.... important to know what kind of hair gel Bateman used on Tuesday before an important meeting with his friends? What’s the point of numerous chapters of extreme analysis of Genesis, Whitney Houston, etc? Bateman’s obsessions are extremely complex but at the same time he doesn’t limit himself to one area of obsession. Bateman’s knowledge of fashion is truly amazing, but what about his knowledge of weapons. His knowledge of pain is a true genius in itself, but how many people can spit out specifications on the frequency responses of various brands of stereo receivers and speaker systems like Bateman? The point can be made .....

.... yellow star (the Star of David) to distinguish them from the non-Jewish people in the city. Elizer is very upset about this, while his father doesn't seem affected by it at all. His father tries to comfort Elizer. The father’s argument is that wearing the star is not so terrible, it can’t kill you, but Elizer’s response says it all. He says, “Poor Father! Of what then do you die?” (page 9) Once the Germans start to evacuate the town, Elizer is basically in disbelief, although he is still optimistic about the future. He talks about how he sits on the pavement watching everyone walk by loading up into the caravans, .....

.... and explains, "No one can ever truly know what the feeling of death is like until they actually feel it for themselves." Generally, words such as afraid, daunting, confusion, hopelessness, and sorrow spring to mind. However, David elaborates, "the knowledge that one is in the process of dying is surreal. Everyone knows they are going to die but no one ever believes it." He tells me of the conscious realization that death is much a part of life as birth yet is totally unprepared for in our culture. If society was aware that death could consume us at any moment, we would do things much differently. We’re .....

.... to his wife, “My physique isn’t what it once was.” (A Question of Murder pg.24). Immediately after saying this Salter made a vow to himself to get back into the physical condition he once had during his early years on the force. Salter is showing a strong demonstration of mental strength by his motivation to lose weight and get back into shape. In this manner, Salter was unsure as to how he was going to do all this. Losing weight and getting into shape is no easy task. It wasn’t until he had a scheduled interview at a squash club, that he came to devise a method of doing all this. While waiting eagerly in the lou .....

.... affected person seeing things which they perceive to be real . Hallucinations are only one way by which the visual perception of an object can be altered there are many more ways by which the visual perception of an object can be altered; for example consider a square envelope, pay very close attention to what you see when you look at this object. If the envelope does not move but you do then your perception of this object will continually change as you move about and the "square envelope" no longer looks square. Because a square object such as an envelope can't be square and not square at the same time then the visual percepti .....

.... makes in the early stages of the story, he asserts that animals do not feel or think. Now that Rainsford conceives the idea that Zaroff hunts humans, it provides Rainsford with a frustrating mental reaction of fear and anger because Zaroff openly declares that he poaches humans for amusement and yet Rainsford feels the anxiety of dying in his sick game. Equally important, while Zaroff hunts strategically, “[his] brain against [Rainsford]” (71), “it sent a shudder of cold horror” in the flowing veins of Rainsford because of the fear that he will “lose [his] nerve” (73). Immediately, whe .....

.... Claggarts attempt to destroy Billy for mutiny fails because he is struck down by Billy in one blow, ending the matter, but opening a much more serious one. Claggart is also seen as attempting to destroy Billy due to his evil nature in general. Nothing depicts Claggart's evil nature better than the way he looks. His cleanly chiseled chin and cunning violet eyes that can cut lesser sailors with an evil glare. His pale yellow skin and jet black curly hair; they all contrast his character. He is out to destroy Billy because of the constant struggle of good and evil. Billy is innocent and cannot comprehend evil therefore mak .....

.... fever and he started to shake. All this tells us that Cassius thinks he is just as good or even better than Caesar. Cassius first shows his character of deceit when he put false notes from people in the window of Brutus. This was so Brutus would think a lot of people would be with him if he killed Caesar. He also tries to make Brutus jealous of Caesar. Cassius says to Brutus (act 1,scene 2,line 43), “ “Brutus” and “Caesar”. What should be in that “Caesar?” Cassius continues to flatter Brutus but that didn’t work on Brutus’ honorable soul. Cassius knew that the people would kill him if he had killed Caesar .....

.... he would assemble them in chronological order before he died. Unfortunately he died earlier than he expected and was unable to formally assemble them. However, the legend remains. Kerouac undoubtedly made his mark on the literary world with his prose. And his prose proves itself to be a very good example of his writing as spiritual commentary. Kerouac, while wandering the country in freight cars and the backs of pick-up trucks, saw himself as a modern day sage or bodhisatva, discovering the essence of "the void" and using his literature as a record of these discoveries. His body of work is a wonderful exampl .....

.... riverboat term meaning two fathoms deep. Mark Twain went to Hawaii in 1866. This trip was the beginning of his career as a travel correspondent. The next year he went to Europe and wrote a successful book there titled, The Innocent Abroad. In 1876, he published The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. This book was such a success that he decided immediately to write a sequel. The sequel, which became much more complex than the original was published seven years later in 1883 and titled, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. After Huckleberry Finn, Twain wrote nearly a dozen more books but none were as successful. By 1939, Twain had lo .....