... from this point on as the more he looks around this world, the more depressing life seems. Around every corner Holden sees evil. He looks out on a world which appears completely immoral. The three days we learn of from the novel place a distressed Holden in the are of Manhattan. The city is decked with decorations and holiday splendor, yet, much to Holden's despair "seldom yields any occasions of peace, charity or even genuine merriment. "Holden is surrounded by what he views as drunks, perverts, morons and screwballs. These convictions which Holden holds waver very momentarily during only one particu ...

... the twins, Sam and Eric. Simon, short and skinny with black hair, joins the group. Many other boys who are never given names straggle in. The group elects Ralph as their leader even though Jack would like to be chosen. Ralph, Simon, and Jack explore the island. It's hard for them to believe they're really on their own, but once they're convinced, Jack decides to be the hunter and provide food. A first attempt at killing a piglet fails. When the conch calls the group together again, they talk about the need for hunters. A small boy with a mulberry-colored birthmark on his face says he is afraid of a s ...

... general opinion that men are selfish contains an underlying truth to the human nature. Inside every human being, there is a sense of selfishness that lay dormant until given cause to awake. It is a truth that many will not be willing to admit or acknowledge. Many will even say that there are people who are or were selfless in their actions. Yes, there are, but when the situation comes, normally no one can take away their selfishness to still act like “saints” when they cannot even save themselves. Selfishness is an ugly trait among people; however, disloyalty is probably the most offens ...

... omniscient, completely just and timelessly eternal. After reading the Proslogion by Anselm, it gave me a greater understanding of these attributes listed above. Although, they are all of equal importance, I feel the most prominent of God's attributes is the fact that he is self existent. In essence, that means that God depends on nothing else for his existence, he is uncaused. Therefore, his existence is timelessly-eternal. This means that God cannot stop existing. On the other hand, contingent beings (such as ourselves) depend on something else for their existence. One example of this is, that as a child we ...

... his glasses. "Maybe it’s your glasses. You never went for new glasses" (13). By repeatedly making excuses for Willy throughout the play, Linda keeps Willy from facing the truth about himself. She also gives Willy undeserved compliments on his ideas of ambition when he has none. This causes Willy to believe he is a great man when he is just "… a dime a dozen" (132). Willy isn’t the only one Linda affects throughout the play. Biff and Happy are also under her effects. Willy always told the boys that if you were handsome, opportunity would come to you. Even though she knows this is wrong, she never tea ...

... or cloning. He knew that eventually the progress of society would lead to the all or nothing control of the evolutionary processes. This brings me to one of Wells’ most important ideas that he wanted to tell his readers. That was the idea of vivisection or cloning of humans and animals. In todays world we are trying to control evolution by furthering our studies into cloning. He was right about his expectations of future societies and his ideas about how scientific advancements would affect our world. It was different because when this book was published it got horrific reviews for being too ou ...

... Monseigneur and Kings and Queens sentencing people to death because the crowd is bloodthirsty. People are told what to do, and how to act. There is no free will because their placement on the social scale is low because of their family which they are born out of. This is also the same for the characters in Tess of the D'Urbervilles. "Tess's tragedy: she moves in a world where insensitivity, coarseness and greed make it impossible for her to live as she should" (Great Writers). During this time, the family name is important. The insensitivity and greed that is directed toward Tess, comes from her mother, Joan. Joan ...

... It is emphasized that two workers are virtually never seen together. Lennie and george have an attachment and understanding between them; their relationship is different and valuable. Their basic relationship is seen to be the starting factor in their dream. “Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest men in the world. They don’t belong no place…. With us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that cares about us….� The theme of loneliness is explained in many ways. Old Candy has only one dog and when it is killed, he hears of George and Lennie’s dream and a ...

... twofold purpose behind this technique. For one, it shows that Vladimir and Estragon, the two main characters who are waiting for Godot, are unsure of why they are waiting for him. This also foreshadows that they will be waiting a very long time. In some cases in literature, an idea can only be conveyed properly if those on the receiving end of the idea are able to experience the feelings that a character is experiencing in the work. For example, in order for a reader to feel how and understand why Vladimir and Estragon feel as though they do while they wait, it is essential for that reader to either underst ...

... by the merchants, and suddenly found himself in a dark room. These surroundings left him feeling both derided, and with a sense that this eagerly anticipated trip had been in vain. Many other situations caused him to feel driven and derided by vanity. His reflections of the “charitable� life of the priest who occupied the narrator's house before the narrator make us wonder if the priest led a life of vanity. His early obsession with Mangan's sister now seems in vain. “I had never spoken to her ... and yet her name was like a summons to my foolish blood. (4)� He feels ashamed and ridiculed by his earl ...