... difficult to borrow yams to plant, his fellow villagers trust him. He plants the yams and works his land relentlessly. Although he encounters hurdles like bad weather, he became a very successful and prosper farmer. In addition to wealth, he wants to overcame his father’s failures and achieve great prosperity and even greater reputation among the people of Umofia. Therefore, his desire for titles and respect makes him one outspoken leader of the village taking responsibilities in name if Umofia, such as carrying messages of war. Okonkwo was well known throughout the villages. His fame rested on personal achievements, he gained fame as the greatest wrestler w ...
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... The authors' common purpose in these stories is to critically expose the ideology encompassing America's self-proclaimed right of expansionism, and to awaken the idealists' understanding as to the global consequences of their actions. While both stories attempt to challenge the idealistic glory of war and realistically unmask the unavoidable devastation, suffering and death, each author adopts a distinctive literary approach. In "War Prayer", Mark Twain appeals to the moral and religious conscience of the nation, urging the populace to look deeply into the devastation of war. Twain uses a religious congregation to portray the idealistic populace. The congre ...
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... who would jump on it as they did all other illegal activities, such as gambling operations, prostitution, extortion, and loan sharking. The whole drawback to this was, from where could they get it. Depending on what it was, it had to be found and brought in from over-seas. From Ecuador they could obtain opium poppies with which to make heroin, and virtually unlimited supply of coca leaves, with which to make cocaine from Bolivia and Peru. Plus their smuggling routes and expertise were solidly established. Hence, the first drug laboratories were established in Medellin, supposedly with Mafia money (Eddy and Hugo, 45). The New York Mafia as well as other American crim ...
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... Ballad of the Knight and the Shepherd's Daughter (SD) The Ballad of Kemp Owyne (KO) Libeaus Desconus (LD) {one episode} Wolfram's Parzival (P) {the German version of Chretien's Contes Del Graal} (one episode) They are chosen because of certain common features which may help to illuminate Chaucer's use of motifs and incidents, and certainly not with an eye to source study. If we count the magical nature of the meeting with the hag as a separate feature from her transformation, then there eight features which these tales, or most of them, share in common with Chaucer's: 1) A magical meeting with the Hag occurs in DS, DR, KH and MG. This last is unce ...
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... just to be near Daisy. Jordan explains, “Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be across the bay.” In order for him to see her, he holds extravagant parties, hoping that she will attend. She does not, however, so Gatsby casually asks around to find out if anyone knows her. Eventually, Gatsby soon realizes that Nick Carraway, his neighbor, is Daisy’s cousin. Gatsby then devises a plan to at last see his beloved Daisy. Jordan sets up the meeting for Gatsby with Nick, “He wants to know if you’ll invite Daisy to your house some afternoon and then let him come over.” By arranging this meeting, he displays his wealth, and he believes that he has acquired he ...
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... because of the party's ability to change history. We find that he likes his work even though it is for the party and against morals. He is introduced to the girl that will play a big part in the book most likely. We discover that people have a bond when it comes to sexuality that the party can’t control, even thought the party rejects sexual relationships between its members. Sexual experience is no longer allowed in the society and Winston longs for one. He confesses in his Diary about his last experience but it does not help. We find he has faith in the proles and there ability to revolt. It is hard to set up a revolt with the thought police detecting ev ...
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... named me different names." Soon she started piecing together what she knew of her odd identity. Then one day she saw herself in a photograph and noticed that she looked different, that she had dark skin, and she said, "before Ah seen de picture Ah thought Ah wuz just like de rest." From this point, Janie fell into somewhat of a downward spiral, setting her off of the path toward finding her own identity in society. Finally when she was older Nanny saw her doing somethings under the pear tree that she thought were unacceptable. Nanny quickly arranged a marriage between Janie and a well-off local man, Logan Killicks. In this marriage Janie resisted. She fel ...
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... called Cold Mountain. The novel focuses on the life during the Civil War. Cold Mountain captures some of the spirit and reality of the Civil War. Many people contributed their time, effort and lives in the Civil War. The main character, Inman, walks away from a hospital for Confederate wounded at the start of the book and is constantly on the move, meeting odd and dangerous characters, even a Circe. Beginning with Inman’s decision to leave the hospital where he has been recovering from a near fatal neck wound which turns him into a deserter, or an “outlier”. As a fugitive, Inman must take back roads and obscure footpaths, always hiding from the murderous ...
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... old man's feelings. This identification becomes more apparent farther in the work. For instance, the older waiter categorizes himself as being one, “of those who likes to stay late at the cafe”(Hemingway 161). With this declaration, the older waiter places himself in the same group as the old man. Hemingway's comparison of the old man and the waiter becomes unmistakable through the words of the older waiter. Loneliness and old age are the common bonds that the older waiter shares with the old man. This is manifested through the dialogue between the two waiters. For example, when the younger waiter boasts about his youth and confidence, the older waiter jea ...
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... reveal their inner devil. One of the characters that we see the most change in is Jack. By watching Jack we witness many acts of savagery. When Jack first starts to turn to a savage, was when he changed himself into someone different by putting paint on his face and acting like a wild animal. This is kind of like Jack's own way of initiating himself into a different person. Then after we see Jack as a different person, we see such acts as the death of Simon, the smeared blood on the children's faces, and the attempt on Ralph's life. All these things show how his inner demon's presence. Another place where we see the evil come out is in the words of the young ...
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