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Evelina: Madame DuvalThroughout the novel Evelina, Fanny Burney pushes our belief of a woman's role in "the novel". By using two depraved characters who, we feel, need to be punished for crimes they commit against our heroine, we are asked to question our moral judgement. Through Sir Clement Willoughby, we discover ...
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The Great Gatsby's ThemeOn one level the novel comments on the careless gaiety and moral decadence of the period. It contains innumerable references to the contemporary scene. The wild extravagance of Gatsby's parties, the shallowness and aimlessness of the guests and the hint of Gatsby's involvement in crime all ...
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The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer: SummaryThis story is about a young mischievious boy named Tom Sawyer. Tom
lives with his aunt Polly and his little brother Sid on his aunt's farm. He
lives with his aunt Polly because his mother died, and she was the only
person to take him, and his brother in. Tom's aunt Polly always trys to
make him ...
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Buddhismis probably the most tolerant religion in the world, as its teachings can coexist with any other religions. has a very long existence and history, starting in about 565 B.C. with the birth of Siddhartha Gautama. The religion has guidelines in two forms in which Buddhist followers must follow. ...
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“A Worn Path”: Persistence And Boldness Of The Main CharacterOn a “bright, frozen day” in December, the figure of an old Negro woman emerges, she represents struggle, but most of all she represents determination. As she makes toward town in a path she seems to have taken many times before, she speaks to herself, inanimate subjects as well as animals. ...
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To Kill A Mocking BirThere were many differences between the To Kill a Mockingbird the movie and the book with the same title and story line. One difference was that the movie didn’t show Miss Maudie’s house getting burned down, and in the book, Miss Maudies house did burn down. Another was the emotional ...
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The Great Gatsby: The Green LightThe image of the green light in the novel Great Gatsby, by F. Scott
Fitzgerald, is a significant symbol which reflects Gatsby's dream and other
aspects beyond Gatsby's longing. Throughout the novel Fitzgerald uses many
other images or symbols. At first, it may seem very basic, but when ...
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All Quiet On The Western Front: "The Cause Of Death"Erich Maria Remarque's ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT is a very
interesting and true-to-heart novel based in the first world war where
many men and women died because someone called them the enemy. The main
character is Paul Baumer, a nineteen year old man who is swept into the
war, along with ...
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The Great Gatsby: America's Era Of DisdainCharacters in literature reflect thoughts conceived from personaters endeavoring the portrayal of an actual human existence. Though these have their individual assets they also depict the portrait of an era. Jay Gatz, the character in which The Great Gatsby is focused on, is used by Scott ...
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The Awakening: Edna And True LoveThroughout the novel, it became increasingly obvious of Edna's difficulty in the field of true love. She had initially found what she knew wasn't, followed by infatuation, and finally what she was sure was. Several different forms of love were present, yet each (including the final) proved to be ...
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The Great Gatsby: Moral Decline Through The Interpersonal RelationshipsCharacters in books can reveal the author feeling toward the world. In The
Great Gatsby Fitzgerald suggested the moral decline of the period in
America history through the interpersonal relationships among his
characters. The book indicates the worthlessness of materialism, the futile
quest of ...
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The Black Cat: The Narrator Is CrazyThe narrator of “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allen Poe is, without a doubt, crazy. The first word that comes to mind when thinking of the exact type of mental illness that the narrator suffers from is, Schizophrenia. When a person is schizophrenic their personality can change drastically from one ...
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Death Of A Salesman: Willy LomanWilly Loman is responsible for his own downfall. Willy finds his
own hero and tries to become the hero in his own existence. Willy tries to
become a very successful businessman, at the start of his career he thinks
that no one can tell him what to. Willy is not good with people, he is
good ...
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Cry, Our Beloved CountryCry the beloved country, by alan paton, is a book which tells the story of how james jarvis, a wealthy estate owner who, because of his own busy life, had to learn of the social degradation in south africa through the death of his only son. If arthur jarvis had never been killed, james jarvis ...
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My Antonia: A ReviewMy Antonia has been called nostalgic and elegiac because it
celebrates the past. The inscription on the title page of My Antonia is a
quotation from Virgil: "Optima dies... prima fugit." This sentence, meaning
"the best days are first to flee", helps incorporate all the elements of
the novel I ...
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The Count Of Monte Cristois a very powerful book. So powerful in fact, that was controversial when it was first released. The Catholic church in France condemned it because of its powerful message it presented the reader. This theme was one of revenge and vengeance. Monte Cristo had two goals- to reward those who ...
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Adolf HitlerWhen the topic of dictators is brought up who comes to mind? Most anyone will say . Why was he so cruel? What drove his hatred for the Jews? Why did he want a so-called “perfect” race? Well the answer to all these questions might be answered from Hitler’s childhood. Adolph Hitler was born on ...
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Absalom: Using The Three Narratives To Understand SutpenWilliam Faulkner wrote Absalom, Absalom by utilizing narrative voices to develop different perspectives on the most complex character of Thomas Sutpen. Each narrative provides diverse character insight as each describes their story from their own point of view. This writing style requires the ...
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King Lear 3King Lear's adventure certainly brings about the fact that circumstances are not in our control. Lear was a man of strength who not only wanted good lives to reside in his family, but also throughout his kingdom. He had total faith in his three daughters to follow in his footsteps and take part ...
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King ArthurA Connecticut Yankee in 's Court Hank Morgan, a Connecticut Yankee working in a munitions factory near Hartford, is tapped on the head by a crowbar during a quarrel with a fellow worker. He awakens in the early part of the sixth century, A.D. Captured by the knight Sir Kay, he is taken to Camelot, ...
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Catcher In The Rye: Holden's Love FOr ChildrenCatcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, is a complex novel with many themes interwoven in the story. One important theme is Holden Caulfield’s relationship with children. He has a fixation on childhood, which shows itself in his glorifying of children. He has a great love for children. ...
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Machismo In One Hundred YearsLatin American countries are known worldwide for their lush rain forests, unique cuisine, extravagant fiestas, and the enormous potential of their human and natural resources. Unfortunately, Latin America's international identity and its people have suffered decades of military dictatorship, ...
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The Pardoner's Prologue And TaleThe Wife of Bath and the Pardoner are both given particularly ample space to expose their own way of living before telling their Tales, in developed Prologues which have certain qualities in common. In both cases, the speaker seems unaware that the hearers (the readers) might not be so full of ...
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