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The Scarlet Letter And Symbolism
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1134.... – what is this being which I have brought into the world” (Hawthorne 89)? Pearl would harass her mother Piyasena/Pine 2 over the scarlet “A” she wore. In time, Hester was subjected to so much ridicule from Pearl and others that she was forced into seclusion. Pearl represents the sins of both Hester and Dimmesdale. Pearl is said to be the direct consequence of sin (Martin 108). Their sins include lying to the people about the affair that led to Pearl. Hester realizes what Pearl represents when she does not hold Pearl up in front of the “A.” She carries the child around bec .....
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Oliver Twist: Summary
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 391.... the months that follow, Oliver stays with Mrs.Maylie and her niece Rose. Then one of Fagin’s thieves, Monks, goes to the Bumbles to buy the evidence of Oliver’s parentage- a locket left by his mother. Monk throws it into a river, then tells Fagin to make Oliver a thief again.
One day Nancy, a thief, overhears Fagin and Bill Sikes talking about Oliver and what they are going to do to him. Bill Sikes finds out Nancy told Rose Maylie and beats Nancy to death. Bill Sikes hangs himself accidentally while trying to escape with Oliver. Then Mr.Brownlow adopts Oliver and they all li .....
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Cry, The Beloved Country: John And Stephen
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 719.... homeland. Msimangu describes John as having "not enough courage, for
he would surely be sent to prison"(39), showing his view that while John
may speak for a cause, he will not go as far as to be put in jail for it.
Later, the narrator of the story says:
There are some men who long for martyrdom, there are those who know
that to go to prison would bring greatness to them, these are those who
would go to prison not caring if it brought greatness to them or not. But
John Kumalo is not one of them. There is no applause in prison. (185-186)
This further shows .....
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Naturalism In To Build A Fire
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1239.... below zero and he was not physically or mentally prepared for survival. London wrote that the cold "did not lead him to meditate upon his frailty as a creature of temperature, and upon man's frailty in general, able only to live within certain narrow limits of heat and cold."(p.1745) At first when the man started his journey to the camp, he felt certain that he could make it back to camp before dinner. As the trip progressed, the man made mistake after mistake that sealed his fate. The man's first mistake was to step into a pool of water and soak his legs to the knees. This b .....
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Animal Farm
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1601.... became leader and
teacher of the working class in Russia, and their
determination to struggle against capitalism. Like Old Major,
Lenin and Marx wrote essays and gave speeches to the
working class poor. The working class in Russia, as
compared with the barnyard animals in Animal Farm, were a
laboring class of people that received low wages for their
work. Like the animals in the farm yard, the people is Russia
thought there would be no oppression in a new society
because the working class people (or animals) would own
all the riches and hold all the power. (Golubeva and
Gel .....
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Cry, The Beloved Country: Stimulating A Change
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1102.... of good intentions, but in reality cheats Kumalo of his
money. This experience is unlike his time on the train, in which Kumalo had
been treated with immense respect. On the train he is aware of the respect that
other blacks hold for him, because he is a man of God, though, in the city, his
social standing demonstrates little significance. This may be taken as a sign
that the idea of a God may be questioned or less acceptable to the people, when
they have positions in a society that are cruel and not beneficial.
Kumalo does find assistance when he asks for help from an .....
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Symbolism In Silas Marner
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1456.... Molly, a poor woman, who is not of his social class and does not let anyone know about the marriage. Godfrey likes Nancy, who is of his social class, thus being one of the reasons for him not telling anybody of their (Godfrey and Molly’s) marriage. The other reason Godfrey can not be considered free and at peace with God is because when Molly is found dead, he (Godfrey) would not even admit that he knew her, let alone say that he married her (Molly). After Godfrey found out that Eppie had toddled into Silas’s home and looked at her (Eppie) would still not acknowledge her (Ep .....
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Spook: Summary
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1401.... not let Mary
Ann come out to talk to Lola and Ross. But Muriel asks Mary Ann a few
questions to prove that she is educated. Mary Ann answers all of the
questions successfully. then Lola and Muriel get into an argument about
what is fair for Mary Ann. Muriel tells Lola and Ross to leave. They do
so with no argument.
That night when Muriel left to go shopping Mary Ann went out for a
walk. She came across a camp and went in. While she was in there a
teenaged boy saw her and called all of his friends over to see her. Mary
ann ran. When she returned home her mother was .....
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