... epiphany VI. Relationship of female characters VII. Conclusion and restatement of thesis. Bernard Malamud, a leading contemporary Jewish author, skirts between fantasy and reality in his almost allegorical short fiction, teaching the reader a lesson through coinciding elements of beauty and comedy. Venturing away from his usual, inner-city Jewish element, Malamud tackles new challenges of subject and setting in his novelistic collection of short stories, Pictures of Fidelman . Malamud develops his protagonist through a series of six, interrelated short works, each of which may function entirely independent from the others. In "The Naked ...
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... a top priority at this stage with regard to Gregor. She "now considers herself an expert in Gregor's affairs." The intensity with which she performs her duties is borderline neurotic. When Mrs. Samsa tries to strip her of cleaning duties Grete "burst into a storm of weeping"(p.237). At this stage Greta is learning to set her emotions into action. The stress of Gregor's condition is taking a major toll on Grete. She has gone from a life of comfort to one of poverty and shame. This once liquid soul is now taking form. Grete is realistic and confident in the fact that, "if this were Gregor, he would have realized long ago that human beings can't live with such a crea ...
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... writers have their differences as all writers do. A close look at their works will show that Frost and Emerson have similarities. At a first glance the works Frost and Emerson seem to have numerous similarities. In Alvan S. Ryan's essay "Frost and Emerson: Voice and Vision" he states that Frost and Emerson "agree on the central importance of symbol and metaphor. They have a common preoccupation with rural subjects. They share basic sense of 'correspondence'. . . ."(Ryan125)Also, these two writers are similar in that they both tend to write about the same subject matter. Many of the titles of Frost's poems: "Mending Wall," "Storm-Fear," "Th ...
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... First it was held in place by two soldiers though. Farquhar's eyes hadn't been covered, so he could see the water running under the bridge. He was noticing everything about the water, and how slowly it dragged pieces of driftwood downstream. Even the sound of his watch ticking was driving him insane. Soon enough he was thinking of ways to escape, which ran through his mind, but were not acted out. He knew if he could just get his hands untied, and the noose off of his neck he could dive into the water. By diving he would be able to dodge the bullets that the soldiers would shoot at him, but he would have to swim very fast. Once he swam to shore he would be sa ...
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... but things start looking up when he sells Susan, it is at this point that he moves into spring. We are told little of what happens between Susan’s sale and when she comes looking for him but I would say that during this period Henchard passes through spring as he gives up liquor and moves into summer when he becomes mayor. When we next see Henchard he is on the brink of autumn, his progression down through the social strata is very autumnal as his creeps, inch by inch, towards the inevitable. When he reaches the lowest of the low he does not stay in the town and sponge off Elizabeth-Jane and Farfrae, he follows the yearning of his soul and returns to nature ...
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... Unfortunately some of his anticipations were not met. The main characters in the novel include Charlie, Alice, Algernon, and Fay, a character who did not make much of an appearance, but in my eyes believed, that she played a very important part in Charlie's involvement in trying to sort out his past and figure out his present and future plans. Charlie is a mentally retarded person who has impressing people and gaining friends as one of his top priorities. He then hears of an experiment which could possibly make him smart. He makes himself subject to this human experiment with the hopes of gaining knowledge in a sole purpose of gaining friends. As the book pr ...
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... qualities are not disguised: old, lecherous, dissolute; corpulent beyond measure; constantly in debt and unscrupulous in the choice of means for procuring money; a cowardly soldier, and a lying braggart; a flatterer to the face, and a satirist behind the backs of his friends; - and yet we are never disgusted with him." (cited in Hemingway 418) Falstaff's underlying purpose of the play is to act as a father figure to Hal, Henry IV. So, how does a man of such a personality attract noble followers such as Hal? In order for us to answer this question we must first observe the character of Hal. Hal can be compared to a chameleon. At the beginning of the play ...
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... off the net because of a law passed by Congress. Well, this is indeed what happened to Trouble. She is forced to run away from everyone and everyone she knows in order to start her life over again. SYSCOP, the actual person who prevents people that Trouble was from doing what they do. But Trouble, netwalker, no longer exists. Only India Carless, SYSCOP to SVI-four walks around living her normal life. But, when a hacker resurfaces using her former identity, it means trouble for India. Although her cover as a small commune SYSCOP is very comfortable, her chase from the minions of the law has just begun (McCormick line 14). So, these authorities believe that this ne ...
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... in aggressive marketing styles and innovative products. When P. Knight and B. Bowerman created Nike, they decided to create a company to win, for the "ultimate victory". This idea has been influencing Nike (the Greek Goddess of Victory) every day and it has been a dramatic success. (millions of dollars) 1999 1984 1989 Total Revenue 8,777 3,790 1,711 Total Net Income 451 299 167 They have built a remarkable company, which has emerged as one of the world's greatest brand names. It is said that Nike posesses a reputation comparable to those of McDonald's and Sony . Nike has outpaced its closest rivals. Moreover, this success is reflected by the stock pric ...
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... war hero and a patriot that dies in battle but in all fact this man never existed. The final way the party controls the lives of the people is through a process called vaporization. Vaporization is the process by which every record of everything you have ever accomplished is wiped out and your one-time existence is forever forgotten. The Invasion of Privacy is also used to control people. Devices called Telescreens are setup everywhere for the use of your entertainment and the party’s. They are objects that not only allow you to watch them and hear them like a television but in return you yourself are watched and heard by the party. Other ways in which pr ...
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