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To Kill A Mockingbird: The Brave Jem Finch

... "So, you brought that dirty little sister of yours, did you?" was her greeting. Jem said quietly, "My sister isn't dirty and I ain't scared of you," although I noticed his knees shaking. Jem Finch's bravery had many ways of showing itself. He often got scared but he didn't want anyone (especially Scout) to know it. He would often do things even if he really didn't want to, because he was brave and proud. This pride was for himself and his family.His father was very important to him; Jem thought it was his dutyto stick up for his fath ...

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Be True To Thyself

... beliefs of another. In Ralph Ellison’s novel Invisible Man, the nameless protagonist does not possess a definite sense of self, which results in his living his life for others. Primarily, the invisible man emulates his life after other people. The first example of this is how he behaves like his grandfather. On his deathbed the invisible man’s grandfather tells him to “to keep up the good fight”(Ellison16). Following this he was always doing what was right and was “considered an example of desired conduct— ...

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Scarlet Letter

... uses the forest to provide a kind of "shelter" for members of society in need of a refuge from daily Puritan life. In the deep, dark portions of the forest, many of the pivotal characters bring forth hidden thoughts and emotions. The forest track leads away from the settlement out into the wilderness where all signs of civilization vanish. This is precisely the escape route from strict mandates of law and religion, to a refuge where men, as well as women, can open up and be themselves. It is here that Dimmesdale openly acknowl ...

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Lord Of The Flies: Symbolism Of The Conch

... Another Example of the Conch's Power is the fact that through out the book the conch is the only tool that can call a meeting and wherever the Conch is thats where the meeting is. No other symbol in Lord of the Flies holds so much power. This is one of the reasons that Jack Merridew disrespects the Conch. He wants to break the spell the symbol has on everybody. He wants to prove that he is the rightful leader. The Conch also displays order through the rule that you must have the Conch to Speak in an assembly or meeting. "And anothe ...

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She Walks In Beauty

... look deeper into the contents of Byron's poem and discover a battle of two forces. The two forces involved in Byron's poem are the darkness and light- at work in the woman's beauty, and also the two areas of her beauty-the internal and the external. The poem appears to be about a lover, but in fact was written about "Byron's cousin, Anne Wilmot, whom he met at a party in a mourning dress of spangled black" (Leung 312). This fact, the black dress that was brightened with spangles, helps the reader to understand the origin of the poem. Byro ...

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The Glass Menagerie

... Tom is known to write poetry. One of his fellow workers even calls him Shakespeare. Tom pays the bills, and still treated like he is a child. The other to people in the house, Tom's sister and mother, do not seem to work at all, other than the fact that Tom's mother sells magazine subscriptions over the phone. The character is played well by, Chris Hendrix. He is fitted in what seems to be typical factory workers' uniforms. The actual acting of Tom is amazing. He looks as if he really gets into the part. In some of the narrati ...

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A Tale Of Two Cities: Inner Soul And Human Emotion

... intentions, our ambitions can get the best of us. It also demonstrates that violence and the Machiavellian attitude of "the ends justifying the means" are deplorable. A Tale of Two Cities is a love story, which chronicles the lives of Charles Darnay, a Frenchman who renounced his link with the aristocracy, and Sydney Carton, a wastrel who lived in England. Both these characters fall in love with Lucie Manette, the daughter of Dr. Alexandre Manette, unjustly imprisoned in France for 17 years. Though Lucie marries Darnay, Carton still loves her ...

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Curlys Wife--of Mice And Men

... after Lennie and Candy enter. She knows where Curley and the rest of the men have gone, and grows angry at the cold treatment she is given by the three men in the room. Curley’s wife confesses her loneliness of being stuck in the house all the time and to not liking Curley’s company. She becomes even more angry about the lie of the circumstances of Curley’s hand injury and it is now obvious that her and Curley’s relationship is extremely dysfunctional and probably emotionally damaging to the wife. Another i ...

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Ethan Frome: Poor Surroundings, Poor Life

... be like if they spent their whole life in Starkfield but they don’t move. This is how naturalism plays its part in this novel because the surroundings of a character decide he or she’s life. Since Starkfield “...lay under a sheet of snow perpetually renewed from the pale skies...” (pg.7). Ethan’s life was already going to be trapped, helpless, and doomed. He should have already known this because “all the dwellers in Starkfield, as in more notable communities, had had troubles enough of their own to make them comparatively in ...

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Yours, Jack (about Jack The Ri

... I'm a doctor now. ha ha". Three days later the newly named, Jack struck again, twice in one night this time. Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes were killed within forty-five minutes of each other. In response the Vigilance Committee asks the Home Office to increase the reward money. The request was denied. On the first of October, one Thomas Coram found a bloodstained knife on Whitechapel Road, the blade was roughly nine inches in length. The possible murder weapon was immediately delivered to the police, who without modern techniq ...

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Bram Stoker's Dracula: Anti-Christian

... crucifix around Jon's neck. Later in the book it discusses how you can defend yourself from Dracula and other vampires by the possession of a crucifix or practically any consecrated item from the Christian religion can be used to save you from the attack or presence of a vampire. For example, in the latter of the book Van Helsing uses a Host to prevent Dracula to enter his coffin. Another time, during the night Van Helsing and Lucy stay out near the courtyard of Castle Dracula, Van Helsing makes a (Holy circle) with the Host to keep vampi ...

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Lord Of The Flies: The Breakdown Of A Society

... respect. It is obeyed and treated with utmost care. The boys take turns holding it to speak and cradle it gently in their arms. However, within a short time, the meetings become unorganized and none of the boys pay attention. Eventually, none of the boys respond to the call of the conch and just continue on with what they are doing. The conch now has very little, if any power over the group at all. The end of civilization occurs when Piggy is killed. The heavy impact of the stone shatters the shell and ends what is ...

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