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A Farewell To Arms
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 522.... and they begin a passionate love affair.
After his stay in the hospital, Frederic returns to the war front. During this period, Hemmingway heavily indicates the love Frederic has for Catherine. It is evident that Frederic is distracted by his love for Catherine.
During a massive retreat from the Austrians and the Germans, the Italian forces become disordered and chaotic. Frederic is forced to shoot an engineer sergeant under his command, and in the confusion is arrested by the Italian military police for the crime of not being Italian. Disgusted with the Army and facing .....
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Notes To Myself: Facades
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 396.... of human emotion is the color of all of the selections. The author
does not wish to conceal feeling nor put on different faces in different
situations but be himself and be happy being himself at all times.
Interesting stands on happiness are also expressed. Boredom is vaguely
related to happiness by the rationalization that one can be happy simply by
picking lint off of the floor. While his thoughts are genuine, one can almost
comprehend the randomness of human thought. There is a wrinkled cellophane
wrapper on my desk and it reflects my image just as wate .....
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A Domestic Dilemma By Carson M
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 527.... “rhythmic sorrow” filled with “alcohol”(102). In addition, fear and worry for his wife an children make Martin feel uneasy. Returning from work a year ago, Martin stumbled upon his children crying and his wife intoxicated after the baby had been dropped on her “frail skull”(100). Martin then hired a maid in order to watch the children and look after Emily(100). Significantly, the setting’s effect on the family’s relationship demolishes their closeness. Martin’s surroundings “seemed vast and somehow desolate” because he is aware of his wife’s’ displeasure living up north (97). .....
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Adolescence Depicted In The Od
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 846.... to expel the suitors and he doesn't completely think his actions through.
However, when Athena comes to him in the form of Mentes, everything suddenly changes. Athena acts as a catalyst to propel Telemachos into the next stage of his life. This is where his adolescence truly begins. Telemachos now wants to be independent. It is possible that he wants to harvest his father's kleos and live up to the "Odysseus tradition" and the Odysseus name. Telemachos rebels against his mother, whom he thought he was supposed to protect, and mounts an expedition to go search for his father .....
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Reivew Of Conrad's "Heart Of Darkness"
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 976.... do meaningless, pointless exercises.
Marlow is shocked by this total subjugation of the Africans and the
completely pointless work which they are forced to perform.
Prior to 1807, the Europeans directly enslaved the Africans. After
1807, Britain, and eventually most European countries, banned the slave
trade. However, this did not stop the Eldorado Exploring Expedition, whose
members Marlow described as "reckless without hardihood, greedy without
audacity, and cruel without courage," from using natives as forced labor
for their benefit--the classic definition of slavery.
E .....
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Tess Of The D'Urbervilles
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 923.... before we learn more about her, we know that her family is not well
off and that her father seems to be a bit of a drunk. Next, she is, to a
degree, railroaded into going to claim kinship to the d'Urbervilles.
"ŒWell, as I killed the horse, mother,' she
said mournfully, ŒI suppose I ought to do
something. I don't mind going and seeing
her, but you must leave it to me about
asking for help."
Tess was very reluctant to go to the d'Urberville house and ask for help,
but for some reason, h .....
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Biblical And Mytholigical Allu
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 598.... a tenderfoot when it comes to whaling and is viewed as n outcast to the other sailors upon the Pequod.” (Donahue 18).
Another biblical allusion is that of the prophet Elijah and Captain Ahab. Elijah warms Queequeg and Ishmael of Ahab. Ishmael says that he and Queequeg and boarding the Pequod because they have just “signed the articles” (Melville 68) and Elijah responds “Anything down there about your souls” (Melville 68). This conflict between Elijah and Ahab goes all the way back to the bible. I Kings describes the conflict between Kin .....
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Walking Across Egypt
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 655.... along with other family and friends, are encouraging her to be what they expect a seventy-eight year old woman to be. They talk about how she needs to get rest because she is slowing down and can't keep going as steady as she seems to think. When she decided to try and help a young juvenile, Wesley Benfield, become a better person by taking him to church and offering him to stay the night with her, Robert thought that Mattie was sick.
Pearl Turnage, Mattie's older sister, has given in to the stereotypes that are now plaguing Mattie, and insists that she do the same. In fact, sh .....
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