... is going to fight for the first time and he wants to make the proud. After Henry runs away from the first battle he feels embarrassed because he didn't have a wound. No one knew he ran so he still had his pride and after that his attitude changed and he began fighting with no fear. Tom Wilson is another young sodier in the 304th regiment who is called the loud soldier. When he is in the tent talking to Henry and conklin he talks about how he will not run and take on the whole army on by himself. When he is in the first battle he tries to run but is caught by an officer and made to go back and fight. His attitude cha ...

... had over-heard about from his older brother who was in the Cobra gang. He had killed Red Brower with another one of the gang members. Two of the four main characters, Gordie and Chris, portray a strong theme of friendship as a substitute for each of their broken families. The family life of Gordie and Chris are both dysfunctional but due to that, the family situations bring Gordie and Chris closer together. At most times, Chris is Gordie’s father figure, only because Gordie’s true father treats him as if he is nothing. Gordie’s father makes him feel like he should have been the one to die, instead of his ...

... They were both “born� from a male figure being gods in particular. The father of Aphrodite is Uranus and the father of Athena is the omnipotent Zeus. Not only were they both brought into existence from the males but specifically and indirectly through male body parts. Cronus, son of Gaia and Uranus, despised his father to a vast degree that “with his right (hand) he swung/the fiendishly long and jagged sickle, pruning the genitals/of his own father with one swoop and tossing them� without hesitation in anger(Hesiod, 66). the genitals were throw “ into the restless, white-capped sea/ Where they floate ...

... the ‘crying’ ghost. In ‘The Red Room’ the young man is on a mission to explore and expose the tale of the ‘The Red Room’ that is supposedly haunted, because he says, ‘It’s my own choosing’ He is in that house to go into ‘The Red Room’ to prove that the ‘Spiritual terrors’ of the house are nothing that cannot be proven by science. He is obviously very brave and determined but inexperienced as pointed out by the old couple that say, ‘Eight and twenty years you have lived and never seen, the likes of this house.’ This seems to be a more direct and intense approach to the ghost. On th ...

... By this description of Budd Melville is emphasizing his likeness to a natural, pre-civilized man. As a “ noble savage�, Billy lacks an understanding of the tricks of sophisticated life and is unable to express himself through intelligence instead he must express himself through emotions. To further our understanding of Budd’s likeness to a “ noble savage� Melville states with a allusion to the bible that because of his lack of worldly knowledge he has not yet taken a bite out of the “ questionable apple of knowledge�. Here he compares Budd to Adam and Eve before they were coaxed by the serpent to t ...

... and the target in his sights. He decides to take his hunting to a higher level, the hunt for human life, Rainsfords life! This story takes place in the Caribbean, on a secluded island. The author chose an ideal place for his setting. The story consists of a war between the two main characters, and what better place then an island which has such excellent geographical features to support this struggle. Some examples are the dense trees, trails, and some quicksand. This setting also makes the two characters display all the skills and tricks they have learned over the years, and then wage war against each other. ...

... a separate but identical embryo. These buds are then subjected to various chemicals such as alcohol, until they also "bud". This process is repeated many times until an average harvest of 11,000 identical embryos can be created from one egg. These 11,000 identical embryos become a "Bokanovsky group". Each embryo is then bottled, labelled and sent down the conveyor belt to the "Social Predestination Room". It is here that they are given a caste designation (Alpha, Beta, Delta, Epsilon), carded into the main card index and stored. It is here that they are "sexed". Thirty percent of the female embryos are allowed to p ...

... by fate. The author does an exceptional job in creating a theme that illustrates how racism takes away the self-control of the oppressed, thus leaving their lives in the hands of fate. The theme that racism doesn’t allow the oppressed to control their lives can be demonstrated through the symbolism of the rat, the poster outside of Bigger’s apartment, and Bigger’s encounter with the “nut� in jail. To Bigger’s chagrin he is not in control of his life. His life is dictated by a large group of white people’s false belief of superiority. With every cause there is an effect, and the effect that t ...

... an enormous role in the book in that she awakens a love and desire in Montag to enjoy the simple things in life. Clarisse attains this knowledge from her uncle who reads the forbidden books. Clarisse suddenly dies from fatal car accident, and Montag is devastated that she dies so soon after meeting her. Meanwhile at the fire station, Montag is discovered hiding his books by the fire chief, Captain Beatty. "A natural error. Curiosity alone … We let the fireman keep the book twenty-four hours. If he hasn’t burned it by then we come and burn it for him." (pg. 68) Beatty lets Montag keep the book unti ...

... to be good and pure. His very existence is for the destruction of the truly innocent. From the very beginning of Othello, Iago is in the midst of his scheme to destroyOthello. He speaks with the muddy-mettled rascal, Roderigo. And from the very firstmoment Iago admits to not really being what he seems. He is not what he is. And whatdoes he use as his reasoning for his obvious ill towards Othello. Well, he is sort of mad that Cassio was chosen as a Lieutenant instead of him. It is interesting that Iago feels theneed to justify himself to a pantywaist like Roderigo, who entrusts him with his " ...