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- 151: The Crucible: John Proctor and John Hale - Good Citizen vs. Good Person
- The Crucible: John Proctor and John Hale - Good Citizen vs. Good Person In The Crucible, Arthur Miller portrays the two main characters, John Proctor and Reverend John Hale as “good men”. The term “good men” in this play is ambiguous. Reverend John Hale was a good man in the sense of being the perfect and good citizen ...
- 152: In The Lake Of The Woods
- “…It wasn’t just the war that made him what he was. That’s too easy. It was everything – his whole nature…” – Eleanor K. Wade IS THIS AN ADEQUATE EXPLANATION FOR WHAT HAPPENS TO JOHN WADE? John Wade left America a human being, yet came back a human killer. His months in Vietnam were filled with bloodshed and human atrocity, and from this, no man could feasibly return the same person. Yet beneath what John endured throughout the war, he suffered many unkindness’ and tragedies that shaped him into adulthood. It was not only the war that made John Wade, but it was John Wade’s existence; his whole ...
- 153: The Crucible Shows Characterization Through The Experiences Of John Proctor
- The Crucible shows characterization through the experiences of John Proctor Louise Rosenblatt said that literature provides "experiences that it would not be either possible or wise to introduce into our lives" and thus enlarges our "Knowledge of the world" and "ability to understand and sympathize with others." This Quote by Louise Rosenblatt applies to Arthur Miller's The Crucible. Arthur Miller's The Crucible shows characterization through the experiences of John Proctor. The first experience of John Proctor assists the reader in understanding him in his disagreements with Reverend Parris early in Act One. He says to the reverend, "can you speak one minute without we land in Hell Again? I ...
- 154: The Crucible: John Proctor's Decision to Die; Is the Right One?
- The Crucible: John Proctor's Decision to Die; Is the Right One? Micheal Griffin In the play, The Crucible, John Proctor quoted "Because it is my name!, Because I cannot have another in my life. How may I live without my name, leave me my name! ( page 138)." He has very strong belief's that if his name is blackened there is no reason to live. John Proctor also chose to die because he could not double cross his friends, the fact that he has three children, John could not raise his children to walk like men in the world if ...
- 155: John Gotti: The Man Behind the Mob
- John Gotti: The Man Behind the Mob You are about to hear about the life of John Gotti, from his birth in New York, to his becoming the head of the largest Mafia family in history. I will tell you about his life from the time of his birth until his conviction for murder. There is not enough information available to tell you everything, but I will tell you what I can. John Joseph Gotti was born into one of the poorest families in New York on October 27, 1940. His father was a sanitation worker, his Mother didn't work. John was the youngest of five ...
- 156: Cry, the Beloved Country: John and Stephen
- Cry, the Beloved Country: John and Stephen Psychologists often battle on the idea of "Nature vs. Nurture", or the idea that people's character are decided by either genetic inheritance or their surroundings. In Cry, the Beloved Country, two brothers, John and Stephen Kumalo, are shown to have distinctly different values, although they are of the same family. Alan Paton, through his juxtaposition of John Kumalo and Stephen Kumalo, provides a correlation between a person's environment and a person's character. John Kumalo, a shopkeeper and politician, shares few characteristics in common with his brother Stephen Kumalo. John ...
- 157: Brave New World
- ... fi books, travel books and even a record of his experiments with drugs. 'Brave New World' was first published in 1932, and has been reprinted many times after that. Main Characters: Bernard Marx Lenina Crowne John Savage (Son of Tomakin, Bernard's boss) Helmholtz Watson Huxley tries to make a statement with this book, he tries to make something clear to the reader. To do this he uses characters, but they ... most normal thing on earth, and even drugs is taken with the routine and amount of normal meals. Only a small group of the real man exists, be it's far outside the 'civilized' world. John Savage is one of them, representitive of individual freedom and thought, torn between two societies. Huxley warns for material and technical dependence, that will eventually bring destruction upon mankind. Characteristics: The story is set in ... is that of alternative realism, but as it spreads certain ideas, it's also called a 'novel of ideas'. The title is quite easy to explain: it comes from a work by Shakespreare, 'The Tempest'. John once quotes it when he still thinks that this new world is only wonder and beauty... The book is written in an easy readable way, no real difficult words, and not much hard philosofical, ...
- 158: John Keats
- John Keats During the time that John Keats was born, it was known that “poets were born, not made.” At the time, the only people who were poets were either gentleman from upper classes, where they didn’t have to earn an ... to become a poet whose writings have lived for nearly 1 ˝ centuries is almost unbelievable. The odds that he faced were incredible. With a little knowledge of his life, Keats poetry becomes much more meaningful. John Keats was born at 24 Moorfields Pavement Row London, on October 31st, 1795 to his father, Thomas Keats, and his mother, Frances Jennings. John was the first of five children to be born in ...
- 159: John Paul Jones: The Undaunted Sailor
- John Paul Jones: The Undaunted Sailor Rear Admiral John Paul Jones was seen as a dynamic leader who time and again overcame exceptional difficulties and uncommon dangers. He had "the boldness which is produced by madness, the bravery which is the effect of animal spirits, and the courage which is the result of reflection." John Paul Jones was the epitome of what is now considered to be a complete naval officer. Not only did he know how to handle a ship with the utmost perfection, his courtesy towards his ...
- 160: In The Lake Of The Woods
- John Wade: A Character Study John Wade is by far the most intricate and perplexing character examined throughout the novel In The Lake Of the Woods. His character hinges on the brink of order and chaos; on one hand, he is defined as a man who is obsessed with controlling the events and people around him. It is this obsession with control and order that lies alongside the central idea of the novel; that John Wade does not really know what happened to his wife. His blackouts and tendency towards spurts of violence highlight the chaos that lies beneath the surface of his life. The image of the mirrors ...
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