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Heart Of Darkness Kurtz Accord
Number of words: 745 | Number of pages: 3.... the river all he can think about is Kurtz. In this mission to find Kurtz, Marlow compares everyone he meets to him. As well as trying to find Kurtz, Marlow is in fact trying to find himself. As Kurtz continues he finds himself “getting savage” which implies that he was becoming more like Kurtz. Kurtz is a murderer, thief, persecutor, and worst of all he allows himself to be worshiped as a God. Marlow is not like this at all. Marlow cannot even “bear a lie” (1446) let alone do the horrible things that Kurtz has done. After all of this why would Marlow say that Kurtz is a “remarkable man”? .....
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Native Son: Various Personality Elements Of Bigger
Number of words: 2196 | Number of pages: 8.... and being the subject of punishment. Although he later admits
to Max that Mary Dalton's behavior toward him made him hate her, it is not
that hate which causes him to smother her to death, but a feeble attempt to
evade the detection of her mother. The fear of being caught with a white
woman overwhelmed his common sense and dictated his actions. When he
attempted to murder Bessie, his motivation came from intense fear of the
consequences of "letting" her live. Bigger realized that he could not take
Bessie with him or leave her behind and concluded that killing her could
provide her only "merciful" end.
The emotional forces that dri .....
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Janies Quest In There Eyes Wer
Number of words: 606 | Number of pages: 3.... safe in life.”(p.14) Nanny instilled a sense of needing a man to be safe on Janie that she keeps with her all through her life. After
Nanny’s death, Janie continued to stay with Logan although she disliked him. She would have left if she didn’t need him to depend on.
Next is Joe Starks. He is a kind of salvation to Janie. He is a well-dressed black man who has worked for “white folks” all his life and has earned enough to travel to a place where black people run the town. Janie meet Joe while she was still married to Logan. She wanted to leave Logan, but I don’t think she would have if Joe hadn .....
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The Yellow Wallpaper: Male Opression Of Women In Society
Number of words: 1296 | Number of pages: 5.... room with roses all over the windows that
opened on the piazza, the narrator finds herself relegated to an out of the way
dungeon-like nursery on the second floor, appropriately equipped with "rings and
things" in the walls. Windows in each direction provide glimpses of the garden,
arbors, bushes, and trees. The bay is visible, as is a private wharf that
adjoins the estate. These views reinforce isolationism; they can be seen from
the room, but not touched or experienced. There is a gate at the head of the
stairs, presumably to keep the children contained in their play area.
Additionally, the bed is immovable as it has been .....
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Antigone 4
Number of words: 760 | Number of pages: 3.... the punishment given to her. She bows to death because she is aware that she has done a good deed and she will inhale her last breath in honor. Whether Creon thinks of her as a traitor or not, Antigone knew the gods would reserve their judgment in favor of her. She never once regrets burying her brother which makes her character all the more admirable.
Although their personalities drifts down opposite paths, Creon's background is much like Antigone's. In the beginning of the play Creon characterizes himself as a loyal king, who wants to prove his worthiness to the people of Thebes. This illusion of himself allows the people to b .....
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Injustice In To Kill A Mockingbird
Number of words: 341 | Number of pages: 2.... which is a good description of what he really was.
The third person to suffer injustice in the novel was Boo Radley. Many accusations were claimed about him even though they were untrue. Just because he didn't leave his house, people began to think something was wrong. Boo was a man who was misunderstood and shouldn't of suffered any injustice. Boo did not handle the injustice because he didn't know about it.
In conclusion, the person who deserves the deepest sympathy is Tom Robinson. He did nothing wrong but his crime was being nice to white people. This type of injustice is the worst because everyone puts up with it. Therefore, .....
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Book Report A Voyager Out
Number of words: 3551 | Number of pages: 13.... did not produce much however. He left a lot of his works unfinished, and many others unstarted. Because he did not do much in his lifetime, it has been said that his greatest gift to the world was his daughter. Her mother, Mary Bailey, was the innkeeper’s daughter. Four days after her father and mother were married, Mary Kingsley was born. If her father had not married her mother, Mary would have been bastard child of a destitute domestic. Mary would have only been able to lead a life of servitude herself. Oddly enough though, most of her young life was lead in servitude.
Mary lived a long life of isolation. During .....
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Paradise Lost 2
Number of words: 476 | Number of pages: 2.... own revolt, not I: if I foreknew,
Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault,
Which had no less prov'd certain unforeknow.
God states that His knowledge of future events is not the same as predestination, he establishes himself as merely a bystander in these events. To force His divine will on the Angels or Man would be an injustice to each particular creature's own free will. Instead, God must let each creature act on its own choices. In turn, God must act as a judge: He must honestly reward the faithful and justly punish the violators.
The concept of free will is of utmost importance to God, and it is the key .....
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Burmese Days
Number of words: 1351 | Number of pages: 5.... duty to rule over the less intelligent “niggers” of Burma. Through the description of the characteristics of both the British and Burmese, Orwell helps us understand the value system through which the British have come to the conclusion that they must rule over the Burmese. An example of such a description is that of Maxwell, them acting Divisional Forest Officer. Maxwell is depicted as a “fresh-coloured blond youth of not more than twenty-five or six – very young for the post he held.” (Pg. 22) This description lends value to the light skinned and fair-haired British, though some, like Flory, hav .....
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How Does H.G. Wells Create Tension In: The Red Room
Number of words: 3157 | Number of pages: 12.... reader does not know the circumstances responsible for the fear felt by the three residing custodians.
"for he had opened the door and fallen headlong down the steps I had just ascended."
"the tale of a timid wife and the tragic end that came to her husband's jest of frightening her."
The story begins with the narrator explaining that no ghost will frighten him. If one does it would have to be a terrifying one indeed. As soon as the reader begins the story they are in a room with the three elderly custodians of the castle, they add to the old, dark, un-cared for nature of the room which Wells cleverly creates by not mentioning .....
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