... he was sentenced for high treason. The officials believed he had surrendered to the Germans and had returned to spy on his country for them. He was originally sent to Ust-Izhma in which the zeks were normally kept. After a while he was sent to a special camp where they kept the political prisoners. These gulags were the repositories for Stalin's enemies, real or suspected. They housed many people taken in the great purges. It is estimated that the population in these camps was over 8.8 million from 1929-53. The resilience of the human spirit is perhaps the most important theme of the novel. It demonstrates the possibility of success despite a cruel environment. ...
... final fight is mesmerizing, London goes inside of both dogs' heads and gives reasons for all the actions that real dogs would do. Realism is also a major part of the novel. It is in no way padded with goodness to leave the reader with a warm sensation in his heart. At times, the way in which beatings of the dogs are described makes the reader want to close the book. Throughout the book, Buck is severely abused by humans. Upon being taken from his home to learn to be a sled dog, Buck is beaten senseless for no reason other that to learn to respect and fear the man in the red shirt. From this experience Buck learns not to respect, but simply to obey a man with ...
... eventually gets the parts he needs to repair his ship, and he and the manager set out with a few agents (whom Marlow calls pilgrims because of their strange habit of carrying long, wooden staves wherever they go) and a crew of cannibals on a long, difficult voyage up the river. They come across a hut with firewood stacked and a note saying it is for them but to approach cautiously. Natives attack them and the helmsman is killed before Marlow frightens the natives away with the steam whistle. They come to Kurtz's Inner Station, expecting to find him dead, but a Russian trader there assures them everything is all right and reveals that he is the one who left the ...
... seems to dwell on finding out what caused this type of destruction. Something else that Mr. Shizuma wants to do is remember every little detail about what happens to everything from what angle the house was on after the bomb to what his wife cooked for dinner with the food rationing. He even likes to write how people cured themselves of radiation sickness and what the burns and other injuries look and act like. These things are like myself in the fact that he does not like to forget what things are like, wants to see first hand what the effects are, and is very interested in finding information about new things that he has never seen before. He also likes to help ...
... weakening our capacity for constructive social and cultural innovation at a time when such innovation is needed as never before" (269). Corporations have not always been as big and powerful as the are today. Through economic globalization they have become very powerful. "Corporations have emerged as the dominant governance institutions on the planet, with the largest among them reaching into virtually every country of the world and exceeding most governments in size and power" (54). Prior to the Civil War, owners were personally responsible for any liabilities or debts the company incurred, including wages owed to workers. Early Americans feared corpora ...
... on. Every summer, Douglas, Tom, and their grandfather would pick the dandelions and bottle it for wine. Summers in Green Town were very hot and winters cold. It was a town where almost everyone knew each other like a big family. In this story many problems confronted Douglas. There were many deaths, Great-Grandma, Helen Loomis, Colonel Freeleigh and Elizabeth Ramsal, which were friends and neighbors of Douglas. A good friend of Douglas, named John Huff, moved away to Milwaukee because of a job opportunity for his father. Also, Douglas got extremely sick and was dieing and there was no information on what kind of illness he had. Douglas took th ...
... The people in this society were taught that everyone belongs to everyone, so everyone was free to please themselves. This shows that the people were brought up learning that sex with multiple partners was a belief practiced by everyone. "Have somebody else from time to time, that's all. He has other girls doesn't he" (Huxley 41). This quote is talking about Lenina's relationship with Henry. At this point, they had been "having" each other for almost four months. This was very unusual for this society. It was unheard of to have sex with only one guy for that long of a period. Sex was just looked at on a different level in this society. "Sex has been ...
... bring Jim out of captivity, but Tom immediately rejects his plan. “But it’s too blame’ simple; there ain’t nothing to it. What’s the good of a plan that ain’t no more trouble than that? It’s as mild as goose-milk. Why, Huck, it wouldn’t make no more talk than breaking into a soap factory” (176). Tom’s outlandish plan has much more “style” and he assures Huck that it will free Jim from slavery. Huck being a realist doesn’t understand the need for danger but he was satisfied, “…it would make Jim just as free a man as mine would, and maybe get us all killed besides” (176). Tom takes control over Huck and convinces him that th ...
... an obsession to have things ready on time so his day will go smoothly, but this never happens. He is always trying to rush although he never accomplishes anything. Another example of a person who depends on time is Mr. Quentin. Many of the Compson family members have had some connection with time itself. The Compson family hold fast to time and signifies loss. They are more focused on the old south rather than the new. In the Dilsey section there is the sermon about the resurrection that Reverend Shegog gives on Easter day. The resurrection is a rebirth of God coming back from death just as the south is trying to move forward from their "death" in the past. ...
... Brannon finds the exact article written about the young Apache warrior. The skull continues to talk to Brannon, about wanting it's soul to be where it can rest. Brannon runs away with the skull, about the time his mother called the police after finding it in his closet, and listens as the voice speaks to him. It wants to be returned to the Sacred Place. All the memories from the canyons the Apache warrior has come to Brannon, as though he experienced before, but hadn't. Once the skull is put in it's scared place in Dog Canyon, both Brannon and the skull can rest. Brannon starts to head home and is greeted by the police and his mother, who ask for an ...
