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- 10361: What's it Like…On the Other Side
- What's it Like…On the Other Side "Perhaps she was both, both child and woman, darkness and light, past and present, life and death-all the opposites contained and reconciled in her (348)." This quote from Paule Marshall's article "To Da-Duh, In Memoriam" synthesizes one of the recurring themes throughout the story, contrasts. In this article, Marshall ...
- 10362: In the Zoo: Caesar and the Bear
- ... All the children can think of is to run away, but they have nothing and nowhere to run to. Sadly they must rely on Gran for their unbalanced care, far into the future. After the death of Caesar, Gran becomes more totalitarian in her mothering of the two orphans. Where she is much more reserved with the children prior to and during the life of Laddy, Grans hidden side becomes more ...
- 10363: Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards, and Anne Bradstreet: Relationships With Others
- ... a problem with Bradstreet is her attactment with some of her aquaintances. She is really attached to her granddaughter for example. Bradstreet’s relationships mean very much to her, and in the peom about the death of her granddaughter, Bradstreet shows her weakness with people and relationships “Blest babe, why should I once bewail thy fate, or sigh thy days so soon were terminate, Sith thou art settled in an everlasting ...
- 10364: Robert Frost and Mother Nature
- ... less in awe of nature and fearful of it. One of these is the poem "Design". It takes two of nature's most innocent characters, the moth and the spider, and then finds a tragic death in their lives. Why must the moth die? Why is nature so cruel? Frost questions how nature can be so beautiful, yet so crazy at the same time. If the world is not guided in ...
- 10365: Freedom of Speech?
- ... False statements that are made to accuse another person cannot be tolerated. A recent study suggests that a slandered person may suffer from injury of reputation, loss of properties, mental disorder, and, in some cases, death. The misuse of language can cause tremendous harm to the society. In order to preserve peace to the nation, the Supreme Court has made several decisions that serve as restrictions to the amendment. Speeches that ...
- 10366: Kingston's “No Name Woman”: Community's Role
- ... according to the wish of her father, brother and husband. She had to behave as the society expected her to. There was no love amongst the “kinsmen”, just rules. She had to jump to her death for violating a rule she did not intend to violate.
- 10367: The Gilgamesh Epic and the Old Testament
- ... answer concerning the any single issue. The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Old Testament is not only an excellent piece of literature but also an intellectual triumph. It shows how people searched for life and death, humankind and deity and eternal life. Gilgamesh was “endowed by his divine creators with extraordinary strength, courage, and beauty. He is more god than man”.But when his friend Enkidu died, Gilgamesh was troubled for ...
- 10368: Themes in William Golding's Novels
- ... one theme but the most important one is that the elements of life within society are closely related to the good integrity of its individual members. Golding’s second novel, The Inheritors, was about the death of the leader of a group of Neanderthals. Some new people came to there area and discovered the Neanderthals and they thought of them as savages and devils. They tried to kill them. The new ...
- 10369: “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl”
- ... her dear grandmother. She was there for Linda when her mistress died. Linda’s grandmother was the one who gave Linda faith to keep on staying strong and helped her get through her father’s death as well. “Grandmother tried to cheer us with hopeful words, and they found an echo in the credulous hearts of youth” (379) . Linda’s grandmother reassured her that everything was going to be all right ...
- 10370: Review of Ernest Hemingway and Writings
- ... The Snows of Kilimanjaro," who fits the above decription of a Hemingway Hero, lying incapacitated and ready to die, reveals through a series of flashbacks his own imperfections and regrets. What he experiences on his death bed is a moment of clarity, and is akin to the man of discipline who, in a time of stress, finds his own sensitivity and is able to see his true plight. The general idea ...
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