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Tyler's "Accidental Tourist" And "Searching For Caleb": Individualism And Belonging To The Family
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1062

.... Leary household. This portrait symbolizes the security that Macon feels now that he has moved back into the unchanging past (Reisman 1980). Then Macon met a woman, Muriel, and "he felt content with everything exactly the way it was. He seemed to be suspended, his life on hold." (161) With Muriel he was isolated from his family. He is an individual who does not need family to rule his life. However, Macon finally returns to his wife and family. He returns because of his desire for attachment to his sister and brothers who live in a tight family unit (Magills 1976). Sev .....


The Celestine Prophecy
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 436

.... problem I had with reading The Celestine Prophecy was keeping track of who was who; the characters have little or no distinction between them, and it was a bit confusing because he keeps encountering the same people in different situations. Another thig is Redfield repeats himself and the insights, and I'm assuming he does it on purpose but it gets monotonous. Moyle calls it "considerate," but I think it's just plain repetative. The only way I got complete understanding was to make notes and think about it a LONG TIME. "This is not a novel to be tossed aside ligh .....


"A Man For All Seasons" By Robert Bolt: More's Moral Dilemma
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1214

.... More, to force him out of the way. All of these pressures from the king lead to a moral dilemma that More has to face, but he chooses to stick to his morals. King Henry applies pressure on More to support the divorce through Meg. While More is in jail for failing to take an oath supporting the divorce, Meg tries to convince him to take the oath, and she says, "Say the words of the oath and in your heart think otherwise," (page 81). More responded to this by saying, "What is an oath then but words we say to god?" (page 81). Meg is applying direct pressure on More by asking .....


Beyond The Dead Sea Scrolls
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1105

.... perhaps the most famous Essene, successfully predicted that the ruler of Judea, Aristobulus, would kill his brother. It is believed that the Essenes were one of the first all-male monastic orders, and it is uncertain whether they were exclusively Jewish in origin, or if the group had roots in Greek philosophy as well. Organizationally speaking, the Essenes were a singular entity, presided over by a president, who was obeyed unconditionally. There were four classes of Essenes, according to Josephus, which consisted of children at the first class, novices occupying the second .....


Reasonable Doubts?
Number of pages: 9 | Number of words: 2321

.... were involved and how did it affect the strategies of the opposing attorneys? Lastly, how does that effect our court system? We would like to trust the judicial system and believe that it is a legitimate institution we can search for truth. As I read Alan Dershowitz's book it became clear that the question "Did O.J. do it (murder Nicole Brown)?" would never be answered. Dershowitz argues that "Neither the prosecutors nor the judges were searching very hard for the truth of why the detectives went to the Simpson residence. They apparently though that the disclosure of that .....


Night 3
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 559

.... marched up toward the fires, he could see little children and babies being tossed into the fire. The line moved on past another pit where adults were being burned. After seeing these tragic events, Elie could no longer sleep. He could not believe this was happening and nobody was doing anything to stop it. After surviving the first concentration camp, Elie and Mr. Wiesel were sent to Buna, a work camp. At Buna a Overlap (a prison guard) was tortured for sabotaging a power station. A young boy under him, called a Pipel, was also to be tortured for information on the Ov .....


Ernest Hemingway: Allegorical Figures In The Sun Also Rises
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1198

.... Brett Ashley. A. First appears with a group of homosexuals. B. Wears man's hat on short hair. C. Refers to men as fellow “chaps”. D. All complete distortion of sexual roles. E. The war has turned Brett into the equality of a man. F. This is like Jakes demasculation. G. All releases her from her womanly nature. H. “Steps off of the romantic pedestal to stand beside her equals. IV. Robert Cohn. A. Women dominate him. B. Old fashioned romantic. C. Lives by what he reads. D. To feel like a man. .....


Transfer Of Power
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 533

.... Mocondo villagers just become idle. Ursula ses her personal power when her 17 grandsons are executed and yet she remains calm and collected. Ursula not only uses her power to help herself she maintains it for nearly a century. Incredibly Ursula is able to maintain her power for more then three generations after the death of Jose. Ursula accomplishes this not by making decisions that are always necessarily agreed upon but by standing by her decisions and not wavering. When money is found in a statue of Saint Joseph, whose owner is unknown, Ursula decides to bury the .....



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