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- 10591: Comparison of Animal Farm to the Russian Revolution of 1917
- ... flagstaff is a reminder of the Battle of Cowshed. It is also a criticism on the method behind the Rebellion, therby a criticism on Trosky’s methods of revolutions as well (“Animalism”). After Lenin’s death in 1924, there was a struggle between Joseph Stalin and Trotsky for leadership of the Communist party (“Animal”). There was the same struggle between Snowball, who was much like Trotsky, and Napoleon, the pig who ...
- 10592: Jane Eyre
- ... language that both Rochester and Jane use in describing their emotions towards each other , and in the final fire that destroys Thornfield Hall, cripples Rochester, and kills Bertha. The image of fire possibly symbolizes the death and rebirth of both Rochester and Jane. Since the passionate love that Rochester and Jane first held was sinful, it was accompanied by images of fire and burning possibly symbolizing Hell. After Jane leaves Thornfield ...
- 10593: The Great Gatsby: America's Era of Disdain
- ... seventeen-year-old self-conception, he masked his counterfeit wealth from bootlegging with an image he wore with the help of Dan Cody. He was the man that gave Gatsby the opportunity. After Cody’s death Gatsby “was left with his singularly appropriate education; the vague contour of Jay Gatsby had filled out to the substantiality of a man”, and in this he based his rising. So begin his incessant parties ...
- 10594: “Pearl: The Scarlet Letter Endowed with Life”
- ... symbolizes the love affair of Hester and Dimmesdale, Hester’s passionate nature, she is a living daily punishment to Hester, and a living conscience for Dimmesdale. Yet, Pearl is the one who saves Hester from death and Dimmesdale from eternal sorrow. It was Pearl who acts as a guardian angel to Hester and Dimmesdale. She both guides them and teaches them the true lessons of life. In the beginning of The ...
- 10595: The Catcher in the Rye: Holden Deals With Alcohol, Sex, and Violence
- ... his friends to think he is a coward so he does. Then the rest of them follow." In the book, Between Parent and Teenager, it states the substance abuse is the number one cause of death amongst teenagers. Studies show that among high school students age 14 - 17, 60% of the students use alcohol once a week, 75% use it at least once a month, and 85% have used it once ...
- 10596: A Separate Peace: Finny How Things Change
- ... Phineas, he himself had died, and you don't cry at your own funeral. Gene went back to his school to come to grips with the fact that he was partially responsible for Finny's death. Finny was not perfect; D's on his tests and bad grades show that. But to Gene, Finny was perfect and always would be.
- 10597: Fahrenheit 451: How Montag is Convinced to Change His Mind about Books
- ... Montag's next door neighbor. She elusively convinces Montag to question his own happiness. Clarisse also causes him to question the society he is living in. "Clarisse wonders whether Montag is actually happy leading a death-in-life, and Montag quickly realizes that he is not happy when he enters his sterile and fully automatic house" (Zipes 185). Clarisse opens Montag's eyes to a different world, a world full of ...
- 10598: The Repressive Governments of Zamiatin's We and Orwell's 1984
- ... process. When Winston is arrested for his treasonous behavior, he first goes to a Ministry of Love holding cell. After being held without food for several days he is severely beaten to the point of death many times. He admits to hundreds of crimes everyday simply to make the pain of the beating go away. Then his battered body is taken to the dreaded Room 101. He is attached to a ...
- 10599: The Fall of the House of Usher: Terror in the House
- ... pictured in the mind as being a horrifying character. Poe describes the look the disease has given Usher, a faint blush upon her bosom, and her smile upon the lip which is so terrible in death. Poe uses character to develop terror in his story. The theme of “The Fall of the House of Usher” contributes to the total effect. The theme of the story, which is, the narrator is unable ...
- 10600: Justifying the Ways of God to Man: Paradise Lost, Book III
- ... 210) for it would be cruel of God to make man wallow fallen in a fallen world for all of eternity. By letting man die, he has the opportunity to rise again with the Son. Death, while seen by man as his ultimate punishment, is actually the key to his salvation. Empson sees God as a sneering villain for making remarks such as these, but this is just another example of ...
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