... to accidentally harm or even kill his pets and other people. All of these facts point to one thing; Lennie is a kid in a man's body who is treated as less of a person by many of those around him. Since Lennie is an outcast, he must spend most of his time by himself. This makes Lennie very lonely. In being lonely, Lennie wants to be with other people just for the sake of not being by himself. In the novel, this is shown when Lennie visits Crooks and when he allows himself to talk with Curley's Wife. Talking with Curley's Wife caused Lennie to accidentally kill her and therefore Lennie's loneliness eventually leads to him getting into so much trouble that eve ...
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... "make thick my blood" (1.5.39) Lady Macbeth would say, wanting to have the courage and strength of a man. To have power, she must win the "golden round" (1.5.24) and become queen of Scotland. Lady Macbeth craves for her husband's success so much that she would "dash the brains out" (1.7.58) of her own child in order to achieve her goal. The strong ambition within her makes it seem as if she had no conscience or human feeling. Supernatural incidents are what mainly motivates her desire for power. Lady Macbeth would not have wanted to commit murder if the three weird sisters had not said Macbeth would be king. She even mentions how "the raven himself is hoarse/ ...
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... was quick to mock human nature. Humanists believed that "An individual only 'grows to maturity- both intellectually and morally- through participation' in the life of the state."4 Machiavelli generally distrusted citizens, stating that "...in time of adversity, when the state is in need of it's citizens there are few to be found."5 Machiavelli further goes on to question the loyalty of the citizens and advises the Prince that "...because men a wretched creatures who would not keep their word to you, you need keep your word to them."6 However, Machiavelli did not feel that a Prince should mistreat the citizens. This suggestion once again to serve the Prince's ...
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... grotesque one, and one which, perhaps, helped fortify his resolve not to experiment with sex for years to come. Haze reacted to the incident on different levels. Before watching the "show," he was filled with curiosity. So badly he wanted to view this "EXclusive" show. After glancing at the body, he first thought that it was a skinned animal. When he realized what it was, he at once left the tent, ashamed, and perhaps frightened of the object before his eyes. Hazel’s reaction was not unnatural. The sight with which he was confronted would invoke both fear and embarassment within most ten-year-olds. Not only was the body nude, but it was inside a casket as well. Th ...
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... because of differences in motivation. Jack told the boys “We've got to decide about being rescued” (Golding, 20). This statement illustrates Jack's civilized concern for the whole group. Jack seems to put the group before himself. This unselfish concern soon dissolves as the internal beast prevails over the civil Jack. “I ought to be chief because I'm chapter chorister and I can sing C sharp,” (Golding, 21) displays Jacks own arrogance. After the boys accept Ralph as chief, Ralph gives power over the choir boys to Jack. “The choir belongs to you, of course,” (Golding, 21) Ralph's unselfish act of giving Jack rule over the choir boys is a way of keeping pea ...
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... is an example of humor through language and incomplete education although sometimes he is not that far from the truth. "They [royalty] don't do nothing! Why, how you talk! They just set around." "No; is dat so?" "Of course it is. They just set around, except, maybe, when there's a war; then they go to war. But other times they just lazy around; or go hawking— just hawking…when things is dull, they fuss with the parlyment; and if everybody don't go just so he whacks their heads off. But mostly they hang round the harem." However, by using Huck's language Twain creates character and establishes realism. Huck is capable of making Twain write something merely ...
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... well to ignore all the abuse and was greatly respected after the trial was over. Blacks, because they were considered inferior, were expected to do everything for whites. Everything had to be perfect, without excuse. Even the Finch’s family friend, Calpurnia, was mocked when she didn’t make the perfect cup of coffee. “She [Calpurnia] poured one tablespoon of coffee into it and filled the cup to the brim with milk. I [Scout] thanked her by sticking out my tongue.” One character in the book that suffered from injustice was Boo Radley. Many accusations were claimed about him even though they were untrue. Just because he didn't leave his house, people began to ...
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... goes and greets the visitor. As Anna is walking to her bedroom, she glances over to see who had called at such a late hour. She immediately recognizes it to be Vronsky and she feels ‘a strange feeling of pleasure mixed with a feeling of vague apprehension suddenly stirred in her heart.'( page 90)This tells of what may be the conflict in the plot. The day after the great ball Anna announces that she must leave. Dolly expresses her gratitude toward everything Anna has done to help her in her time of crisis. She tells Anna that she does not know of a person with a greater heart. Anna tells her that Kitty was depressed because Vronsky spent the evening wi ...
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... he is a crook, a bootlegger who has involved himself with swindlers like Meyer Wolfshime, "the man who fixed the World Series back in 1919."(78) Secondly, he is dishonest, because he tells lies about himself. "I am the son of some wealthy people in the middle-west-all dead now. I was brought up in America but educated at Oxford because all my ancestors have been educated there for many years. It is a family tradition."(69) Lastly, he spends his money like pouring water. He held expensive parties, owns a huge mansion, a Rolls Royce, two motor boats, aquaplanes, a swimming pool (ironically that he has never used it except the day he has died), and a flashy wardrobe ...
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... faced in the story. It showed of the way that society forces black people to live and work, just because of the color of their skin. The thing that I found most enjoyable about this book, was the author’s own bravery. He risked his comfortable lifestyle and everything that he had to research something that he truly believed in. Here you have a white man who turns his skin black. He wanders around places he has never been, trying to figure out how to not stand out, how to “fit in”. He faces new problems and fears with each passing day. He gave insight into something that most of us would never be able to imagine experiencing. The author was raised in ...
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