.... makes us focus on the many tragic and ironic decisions made by him during this story. In the old south, bloodlines are very important to the status of a family and their social placement, so the "purity" of the family must be kept. This "purity" does not accommodate marriages of mixed race. Knowing this, Armand marries an old friend who he had known since he was eight when he moved to Louisiana from France with his father after his mother had died. She was a girl of no distinction, who had no history or reputation of family name like that of Armand, but despite this he fell in love "as if struck by a pistol shot".(317). Others had warned Armand against m .....

.... he joins the Samanas with his close friend Govinda, who was also a Brahmin's son. made one goal, to become empty of thirst, desire, pleasure and sorrow. He wanted to let the Self die. From the Samanas, he learned many ways of losing the Self, but every time he couldn't completely flee from it. He always came back to the Self in the end. He wonders if he came nearer to his goal. Govinda, one day said that he wanted to go and listen to the Buddha's teachings with . Buddha had a lot of names like Gotama, the Illustrious one, the Sakyamuni, and he was rumored that he was perfect. agrees with Govinda so they started on a journey to hear the Bud .....

.... for a weekend. Sitti and her do a number of activities. One of these activities that stand out is when they went to get water from a spring. They hiked down to a spring, and Sitti showed her the freshness of the water and how to balance it on her head. This was a crucial bonding time for Liyana and Sitti because they communicated so much without even speaking the same language. When they arrive home they prepare a meal for the family and talk more. After a day passes, Liyana and Rafik go outside and play with the hens. One of the hens flies away and a kid named Khaled captures it. This character, along with his sister Nadine, is the Abboud’s new f .....

.... an atomic world war divides the world into three states. London is the capital of Oceania which is run by INGSOC(English Socialism). The controllers are called "The Party." The Party is divided into two sections, The Inner Party, and The Outer Party which are the "Rich" and the "middle-class." There is a third group of people called "The Proles," or "The Proletariat" which are the poor, and considered to be animals by the party. The main leader of this government is Big Brother. The novel is told in third person and partly first person, and is also divided into three parts. In the first part the main character and his conflicts with the world he lives in are re .....

.... Tom lied about going to Princeton with Dickey Greenleaf, liking jazz, liking sailing and art. Tom’s lie wasn’t as bad as lucentio’s but he still wasn’t being honest about who he rally was. Lucentio’s more serious and harder to get out of. “Luc/Cam. I read that I profess, the art of love.”(IV, ii, 11). Both of the characters took false identities to get the girl that they liked. Lucentio said he was a schoolmaster named Cambio to be able to get close and get to know Bianca so she would fall in love with him. Lucentio worked with his friend Tranio getting more people involved in his lies and false identities. “Tra. You will be a schoolmaster / and undert .....

.... another reason that I believe Hemingway was infatuated with it; it cannot be touched. It cannot be tainted. “To live according to natural law, this realease of the imagination. In discovering truth we create beauty.” As I said before, Hemingway believed that nature was the ultimate. It was simple, it was beautiful, it was clean. It was perfection. For Hemingway, nature was good. It epitomized all that he stood for. Places with the clutter of men invariably led to pain and suffering or death. Hemingway was really big on simplicity in his works. Everything was simple, from his style, to his characters (ie: Catherine - simpleton if I ever s .....

.... Casy, however, was much more complex than the average individual. His unpredjudiced, unified, Christ-like existence twists and turns with every mental and extraneous disaccord. Jim Casy is an interesting, complicated man. He can be seen as a modern day Christ figure, except without the tending manifest belief in the Christian faith. The initials of his name, J.C., are the same as Jesus Christ. Just as Jesus was exalted by many for what he stood for was supposed to be , Casy was hailed and respected by many for simply being a preacher. Casy and Jesus both saw a common goodness in the average man and saw every person as holy. Both Christ and Casy faced struggle .....

.... immediately see that Lear begins to make mistakes that will eventually result in his downfall. The very first words that he speaks in the play are :- "...Give me the map there. Know that we have divided In three our kingdom, and 'tis our fast intent To shake all cares and business from our age, Conferring them on younger strengths while we Unburdened crawl to death..." (Act I, Sc i, Ln 38-41) This gives the reader the first indication of Lear's intent to abdicate his throne. He goes on further to offer pieces of his kingdom to his daughters as a form of reward to his test of love. "Great rivals in our youngest daughter's love, Long in our court have made th .....