... The Crucible directly addresses the themes and ideas from Salem Witch Trials. The young girls and their "leader" Abigail are the core of sin and evil in the girls and the community. Throughout the story accusations are "thrown" at others from the community who are believed righteous. Ultimately in this story the sin is "coming" directly from the black-man or the devil. The girls are believed to have formed a pact with the devil and are now attempting to lure others to come with them. Overall, in both works sin is the major theme and how sin affects the lives of the people and their communities. The scaffold in The Scarlet Letter is extremely important. The m ...
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... stray towards savagery when they are without adult authority. In Lord of The Flies, Golding succeeds in effectively representing the interests and attitudes of young children in this novel. When children are given the opportunity, they would rather envelop themselves in pleasure and play than in the stresses of work. The boys show enmity towards building the shelters, even though this work is important, to engage in trivial activities. After one of the shelters collapses while only Simon and Ralph are building it, Ralph clamors, "All day I've been working with Simon. No one else. They're off bathing or eating, or playing." (55). Ralph and Simon, though only ch ...
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... This is best illustrated by his rebellion against his father. He resents his father's the need for quiet during the day, when his father, a night porter, sleeps. When Mr. Wright tells Richard to kill a meowing kitten if that's the only way he can keep it quiet, Richard has found a way to rebel without being punished. He takes his father literally and hangs the kitten. But Richard's mother punishes him by making him bury the kitten and by filling him with guilt. Another theme is seen when his father deserts the family, and Richard faces severe hunger. For the first time, Richard sees himself as different from others, because he must assume some of the responsib ...
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... of a child. Whenever she becomes mad, Fay starts to scream, point fingers, and search out people who will help her. She can not stand up and fight for herself, instead Fay uses tactics to make her opponent feel sorry or inferior. This makes her extremely hard to get along with since she is always demanding and never giving. Laurel McKelva is the complete opposite of Wanda Fay. She is kind hearted, nice, caring, and intelligent. Laurel has a air of maturity and understanding around her due to her experiences in life. 3.3 In "The Optimist's Daughter" Judge McKelva will soon enter eye surgery to fix a slipped retina. Judge McKelva, his daughter, Laurel, and h ...
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... same time left you with a little more wisdom. #5 Jewett begins by describing a girl who is driving a cow that is a "valued companion" (text). This shows us that the girl can trust her rural friend while urban people cannot. Later the girl's past is shown to us and we can see how she is much more comfortable in nature. This is confirmed when the boy appears. Sylvia is terrified of him but later is interested in him because of his kindness. Because of Sylvia's bad urban history, she can see how wonderful rural life is and will not allow the boy to Eric Godsey corrupt her. She will not betray nature by helping the boy find the heron or by taking his money. She can see ...
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... how this book has been criticized since the beginning. Huckleberry Finn was not accepted because he was not racist. He also discusses the friendly and loyal relationship between Huck and Jim. Their friendship was not acceptable in the days when this story took place. A white person could have been prosecuted if caught trying to escape with slaves. Mainly what they are trying to put across here is that how could Mark Twain be a racist when all of his characters (with the exception of a few) are kind and loving towards their slaves? “Because of his upbringing, the boy starts out believing that slavery is part of the natural order; but as the story unfolds he wre ...
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... idea that is very wrong is the idea of intellectual and scholars being the criminals and the outcasts. Another difference that is rather large is the emphasis that Bradbury puts on the wall screen, three wall television type devices. Probably the biggest difference and the strangest is how Guy’s wife Mildred and the rest o f the country related to them as their “family.” Also how all the characters in the books could interact with the televisions by being in plays or shows. The TV could quite possibly be a way for Mildred to try to escape her unhappiness and reality, rather than dealing with her husband she would rather give her attention to her “relatives.” ...
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... some friends.Ó By the end of high school he was more excepted in places where he once was ostracized. He even tries to help people with the same problem he has. Ò Maybe he was scared like I was....In elementary school it was not easy....In high school I made honors and even won a letter on the cross country team.Ó He put his fears aside to do what had to be done. To learn the best he could in school for later life. The next story deals with courage in another way. Physically. Mr. Rainsford from The Most Dangerous Game is a sailor who is shipwrecked on an island inhabited by only one person. A bestial hunter. During Rainsford's stay he becomes the ...
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... of the heroine only opposite; on the exterior, majestic and beautiful but on the inside a selfish plain teenager searching for an adventure. Eustacia Vie appears doomed almost from the moment she walks onto the stage of Egdon heath and Hardy uses classical allusions of Greek tragedy to force the audience to reflect upon the implications of her suffering. The heroine is labelled a witch by some of the heath dwellers on account of her power over men. Her dark form and figure and allusions to darkness in general support the superstitious accusations. Furthermore, her total selfishness could, at some points be defined as almost fiendish. Eustacia's character is intrig ...
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... she walked. the sound was horrid to her, but to others it did not seem to attract very much attention. Because of this she dropped out of school. Laura was constantly pushed by her mother to take a night coarse in typing so that she could get a job and make money for the family. Laura is much like the unicorn that sits on her shelf. The unicorn is different from all the other horses in that it has a single horn on its head. The unicorn is Laura's favorite, and is also the first glass piece she made. i think this represents how she looks at herself as an individual. She is set apart by her indiffrence, and cannot change the wayshe looks at herself. She ...
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