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Commentary: A Child Called "It"
<view this essay>.... Society at large is making efforts to understand the nature, origin, and treatment of such situations so that all those involved can feel like individuals and yet part of the group. What happens when the adversity encountered by the family comes from the internal structure of the family itself? How does the community react when the symptoms are general and misunderstood; the disease in not on the surface, but rather deeply imbedded in the mind and soles of the family. Those trapped within often count their casualties, but seldom see a cure.
The diseases that afflict the family in A Child Called "It" is that of alcoholism and an undefined mental il .....
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Sophocles
<view this essay>.... BC at Colonus in Attica, near Athens and died 406 BC. He lived in the most brilliant intellectual period of Athens. Sophillus, his father, was a wealth Athenian citizen and gave him a sound education in music, gymnastics, and dancing. He was well known as having a reputation for learning and esthetic taste. He was well versed in Homer and the Greek lyric poets, and because of his industriousness he was known as the “Attic Bee” (Rexine 132). “Do to his youthful beauty, he was chosen to lead the chorus in the Paen of Thanksgiving for the naval victory at Salamis in 480 BC.” (Rexine 132)
In Sophocles’ long life he several .....
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The Great Gatsby: A Full Spectrum Of Character
<view this essay>.... between their characters
At first glance, The Great Gatsby is merely a classic American tragedy,
portraying the story of a man's obsession with a fantasy, and his resulting
downfall. However, Fitzgerald seems to weave much more than that into the
intricate web of emotional interactions he creates for the reader. One
interesting element is the concepts of greatness each has. For Daisy, it
lies in material wealth, and in the comfort and security associated with it.
Daisy seems to be easily impressed by material success, as when she is
touring Gatsby's mansion and seems deeply moved by his collection of fine,
tailored shirts. It would seem that Tom's rel .....
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One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich: Summary
<view this essay>.... has to be smarter than the guards in the camp, so, he will not get
into trouble and get treated even worse than he does. When Shukhov and
Senka want to transport the hacksaw-blade that Ivan found back at the camp,
Shukhov removes both mittens, one with the blade. He then unbuttons his
coat and let the guards search him. They search him side and back and his
pocket, and one guard also crushes the mitten that Ivan holds out which is
the empty one. This was in the book as,
He was about to pass him through when,
for safety's sake, he crushed the mitten
that Shukhov held out to him - the empty one. (Solzhenitsyn, Pg.
107)
The smart move tha .....
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Jay Gatsby: A Confused Man
<view this essay>.... in the novel, meaning he showed changed little if any. Gatsby
was a dreamer and throughout his entire life this and the fixation on his
dream seemed to keep him from moving foward. Gatsby's past was often
question by the people around him, as rumors circled about his past actions
and if what he said was actually the truth. Finally, some people found
Gatsby hard to read, especially Nick and Daisy. He rarely showed or talked
about his emotions and if he did, the subject was quickly changed.
Gatsby did not develop throughout the novel. From a point early in
his life, he had a romantic fantasy and he continued to sustain this
throughout his life. H .....
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The Influence Of God In The Characters Of The Scarlet Letter
<view this essay>.... to people talk about her as a disgrace and a shame to the community (55). Dimmesdale's instantaneous response to the sin is to lie. He stands before Hester and the rest of the town and proceeds to give a moving speech about how it would be in her and the father's best interest for her to reveal the father's name (67). Though he never actually says that he is not the other parent, he implies it by talking of the father in third person (67). Such as, "If thou feelest it to be for thy soul's peace, and that thy earthly punishment will thereby be made more effectual to salvation, I charge thee to speak out the name of thy fellow-sinner and fellow-sufferer" (67). C .....
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The Witches In Macbeth
<view this essay>.... oracles, which in part foreshadow, and in part cause what they foreshadow (Snider 215). What Denton Snider means is that the witches foreshadow the play, but also through that the build up the greed to have Macbeth cause what they foreshadow. This supports my thesis. Since Macbeth knows he is going to become king, he thinks why should he not become king now, instead of having to wait. Hazlitt stated that the reason for all of Macbeth s crimes were the witches, who surprised him, and he was impatient to verify their predictions, causing Duncan s murder (Hazlitt 11). Hazlitt noted that in this statement: "...and from the superstitious awe and breathless sus .....
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Ivan Denisovich
<view this essay>.... I believe this alone makes him a hero. In analyzing Shukhov’s thoughts throughout his day in the concentration camp it is very clear to me just how emotionally strong he really is. Shukhov has been in this camp for so long, doing forced labor every day. He has grown a custom to working in freezing weather and eating nothing but bread and gruel. Deep down it seems Shukhov never really expects to get out of the camp, but yet he still maintains hope and keeps a very strong personality. He took pleasure in small things that would be irrelevant to us in our daily lives, such as eating a meal. One would have to be a strong person to get true happiness just by ea .....
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