... is, he thought. Never have I had such a strong fish nor one who acted so strangely" (48). The only dialog is when Santiago talks to himself or the creatures of the sea. The rest of the time the reader is inside Santiago head. A second characteristic of Modernist literature is the use of third person omniscient point of view. The reader joins the story after eighty-four days of not catching a fish and the narrator fills in the details. The narrator knows all about the old man and the boy. The reader learns of the relationship between Santiago and Manolin. "The old man had taught the boy to fish and the boy lov ...

... There were many rules that Huck had to follow for both the widow and for his father. The widow didn't really have many rules. She just wanted to "civilize" him. The widow expected Huck to go to school, wear clean clothes, sleep in his bed, and go to church. She just wants him to be like a normal child of his age. Even though Huck bends the rules a bit, he eventually grows to like living with the widow. He proves this point when he says, "Living in a house, and sleeping in a bed, pulled on me pretty tight, mostly, but before the cold weather I used to slide out and sleep in the woods, sometimes, and so that was ...

... go as long as he didn't get caught by the guards again. 3. In the course of the story, do any characters change as a result of their experiences or influence of other people, or are they are the same at the end as they were at the beginning? Discuss. The prince, Edward Tudor changes a lot in this book. When he changes places with the pauper, Tom, he finds out how it feels to have no money, be filthy, and have nobody believe him for anything that he says. At the end of the story when Edward gets his thrown back, he remembers the poor people in Tom's town and gives money and food to them. 4. Describe briefly tw ...

... tries to squeal on Jim but can’t because he remembers that Jim called him “de bes’ fren’ I ever had;…de on’y white genlman dat ever kep’ his promise to ole Jim.�(Pg.87) Huck realizes that he can not turn Jim in since they both act as runaway outcasts on the river. The support they have for each other sprouts friendship. The events that Huck comes in contact with carry a certain sequential order. Huck started off despising the Widow’s rules, and when his Pap kidnaps him, he has no interest in returning. The juxtaposed thoughts in Pap’s mind, money and education, make him feel unworthy to Huc ...

... realized that he made everybody else happy but that he himself wasn't. He also got the feeling that he had already learned the best of what his teachers had to teach but it still wasn't enough. He still wasn't satisfied. One day he and his friend, Govinda, meditated by a banyan tree. Siddhartha recited the verse: "Om is the bow, the arrow is the soul, Brahman is the arrow's goal At which one aims unflinchingly."(8) It was after meditating with Govinda that he realized what he had to do. In an attempt to reach the arrow's goal, he would leave his fat ...

... people provokes serious consequences. The first example of Twain’s satire to be intrudes in the novel is the character called Pap. He is Huck Finn’s father, and the town drunk. Pap is an ignorant man and a negligent father. Huck narrorates what it was like to live with his abusive dad. “By and by Pap got too handy with his hick’ry, and I couldn’t stand it no longer. It was all over welts. He got to going away so much too, and locking me in. Once he locked me in and was gone three days (p.35).� Pap has no idea that he does anything wrong, even though he is such a horrible father to his s ...

... to achieve, often choosing it to precede a husband and family. Sexuality is a thing that is no longer considered of utmost privacy, but rather is discussed in intimate detail with most women's close acquaintances, if not all. The Wife of Bath is perhaps more appropriately used as a persona for this era than it was for when it was written, and indeed, when this twentieth century perspective is removed, she becomes the outrageous woman she was first meant to be: every bit as aggressive as women today in the pursuit of their goals and fulfillment. Yes, the Wife of Bath is a woman that we of this age can relate to ...

... Their search for the wealth of friends during the works both leads them to discontents and even death. But, the two characters differ in their wants. One of the strange connections between the two works is the location and the mentality that is brought with it. In The Age of Innocence the setting is New York. The characters in the story feel very much at home, but are not in a sense. Except for the fish out of water, Ellen Olenska. Her uniquely European take on the world shocks and offends the American aristocratic sensibility. Strangely, the American sensibility seems to be more deeply ingrained in ...

... Katherine. The play may seem to have a sexist attitude toward women but when you look at it more closely it's intricacies reveal that it isn't merely about men putting women in their places. Katherine is an assertive woman trying to cope with how she is expected to act in late sixteenth century society and abide by the unspoken rules. The play ends with her conformance to the norms of society but it isn't a wholehearted choice, it's in her actions but not in her mind. Katherine assumes the role of an obedient, polite wife but she still retains her innate assertiveness. Katherine's being tamed is not a ...

... Luke finds out that life consists of more than just the day to day experiences that he has had and that indeed there are many injustices taking place in the world. Such as the fact that evil people can rule others. Huck discovers this same phenomena, he escapes with Jim and begins to question a human’s right to own someone else. In the end they both discover their worth as men who are able to do something to influence the world around them. For example, saving the lives of thousands of people or just one slave. The period in one’s life of innocence is a starting point for many heroes. This is the time pri ...