.... and therefore to the absolute deformity of humanness. Both the movie and the short story share these themes; they also have a multitude of other similarities, but also have just as many differences. These differences, irony and the symbolism between the two, are what I will be attempting to explore. The first apparent difference between the movie and the short story is that the short story takes place in 2081. In the story the government regulates everything, not just intelligence, but strength and beauty as well, and handicap people appropriately. The strong are forced to wear bags filled with lead balls; beautiful people are forced to wear masks so others .....

.... well as incorporating landscape and geography, the troubled poet cleverly and quite appropriately captured her audience with images of her own anguish. Only since her death has (1911-1979) been generally recognized as one of the four or five finest American poets of this century. One reason it's taken so long may be Bishop's low profile: she lived in Brazil for almost half her productive life, published a slim new book of poems only once a decade, disliked giving public readings, and participated in none of the "movements" of her time. Bishop's masterly descriptive powers were the energy she invested in an attempt to found a poetry not on what had happened t .....

.... entire belief system of animalism was just like the communist system. All people were equal there were no owners and no rich and no poor either. All of the animals owned the farm just as all people owned the communist government and the government owned everything. Snowball was supposed to be Leon Trotsky both were young, smart and good speakers. Both Snowball and Trotsky followed the teachings of both Marx and Old Major. Snowball wanted to improve life on the farm just as Trotsky was trying to improve life in Russia. Trotsky was chased away by Lenin’s KGB or secret police just as snowball was chased away by Napoleon’s dogs. Napoleon himself .....

.... Bethlehem, Pa., U.S. - d. March 13, 1943, New York, NY), American poet, novelist, and writer of short stories, best known for John Brown’s Body, a long narrative poem on the American Civil War (Fenton). Born into a military family, Stephen was raised on military posts by his father, Colonel James Benét. “His father read poetry aloud to Stephen, an older brother, William Rose, and a sister, Laura, all of whom became writers” (Fenton). Stephen was 17, a student at Yale University, when he published his first book, entitled Five Men and Pompey (Fenton). “Civilian service during World War I interrupted his education at Yale Univerisity. When the war was over .....

.... Henry VIII full authority over the Catholic Church and thus further distancing England from Rome, since the Pope would no longer be the head of the Church. More has many objections to and reasons for not signing the oath. More believes that if he does what he is called to do rather than what he believes to be morally right then he will have made the wrong decision and in the end will have no positive effect. This is evident when More says " I believe, when statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties...they lead their country by a short route to chaos."(Bolt, p 22). Despite what many may think, More would rather not get .....

.... warning or discovery and told Shine that he should continue to do what he was suppose to being doing and not worry about it. The Captain totally disregarded Shine’s warning about the overflow of water in the boiler. After Shine told the Captain what was going on, he knew of the outcome of the overflow of water in the ship, and so he decided not to hang around to find out; Shine jumped ship. Even when the Captain’s daughter called out to him, Shine’s ultimate goal was to get safely to shore and leave the sinking ship. Shine swam to shore for thirty minutes before reaching the shore. Since Shine was part of the Titanic crew, he perhaps knew that swimming .....

.... unreal, which is logical considering Pleasantville was not natural, it was a television show, created by producers, and was black and white. The Puritans utopia was unreal, as the towns people lied uncontrollably and sinned in secret. It was also based on religious writings, the Bible, which was unreal. Utopias such as these can never be achieved as they do not realistically reflect human nature and peoples’ way of life. Colors were symbolic in both The Scarlet Letter and Pleasantville, especially red. The first instance of color in Pleasantville, was red. Red was also symbolic in The Scarlet Letter, where the letter was scarlet, or red. Red represen .....

.... Dr. Pangloss), and that he must work in order to find even a small amount of pleasure in life. grows up in the Castle of Westphalia and is taught by the learned philosopher, Dr. Pangloss. is abruptly exiled from the castle when found kissing the Baron's daughter, Cunegonde. Devastated by the separation from Cunegonde, his true love, sets out to different places in the hope of finding her and achieving total happiness. On his journey, he faces a number of misfortunes, among them being tortured during army training, yet he continues to believe that there is a "cause and effect" for everything. is reunited with Cunegonde, and regains a life of prosperity, .....