... safety and a sense of belonging; however, in times of war this is all shattered. Shinji's colleagues are among the insurgents. The war has, no doubt, caused these men to resort to extreme measures. Living in a country that can no longer provide the safety and sense of belonging that these men seek, they turn to each other. Friends provide the safety and belonging even in times of war. People betray their country in their everyday actions, they deceive their employer, they lie to others, they cheat, and steal; but, one always thinks twice before betraying the trust of a friend. Shinji and Reiko remain loyal to what i ...

... Nick was tempted to be successful and wealthy he viewed ethics and even his own morals to be additionally significant. Most of the Characters in the Great Gatsby lived so materialistically that their own values and ethics suffered and really never showed. Nick's friends in the novel illustrated ignorant fools, Tom was careless. Tom was ignorant to the fact that cheating on a spouse was and still is looked down upon. Nick as the Conventionalist1 he is, displayed the character who looked down upon this affair. He didn't agree with the fact that his friend Tom could love his wife while he lusted some other ...

... novel Woman on the Edge of Time. She not only uses a mother as the main character, but creates a whole utopian society based on the mother. Piercy contributes this novel as a political statement to address the hardships and social injustices of the powerless. Woman on the Edge of Time is a story of a middle aged Chicano woman who has been denied the right to live with the socially prudent. According to Kevstin Shands, Piercy says: "It is primarily a novel about Connie. There's a lot about social injustice in it, and about how a woman stops hating herself and becomes able to love herself enough to fight for her ...

... his pen; and so I was not willing to let the law chapters in this book go to press without first subjecting them to rigid and exhausting revision and correction by a trained barrister.� He did not want to look like a fool when he wrote these chapters. He wanted to make sure he, and the readers, were talking about. takes place during 1830, in a little town called Dawson’s Landing. Dave Wilson was a new citizen. He had a law degree, but when he moved in he ruined his reputation by saying, “I wish I owned half of that dog, because I would kill my half�. Every one called him instead of Dave Wilson. His career ...

... that man is inherently evil. This presence of evil, is shown through character evolution, my personal views and experiences in the real world and the source of evil itself. During the coarse of the story the characters do and say many things that reveal their inner devil. One of the characters that we see the most change in is Jack. By watching Jack we witness many acts of savagery. When Jack first starts to turn to a savage, was when he changed himself into someone different by putting paint on his face and acting like a wild animal. This is kind of like Jack's own way of initiating himself into a different ...

... from the outer realm of examinations, politics and public life. For the most part, this ideology determined the reality of a woman’s live during China’s “long eighteenth century?” This is especially true for upper class women. The philosophical idea of yin and yang is found throughout Chinese culture, literature, and social structure. The idea is that the world is made up two opposite types of energy which must be kept in balance with one another. Neither is greater than the other, or more important than the other. In respect to gender, yin is female and yang is male. Yin is private life wit ...

... experienced problems with his popularity and personality. His last name is a pun on a "low man." He is at the bottom of the business world as an unsuccessful salesman. In addition, his theories on life and society prove to be very degrading, not to mention influential to his mind set every day. Willy believes that being well-liked and having a personal attractiveness, together, can bring success, money, and many friends. Ironically, Willy does not have many friends and many people do not like him. With a beauty unlike others, Willy thinks that doors will open and problems will all disappear. As a salesman, Willy d ...

... committed adultery. She is forced to wear a letter "A," meaning "adulteress," on her bosom for the rest of her life. The book focuses mainly on the sin that was committed; it effected the whole community. The scarlet letter had one basic meaning, "adultery," but to the characters of Hester and Dimmesdale it was a constant reminder of the sin; and to Pearl it was a symbol of curiosity. Obviously, the scarlet letter had the largest impact on Hester, it was a constant reminder of the sin she committed. The "A" she must wear on her bosom completely humiliates her in front of everyone she meets, she begins to even h ...

... scene "suggests a moth" (Williams 96). In literature a moth represents the soul. So it is possible to see her entire voyage as the journey of her soul (Quirino 63). Later in the same scene she describes her voyage: "They told me to take a streetcar named Desire, and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at Elysian Fields" (Quirino 63). Taken literally this does not seam to add much to the story. However, if one investigate Blanche’s past one can truly understand what this quotation symbolizes. Blanche left her home to join her sister, because her life was a miserable wreck in her ...

... to get to go home or not. I can relate to this book very much. It is interesting to follow the author during the book as he tries to figure out what courage was and also what heroism was during Vietnam War. . This war was very similar to other war's that there has been in the past and on the other hand it is not. One thing is for sure, a lot of lives were taken in Vietnam and there were also a lot of hardships that many people faced and some still do to this day. Tim O'Brien, like many Americans was drafted into the war in the 1960's. He was a college graduate from a small town in Minnesota. I could not imagine ...