... also author of Demon Box and Sometimes a Great Notion. Kesey was born in La Junta, Colorado. He graduated from the University of Oregon, and later studied a Stanford. Kesey was head of a group called The Merry Pranksters, who traveled around the country staging happenings. Kesey’s playful attitude is reflected in the main character, McMurphy, who is often pulling pranks in the psychiatric ward. The oppression of society is a big theme in the novel. The narrator (Chief Bromden) often reflects on how the Combine is taking over. The Big Nurse is never happy unless there is complete order in her ward. She ...

... to a concern for all the people in the world. They did this by changing their way of thinking and through their actions. Finally, this paper will explore how the larger family unit of the migrant people replaced the Joads smaller family unit. The Joad family’s journey to California results in the breakup of their family. The very first cause of the breakup of the individual family was with the loss of their land. The Joad family had lived there for many generations and had very strong ties to the land. Losing their land was equivalent to losing their family history. This is expressed by “She puts them ...

... yet innocent mind of Huck Finn out into a very hypocritical, judgmental, and hostile world, yet Huck has one escape--the Mississippi River constantly flowing nearby. Here nature is presented as a thought provoking environment when experienced alone. The river is quiet and peaceful place where Huck can revert to examine any predicament he might find himself in: "They went off, and I got aboard the raft, feeling bad and low…Then I thought a minute, and says to myself, hold on,- s'pose you'd a done right and give Jim up; would you felt better than you do now? No, says I, I'd feel bad…" (p.127). Only a few weeks wit ...

... Animal Farm a satire describing the leaders of the Soviet Union as animals on an animal farm. The second novel is 1984 a story of dictators who are in complete control of a large part of the world after the Allies lost in World War II. The government in this novel gives no freedoms to its citizens. They live in fear because they are afraid of having bad thoughts about the government of Oceania, a crime punishable by death. By employing literary devices such as diction, foreshadowing, and symbolism, Orwell composes a novel "1984" which proves to be a gem in Orwell's collection of novels against totalitarianism. Orwell ...

... friend to the late Sir Charles Baskerville, who recently died of fright on the Devonshire moors near that same ruined abbey. Holmes is very skeptical, but agrees to meet Sir Henry Baskerville, who has just arrived in London to claim the estate. Sir Henry is cold and aloof but becomes convinced he's in danger when he's almost bitten by a tarantula. Holmes insists that he is not go to Baskerville Hall alone, so Holmes sends Watson to Devonshire with Sir Henry. As I read through the first 7 or 8 chapters of this Sherlock Holmes mystery, I noticed how well Sir Arthur Conan Doyle can describe the characters as well as th ...

... their followers to obey without questioning. With nearly global use of the television; it has become a preferred method with which to influence and regulate people’s thinking, creating an unreal and idealistic, hypothetical reality which people strive to emulate. This is accomplished through shows and movies; the majority of which emphasize a perfect world, entirely free of corruption and poverty; where everyone is physically attractive, emotionally stable, and economically wealthy; a distorted reflection of our own world. This leads real people to attempt to create this imaginary world, only to fai ...

... ways and ultimately put him through trouble. Robbie is told to lie in court by his mother and this sends another women to jail. He sends the nurse of his school to jail by lying to the police, in order to please his mother. Robbie isn’t guilty of his actions because his surroundings have shaped him into what he is and his age keeps him from much blame. While reading A Map of the World, one learns that Robbie Mackessy is in an unhealthy, unfit environment at home. His mother, single and constantly dating, treats him poorly. Mrs. Mackessy plays a negative role in Robbie’s life that eventually brings him to d ...

... of a 40 year span of Wang Lung’s life as he gains sudden wealth and changes his lifestyle. Wang Lung’s story unfolds after his marriage to O-lan as they raise their family on the land. The earth pulled Wang Lung through many hardships such as famine, floods, drought, and robbers. In the beginning, Wang Lung was successful in gaining just enough surplus to become a stable farmer. During this first year, they had a son and a “handful a of silver dollars over and above what they needed� (32). Soon later they had another son and a daughter. During this time, Wang Lung purchases some land from the House ...

... lived in. People in this confused society were never happy, and some desired death. Others just didn’t care, and thought their lives were meaningless. Their desire for death reflected a social malice of purposelessness and hopelessness. Montag comes home from work to find Mildred lying deathlike on the bed in the darkness listening earplugs. The room is described as not empty and then empty indeed, because she is physically there, but her thoughts and feeling are elsewhere. Montag will not turn on the lights in the bedroom and will not open the window to let in outside light, even though he feels as if he ...

... Highways as the definition of Earth in the universe encyclopedia both represent the smallness of human-beings, contrary to their original conception. Furthermore, the alien breeds are not perfect at all, many aspects of their actions represent a similar action which is often taken by humans: The destruction of earth without an announcement, is an equivalent of the house- destruction of Ford Perfect, one of the story's heroes, with out announcing him, both are explained by the governments as actions for the welfare of the population at the cost of suffer for a single person or for a relatively small group of p ...