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Lord Of The FliesIn his first novel, William Golding used a group of boys stranded on a tropical island to illustrate the malicious nature of mankind. dealt with changes that the boys underwent as they gradually adapted to the isolated freedom from society. Three main characters depicted different effects ...
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All Quiet On The Western FrontErich Maria Remarque’s , a novel
set in World War I, centers around the changes wrought by the war on
one young German soldier. During his time in the war, Remarque’s
protagonist, Paul Baumer, changes from a rather innocent Romantic to a
hardened and somewhat caustic veteran. More ...
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Analysis Of The TitleTo Kill a Mockingbird is definitely an excellent novel in that it
portrays life and the role of racism in the 1930's. A reader may not
interpret several aspects in and of the book through just the plain text.
Boo Radley, Atticus, and the title represent three such things.
Not really ...
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Moby DickI. Herman Melville lived a long and interesting life that would affect not only his literary works of art, but also our society today. Many of his most notable novels would draw from his days at sea, and from his experiences as a result of those voyages.
A. Herman Melville’s life was an ...
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The Color Purple By Alice WalkerThe Color Purple, by Alice Walker, is a very intense book to read. By
intense, I mean it is a book touching very difficult and hard aspects of life of
a poor, black oppressed woman in the early twentieth century. Walker does
social criticism in her novel, mostly criticizing the way black women ...
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Similarities In Conrad's "The Secret Sharer" And "Heart Of Darkness"Joseph Conrad's books, The Secret Sharer and Heart of Darkness, both
deal with each of our "dark selves". These books also have similarities
which are overwhelming. In describing the true inner self of humans,
Conrad used many symbols which have become apparent in many of his novels.
Conrad uses ...
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Silent Spring: Abuse Of PesticidesRachel Carson’s Silent Spring brought about an awareness of the abuse of pesticides in the 1960’s. She told the stories of how deadly pesticides could be to the environment, wildlife, and even humans. There were very few regulations on all the new chemicals that were widely used after World ...
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The Great Gatsby: Jay Gatsby Is Set Apart From The Common ManDoesn't it always seem as though rich and famous people, such as
actors and actresses, are larger-than-life and virtually impossible to
touch, almost as if they were a fantasy? In The Great Gatsby, set in two
tremendously wealthy communities, East Egg and West Egg, F. Scott
Fitzgerald portrays ...
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A Tale Of Two Cities - CharachIn society today, all people determine their lifestyle, personality and overall character by
both positive and negative traits that they hold. Sydney Carton in Charles Dickens’ A Tale
of Two Cities was a drunken lawyer who had an extremely low self- esteem. He possesed
many negative ...
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A Woman On A RoofDoris Lessing¹s "" is a story about reality and fantasy. Throughout the story Lessing uses certain colors such as white, scarlet, and black to illustrate actual and assumed characteristics. Color is very influential to how people perceive things because of the meanings associated with it. The ...
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The Awakening 2The Awakening is a novel about the growth of a woman into her own person, in spite of the mold society has formed for her. The book follows Edna Pontellier through about a year of her life. During this time we see her struggle to find who she really is, because she knows she cannot be happy ...
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A Separate PeaceThe theme suggested in the closing paragraph of the novel is that people create their own enemy and then they defend themselves laboriously and obsessively against their imaginary enemy. They develop a particular frame of mind in
order to allay the fear that arises while facing their nonexistent ...
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Grendelis an unhappy soul in John Gardner's book "", because he
feels useless in society and doesn't want to accept his given role. Throughout
this whole book feels he has no friend in the outside word and no one to
except him besides his own mother. He doesn't want to except his role in society
which ...
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Static And Dynamic Characters In THe Diary Of Anne FrankWhat are Static and Dynamic characters? A static character is someone whom doesn't change fluently throughout the story. Who stays the same, and doesn't change their innerselves and personalities. A Dynamic character is someone who changes many times throughout the story. They change into good to ...
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The Great Gatsby: Gatsby's Illusion Of HimselfF. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is considered a novel that
embodies America in the 1920s. In it, the narrator, Nick Carroway, helps his
neighbor Jay Gatsby reunite with Daisy Buchanan, with whom he has been in love
with since 5 years before, during World War I. The affair between the two ...
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East Of EdenWhen a person is rejected they form a resentment towards others. This
resentment forms anger. "And with rejection comes anger"(steinbeck, p. 355)
This is a way rejection leads to anger. Resentment can start at an early age
and never go away. Cathy was rejected as a child and then she grew up ...
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Evolution Of They DystopiaAs Aldous Huxley wrote the novel Brave New World, he combined the horrific future blight found in other dystopias with the ever-present flaws of a suppressed feudalistic society. This combination created a revolutionary vision of what an early twentieth century world would evolve into following ...
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"The Yellow Wall-Paper"The short story written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a cry for freedom. This story is about a woman who fights for her right to express what she feels, and fights for her right to do what she wants to do. The narrator in this short story is a woman whose husband loves her very much, but ...
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The Scarlet Letter: The False Qualities Of LifeIrish novelist Brian Moore observed, "There comes a point in many
people's lives when they can no longer play the role they have chosen for
themselves" (Bookshelf 95). From Hollywood movie stars to professional
athletes, people have and will continue to lead false lives, under the
public ...
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ChaucerAlthough we can see some changes in types of characters, people today are relatively the same as they were during the Middle Ages. Some ian characters, such as the Parson, the Summoner, or even the Doctor, can relate characteristically to modern-day characters.
When compared with the ian Doctor, ...
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Jane Eyre 2Jane Eyre is the main character in the novel Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Bronte. She is a fictional character along with the book. The book takes place in the mid 1800’s. Jane lives in five different places which greatly affect her life. The first place Jane stays is Gateshead Hall. ...
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The Catcher In The Rye: HoldenPreface -
This book has been steeped in controversy since it was banned in
America after it's first publication. John Lennon's assassin, Mark Chapman,
asked the former beatle to sign a copy of the book earlier in the morning
of the day that he murdered Lennon. Police found the book in his ...
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Symbolism In The Scarlett LettThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a novel about a woman named Hester Prynne. In the novel Hester has committed adultery. The novel tells about her struggles and how she deals with them. The novel shows symbolism as well with the letter “A”. The significance of the letter ...
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