... he is about to leave the country, still running away from his problems, never facing the consequence of his sin. The townspeople dont want to believe his sin anyway because they think to highly of him. He neglected his parental responsibilities as a father by not keeping in touch with Pearl and Hester. This was a very sinful thing to do. When Pearl asks him if he will stand with them on the scaffold he says no, just crushing the child. And Hester does nothing cut encourage this behavior by saying that one day he will stand with them. The last reason that Dimmesdale is the greatest sinner in the Scarlet Letter is that he died first as a result of his si ...
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... such a kind hearted loving person, whose only true sin was pity for a white woman. There are many other instances in To Kill A Mockingbird where racism is clearly shown. When Aunt Alexandra makes her first appearance in the novel, she says to Calpurnia, “Put my bags in the front bedroom, Calpurnia (Lee 127).” This shows the lack of respect and feeling of superiority that Aunt Alexandra has for Calpurnia, because of the colour of her skin. The inhabitants of the small Southern town of Maycomb are so unaware of their words that racism and racial slander has become a ‘normal’ everyday thing, children grow seeing nothing wrong in bei ...
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... her to get back jim. And so he feels free from sin , but then remembers all the good times he had with jim , jim was huck's " friend ". Then he decides to rip up the letter and says he's going to help jimeven though he's going to go to hell for doing it. The final solution , is that he decides to help jim out of slavery. He's emotional values comes in at this point also. He feels very weird having to do this but he decides to do it anyway. He doesn't care if he's going to hell since he believes that he has done unpleasant things before in his life. But the main reason is to help jim. ...
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... with the same advantages and disadvantages find it easier to relate to each other. No amount of love for Gatsby could overcome Daisy’s love of money and possessions. Many friendships and relationships that might have been remarkable, are be ruined by money. It is extremely hard for a person to spend time with another who has grown up with everything that they ever wanted. While the more fortunate person may not be thinking about it, the less fortunate person feels inferior. The backgrounds of the people are so different that they just cannot comprehend how the other’s life works. If this barrier was not there, a friendship could have easily blossomed. Gr ...
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... under these severe conditions. He made us see vividly how they lived with this quote . "A huge black rat squealed and leaped at Bigger's trouser-leg and snagged it in his teeth, hanging on." This showed how broke they were by showing that there were giant rats living with them and how it had no fear of them . Richard Wright did not just not just want to show the con sides to Capitalism, he also wanted to prove the Capitalism has its good sides to it also. For instance, Richard Wright purposely placed the Daltons in a spectacular house and made them very rich and famous . Another trademark of Capitalism, the upper class. The author showed how some of the Capitalist ...
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... was, in short, not to become preoccupied with death and dying, but to live the life that you still have left in a meaningful and rewarding way. He believed that although death would soon take him, he wanted to teach others and share his ideas so that they could be passed on to future generations. Mitch Albom is an alumnus of Brandeis University, where Morrie Schwartz taught for many years. Morrie left a lasting impression on Mitch and that impression is what eventually motivated Mitch to return to his wise professor. Mitch rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man’s life. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch every Tuesday in ...
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... from Pandora [his infatuated love] she was probably the loveliest woman I have ever spoken to. I found it hard to take my eyes off her black suede shoes with high heels. “ (p. 35)” Before the entrance of Adrian to the psychologist’s room, he obviously does not expect much of a physical appearance. However, after he enters the room, ironically, Lenora turns out to be a smashing woman. Another use of irony is present in Adrian’s description of his mother in the new year’s eve: “As she slopped wine into a plastic glass for me, I could have a chance to take a close look at her. Her lips were surrounded red, her hair was blonde and gl ...
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... others to follow. Kesey also seems to believe that persistence is key when fighting the system. Kesey believes that even if you change a small aspect of the system it was well worth the fight. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, the main character, Randle Patrick McMurphy, fights to change the system in a mental hospital. McMurphy is outgoing, a leader and a rebel. There was a constant power struggle in the novel between the patient's new found savior McMurphy, and the evil Nurse Ratched who rules their wing of the hospital with an iron fist. McMurphy fights to change the system to try to win back the patients' rights and in the process gain more privileges for the p ...
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... hardships were drawn mainly from his own experience. An illegitimate child, London passed his childhood in poverty in the Oakland slums. (Walcutt 8) At the age of 17, he ventured to sea on a sealing ship. The turning point of his life was a thirty-day imprisonment that was so degrading it made him decide to turn to education and pursue a career in writing. His years in the Klondike searching for gold left their mark in his best short stories; among them, The Call of the Wild, and White Fang. His novel, The Sea-Wolf, was based on his experiences at sea. His work embraced the concepts of unconfined individualism and Darwinism in its exploration of the laws of na ...
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