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- 10601: Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None
- ... the poem suggests. Everyone is blaming everyone. The last one to live hung himself just like the poem b/c he knew that the police wouldn't believe him. But the actual killer faked his death in the middle of the 10 indians dying. He knew the last indian would himself. So basically, the book is based around a poem and others not knowing what to do with themselves and almost ...
- 10602: Silent Spring: Pesticides
- ... insecticide of the chlorinated hydrocarbon group, is potentially deadly to not only insects but mammals as well. By attacking the central nervous system DDT affects the normal transmission of nerve impulses which can lead to death. Birds affected by DDT have reproductive problems ranging from eggshell formation to direct offspring retardation for shell-less species. Plants are also affected and research is being conducted on the possible inhibition of making plant ...
- 10603: Madame Bovary: Emma's Desire To Control Her Surroundings
- ... wanted to frighten her still more. Now suddenly she understood all his maneuvers the end goal of all his favors. What reassured her, however, was the very enormity of the sum” (Flaubert 274). With her death however, she finally realized the truth about Charles. Only on her deathbed did all the illusions go away, and all that remained was reality. She had finally understood that the great passion that she wanted ...
- 10604: The Scandinavian Drama: Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts
- ... you married us. After Oswald's birth, I thought Alving seemed to be a little better. But it did not last long. And then I had to struggle twice as hard, fighting for life or death, so that nobody should know what sort of a man my child's father was. I had my little son to bear it for. But when the last insult was added; when my own servant ...
- 10605: To Kill A Mockingbird: Compassion From Atticus Finch
- ... that the no-sympathy instruction did not deny the defendant a fair trial; mostly because the “jury was also instructed that it could consider any other facts or circumstances that favored the imposition other than death” (Clemmons, 1994, pg. .2.) Reasonable jurors, therefore, may well have thought they were not permitted to exercise mercy or compassion when sentencing the defendant, even if such feelings “were rooted” in the evidence. The less ...
- 10606: Of Mice and Men: George, Lennie, and Crooks
- ... chased out of weed for the same reason. In the end, George kills Lennie out of sympathy, because if he didn’t take matters into his own hands, Lennie would suffer a much more painful death at the hands of the farm help. Crooks Crooks was the Negro stable hand who lived alone in a shed on the inside of a barn. He was a “ proud, aloof man who kept his ...
- 10607: The Return of the Native: The Opening Chapter
- ... as the characters fall prey to chance or fate. The tone is ironic, because we are watching the actions of the characters with superior knowledge. For instance, Clym's blaming himself for his mother's death is ironical: he does not know the conditions responsible for it and he is unaware that his mother did indeed call on him. It is possible to read this helplessness and irony as a result ...
- 10608: Wuthering Heights: A Novel of Revenge
- ... marriage to Edgar, he torments by returning and reminding her of their deeply meaningful relationship, as consequence, Catherine succumbs to illness because she is mentally distraught. Finally, Heathcliff seeks revenge on Catherine even after her death. In his anguish, he cries, “And I pray one prayer- I repeat it till my tongue stiffeens-Catherine Earnshaw,maynot rest , as long I am living!” (Ch. 16, P 197). This shows that Heathcliff is ...
- 10609: “The Cariboo Cafe”
- ... is lost, not physically but emotionally. His son had died in the war and his wife left him shortly after that because she couldn’t put up with him because he became grouchy after the death of his son. He became extremely lonely and grouchy due to his son that died and wife that left him. You could tell he was lonely because he repeatedly mentions his son and wife. “I ...
- 10610: Kerouac's On the Road: Living in Clip
- ... is like a racing heart beat seeking the ultimate rush through drug use, sex, music, and whatever else is on hand. Moriarty's obsession with life and Sal's patronizing observance, creativity, and preoccupation with death make them the quintessential hep-cats of the counter cultural movement. Kerouac's word choice is positively unique; however, his syntax is awkward and grammatically incorrect. Shortly after arriving in Mexico with Dean, Sal declares ...
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