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Setting In "A Rose For Emily"
Number of words: 741 | Number of pages: 3.... an
understanding of the mindset of the “town,” who is narrating Miss Emily's
story to us in a form resembling a gossip circle, where stories of various
townspeople are pieced together and of Miss Emily, the protagonist who
lived alone except for her lone servant.
The actions of Miss Emily range from eccentric to absurd but it is
the readers understanding of the setting that keep the story believable.
Miss Emily becomes reclusive and introverted after the death of her father
and the estrangement from the Yankee- Homer Barron. It is also revealed at
the end of the story that she went as far as poisoning Homer, keeping his
dead .....
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Candide - All Is Not For The B
Number of words: 1118 | Number of pages: 5.... army training, yet he continues to believe that there is a "cause and effect" for everything. Candide is reunited with Cunegonde, and regains a life of prosperity, but soon all is taken away, including his beloved Cunegonde. He travels on, and years later he finds her again, but she is now fat and ugly. His wealth is all gone and so is his love for the Baron's daughter. Throughout Candide, we see how accepting situations and not trying to change or overcome obstacles can be damaging. Life is full of struggles, but it would be nonproductive if people passively accepted whatever fate had in store for them, shrugging off their per .....
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Being An Outsider
Number of words: 1409 | Number of pages: 6.... of her made her always feel inferior.
Her first memories of herself are those looked at through eyes that enabled her only to see the outer shapes of things. Having such bad eyesight was one of the first instances where she notices her difference from others around her outside of her family. In her story where she tells of losing the glasses, she likes the fact that nothing is exactly perfect and all she really sees is the colors of lights and the shapes around her. Her eyesight set her apart from her classmates, having to sit at the front of the room, and reveals her once again she is different. This is also a minor factor .....
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In The Middle Of The Night
Number of words: 644 | Number of pages: 3.... sixteen and he wants to be like all other teens so he starts to answer the phone in the middle of the day when he is the only one home. The voice on the other end of the phone was seductive. The mystery voice would soon ravel herself as Lulu. Lulu would tease and play with Denny’s hormones with leading him on with sentences like “I want you to love my eyes, and my lips…I want you to love my body…”
Than as Halloween approached Lulu convinced Denny to meet him Halloween night. When Halloween finally came Denny told his parents that he was going to a youth party at the library, but Denny went to the corner where he was sup .....
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A Rose For Emily
Number of words: 1291 | Number of pages: 5.... Civil War the South didn't have to pay
taxes and since her father had made a contribution to the town of a generous
amount, Colonel Sartoris, mayor at that time had remitted her taxes, she felt
that that promise or rather gift still stood good. "After her father's death
she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away, people hardly saw
her at all."(190). Miss Emily might have stayed out the public eye after
those two deaths because she was finally alone, something she in her life was
not used to. Emily's father never let her alone and when he died Homer Baron
was a treat she was never allowed to have. Miss Emily .....
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The Influences Of Tolkien In T
Number of words: 488 | Number of pages: 2.... was derived from the fake history of the story. This fact gives the languages an incredible sense of realism.
Tolkien’s fantasy world was derived from his memory of his childhood, where he spent his time in delectation of the english countryside. The remembrance of his time spent at Sarehole instilled in Tolkien a great love of nature and simplicity, which made the foundation for a main theme of his “The interrelationships of the ‘noble’ and ‘simple’”. All of his noble creatures such as his elves and hobbits exercise respect and understanding of nature.
Living through the Great War .....
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A Farewell To Arms
Number of words: 902 | Number of pages: 4.... avoid having to deal with it. Henry also is
accompanied by Catherine during nights at the Ospidale Maggoire. To Henry
there "was almost no difference in the night except that is was an even
better time" with Catherine. Catherine, who is already a code hero, has
values which transcend onto Henry at the Hospital. During the day, Henry
sleeps but Catherine has to work, so she stops coming to him on nights.
Henry is left to stay up, alone on nights. Also, he does not ask Catherine
to come stay with him thus controlling his desires to make love to her.
From this point in the book, Henry disciplines himself. During those
nights toget .....
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A Man For All Seasons
Number of words: 837 | Number of pages: 4.... said something to someone, so he could prove that More would commit an act against England. To do this Cromwell created a story that said Thomas More and Richard Rich had said words about the King and in doing so, More would be sentenced to death. This was established in the court where Richard Rich lied.
The second of three steps is the descent into darkness for Thomas More. This begins with the need for happiness and power for King Henry VIII. The result of King Henry's needs is that he decides to abandon the Catholic Church and creates his own church. This caused lots of problems because all of the people in England wou .....
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Crime And Punishment: Complementary Characters To Give Raskolnikov His Redemption
Number of words: 616 | Number of pages: 3.... process. Unfortunately, he often acts in a warm, friendly, charitable or humane manner, and then when he thinks over his actions intellectually, he regrets them. Such as, when he gives the Marmeladovs his money, then shortly afterwards regrets giving the money away. Raskolnikov would always act in a charitable and humane manner: he would sacrifice himself for his fellow man.
The complimentary characters come about when Sonia is discovered. Sonia compliments Raskolnikov’s humane side. Raskolnikov would often sacrifice his own money or self for the benefit of others, so does Sonia go into prostitution in order to benefi .....
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Black Like Me: Racism Is A Foolism Misunderstanding Of Man
Number of words: 781 | Number of pages: 3.... average white person. If he were white, a white store owner would have not
hesitated in the slightest to allow such privileges. How could these people be
so blind as to not see that a black person breathes the same air, eats the same
food, and has the same internal functions as themselves? This misunderstanding
stares them in the face and they can't see it. Their selfishness and fear is
completely unnecessary but it remains because the whites have never been exposed
to any other way of life. This is why the whites can not allow such common
privileges to Mr. Griffin or any other black person. To treat a black as an
equal was a .....
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