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- 13381: Jack London 3
- ... his way up out of the factories and waterfront dives of West Oakland to become the highest paid, most popular novelist and short story writer of his day. He wrote passionately and prolifically about the great questions of life and death, the struggle to survive with dignity and integrity, and he wove the elemental ideas into stories of high adventure based on his own writing appealed not to the few, but ...
- 13382: Jack London 2
- ... his way up out of the factories and waterfront dives of West Oakland to become the highest paid, most popular novelist and short story writer of his day. He wrote passionately and prolifically about the great questions of life and death, the struggle to survive with dignity and integrity, and he wove the elemental ideas into stories of high adventure based on his own writing appealed not to the few, but ...
- 13383: Oedipa Has No Goal Just As The Hair Spray Can Has No Aim
- ... can is flying around the room because Oedipa knocked the can over and the top broke off. The can then started flying around the room, "The can hit the floor, something broke, and with a great outsurge of pressure the stuff commenced atomizing, propelling the can swiftly about the bathroom"(36). The can is fueled by something in side of it. The stuff inside the can sends it around the bathroom ...
- 13384: The Red Badge Of Courage 2
- ... mortally wounded, and is told he should remove him from the battle. Jim runs to the bushes before he dies to avoid being run over by war wagons. Henry watches with an agony almost as great as his friend. Henry tries to understand what Jim is thinking but cannot reach his friend. Crane ends the chapter with the sentance, "The red sun was pasted in the sky like a wafer." The ...
- 13385: A Story of An Hour: Feelings
- ... never mind one hour. To her sister (Josephine) it would appear that she died of joy when she saw her spouse was not dead. The truth was buried with Louise. Tragically, what seemed to be great joy was a grief felt for her freedom that had been so short lived. Concluding, the roller coaster of emotions was to extreme for Louises' fragile heart to bear, leaving her no choice but to ...
- 13386: Imagery In John Donnes The Bro
- ... that long but in reality it is only a short period of time. According to Donne, love is very powerful and causes the widespread destruction to thousands. Donne also uses the image of despair and depression. In the second stanza, he says Ah, what a trifle is a heart, if once into love s hands it come! In these lines Donne gives us the image of a hand of love and ...
- 13387: The Red Badge Of Courage Essay
- ... selfish ideas about the war that he could not operate as a good soldier. A good soldier is one that goes about fighting, killing, defending and even dying for the cause. These may not be great things, but they are what soldiers do. Henry was the epitome of not doing these soldier s tasks. In order for Henry to do his job the best, he had to become unthinking. This was ...
- 13388: The Role Of Fate In Oedipus Re
- ... him and all but one of the servants. Not realizing that he had fulfilled half of his terrible prophecy, Oedipus continued on his way to Thebes. Upon arriving at Thebes, Oedipus was confronted by a great Sphinx. After answering the Sphinx's riddle and ridding Thebes of the monster, Oedipus was considered a hero. When the people learned of Laius's death, believed to be the fault of bandits, they made ...
- 13389: Irony Of Dickens In Oliver Twi
- ... officials get a taste of power, things begin to change. The Commandments, a code by which all animals on Animal Farm live by, is secretly altered when the pigs (leading officials) begin to realize how great it is to live as a human being. Once they start drinking, No animal may drink alcohol soon becomes No animal may drink alcohol to excess. Like the prior reference, once the pigs begin sleeping ...
- 13390: Ibsens Roles
- ... is also aware that as she ages, the novelty will wear off. She fears this because she has no real sense of herself; therefore, she will have nothing substantial to offer Torvald. Nora has caused great harm to herself by dehumanizing herself into a doll-like being, and by letting herself be easily manipulated by Torvald. Nora begins to awaken when she comes to this realization and says to her husband ...
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