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Animal Farm
... of his ideas about men and politics.
Major, an elderly pig, is the one who plants the seed of rebellion in
the minds of the other animals by sharing with them a song which he had learned
as a young pig, but which he has just recalled during a dream. This song
"Beasts of England" describes a peaceful life where all animals will live in
harmony, no longer enslaved by humans.
Riches more than mind can picture,
Wheat and barley, oats and hay,
Clover, beans and mangel-wurzels
Shall be ours upon that day.
Bright will shine the fields of England,
Purer shall its waters be,
Sweeter yet shall blow its breez ...
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Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!: An Innovative Narrative Technique
... Sutpen's life. In the novel Absalom, Absalom!, a multiple
consciousness technique is used to reassess the process of historical
reconstruction by the narrators.
Chapter one is the scene in which Miss Rosa tells Quentin about the
early days in Sutpen's life. It's here that Rosa explains to Quentin why she
wanted to visit old mansion on this day. She is the one narrator that is unable
to view Sutpen objectively. The first chapter serves as merely an introduction
to the history of Sutpen based on what Miss Rosa heard as a child and her brief
personal experiences.
The narration of Absalom, Absalom!, can be con ...
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Hard Times: The Gradgrind System Of Education
... are lacking
in imagination and therefore are not ready to tackle every day human life.
The Gradgrind education system was very common in Victorian times and was
probably devised by the many rich powerful people ready to employ the
pupils once graduated. As this type of education teaches its pupil's to be
a passive unthinking work force, therefore the employers could manipulate
their minds, doing whatever they were told. The system forces the pupils
to intake pure hard facts, nothing else, therefore not exercising the
imagination at all. Leading the pupils to be lost in the surrounding world
when a difficu ...
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Pride And Prejudice
... possession of a god fortune must be in want of a wife."(p. 1). Mrs. Bennet is the prime example of a character having this opinion in this novel. The purpose of her life is to get her daughters married quickly and into a wealthy family. Even though her own marriage has failed (after marrying for money), she still wishes her daughters to do the same. This desire for her daughter to marry for money can be a form of greed. If her daughters do not marry into wealthy families she knows she will not continue in her present comfortable lifestyle.
Mr. Collins has a completely different reason for marriage than simple financ ...
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Tom Sawyer
... a local outcast of society who likes to live by his own terms. Tom and Huck become good friends. One night the two boys go to the grave yard. While they are there they witness the murder of the town doctor, Mr. Robinson. The boys watched as Injun Joe kills the doctor and frames a drunk by the name of Muff Potter who just happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. The boys swear never to speak of this again. Soon after this Tom falls in love with his new neighbor, Becky Thatcher. Eventually the two become engaged but the engagement falls through when Tom accidentally mentions his former love while talking wit ...
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Dostoevsky's Crime And Punishment: Raskolnikov's Mathematical Evaluation Of Moral Dilemma Presented To Him Exemplifies The Empirical View Of Utilitarianism
... would
bestow onto society. However, a true follower of utilitarianism would be
outraged at Raskolnikov's claim that murdering the old woman can be considered
morally right. Raskolnikov arbitrarily leaves out some necessary considerations
in his moral “equation” that do not adhere to utilitarianism. A utilitarian
would argue that Raskolnikov has not reached an acceptable solution because he
has not accurately solved the problem. On the other hand, a non-utilitarian
would reject even the notion of deliberating about the act of murder in such a
mathematical manner. He might contend that Raskolnikov's reasoning, ...
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Amelia Earhart 20hrs. 40 Min
... with an infection and a rather long period of recovery. From Toronto, she briefly moved to New York, and then on to Los Angeles. Her Father took her to an air show in Long Beach, and it was there that she knew she wanted to fly. The next day she had her first lesson. From this point on she was addicted to flying. She quickly became an expert pilot and set many records. In the remainder of 20 hrs. 40 min. Amelia gives her detailed log of the flight across the Atlantic as commander of the Friendship. Bad weather had delayed their leaving until June 18th, 1928. Flying through dense fog for most of their journey, t ...
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The Rime Of The Christo-marine
... his own in the retelling of his story. He is the Christ figure also in the view of the whole poem, as when Jesus was tempted by Satan in the desert. Like Jesus, the Mariner endures many trials, but his failure at the first costs him dearly during those which follow. The initial "temptation" was to kill the good seabird, which he does without conscience. And, like the temptation in the desert, the Mariner is parched with thirst, "Water, water, everywhere,/Nor any drop to drink." And when the Mariner tries to pray for salvation, he hears a demonic voice, like Lucifer: "I looked to heaven, and tried to pray;/But ...
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Oedipus Trilogy Analysis
... myths were a way of explaining such things. They had a series of gods and muses and fates to explain why things happened the way it happened. They believed in a force greater than their own controlling their every move. Sophocles took their beliefs and used the Oedipus Trilogy to explore the irony of how the Fates work more closely.
The Oedipus plays are separated into three main plays: Oedipus Rex (The King), Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone. The story starts in Oedipus Rex, and the city of Thebes in which he is ruler is in plague. The city calls upon the ruler Oedipus to find a way to stop the plague. At this poin ...
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Heart Of Darkness; By Joseph Conrad
... and a critic, and a keen observer of the depravities and corruption of his fellow men; he is literally speechless before Africa and Africans. His purpose would be to rescue the "grails" from the "God-forsaken wilderness" with a reward in "the tidal current...crowded with memories of men...the great knights-errant of the sea." The contrast of darkness and light (evil vs. good), illusions brought from those who have seen the grails, and the elements of the quest itself proves of Marlow's disillusioned purpose.
Light and darkness contrasted throughout the novel as the "forces of evil and good." These contrasts als ...
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