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Good Versus Evil: Wars In A Separate Peace
<view this essay>.... battles like World War
II or even a common street fight or family feud, but battles with mind and
emotion that everyone must deal with.
One such battle is that in which Gene deals with throughout the
book, the battles with Finny. We learn as the story begins that Gene and
Finny are best friends. They go almost everywhere together and they even
share a room at their school. We enter the story at what is called a
"summer session" which could be described as today's equivalent of summer
school. But, as the story unfolds, we are forced to ask ourselves, are
they friends as the appear to be at the start of the novel or are they
mortal enemies as Gene begins to .....
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The Grapes Of Wrath
<view this essay>.... of the Wilson's and when she gave food to the children in the camp when she barely had enough to feed the family anyway. She fights throughout the book to keep the family together, and without her the family would have fallen apart quickly. In spite of this she still sees that the family is breaking apart. She fights this as much as possible, but isn't completely successful. She knows that if Pa ever gives up, the family will collapse, so sometimes she probes him into anger so that he doesn't.
Pa Joad
He is the official head of the family, though Ma in reality is the driving force behind it. He is a hard working tenant farmer who is forced out by eleme .....
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Vladimir And Estragon: A Symbol Of Man
<view this essay>.... Estragon has his shoes. Vladimir has his hat.
When Estragon takes off his shoes “he peers inside it, feels about inside it, turns it upside sown, shakes it...”1. Through this action it is relevant that Estragon is searching for something from his boot, but unable to recognize it. This symbolizes man’s side of using physical ability to answer questions. Vladimir on the other hand continues to look into his hat. Vladirmir constantly “Takes off his hat, peers inside it, feels about inside it, shakes it, puts it on again”2. Through this action Vladimir is shown to be searching for answers in his hat, which symbolizes his using knowledge and his intellectua .....
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A Tale Of Two Cities: Summary
<view this essay>.... Miss Manette, her
father Dr. Manette, the Defarges, Jerry Cruncher, Charles Darnay, Mr
Stryver, Mr. Carton, Miss Pross, a Monseigneur, and Monsieur the Marquis.
The people mentioned above are all involved in a fictional account of the
French Revolution. Dr. Manette is reunited with his daughter after he has
been in the Bastille prison for eighteen years. She is unaware that her
father was even alive. Together they go and live in London, England. There
her father recovers from the effects of being in prison for so long. She
and her father become very close to each other. Meanwhile, over in Paris
the tension is mounting. The Monseigneur, and the Monsieur the M .....
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Janette Turner Hospital: 4 Vivid Female Characters In Her Two Novels
<view this essay>.... As the stories follow,
these feminine personalities are gradually proved.
Before leaving for India, Juliet had a hard time deciding whether
to stay with her professor husband, David, or move to Montreal to stay with
her former lover Jeremy. Uncertain as usual, all Juliet wants is to "
maintain the balancing act." She could never summon up the courage to
face new circumstances. Her mind is never firm enough to challenge the
present state. So she makes her choice in the order of morality. She
stays with her husband and leaves for India with him. It is more likely
that the fate designated Juliet's future. She is married to Dave on her
own .....
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Things Fall Apart
<view this essay>.... in writing this book, to educate people about some of the struggles people have and life in traditional African societies. The title is a good choice for a title of this book. The main character, Okonkwo, did not like the way his father lived. He thought that a man should be strong and do typical male tasks. But Okonkwo's father, Unoka, did not fit mold according to Okonkwo. Okonkwo was ashamed of his father, and told himself that he would make a better life for himself and his family. Okonkwo was able to do this, he became very successful in the Ibo tribe and had gained a very high standing in the tribe. It was his goal to become an elder in the tribe, an .....
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Morality In Frankenstein
<view this essay>.... family. Trying to scare Frankenstein for not creating his mate the monster resorted to threats. He angrily says to Frankenstein, "I can make you so wretched." (pg. 162) . If the good doctor does create a companion for his first creation he may be endangering others. "The miserable monster whom I had created," (pg.152) says Victor upon looking back at his work. If there is another monster, there will be twice the power and possibly twice the evil, which could hurt or kill his family. "With the companion you bestow I will quit the neighborhood of man,"(pg 142) promises the morally corrupt monster to the doctor upon the completion of his partner. When t .....
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The Awakening
<view this essay>.... towards women. It also distinctly indicates the dissatisfaction that women felt in their lives. Because of the roles that society has given them, women are not able to seek and fulfill their own psychological and sexual drives. In , Chopin uses Edna Pontellier to show that women do not want to be restricted by the roles that society has placed on them. Because of the time she lived in, Edna felt oppressed just because she was a woman. Being a married woman and a mother made her feel even more tied down. By looking at the relationship between Edna and her husband, Leonce, we see that men treated women as if they were nothing more than possessions or prop .....
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