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the table that are unfamiliar to him, and he begins reading the poetry of Swinburne, "forgetful of where he was, his face glowing"...
abrogated his personal responsibility on two levels. First, he has given up his responsibility to educate, nurture and care for th...
Author Karen Castellucci Cox notes in her literary analysis of The House of the Spirits, "Esteban speaks for an entire class and g...
blank slate for the imaginings of those around him, particularly Hana. Myth "crosses international boundaries and offers apparentl...
arrived there; there are hundreds of sources describing these groups. The study of American history is fascinating, since it revea...
whats wrong, one character yells, "HES SLOW!" But Ned knows a secret: the horse will run through almost anything for a sardine! He...
to come. It is, as noted, a relatively simple story. But, at the same time, without the deep psychological reading she is...
same time he undercuts Gatsby by telling readers that he made his money illegally; he was a bootlegger (he sold illegal whiskey du...
in the grass and Antonia begins to ask Jim to tell her the English names of things; she is quick and alert and seems very much a p...
with a dangerous and illegal drug said to rid a person of the fear of dying. Jack Gladney is not exactly a wholesome specimen, but...
war (OBrien). Martha is a symbol of what we might call the "all-American girl." Cross speculates endlessly on whether or not she ...
her better judgment, but she was initially dismissive. Emma prefers living through others instead of living for herself, and her ...
the present reality of the protagonists, but providing exposition through the use of flashbacks. This use of voice emphasizes the...
Hardy presents the tragic story of a young dairymaid, descended on her mothers side from rough peasant folk and on her fathers fro...
capacity for sublimation. . . Soon afterwards philology followed this method and began to measure linguistic configurations as phy...
was not an actual character in history; however, it is possible that such a character may have existed. One will never know for c...
In seven pages this paper discusses the impact of technology upon humankind as considered in H.G. Wells' novels The War of the Wor...
to kiss her, but naturally, Proudlock was convicted of murder (PG). She received a death sentence but the the European community ...
legal husband was not even in the country. She will not reveal the childs fathers name, however, out of sincere love for the man w...
entire novel is the childrens experience with love. Rahels relationship with her twin brother goes far beyond love; despite the fa...
conflict in both "Heart of Darkness" and "Apocalypse Now." In the book, it occurs between the main characters. In the movie, it ...
In six pages this paper examines this novel by Herman Melville from a perspective of legal theory. Four sources are cited in the ...
is of excellent quality which is likely why it quickly became a classic, and one which others emulate. The ending is satisfying. S...
way the housekeeper Nelly Dean cares for generations of motherless children of the intertwined Linton and Earnshaw families, compa...
In ten pages this police novel by Joseph Wambaugh is analyzed. There are no other sources listed....
This paper speculates how an alien life form would view earthlings if he or she visited the planet in the year ten-thousand A.D. a...
affair. If the story were told by Gatsby, we would get the story of a poor but ruthlessly ambitious youth on the make. We would l...
views she expresses. Moss attended "Bible college" and asserts that both her formal education and her religious background (which ...
and dedication to his single goal, he was able to afford two of them; Old Dan (the "brawn" of the duo) and Little Ann (the "brains...
that he does not enjoy or desire. His values are apparently different than his tribes and he leaves his tribe because of the warri...