... 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 ...

... “An American near Billy wailed that [Billy] had excreted everything but his brains...That was I. That was me.” This statement clearly illustrates that the narrator and Billy are not the same person. The narrator was the American disgusted by Billy. Vonnegut places the narrator in the novel in subtle ways. While describing the German prisoner trains, he merely states, “I was there.” By not referring to Billy as I, Billy is immediately an individual person. I is the narrator, while Billy is Billy. Their single connection is that they were both in the war. Kurt Vonnegut places his ...

... was the sole cause of his sufferings. Hawthorne successfully portrayed the personal agonies one would suffer by cowardly holding secrets within oneself. In the Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne set out to show the consequences of leading a double life. Arthur Dimmesdale, to the people of Boston, was a holy icon. According to the public, "never had a man spoken in so wise, so high, and so holy a spirit, as he… nor had inspiration ever breathed through mortal lips more evidently than it did through his" (167). Dimmesdale had risen through the ranks of the church and had the utmost respect of the people of Boston. ...

... of these farmers who had migrated from the midwest to California. Also, and more importantly, he wanted to suggest a philosophy into the reader, and insure that this suffering would never occur again (Critical 1). Steinbeck shows in The Grapes of Wrath that there is no one man, but one common soul in which we all belong to. The subject of Steinbeck's fiction is not the most thoughtful, imaginative, and constructive aspects of humanity, but rather the process of life itself (Wilson 785). Steinbeck has been compared to a twentieth century Charles Dickens of California; a social critic with more sentiment than ...

... and intelligence. Montag embarked on his journey as a fireman who lived to burn and destroy books, but returned a crusader who lived to save them. "It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spouting its venomous kerosene upon the world, the blood pounded in his head, and his hands were the hands of an amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters of history. With his symbolic helmet numbered 451 on his stolid head, and his eyes al ...

... love in face of the war, Ondaatje, an East Asian, glorifies Kip (an East Indian), as the ideal male while chastening the Caucasian race. Born in a family of tradition and values, Kirpal was the second child. The family customs dictated the first son to join the army, while the second would become a doctor and the third, a businessman (Ondaatje,1992). "He was the second son. The oldest son would go into the army, the next brother would be a doctor, a brother after that would become a businessman. An old tradition in his family" (Ondaatje, 1992, #201) The tradition however, was transgressed due to conflicting pr ...

... in those days had the utmost respect for white women, and black men were looked down upon as still being slaves, even if they weren't in shackles. The main character, Atticus Finch, defends Tom in the whole case. He comes under fire and is commonly known in the neighborhood as a "Nigger lover" for defending Tom, and his children's friends make fun of them at school since their father is defending Tom. Atticus tries his best to be a fair lawyer like he always was, and knows that Tom didn't commit the rape. The trial comes around, and Mayella Ewell is very confident she will win the case because if her standing in ...

... dealt with the social issues of religion, virtue vs. pleasure, and marriage. The stories are told by ten travelers who were at a health spa and were on the way home when they end up at a Pyrenean abbey due to massive flooding in the area. They devise a plan to pass time and to gain knowledge, and so the stories are told. In "The Heptameron," marriage seemed to be one of the most difficult things to obtain. It was a duty in which you had to find a suitable person of the same class. As story 42 points out, someone of the higher class could obtain someone as a mistress but not as a wife. Marriage always had to be ...

... Archdeacon the love he feels is known as Philia. While Quasimodo is drawn to Esmerelda by her inner beauty and personal qualities, he admires the Archdeacon for his powerful position in the social structure of the town. Throughout the story, Quasimodo does his best to protect Esmerelda. Contrarily, he is protected by the Archdeacon. There are four types of love, only one of which involves a man's physical love for a woman and vice versa. This type of love is known as Eros. It is defined as a relationship in which two parties are physically attracted to one another. Esmerelda, the gypsy, is quite beautiful. S ...

... named Lieutenant Frederick Henry. The experiences Henry faces are very similar to those that Hemingway faced himself as an ambulance driver in the war. Frederick Henry's character was an ideal illustration of the loss of innocence in this novel. As an innocent young man who goes to war for apparently no other reason than merely to search for excitement, ultimately the experience of the war transforms him into a pessimist who has tasted the glory yet found it bitter in the end. Many critics have strong feelings about Henry as an individual because of his outlook on life in response to the many experiences that h ...