... a few weaknesses but more strengths. A weakness would have to be the ending. It is not eventful. I was hoping for a surprise of some sort, and it never came. However, I noted many strengths. The descriptive details seem great. Although the details appear rather gross at points, I think that is a good thing. That way a reader discovers the harsh reality of the disease. “The thinner is the winner” (rld Steven Levenkron page 25). This is a powerful quote because thinness is what the whole story is based upon. Kessa thinks that the thinner she is the better. She is most definitely proved wrong in the end. I noted three main settings used in this book. ...
... you how much he respects his ancestors for what they have done. I think that Pericles had in mind when he was writing his Eulogy is that he wanted to instill pride among the Athenians and not only to have respect for those who had died for Athens, but also to encourage them to want to fight for their country. As in paragraph two he says, "But what lay behind those outward deeds, what really made us great-our training, our frame of government, our natural bent-I shall expound, primarily in praise of these men, but also as a fitting thing to be said on this occasion and proper for this audience to hear, the outsiders in it as well as the citizens." The main poin ...
... in American history at the turn of the 20th century is commonly referred as the Gilded Age. This is in reference to the increased size of the lower classes and the emergence of the elite capitalist as a new hegemonic class that possessed riches and power that were practically undreamt of. This era saw a dramatic increase in the size of the lower classes as immigrants filled the country and jobs became scarce, and a decrease in the size of the middle class. However, despite the less than ideal conditions that existed for many people in the country, middle and upper class citizens had the impression that they were in an era of prosperity. They turned a blind eye ...
... using the old money, Nick Carraway was coming from Chicago with no money. Because Nick did not belong to either East Egg or West Egg, his opinion did not give any advantages on either side. This made the story more interesting for readers. Second, the advantage for Nick to be the narrator of the story is he was Daisy Buchanan's cousin. Daisy was the only woman who was the protagonist's, Jay Gatsby's, love. Because Nick hadn't seen Daisy for a long time, he brought up the questions about the relationship between Daisy and her husband, Tom Buchanan. This let all the readers realize that Tom had a woman outside besides Daisy. Also, Daisy told Nick almost everyth ...
... resulted in the severe wounding of a recruit that Paul had comforted earlier. Paul and Kat again strongly questioned the War. After Paul's company were returned to the huts behind the lines, Himmelstoss appeared and was insulted by some of the members of Paul's unit, who were then only mildly punished. During a bloody battle, 120 of the men in Paul's unit were killed. Paul was given leave and returned home only to find himself very distant from his family as a result of the war. He left in agony knowing that his youth was lost forever. Before returning to his unit, Paul spent a little while at a military camp where he viewed a Russian prisoner of war camp with ...
... this woman. It is because of this one letter that Hester's life is changed. The letter's meaning in Puritan society banishes her from her normal life. The Puritans view this letter as a symbol of the devil. The letter also put Hester through torture: "Of an impulse and passionate nature. She had fortified herself to encounter the stings and venomous stabs of public contumely wreaking itself in every variety of insult but there was a quality so much more terrible in the solemn mood of popular mind, that she longed rather to behold all those rigid countenances contorted with scornful merriment and herself the object"(54). This implies that Hester's sin of beari ...
... and the immortals. Their love and hate and struggles go to such degrees, and yet limited by their nature, it was almost impossible to understand it at all. I believe Anne Rice had used those characters to express humanity, the whole plot was some kind of an irony. Something like a metaphor, though she exaggerated everything to make it poignant enough. Not only were the characters a success, the time and place details were incredible. The costumes, ways of manner, history and every background changes as the years passed, and she made the backgrounds so realistic that I could almost feel everything surrounding me. Actually I think Anne Rice had done such a grea ...
... Also, in lines 928-941, talking about the lake. “Over churning water and bloodstained wave. Then for the Danes was the woe the deeper, The sorrow sharper for Scylding earls, When they first caught sight, on the rocky sea-cliff, Of slaughtered Æscher's severed head. The water boiled in a bloody swirling With seething gore as the spearmen gazed. The trumpet sounded a martial strain; The shield-troop halted. Their eyes beheld The swimming forms of strange sea-dragons, Dim serpent shapes in the watery depths, Sea-beasts sunning on headland slopes; Snakelike monsters that oft at sunrise On evil errands scour the.” This quote i ...
... You phony little fake! You fake!”(p. 121) There are two things of significance in this scene. First the stockings, Willy gives his wife stockings, which are very expensive, it is a symbol of love to Biff. He sees his father giving them to someone else and he knows that his father isn’t all that he seems. He is giving his love away to someone other than Linda. The second thing of significance is the fact that is one instant Biff now doesn’t want Willy to get his grade changed. He thinks that because of the person he now thinks his father is he couldn’t do it. He is completely disillusioned by what he has seen, and his whole concept of who his fathe ...
... is departing immediatly he tries to persuade her to stay. He does not want to lose her although he considers her a hassal. During the time period while she is away Henchard is lonly and depressed. After many things have hapend Elizabeth-Jane returns to Henchard. He realizes a new love for his step-daughter taht is brought up in her presents, when he is not alone. When Elizabeth-Jane's true father comes to the house asking for her Henchard tells him she is dead while actually asleep in the next room. After doing this Micheal Henchard knows if his lie is ever found out by Elizaveth-Jane it will only make her more distant. He only thinks aobut his love her though, a ...
