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A Review Of "The Cay" By Theodore TaylorAuthor
Theodore Taylor is an American writer who also makes documentary films.
His inspiration to write "The Cay" came from his research into German
submarines that fought in the Second World War. He is now married with
three children and lives in California.
Setting
This novel is set ...
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Two Themes That Affect Marlow And Kurtz In Heart Of DarknessThere are many themes that run through the novel Heart of Darkness.
There are however two main and significant ones. These are the theme of
restraint and man's journey into self.
The importance of restraint is stressed throughout Heart of
Darkness. In the novel Marlow is saved by restraint, ...
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Kafka's The Trial: The Reality Of Guilt"Someone must have been telling lies about Joseph K., for without having
done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning (FK 1). " In his book
entitled "The Trial," Franz Kafka introduces the reader to the main
character and presents a major theme in the novel with this sentence. ...
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In Fortinbras, Laertes, And HoThe character of Hamlet is very prestigious, but he has many shortcomings. In many cases, he shows that he is all words and no action. He waits until the very last minute to take a course of action. Hamlet realizes this, and he wishes that he had the characteristics of Fortinbras, Laertes, and ...
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Young Goodman Brown: The Downfall Of Young Goodman Brown"Young Goodman Brown", by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a story that is thick
with allegory. "Young Goodman Brown" is a moral story which is told through the
perversion of a religious leader. In "Young Goodman Brown", Goodman Brown is a
Puritan minister who lets his excessive pride in himself ...
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Brave New World And DublinersBrave New World, written by Aldous Huxley, is a thought provoking novel set in a future of genetically engineered people, amazing technology and a misconstrued system of values. Dubliners, written by James Joyce, is a collection of short stories painting a picture of life in Dublin Ireland, near ...
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1984: The Control Of Reality For Control Of The Masses3 KEY POINTS:
1. The Party Controls History
2. The Party Controls the Conditions of Human Psychology
3. The Party Controls god.
How The Party Controls Reality:
How does the party controls history?
How does it affect the present?
How does scarcity affect ...
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Stephen Crane's "The Open Book": Determinism, Objectivity, And PessimismIn Stephen Crane's short story “The Open Boat”, the American
literary school of naturalism is used and three of the eight features are
most apparent, making this work, in my opinion, a good example of the
school of naturalism. These three of the eight features are determinism,
objectivity, and ...
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Themes And Contradictions In The Chronicle Of A Death ForetoldThe Chronicle of a Death Foretold was written as an
investigation. The author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez starts off with the
death of a character and from there he starts jumping the chronological
order into different time scenes. This gives him the ability to present
different interpretations of ...
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Wise Blood: Whose Deformity Is The Most SeriousFlannery O' Connor's noted religious work Wise Blood is the tale of
the perplexing and trying theological journey of one of its principal
characters, Hazel Motes, and the constant struggles of another chief
personality, Enoch Emery, to gain acceptance into the local social
structure. The theme ...
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Oedipus Rexs Tereisias BringsA minor character is a character that is developed in such a way to help reveal themes and depict certain literary devices. Literary devices are used in mostly all literary works, as they can help reveal pertinent information and also move the story along. In the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, the ...
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The Story Of An Hour: IronyIn Kate Chopin's short story "The Story of an Hour," there is much irony. The first irony detected is in the way that Louise reacts to the news of the death of her husband, Brently Mallard. Before Louise's reaction is revealed, Chopin alludes to how the widow feels by describing the world ...
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Doris DukeThe Adventures of Doctor Dolittle The book I read was The Adventures of Dr. Dolittle. The author has an excellent writing style and the book is laid out in an easy to read format. Their were four main characters in this book: Dr. John Dolittle, Stubbins, Dab-Dab, and Polynesia. Dr. John Dolittle ...
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Title Of The Great GatsbyThere is much controversy on why F. Scott Fitzgerald chose his masterpiece to be title The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald chose The Great Gatsby as the title to show the duality of how the central character of Jay Gatsby is great in trying determinedly to achieve his goal of Daisy, but how his ...
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How The Scarlet Letter EffectsEveryone commits sins, but in the Puritan times, one was looked at as somewhat of a lower class if they committed the sin of adultery. Times have changed, and now the sin of adultery is more common and not as big of a deal, although it probably should be. Two people's mistakes can effect many ...
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Catch 22Joseph Heller published Catch-22, his first novel. Based on his own war experiences, the novel wickedly satirized bureaucracy, patriotism, and all manner of traditional American ideals. This was reflective of the increasing disdain for traditional viewpoints that was growing in America at that ...
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Huck Finn Is A Very Troubled Young BoyMany would say that . He was
brought up by his father deep in the woods just off the Mississippi River.
His father strongly disliked society therefore he lived as far as possible
from it. Huck's dad brought Huck up the hard way without a mother and
instilled many of his beliefs into Huck. His ...
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Critique Of The Cabinet Of Dr. CaligariThe Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer,
and directed by Robert Weine. It was produced in 1919 by Erich Pommer for
Decla-Bioscop. 1919 was a year in which the movie industry was transformed into
a giant industry. Although the movie was produced in 1919, it was not ...
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Mockingbird"I'd rather you shoot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want , if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a ." This is what Atticus Finch tells his children after they are given air-rifles for Christmas. Uniquely, the title of the ...
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Parable Of The Sower - CommuniCommunity - Parable of the Sower
"In Christ, we who are many form one body and each member belongs to all the others" (Romans 12.5). The bible directly describes and defines community; it is human's innate need to bond together, providing the basis of a community. In a religious sense, a community ...
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Native Son: ReviewsNative Son, by Richard Wright, was hailed by reviewers as an instant
classic upon its release in 1940. The novel was an instant bestseller, having
been included in the book-of-the-month-club. Due to its proto revolutionary
themes it was the subject of many reviews. Two such reviewers are ...
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Beloved: We All Look The Same In The DarkIn the course of Beloved by Toni Morrison, Sethe undergoes a journey from a woman whose only identity is drawn from the fact that she is a mother, to the beginnings of identifying herself as a human being. To Sethe, the future was a matter of “keeping the past at bay.” She is a frustrated woman ...
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King Lear 2In Shakespeare's King Lear, Edmund, the illegitimate sone of Gloucester, plans to attain a piece of the land by causing ill feelings between Gloucester and his legitimate son, Edgar. In his monologue at the beginning of Act 1, scene ii, Edmund's tone shows by using sarcasm, questioning, and ...
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