.... power that results in many different changes. The story takes place on what was originally called Manor Farm, but the animals rename it to Animal Farm, and when the pigs take over, they change the name back to Manor Farm. The time setting for this story is some point during the 1940’s. During the story, many characters are introduced. There are Jessie, the brown dog, who is friends with Boxer, a diligently working horse, and Snowball, a small pig exiled from the farm by Napoleon, the black pig, in the quest for power. There are also the other dogs on the farm, who had side .....

.... red thing off the sides of buildings showing societies ineffectual escape from itself. In this case it served as a passageway between the real world and the dream one that Laura and Tom were living in at home. Both somehow stumbled both physically and mentally. When Laura said “I'm all right. I slipped but I'm all right”(47). She was trying to pass to the real world to do a real job and couldn't because of societies “inability” to accept her and her ways. She wasn't strong enough to make the trip by herself, but needed the moral support of the other dreamer in the area, whic .....

.... in the storyline. The books starts with Lockwood's arrival, a severe winter storm raging outside foreshadows the unfriendly environment he is about to enter and the chaotic events that he is going to witness through Nellie's story telling. When Nelly begins to tell the story of the two neighbouring households, she describes Old Mr. Earnshaw setting out to Liverpool on a "fine summer morning" (p.34). Yet, when Old Mr. Earnshaw dies she relates that "A high wind blustered round the house, and roared in the chimney; it sounded wild and stormy" (p. 41). Emily Brontë often uses t .....

.... his growth, symbolizing many different things throughout his life. The first section of the novel sets the stage for the rest of his life. Stephen feels he should be the center of his family's universe, or the "baby tuckoo". His family symbolizes the oppression that Stephen encounters throughout his life. "Apologise, pull out his eyes, pull out his eyes, apologise (Joyce 4)." Later the reader finds that this symbolizes how his family will not accept his spontaneous outbursts, especially involving the arts. Its also important to note that even at this early part of his lif .....

.... deep into his or her soul. As a person becomes arrogant and greedy, he relies upon worldly possessions. He metaphorically compares it to an archer shooting an arrow through a watchman, watching its poisoned shaft go through the watchman’s helmet, not being able to resist the devil’s treacherous temptations. He realizes how much he has, then he gets a taste for more and more material possessions. All of this leads to that person not realizing what his destiny is and, perhaps, having his throne taken away from underneath him. Also, Hrothgar gives the belief tha .....

.... talented, as well as smart. A prince cannot be uncertain, because uncertainty is a sign of weakness. Fortune controls half of human’s actions, and man’s will control the other half. Virtue is the best defense for fortune, and virtue must be used in order to keep fortune in check. The prince must take advantage of situations based solely on if it is best for the state. He should choose his decisions based on contemporary and historical examples. A prince cannot consider whether his acts are moral or immoral, and he instead must act in an unbiased manner for the stat .....

.... can be taken two different ways: (1). how the town treated her when she gave them their mail, or (2) the neighbors were untrustworthy and false. Myrt’s attitude towards her neighbors makes the reader think she is envious and hypocritical. Holcomb did show a friendly side. The town seemed to act more like friends that did for each other than friends that just associate with each other. “Any one who has been sick and had Mrs. Ashida walk nobody can calculate how many miles to bring them some of the wonderful soup she makes. Or the flowers she grows where you wouldn’t expect a .....

.... and it alienates him the moment he begins. He starts locking his doors at night after having to travel, he becomes distrustful of people, and he brings these things into his home, where they separate him from his family. The only way Gregor can find happiness is through the small amount of creative work he can accomplish through carpentry. This is his true love and his one indulgence and he will do anything to protect it, and he shows when his mother and sister move to clean his room and move his furniture. He fears they will remove the picture with the frame that he m .....