... fire escape, Paradise Dance Hall. The dance hall, to him was what he wanted. Everyone there was living exciting lives: " . . . hot swing music and liquor, dance halls, bars and movies, and sex that hung in the gloom¡K" Tom wanted to live a more exciting life. In the final scene Tom says "I descended the steps of this fire escape for a last time and followed, from then on, in my father's footsteps, attempting to find in motion what was lost in space." Tom wanted to be free, and to him, the fire escape was the exit into freedom. Movies were also an important part of Tom's life. He went to the movies when he and his m ...

... his political viewpoints and his personal conflicts with society through literature. Given this, researching his life and political stance might help to support or negate such an assumption. “The Red Cocoon” begins with a man walking down a street discussing with himself the problem of not having a house to go home to. The narrator, who is also the main character, jumps abruptly from topic to topic throughout the story, but this reoccuring theme of the lack of a house seems to be a central idea. As the narrator comtemplates, he wonders if he has just forgotten his house and proceeds to knock on ...

... An example of this is in the first paragraph, when the grandmother tells Bailey, her only son she lives with, to read a part of the news paper that say’s, “Here this fellow that calls himself the misfit is a loose from the federal pen� (pg. 354). Now, the first time a reader is reading this they night assume that the family will meet up with the Misfit. This is a writing technique that some writer’s use to give the reader small clues of who they might meet up with in the later part of there stories. Another thing forshadowing can add to a story can clue the reader in on what will happen to the characters. A g ...

... Mrs. Hale and Mr. Hale. When they reach the Wright house, the men went upstairs to discuss the murder scene and look for clues. They leave the women downstairs to gather things and to look for clues. The women do indeed find the clues to implicate Mrs. Wright and the men do not. The ladies decide not to turn in Mrs. Wright because they feel sorry for her. The reason that the ladies do not tun in Mrs. Wright is because she is a sensitive, creative, and submissive woman. The bird that Mrs. Wright has and cares for shows the sensitivity of her soul. When the women step into the kitchen one of the first thin ...

... the experiences of Gulliver. Gulliver, representing a common man, encounters a wide variety of characters along his travels, each representing a subject Swift wishes to criticize. Ranging from relatively simply political criticisms in his experiences in Book I and II, to a socio-political criticism in Book III, to the social, philosophical criticism of man in Book IV. It is to this final book that we turn our attention. If Book IV is read literally, with no knowledge of satire, it appears to be another bizarre journey of Gulliver, no more unusual than his other travels. However, upon further inspection, we see that ...

... work at the Boston Observer. He helps Johnny find a job as a newspaper delivery boy for the Observer. He has a purpose in life and firmly believes in fighting against injustice brought on the American people by the British. He is a member of the “Sons of Liberty�. It is through this organization that Johnny’s life crisscrosses with some of the prominent members of the “Sons of Liberty�. First he runs errands for them and later he is actually involved with the activities of the organization. He helps by gathering supporters and chopping up the tea at the Boston Tea Party. He loves the excitement and the ad ...

... the shrewdness to take advantage of Brutus’s gullibility. Antony has his servant say, "Brutus is noble, wise, valiant, and honest" (III i 126). From this point, it is clear that Antony intends to flatter Brutus and to work upon those personal qualities of Brutus which represent his fundamental weaknesses. Antony then comes to the Capitol where he further flatters the conspirators by shaking their hands and saying, "Friends am I with you all, and love you all..." (III i 220). This act symbolizes that Antony has made a new friendship with the conspirators, but in reality, he is plot ...

... and countless other things in the privacy of one’s home via the Internet. There is no way to really regulate what is on the Internet. Essentially, the government has no place on the Internet. This world is free of from laws. As society moves closer to advanced technology, the government becomes removed. There is no way for them to regulate society’s actions once everything is computer based. In , Stephenson creates the Metaverse. In this society no laws exist. Hiro, the Protagonist, is the narrator of the novel. As Hiro tells the story, there is no form of government anymore. The government has ...

... opportunities of escape will sting him with unbearable regret, and as he sobers with terror, the final blow will come from the equalization that his craving for the wine has led him to his doom. "The Cask of Amontillado" is about one man's family revenge on another family. In structure, there can be no doubt, that both Montresor's plan of revenge and Poe's story are carefully crafted to create the desired effect. Poe writes this story from the perspective of Montresor who vows revenge against Fortunato in an effort to support his time-honored family motto: "Nemo me impune lacessit" or "No one assails me w ...

... such grief. This stanza ends by someone asking him about his parents, which later end up being responsible for this child’s state. In the second stanza, the child is pictured in a very more happier and playful mood. This soon changes when he decides to tell the stranger more about his parents. They are showed to be punishing their child for being so happy by “clothing in clothes of death and teaching him to sing notes of woe.� It is very obvious the sweeper’s feels hate towards his parents for putting him in such sadness, but instead he chooses to hide it by making himself look happy and satisfied. It is cl ...