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The Odyssey: Differences From Today's Society
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 849.... learnt from Odysseus himself how he will make the dream true. Clearly,
the Suitors are all of them doomed: there is not who will escape his
destined death (p.301)."
When Odysseus heard of the suitors in his home, he had it set in
his mind to kill them all before even trying to reason with them or asking
them to leave. Also, he plans to take revenge and kill his servants when
he believes that they were disloyal and instead of giving them the chance
to explain why they had been disloyal to him.
In today's society you can't go out and kill someone because you
feel what the .....
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Lit. Crit. Jaws
Number of pages: 9 | Number of words: 2232.... There is a particular interesting moment in Benchley's life. When he was working in the White House, the president picked up some of his work to read it and said something along the lines of “Bull shit”. The president basically called it trash. The majority of his novels are closely related to the ocean if not in the ocean. An example of some of these are The Beast or White Shark. Both of those of which were made into screen plays. He also wrote a childrens book called Jonathan Visits the White House. One of Benchley’s greatest successes is that his novel Jaws was .....
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A Prayer For Owen Meany
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1264.... to indicate them. Finally, the relationships between the protagonists and the guiding figures are the one in which the protagonist is truly guided and complimented by his best friend.
The protagonist in one book is similar in nature to the one in the other book, i.e. Gene Foster from A Separate Peace and John Wheelwright from . For example, the protagonist is definitely innately good but lacks to know the very self of him. This translates into a very vulnerable and an uncertain character, who must learn from the events that occur around him. Gene is a noble name, and he w .....
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Lord Of Fliez
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 595.... until they become individuals themselves they will continue to suffer.
Another contribution to the story is the human relationships, that take place between both of the main characters. These character relationships are completely different. The narrator has many problems with her mother, and her best friend. The main conflicts that take place between both of the stories are the principal characters and their parents. However, one of these conflicts is more visible in one story than in the other. Myra’s conflicting relationships with her parents are not visible, but .....
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Glass Menagerie 2
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 778.... firescape. He does not desire to be part of an imaginary world, which only proves to be the downfall of Amanda and Laura. He realizes that the world is not what Amanda has made it seem inside the house. Also, during his reflections on the firescape he is not really separating himself from the imaginary world because that metal frame is still anchored to the apartment wall. This shows that no matter how hard Tom tries to escape he will always be 'bounded' to the apartment. His emotional attachments to Laura would permantly keep him there no matter what adventure he had ch .....
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Bridge Of San Luis Rey
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 734.... for money. Yet the strangest part of her education was the Abbess's decision to send her to live with the Marquesa. The Marquesa was a crazy woman who made Pepita's life even worse then it already was. As her companion Pepita was ignored constantly and lived a life of solitude.
Pepita is that life in the novel, she is the only good love that exist in a world of those who either love too much or those who love too little. The Marquesa drove her daughter away, because she loved too much. Although she was able to realize this before she died, it was too late. She was n .....
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Surfacing - A Reason To Kill
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1827.... around her. This feeling of alienation is like being confined in a jar.
In the novel, there are several references to jars, bottles and tin cans. These items represent methods of containing or imprisoning life : "I put the worms in a can and some dirt for them." They also represent the narrator's own emotional life which has been put into jars preventing her from being able to feel. The narrator knows that she has feelings, but the trauma of having an abortion has caused her to become extremely desensitized.
It can be deduced that the narrator has always felt trapped in p .....
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A Rose For Emily
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 533.... one that helped her
earlier in her life. Colonel Sartoris was able to remit
Emily’s taxes under the impression that the town owed her
money. This act of kindness by the Colonel caused Emily’s
dependence upon him and what he did for her. Later in the
story, the Board of Alderman approached Miss Emily at her
house in the attempt to get her to pay her taxes. When the
Board started questioning Miss Emily about why she would not
pay she told them to talk to Colonel Sartoris. Even though
the Colonel had been dead for almost ten years the old women
insisted they see him an .....
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