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- 14081: A Separate Peace - Symbolism
- ... taken seriously. As stated in Magills Survey of American Literature, "It (A Separate Peace) can be viewed, for example, as a tale of Original Sin, with the Devon School as an Eden enclosing the great Tree of Knowledge through which humankind falls far from innocence but is redeemed by the suffering of a totally innocent one. It may also be approached as a reworking of the classic tale of the ...
- 14082: A Separate Peace - Phineas And Gene
- ... and that evening I put on his pink shirt, neatly laundered, in a drawer."(110) This quotation shows that Gene thought highly of what Phineas wore. Even when what Phineas wore was not all that great, Gene still admired the clothing and looked up to him. Gene liked the attention that Phineas got from his clothes and, Gene tried on Phineas's clothes because he wanted to have that same apparent ...
- 14083: A Separate Peace - Phineas And Carpe Diem
- ... examples in the first part of this novel of how Finny takes advantage of life. The first example is how he enjoys himself so much at the beach. Gene describes how Finny has such a great time at the beach as seen in the opening quote. He says he runs all over the place and jumps into waves, laughing at the seagulls, when most others would be lying on the beach ...
- 14084: A Separate Peace - A Journey To Maturity
- ... mature individual. As the story progresses, Gene learns to listen to himself rather than others. His maturing process also includes the fact that he has to face reality and acknowledge that he is not as great as Finny. Gene is his own individual person and Finny is not as perfect as Gene thought. Gene considered enlisting because that was what all the other boys seemed to be doing, but instead he ...
- 14085: A Separate Peace
- ... do not survive. Phineas was dropped from this race, and Leper made his own escape. Lifes race of Mans inhumanity to man, as each centers on only himself, and people protect themselves to great lengths from getting hurt by others. Although this may be a natural way of life, nothing endures, not a tree, not love, not even a death by violence.
- 14086: A Rose For Emily By William Faulkner
- "A Fallen Monument" "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner is a brilliant story. Faulkner uses great techniques to try to confuse the reader. The story begins at one point; he throws a twist in the middle and brings the reader back to the ending of the story. This is a fantastic ...
- 14087: Getting The Most From Our Education
- ... people can say, "I'm involved with this". For me everytime I check out and explore something new I always learn something. And whenever I reach out and help someone, I fell good. It was great to see the students of General Brown help out in the community with the Thanksgiving dinner for the seniors (I know there was another school that helped out too, I forgot who, if someone else ...
- 14088: Global Warming 2
- ... would not work. Instead, thanks to greenhouse gases, the earth's average temperature is better, 60°F. But, problems may happen when the amount of greenhouse gases increases. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, great amounts of carbon dioxide have increased nearly 30%, methane concentrations have almost doubled, and nitrous oxide concentrations have risen about 15%. These increases have made the heat-trapping worse in the earth's atmosphere. Sulfate ...
- 14089: A Rose For Emily
- ... around Miss Emily's house and "sling" lime. Creeping away, they see Miss Emily silhouetted in the window, "her upright torso motionless as that of an idol," ever dominating the community. The narrator goes into great details to position the setting and describe the traits of Miss Emily keeping her "a mystery". What is a mystery? "A mystery is something not understood or beyond understanding: enigmatic quality or character: a work ...
- 14090: A Rose For Emily
- ... chances if they had materialized" (221). Emily wanted to be loved, and she was determined that Homer would be her true love to rescue her from fear, fear of being alone. Indeed Emily took a great liking to Homer, but Homers feelings about the relationship were different. It was rumored that "even Homer himself had remarked--he liked men, and it was known that he drunk with younger men in ...
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