... male dominated culture, the values privileged in women include silence and subordination. Ginny is acceptable as a woman as long as she remains "oblivious" (121). She is allowed to disagree with men, contingent upon her doing so without fighting (104). Ultimately, her opinion as a woman remains irrelevant. Ginny remarks, "of course it was silly to talk about 'my po int of view.' When my father asserted his point of view, mine vanished" (176). When she makes the "mistake" of crossing her father, she is referred to as a "bitch," "whore," and "slut" (181, 185). It could be argued that many of the male characters in the novel are suffering from a type of vir ...
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... ground with her books making Guy realize that “There must be something in books, things we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there.” (p.51) Guy sneaks two books from the lady’s home and as the time goes by, he secretly reads many books until his wife discovers his secret and turns him in. After that, Guy burns his firehouse and the men in it to evade being caught and as a result becomes the most wanted fugitive in his country. Guy escapes successfully and works with a small group of revolutionaries to restore the respect and circulation of books. The title of the book, Fahrenheit 451…The Te ...
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... It all started when Elmer Drimsdale, school genius invented somethingthat is sort of like a television broadcaster. He didn't know it really worked!!!! When Bruno and Boots found out their school was broke and needed more money, Bruno began to think up schemes to put their school on the map.All his attempts seemed to fail, so he vented his anger on the television broadcaster, not knowing it actually worked. He accidently broadcasted many announcements, declaring 'The Fish' will seek his revenge. During these broadcasts, the video camera was focused on a poster of a salmon. The police thinks that these are warning from a group of killers,Bruno is desperately runnin ...
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... his life, Tom thinks about how his father left and how much better life could be if he did the same thing. Tom doesn’t want to be stuck at home all his life with the responsibility of his mother and sister. In the end, Tom walks down the fire escape for the last time “following in [his] father’s footsteps” (7). No matter how much he tries to be better than his father is he ends up walking out just like him. Amanda is the one that tries to control Tom and burden him with all the responsibilities. She is constantly nagging him about what he does and how he does it. She tells him to “eat food leisurely, son, and really enjoy it” (1.8-9) when he eats his dinner. ...
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... place where Huck can revert to examine any predicament he might find himself in: "They went off, and I got aboard the raft, feeling bad and low…Then I thought a minute, and says to myself, hold on,- s'pose you'd a done right and give Jim up; would you felt better than you do now? No, says I, I'd feel bad…" (p.127). Only a few weeks with Jim and still feeling great ambivalence, Huck returns to the river to think. Twain tries here to tell the reader how strong the "mob" really is, and only when totally alone is Huck able to make the morally correct decision. The natural flowing and calm of the river cause this deep-thought, show! ing how unnatural the coll ...
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... having a face. Big Brother was not an individual person so he did not have a “face”. The face, however, gives Big Brother a human quality. By doing so, the government puts itself on the same level of humanity as the citizens that it governs. The people are supposed to feel more comfortable with a ruling party that is just like them. The billboard is also found on every landing and every streetcorner. The overbearing number of posters is a way for the Party to continuously remind its citizens of its presence and ingrain the message into the people's conscience and subconscience minds. "Big Brother" is another name for the Party. It's an ironic choice of ...
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... exaggerated and so far fetched that people don't believe it. The author Tim O'Brien says that, "Often the crazy stuff is true and the normal stuff isn't because the normal stuff is necessary to make you believe the truly incredible craziness" (461). After I did this a couple times, I was disgusted with myself and quit. I wanted to keep my memories of war to myself. During the war I picked up the nickname Krebs and that is what I was known as. When I returned home everyone called me Harold and it felt strange. I feel like at war I was a different person and when I returned home no one knew me as Krebs, they only knew me as Harold. The characters in were given nickn ...
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... the entire church by fabricating stories about his phony relics. Chaucer shows how the Church is so corrupt, that even a Pardoner who admits to his evil ways, can still cheat the people out of their money. The Pardoner begins his story by condemning the common sins of society such as drinking and gluttony. The irony of his criticism lies in the fact that he has been drinking himself, and that he is an admitted glutton. There are also many ironic elements of the stor itself. The rioters in his story, vow to set out and slay Death. In doing so, they promise to fight and die for each other. There are two ironies in their mission. First, Death is hardly a ...
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... from the stories that he has heard, he puts his trust in another black man who appears to be of good intentions, but in reality cheats Kumalo of his money. This experience is unlike his time on the train, in which Kumalo had been treated with immense respect. On the train he is aware of the respect that other blacks hold for him, because he is a man of God, though, in the city, his social standing demonstrates little significance. This may be taken as a sign that the idea of a God may be questioned or less acceptable to the people, when they have positions in a society that are cruel and not beneficial. Kumalo does find assistance when he asks for he ...
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... which showed the total disrespect the people who were giving the scholarship had for the future students. After getting into school, a simple job turned into an unforeseen disaster that would change his life forever. He was to chauffeur Mr. Norton, a founder of the college he attended. Mr. Norton was a well educated but very ignorant man. He felt that the college was doing all of the good that could be done. He had no idea of the evils that dwelled upon the grounds. Dr. Bledsoe, the head of the college, had arranged for Mr. Norton to go for a tour of the grounds, but didn't expect for him to see “ everything” at the college. Mr. Norton asked to see some ...
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