person something in private. Then the next day when the kid goes back to school it’s all around school it would be nearly the same thing. There is another passage from this book .....

.... slow, as in dumb. One thing about Lennie Is the fact that every animal he touches he usually kills it. The reason he did this is the fact that he did not know his own strength. Curley, the bosses' son is a bully. He does not like Lennie because Lennie is big. Curley doesn't like big people because he is small himself. He believes he can boss people around because he is the bosses' son. His wife is a flirt. She wants everybody at the Ranch. Curley doesn't like that so he tries to keep her in the house. Slim is like the head of the ranch because he knows what is going on and everybody likes him. He is the kind of guy you would want as a friend. H .....

.... to gain control during the medieval period. The General Prologue presents an interesting description of The Wife of Bath. Her character is noted to be strong and bold and we learn she is slightly deaf. The Wife of Bath was married and widowed five times and has had numerous companions. The Wife of Bath is a skilled cloth maker and a devoted Christian pilgrim who has made trips to several shrines. Through her unique introduction in The General Prologue we learn much of her physical attributes. The Wife of Bath is gapped tooth. "Gat-toothed was she, soothly for to saye. Upon an amblere esily she sat" .....

.... gets into a fight with Hellen. After this annie gets determined to help hellen and never gives up or lets Hellen down. These are the things that keep Annie from being happy with her job and the solutions that Annie thinks of. Durring the story annie had flashbacks of many things. One of the things was a man nammed Jimmie. Annie was in love with Jimmie. One of the most painfull if not the most was when jimmy was dying. Another one was when Jimmie was telling her he wanted her to stay for ever and ever. She also had flashbacks of when she was a child. These are the flashbacks Annie had in the story. Durring the story Annie had many strugles with Hellen. One o .....

.... insidious person. “He hurried the phrase ‘educated at Oxford,’ or swallowed it or choked on it as though it had bothered him before. And with this doubt his whole statement fell to pieces and I wondered if there wasn’t something a little sinister about him after all.” (69) Part of Nick wants to believe in Gatsby and the other part ridicules him. In one sentence Carraway can simultaneously praise Gatsby and belittle him. Such as when he describes Gatsby’s attire as a “ gorgeous pink rag of a suit...” (162) Nick is constantly putting Gatsby down in his mind. “Gatsby who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn.” (6) Carraway is curious .....