... an illusion, a facade behind which English society of his time attempted to hide from reality. On his first voyage, Swift places Gulliver in a land of miniature people where his giant size is meant as a metaphor for his superiority over the Lilliputians, thus representing English society's belief in superiority over all other cultures. Yet, despite his belief in superiority, Swift shows that Gulliver is not as great as he imagines when the forces of nature call upon him to relieve himself. Gulliver comments to the reader that before hand he, “was under great difficulties between urgency and shame�, ...

... are many conflicts in the story. First, a young girl is raped and a black man is accused of the crime. The people of the town immediately assume the black man is guilty. Atticus, Scouts father, is a lawyer and takes the case. Because of the is he would have been lynched if it weren't for the innocence of his children. Atticus proves the defendant's innocence but given the time period the man is found guilty anyway. Also, there is a neighbor boy who is supposed to be a severely disturbed. However, it turns out that this bad apple is truly good. He is always leaving little trinkets in a tree for the boy to find ...

... wrong and that by the puritan society she will be cast into hell. The only reasons she sees the Black Man is cause in her mind she is trying to prepare herself to meet him. Dimmesdale is going mentally insane because of the effects from guilt. He sneaks out at night to stand on the platform, but why doesn’t he confess. He is a reverend, and should be able to tell everything. That is why it is so hard for him. He is trapped between a rock and a hard space. If he tells the citizens, he is no longer the great reverend. Then again, if he doesn’t, he will be forced to carry the ever so heavy burden. Dimmesda ...

... their first child to pay respects to the house. That year, the harvest was good, so Wang Lung bought new clothes for O-lan, the baby, and himself. After paying their respects, Wang Lung made a deal with the house of Hwang and bought a plot of good land just outside the house. One year later, another boy was born and was named Nung En. Wang Lung's third child was a disaster. Not only was it a girl, but she was born retarded. That summer, a drought hit the area where Wang Lung lived, and it did not rain for months. There was little harvest, and soon all of the wheat was gone. Starving, Wang Lung had his ox kil ...

... Finally, she decides to have her long, beautiful hair cut off for money. With the money, she buys a golden fob chain for her husband's most prized possession, which is a pocket watch. The ironic thing in this story is that her husband sold the watch so that he would have money to buy her combs for her hair. They both sacrificed themselves for gifts for each other. On the other hand, in "The Necklace", the main character, a middle class woman named Madame Loisel is selfish, greedy, and an uncaring woman. Although she is beautiful, she only cares about money. In the story, she and her husband are invited to a p ...

... fathers were, they were forced to guess. Rayona and Pearl were also similar because they both had a tough time getting along with the kids they had to go to school with. Neither of them were able to make friends very easily. Rayona's trouble was that she was part African American growing up in a Native American community. Pearl had trouble because of the fact that her mom committed adultery and the kids laugh at her. Both of the children were also social outcasts in their community. The community was different from them didn't accept them. Rayona and Pearl were also similar in another way. Through the tough ...

... Tita fell in love with a young man named Pedro. Pedro and his father came to the ranch to ask Mama Elena if Pedro could ask for Tita's hand, but the rules in their family were that the youngest daughter could never get married. According to tradition, Tita would have to stay at home and take care of her mother until the day her mother died. This broke Tita and Pedro's hearts. Mama Elena told Pedro he could marry Tita's sister, Rosaura though, and he did just so he could be closer to Tita. He never felt any love for Rosaura. Meanwhile, Tita stayed at home everyday, cooking and feeling depressed, and Mama Elena did ...

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... sky, and the contentment found in the stillness of the summer night, it seems that the season serves as a catalyst for Jane’s pleasant state of mind. Soon after though Jane is confronted with hunger and the realization that she has no contact point or evident community, and aptly she is confronted with the summer’s rain. The rain is a direct expression of Jane’s situation in reality and it contrasts Jane’s previous summer stillness adequately. Jane is soon rescued by the Rivers of Moor house, in the town of Morton. After recovering from exhaustion in the care of Mary, Diana, and St. John the summer seems ...

... it’s the corruption of the American Dream. The once, American Dream of noble goals, has been changed into the pursuit of power, pleasure and a showy but empty form of success. As you read the novel, you come across many images of blindness; is this because hardly anyone seems to see what is really going on? The characters have little self-knowledge of each other. Even Gatsby, lacks the insight to understand what is happening. He never truly sees either Daisy or himself, he is so blinded by his dream. The only characters, who see, in the sense of “understand,� are Nick and Owl Eyes. The eyes of Dr. Eckle ...