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- 12621: The Secret Sharer 2
- ... ship." By acknowledging that he does not yet have a feel for how the ship maneuvers, the narrator displays a lack of self-confidence. After Leggatt leaves, the captain states that, "No one in the world should stand now between us, throwing a shadow on the way of silent knowledge and mute affection, the perfect communion of a seaman with his first command." It now becomes apparent that the captain finds ...
- 12622: The Scarlet Letter - Roger Chi
- ... power, (Chpt. 10, p. 157) and he is a loner. Old Roger Chillingworth, throughout life, had been calm in temperament, kindly, though not of warm affections, but ever, and in all his relations with the world, a pure and upright man. (p. 157, Chpt. 10) He enjoys studying and the pursuit of knowledge. When Chillingworth finds out that Hester cheated on him, he cannot be blamed for being dismayed and livid ...
- 12623: The Problem Of Personal Identi
- ... Sam because he is the one who is acquiring the new body. The biggest problem with the theory of body transfer, is self-identity. Let s say you were the best basketball player in the world, and one-day you woke up in the morning with someone else s body. Even if you could play the same and think the same, you would still have a very hard time trying to ...
- 12624: The Plague By Albert Camus
- ... deal with the isolation, threat of death and desperation that the plague may strike them next. The desperate isolation which the city is forced into because of the plague and the longing for the outside world that the inhabitants of the stricken city experience. As a result of these feelings, the inhabitants find themselves understanding each other better. The reader feels the isolation which the city is forced into as a ...
- 12625: The Once And Future King Descr
- ... is said to have been clumsy when under pressure and lacking knowledge to ache or swell, selfishness indecently exposed, an inability to settle down, pert arguments on abstract subjects and a lack of exof the world. Like most 22 year olds, it was stated that Guenever had a chaos of the mind and body, a confusion and profusion of beliefs and hopes, the ability to be transported by the beauty of ...
- 12626: The Old Man And The Sea 2
- ... his decreasing strength. For instance, when he needed strength on his long and strenuous voyage he thought of his dreams of the lions, and of them playing on the beach without a care in the world. With this in his mind it seemed to make him stronger and gave him endurance to continue. The lions could also symbolize pride. Like the lions Santiago had pride. He was proud of his fishing ...
- 12627: The Old Man And The Sea
- ... of the harbor before dawn. After leaving the smell of land behind him, he set his line. The line went straight down into the deep water. Later, with the aid of a hovering man-of-war bird, he sees a school of flying fish but is going too fast and too far away. The bird circles again and again and the old man sees a tuna which he hauls onto the ...
- 12628: The Name Of The Rose
- ... beautiful of it, a girl, etc. Just as the title suggests several answers, so can the implications in the novel. The rose can be the Church, the richest and most powerful organization in the entire world. As each of its most devoted die, a little bit of the doctrine is forgotten until the name becomes bare , it can no longer be understood as its whole. In return, the most learned abbey ...
- 12629: The Most Heroic Character In I
- ... Instead of being the radical Fidel Castro, who carries out bloody and violent revolutions, she will rather be the peaceful corruption terminator Gandhi. Her soft heart can never make her a radical that changes the world in a bloody way. In the book, she has shown Minerva the book the Gandhi which is ignored by Minerva. Instead of sacrificing thousands of people during the process, she picks the longer but more ...
- 12630: Henrik Ibsen A Biography
- ... the streets of Christiania. His success with The Pretenders in 1863 inspired him to write several poems. Ibsen became bitterly disappointed with current political events, especially Norway's failure to help the Danes in their war against Prussia. In 1864 he left Norway. After he left, he spent most of his time in Rome, Dresden and Munich. He was supported by a pension from the Norwegian state and income from his ...
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