... politics, corruption, business, and families, that the main character has a hard time trying to adjust from his simple struggle to survive in Russia. The novel takes place in Packingtown, a small area in Chicago during the early 1900's. Packingtown is made up of a a few stores and two big meat processing plants. The whole area is based on the plants where most of the people are employed. Packingtown is not a pretty place. The air is filled with a black smoke that pours all day long from the big factories. The streets are not paved and the working conditions are terrible. The setting is a perfect place for a ma ...

... those who have thoughts against the party. The party engages in many activities that people would consider inhumanly wrong. These include the changing of history with the objective of making the party look good. They also make up things it has the people believe through its telecasts, which the entire population watches. The main character is Winston, who works for the Ministry of Truth, which is an ironic name since it makes up what the people are to believe. Winston has thoughts all the time against the party, but luckily has never been caught by the “thought police�. He keeps on seeing some woman and eventuall ...

... is the color used to describe the main character of the novel, Jay Gatsby. One of the possible meanings of green in this story is envy. Gatsby can be seen as an envious man for a few reasons. For one, he is extremely envious of Tom Buchanan because of the fact that he has the one thing he can’t buy, Daisy. Also, Gatsby is extremely envious of the people that he invites to his house. He knows that he is not old money like the people he invites to his parties. This makes him a man of who, is “Green with envy.” In like manner, green is also used to symbolize money. In the story, money controls the life ...

... it was good or bad. "...He's normal! He's normal! He'll grow up like other people. Better than others..." Charlie had dreams of how his mother was ashamed of him. His mother always thought her son was normal and would grow up and be somebody. "...He's like a baby. He can't play Monopoly or checkers or anything. I won't play with him anymore..." Charlie's sister also ignored him. To her, Charlie was dumb and could not do anything. Charlie had dreams of his sister yelling at him and making fun of him. He also had memories of the night his parents took him to the Warren Home. He was terrified and his dad ...

... the victim and the accused were lifelong residents of Maycomb, County and were acquainted. Mr. Robinson was represented by County lawyer, Atticus Finch, a well renowned and respected lawyer. Highlights of the Trial The Prosecution's strongest witness was the alleged victim, Mayella Ewell. Ms. Ewell stated under oath that the defendant, Tom Robinson, was in fact the person who raped her. However, there were several discrepancies in the testimony that she provided under questioning and cross examination. The defendants lawyer, Atticus Finch, tried to capitalize on the contradictory statements made by Ms. Ewell. He ...

... comes from the main character when she attempts to kill her children. The main character , Sethe, is not willing to let her children end up re-enslaved and would rather see them dead and in Heaven then in an earthly hell of being slaves. I believe that from Sethe was justified in her actions. Slavery is a very harsh and horrible way to live, and living in chains and without freedom is not living as a human should. Slavery degraded African Americans from humans, to that of animals. They were not treated with any respect, or proper care. Even modern day criminals, those that have murdered large numbers of people a ...

... and ordinances like "TALKING POLITICS FORBIDDEN." The sweeping control that is present under this martial law is evident in the every day life of the Colonel and the people of his town. The first example of the nature of their lives is shown through the funeral. A poor musician has died of natural causes; the first in a long period of time. The government in attempt to avoid a demonstration and possibly a riot, reroutes his funeral procession to avoid the police barracks. Since the musician is a first to have died of natural causes, we can assume that martial law has resulted in the untimely death of many people. An ...

... but seems unemotional and views the letter as being a favour for a friend and not a vicious conspiracy. This lack of emotion is reinforced when the prostitute is beaten up by Raymond and Meursault remains impartial whilst his girlfriend, Marie, thought it was “ terrible� and is sickened by the beating. Another display of his apathetic views is in the opening lines "Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know" This indicates that either he does not care or he had no comprehension of what had happened. An additional illustration of his detached attitude is after his mothers funeral when he goes to see ...

... about the passing on of a woman rather than that of a woman reminiscing about her childhood. The opening paragraph to the story paints a picture of a rural area with the woman standing at the bank of a river. She is vividly remembering her childhood and the many times that she has crossed this river, stone by stone. The last line in the opening paragraph, " But after that it was easy and soon she was standing on ." (358), makes the reader aware that she is still a very able lady at her age. When the woman crosses the river she begins her jaunt to the house she once lived in. There are a few lines in the story tha ...

... frequent reminders of how he used to be, in the form of flashbacks to his childhood and other emotionally blocked parts of his mind. He gets a new awareness of himself and others. He also makes the realization that some people he had put on a pedestal are not as good as they seem. He also starts to think about romance. Miss Kinnian, or Alice as he later in the book calls her, is Charlie’s night school teacher and then a romantic interest and then a teacher again. She liked the old Charlie, but when he starts becoming smart she finds it harder and harder to keep up with him. Being with him makes ...