... anticipated. The influence World War II had on the characters in A Separate Peace and life at the Devon School, was clearly depicted through their actions and activities. The beginning of the novel allows the reader to get a feel of what the Devon School was like during that time period. Students of “war age” were constantly leaving Devon to go to the war, either by choice or by draft. Whether kids wanted to go or not, the anticipation was always present. As winter approached the Devon school, so was the encroaching shadow of the war. The boys were called out to help shovel free a troop train trapp ...

... and determine why they exist. Ying-Ying St. Clair was born into a rich family. She was very pretty when she was a young girl. She was educated like every Chinese woman used to be: To be obedient, to honor one's parents, one's husband and to try to please him and his family. Ying-Ying was not expected to have her own will and make her own way through life. The result of this education was a disaster. She was married to a bad man who left her after a short time to follow other women. Her love for him turned to hate, and she killed her unborn baby. This act gave her remorse for all her life since she considered it a ...

... When Estragon takes off his shoes “he peers inside it, feels about inside it, turns it upside sown, shakes it...�1. Through this action it is relevant that Estragon is searching for something from his boot, but unable to recognize it. This symbolizes man’s side of using physical ability to answer questions. Vladimir on the other hand continues to look into his hat. Vladirmir constantly “Takes off his hat, peers inside it, feels about inside it, shakes it, puts it on again�2. Through this action Vladimir is shown to be searching for answers in his hat, which symbolizes his using knowledge and his in ...

... to the Congo river and report back to them about Mr. Kurtz, a top notch officer of theirs. When he sets sail, he doesn't know what to expect. When his journey is completed, this little "trip" will have changed Marlow forever! For Colleen Burke, “Like a knight of the Round Table, Marlow sets off in search of strange adventures. He only gradually acquires a grail, as he picks up more and more hints about Kurtz. Like a knight he is frequently tested by signs he must confront, question and interpret. Among these signs we can count the title of the novel, the contrasts made by the narrator throughout the story ...

... before his surgery, had been telling the story, she would probably have noted the changes in Charlie’s personality as he got more intelligent, and also talked about how she was falling in love with him. She probably would said how she felt distant from Charlie after he became smarter than her. As Charlie began to regress, she might have written how she had mixed feelings; she was sad that Charlie was becoming retarded again, but at the same time wanted to have Charlie at her own level again, even if for only a short time. If the people from the bakery had been telling Flowers For Algernon, then they woul ...

... incompetent man. Old major made an announcement to the other animals that he wanted to talk to them about a dream he had. He believed that man is bad and that animals are good. He talked how man takes what the animals produce such as eggs and milk. He sang a song called Beasts of England, in the song it described how the animals with take over and be free. Several nights later Old Major died in his sleep. His ideas and teachings fell upon the pigs, who are smartest of all animals. Dominants among the pigs were two young boars named Napoleon and Snowball. They passed on ideas to the other animals, and gained discipl ...

... and they saw the man, Edward Hyde. The crowd forced the man to give money to this girl for trampling over her. Hyde did not run over her for any reason. He just did it out of spite and evil. He represents all the evil in the world. The reaction of others to him is one of horror because while looking at him, others feel a desire to strike out at him and kill him. His physical appearance brings out the worst evil in other people. Since Hyde represents evil, he is symbolically represented as being much smaller than Dr. Jekyll. I believe Dr. Jekyll created Hyde because he had a theory that man has a good side and ...

... north for those seeking gold. That was when Buck started to realize that there was more about life than just living fanciful life full with its comfort and riches. As he was forced to accomplish duties he wasn't used to, he was determined to learn. Yet, at the same time what he learned about the untamed wild and its harsh ways affected him like no other thing in his life. As Buck started to learn, he began to lose that aura of house pet. He started to behave like a wolf. An untamed beast from the wild. His long- time lost instincts given to him by his ancestors from generations ago started to come to him. In the ...

... have the easier role in society. Through experiences and expectations I will prove this to be true. In The Men We Carry In Our Minds, by Scott Sanders, many key points of my statement are touched upon, and in many instances I can identify with the message the author is trying to send. Sanders discusses that it was the men who were sent off to the factories and the mills to provide for the family. It was the men that had to perform all of the laborious tasks around the house and if the time were to come men would be the first to join the military and go die for their country. These are not expectations of men ...

... is referring to a soldier coming in from battle. The soldier then explains to King Duncan of Macbeth’s heroics in battle. One assumes that Macbeth is bloody just like the soldier. The soldier describes Macbeth in action “Disdaining Fortune, with his brandished steel, / Which smoked with bloody execution.” (I,ii,17-18) This line connects Macbeth with killing, and hints at the future. The evil deed of murdering the king becomes too much of a burden on the Macbeths. The blood represents their crime, and they can not escape the sin of their actions. Macbeth realizes that in time he would get what ...