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Lord Of The Flies Critical Lit
Number of words: 747 | Number of pages: 3.... pig. He begins to show even more evil and irresponsibility when he puts clay and charcoal on his face to make himself camouflaged in order to kill a pig. Jack leads the hunters in a chant, "Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood" (LoF 69). Critic, Frederick R. Karl, believes that the boys on the island lose their civilized ways in order to show reality of life. Karl comments, "The stranded boys in Lord of the Flies, for example, almost entirely shake off civilized behavior. . . . What Golding senses is that institutions and order imposed from without are temporary, but that man's irrationality and urge for destruction are .....
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Grapes Of Wrath
Number of words: 1447 | Number of pages: 6.... morning they start walking to Tom's uncle's house where Muley has told him his family is. When they arrive at Uncle John's house Tom's family is very happy to see him. There is hugging and talking before they get back to the seriousness of there problems. They discuss the condition of the used truck that they bought as well as how much money they have. Tom's grandfather is worried about leaving. He says that he wants to because there are many opportunities out. Tom convinces them that they can afford to bring Casy along with them and they even offer to bring Muley but he says that he will never leave the valley. Muley tells them t .....
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Wuthering Heights
Number of words: 1954 | Number of pages: 8.... and ask God’s pardon. I doubt thy mother and I must rue the day we ever reared thee!" Relating to Lockwood, Nelly noted that young Catherine was such a "wild, wicked slip" (37) that she never seemed as content as when she was being scolded. She was born into a rich, well to do solid family. Her dad, Mr. Earnshaw, was strict man; her mom, Mrs. Earnshaw, was a devoted, quite snobbish woman. Catherine was conceited all throughout her youth, which is clearly a contributing factor to her immaturity. She also shows how she likes and loves to be given excessive attention. This causes her problems all the way until s .....
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Comparison Between Beowulf And Tick
Number of words: 434 | Number of pages: 2.... one by one" (ll. 250-253).
Beowulf likes to brag about his accomplishments.
But Beowulf and Tick are also very different. For starters, Beowulf wore lots
of armor and expensive stuff, but Tick only wears a big blue Speedo-type-thing.
When Beowulf went to meet Hrothgar, he wore his expensive armor. "Glittering at
the top of their golden helmets" (ll. 214-215). Beowulf liked to show of his
wealth be wearing expensive armor. Beowulf was more courageous than Tick.
Beowulf does the types of things that Tick would be too afraid to do.
"...Beowulf, a prince of Geats, had killed Grendel" (ll. 403-404). The Tick
couldnt kill anyone. .....
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Fifth Business
Number of words: 1046 | Number of pages: 4.... in the beginning of the story, there are a lot of people who are skating, but he can blend right in. He hs a few friends, but they are very similar to Fenstad. They like the same things and have the same attitudes about life. Fenstad does not want to seem to deviate from his own normal way of life.
Fenstad’s mother, Clara, is a character quite opposite from her son. She is older and does not get out of her house much. She used to be very active in politics and loves to be around people. She has a kindness and generosity that instantly attracts other people. When she begins to visit Fenstad’s logic class, th .....
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A Clean Well-Lighted Place
Number of words: 526 | Number of pages: 2.... seems as though that this is because he does not want to get in a fight with the younger waiter. All he does is ask the young waiter questions, as if the middle-aged waiter was sort of stuck in a catch twenty-two. The middle aged man felt for the old man but could not express his feelings to the younger waiter.
Lastly, there is the old waiter. He is some where around the age of the old man that sat at the table. He definitely feels for the man at the table because he knows what it is like to be old and lonely. The waiter says, "I am of those who like to stay late at the café, with all those who do not want to .....
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A Clockwork Orange
Number of words: 2187 | Number of pages: 8.... Alex is given injections and made to watch films of rape, violence, and war and the mixture of these images and the drugs cause him to associate feelings of panic and nausea with violence. He is released after two weeks of the treatment and after a few encounters with past victims finds himself at the home of a radical writer who is strongly opposed to the new treatment the government has subjected him to. Ironically, this writer was also a victim of Alex’s but does not recognize him. This writer believes that this method robs the recipient of freedom of choice and moral decision, therefore depriving him of being a human at .....
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Analyzing Shakespears Sonnet 5
Number of words: 346 | Number of pages: 2.... decay or move; it is ever-present with the lovers and it is never forgotten.
Both sonnets are Elizabethan sonnets. Their rhyme scheme is a, b, a, b, c, d, c, d, e, f, e, f, g, g. They build up the subject until the last two lines, where they reach the conclusion that love is eternal. Both are in imabic pentameter.
Shakespear uses more word play than Fletcher. In line two, Shakespear says that nothing “shall outlive this powerful rime.” Rime is the crust that builds up when something is in existence for a large amount of time. However, it can also be read as “rhyme,” meaning that nothing will outlast .....
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Frederick Douglass
Number of words: 2095 | Number of pages: 8.... literate northern whites. used family relationships, starting with his birth to tug at the heartstrings of his targeted audience. He never knew the true identity of his father, but it was "whispered" (2) that it was his master. Douglass mentioned this to show how the "slave holder in (many) cases, sustains to his slaves the double relation of master and father." (2) This was so commonplace that it was "by law established that the children of women shall in all cases follow the condition of their mother." (2) This meant that these bastard children were to be slaves despite their paternal heritage becau .....
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The Great Gatsby 3
Number of words: 976 | Number of pages: 4.... Fitzgerald allows the reader to incorporate the story into their own past and past relationships, ultimately putting the reader in Gatsby's shoes and seeing what the reader would do in the same situation. It raises a great debate; should people live their lives yearning for something in the past? Is it acceptable to live one's whole life on a past experience or memory hoping to reach back in time and pull the past to the present. Is it healthy?
In this case, Fitzgerald is saying no its not healthy. He says it ruins a person and things change. Is Gatsby great? In some ways he is, you have to admire a man who lives his whole .....
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