.... folklore. Not only to them, but to future people who come to read these documents. We have been lucky in the fact that over the last few hundred years, we have recovered many works from all over the world, dating back through years that had been long forgotten to many of us. In a great many of these works we have come into contact with many tales of heroism and the fight between good and evil. Just as the heroism in these stories may take on different faces, so does the evil present itself in many different guises. This brings us to one work in specific, , one of the earliest Old English poems that we have today. It is the embodi .....

.... 98) When he learns of her travels and of how she is acquainted with the old man he is in disbelieve that a women that taught him religion is evil. When Goody asks the old man for a hand to take her to a communion he offers her cane and throws it down when it hits the ground it turns alive and Goody Close disappears. Leading you to believe that she is just an imagination to get Brown to believe in the evil. Goodman Brown also sees other town’s members in the woods such as highly respected people such as Deacon Gookin, and even his wife Faith. When Brown learns of Faith participating in this gathering in th .....

.... not turn on the lights in the bedroom and will not open the window to let in outside light, even though he feels as if he cannot breathe in the room with the windows closed. Mildred suffers from a hidden melancholy which she cannot consciously accept and which leads to her overdose on sleeping pills without knowing she is doing it; this same inner pain which manifests itself in unconscious acts of self-distruction affects much of the population of this world. One late night Mildred gets up out of bed and goes to the bathroom to take some sleeping pills, and Montag tries to count the number of times he hears her swallow and won .....

.... were switched within the context of Austen’s plot and narrative structure. Could a proud Elizabeth and a prejudice Darcy grow in self-awareness through the circumstances of the novel and gain a better understanding of human condition? Before Austen allows her characters to have a ‘fairy-tale’ ending, they must undergo self-growth. Given Austen’s overall view of English class structure and her empathy towards independent and spirited young women, it would be unlikely that Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy would resolve their differences and grow as human beings. It is Mary, Elizabeth Bennet’s younger sister wh .....

.... "tricks," his description of American myths, and his parallel between Gatsby and the American identity produce a novel of perfection. His twisting and interesting plot also adds to my enjoyment as a reader. The focus of this novel being based on love of money, he also adds mystery and deception however that adds just the right "spice" to the novel. This novel begins with the generous, distinguished Jay Gatsby, who, surprisingly, comes into his wealth illegally. Fitzgerald uses an interesting icon to represent the rich, upper class, by making Gatsby appear as a sort of disillusioned hero. The Main part of this book takes plac .....

.... catch anyone’s attention. As the narrator, Sammy, describes in the story, “A&P was right in the middle of town and women generally put on a shirt or shorts or something before they get out of the car into the street.” It was the appropriate thing to do. To Sammy, however, it was appropriate only if you had “six children and varicose veins mapping your legs and nobody could care less.” Contrary to his belief, however, just because you are beautiful and look good in a bathing suit does not mean you are an exception to any rule. Even if the same had occurred today , I believe the reaction would be similar because it i .....

.... corrupt and that society is the problem. However, he seems to put more blame on the individual than on the masses. Hester and her daughter, of course, were not actually Puritans, but Hawthorne is just using them as an example of how no society will ever remain “pure” because it is impossible for the people within the society to remain pure. This is a very dark and pessimistic view, because it does not leave room for much hope or improvement in the human race. No one can ever be what he or she is seeking to be. One will always be a contribution to the ruin of society. Henry David Thoreau would disagree, and furiously at that, w .....

.... was very dark and gloomy. As Jerry tries to swim through it, he becomes afraid and scared and decides to go back. As he came up for air he saw the boys snickering at him and Jerry decided he must do this to impress the boys and have them like him. Jerry is not one who asks people for gifts or money but to him this was very important. So he asked his mother to buy him some goggles so that he could swim. After the boys would leave in the afternoon, Jerry would stay down there and work on his breathing and concentrating on going through the tunnel. When its Jerry's last day of vacation he says to himself that it is the last day to d .....

.... the wolrd, in fact he had already surpassed his father in that he was able to bring home a paper after a days work and still have the energy to read it. Shuytt worked hard for the Ford Company, and before he knew it, he had moved up in his line of work from a spindle-nut screwer to the manager of spindle-nut screwers. He was dedicated and believed he was doing the best for himself and heis family. His wife at home was begining to grow tired, however, with all four children, tow infant deaths, and housework on the side. She could not ask Shutt to work any less for the cost of his house payments had surprisingly escalated. In t .....

.... going to battle he started to wonder if he would run. He was afraid to tell anyone of this because he thought they would think he was a coward. When he was returning to the regiment, shortly after he ran, he wondered and cared about what they would say to him. "He wondered what they would remark when later he appeared in camp. His mind heard howls of derision... Where's Henry Fleming? He run, didn't 'e?" (97) After no one brutally questioned him, he thought, "He had performed all of his mistakes in the dark, so he was still a man." (111) Since no one knew that he ran, he believed his character was not flawed, and he was not .....