... started the feud, and nobody can tell him because they don't know, yet they continue to kill each other. The point which Twain drives toward in this point of the book is that people are basically sheep, a point reiterated later when a large group of people goes to lynch a man, and end up leaving quietly without doing anything. This summarizes the basic view Mark Twain held of the average southern person. Mark Twain demonstrated the way a child might think when Tom Sawyer started a band of outlaws in which everyone had to sign an oath in blood in the beginning of the book. In Tom's band of thieves we see a stubbornness in Tom whenever anyone tries to d ...
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... privacy. But he seems to be doing this only when she punishes him. The young boy loved the sea, and would spend as much time going to the port to see the ships arrive and depart. He would invite his mother to go along with him. That is how his mother met the sailor, and they fell in love. MAIN PURPOSE: The young boy is happy and begin his friendship with the sailor, and soon found out that his mother has along fell in love with the sailor. Thinking that this is only during the time the sailor is on the port, the young boy did not mind. In fact, he tells his friends about the sailor. The sailor soon invaded the young boy's home by coming over and sl ...
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... time is between large wars. World War II has ended a while back, and the Korean War is about to start. The reserves fought in World War II and one of the officers in command threatens to send a person to Korea. The time and setting lend to the plot and theme in the way that it shows that the march is taking place in America in the peace time. It advances the whole theme showing that the superiors of battalion aren't trying to get ready for war, just being cruel. The author uses several styles, and an overall tone to make the novel more interesting, and to advance the theme and plot. The author uses a straightforward chronological order to introduce things as ...
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... freedom. Skinner does not only say that the concept of individual freedom is a farce. He takes it a step further and states that the search for it is where society has gone wrong. He wants no part in the quest for individual freedom. If we give up this illusion, says Skinner, we can condition everyone to act in acceptable ways. Skinner has a specific prescription for creating this utopian society. He declares that all that is necessary is to change the conditions which surround man. "Give me the specifications, and I'll give you the man" is his simple yet remarkable message. He claims that by controlling what a person's environment is, it is possibl ...
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... been a grocery store clerk, then one has reckoned with, or attempted to reckon with, the strangling blandness and repetition of the job. Also, this A&P lies in a very formal, conservative town, five miles off the beach. Despite this closeness to the beach, some people in the town "haven't seen the ocean for twenty years" (482). This town, and this A&P, like the people in it, are boring and stagnant. The characters in this A&P are the most persuasive external factor in Sammy's internal conflict. The reader arrives at the scene to find Sammy ringing up a "cash-register-watcher", whom he describes as being "a witch about fifty with rouge on her cheekbones and no ...
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... mutiny might occur and does not want it to happen. Captain Vere could possibly be using Billy's execution for his crime of killing Claggart as an example for the rest of the crew. It shows the crew what will happen to them if they try to start a mutiny. After Billy's death CaptainVere obviously feels regret for executing Billy. Captain Vere's last words are “Billy Budd, Billy Budd” (p. 76) show an example of this. Those last words might symbolize that Captain Vere killed Billy for the wrong reasons. If CaptainVere uses Billy's death for an example to the rest of the crew then it might not necessarily be the wrong reason. CaptainVere has to decide between one l ...
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... he is unpopular with the other children. And "the beast that always cam to him could be a bully. That could in fact be the real meaning. The child at the screen door might just be a metaphor and what the child is really doing is calling for someone to help him because he is ill. But yet all he does is become peace-fully sicker. And the mom is praying for him to get better and hopes that one day true health will come back to this youth. Or in shorter terms, The Gift of life. Those were my guesses, or hypothesis of what the real meaning to The Gift were. And I don't care how silly they may have sounded but those are what I think the meanings were. ...
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... Summary : Corran and his new partners are given a limited amount of training time and are sent out on a mission in just weeks of forming the new Rogue Squadron X-wing fighter group. This book switches the first- person perspective between Corran and Kirtan Loor. While Corran and the Rogue Squadron are off fighting TIE fighters and Star Destroyers, Kirtan is hunting down information on the squadron and it's pilots. Personal Reaction : I found this book a little hard to read because of the long complicated sentences and the complex words Michael Stackpole chose for his book. I would say the reading level would probably be around grade 11 or 12 because of th ...
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... a good childhood may make or break an individual in the future. As stated, "a good or bad environment promotes good or bad memories, which inspire a good or bad mood, which inclines us toward good or bad behavior"(132). Each and every day we interact with one another, playing a different role from interaction to interaction; however, one tends to keep his or her surroundings as predictable as possible. The reason being one feels closer to being in control when the outcome becomes predictable, thus, creating confidence in one's performance at any given task. describes the behavioral differences picked up as soon as someone enters a bar or an office. One changes fr ...
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... natures. Others, such as Adams, are a bit more obscure. The Delacroix family has a name that literally means of the cross. The principal Delacroix character, Mrs. Delacroix, appears several times throughout the short story. She functions as a friend to Tessie Hutchinson, the woman ultimately selected for the sacrifice, but turns on her at the end along with the rest of the townspeople. Delacroix is not angry with Hutchinson, but helps kill her because of the tradition. The symbolism here is apparent. The church, usually seen as a positive influence, can sometimes turn on a person in the name of ritual and tradition. Mr. Adams, another character, is the ...
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