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John F Kennedy Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
418 words
The quote, "Our problems are manmade: therefore,
they may be solved by man No problem of human
destiny is beyond human beings. " by President
John F. Kennedy, holds truth. In other words, we
create our own problems and make our own choices
on how to solve them, in turn, controlling our own
destiny. This quote is proven in the play The
Crucible, by Arthur Miller, and in the novel The
Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The
Crucible by Arthur Miller uses irony and theme to
support the quote. A...
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Valley Of Ashes Jordan Baker
1,370 words
... being Gatsby's friend makes the funeral
arrangements. He calls to tell Daisy, but soon
finds out that she and Tom had left town. He tries
to find some of Gatsby's other friends, but
quickly realizes that the few friends Gatsby did
have didn't really care about him. Only three
people go to the funeral. Saddened by Gatsby's
death Nick moves back to the Midwest to start a
new life. Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, is set
somewhere west in the US on two identical islands,
the West Egg where the ne...
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Man Vs Man First Confession
518 words
The story First Confession is a story about a
troubled boy who is tormented by his sister and
his grandmother and is forced to go to confession
for his first time and he just refuses to go. He
plots to kill his grandmother and tries to kill
his sister with a butter knife and this is why he
is scared to go to confession, because he is
scared to be judged. The story is told in first
person perspective through the narrator, which is
the boy Jackie. The characterization in the story
is very descript...
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Side Of The Coin Oliver Twist
1,048 words
Oliver Twist and the Dark Side of British History
Progress can be compared to a coin. On one side of
the coin is wealth, and on the other side of the
same coin are poverty, despair, misery, and crime.
As Gertrude Himmelfarb explains: The Victorians
were avowedly, unashamed, incorrigibly moralists.
They... engaged in philanthropic enterprises in
part to satisfy their own moral needs. And they
were moralists in behalf of the poor, whom they
sought not only to assist materially but also to
elevate ...
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Kill A Mockingbird Jem Finch
573 words
To Kill A Mockingbird Characterization My name is
Joseph Medeles and I have a secret to tell you, I
have a twin! I bet you are thinking I didnt know
Joseph had a twin. I do and his name is Jem Finch.
We were separated at birth and I just found out a
few days ago that I was going to meet him, and so
I decided to find out some information about him
at the library. Yes, you read right, the library.
Somebody decided to put my twin brother in a story
called How To Kill A Mockingbird. Who would ever
f...
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Thomas Hardy Narrative Structure
943 words
In a remote shepherds cottage in the hills of
England, a celebration of a babys birth unto
Christ takes place. With nineteen or so players,
including the shepherd and his wife, a band that
refuses to stop playing, and most importantly
three influential strangers, a life lesson is
learned the hard way. With open arms three unknown
entities are allowed into the shepherds home at a
time when food is plenty and the mead is flowing.
The band plays, the players dance, two strangers
entertain and one a...
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Roger Chillingworth Arthur Dimmesdale
738 words
Characterization is a literary element used by the
author to present qualities of characters in a
literary piece, the purpose of characterization is
to make characters credible and make them suitable
for the role they play in the work. Authors
present various characters possessing dissimilar
qualities, to emphasize different aspects of the
work. In the novel The Scarlet Letter, the author
Nathaneil Hawthorns depiction of the two male
characters, Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger
Chillingworth, emphasi...
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Jilting Of Granny Weatherall Point Of View
490 words
The short stories, The Jilting of Granny
Weatherall by Catherine Anne Porter and A Worn
Path by Eudora Welty, have many similarities as
well as differences. Both stories have a simple
plot with a theme that is symbolic of their lives.
These stories include great characterization,
description of elements in the stories, and the
point of view. Granny Weatherall is characterized
as a very old lady who is extremely stubborn and
bedridden. Granny Weatherall is a sickly old lady
in denial. She believe...
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The Crucible And Birthmark Good Evil
339 words
Very often in literature all conflict is, in its
simplest form, is a struggle between good and
evil. In other words, all discord in literature
eventually breaks down to a clashing between good
and evil. This concept of good and evil being the
root of all literature is clearly exhibited in
Millers The Crucible and Hawthorne's The
Birthmark. In The Crucible Miller uses
characterization and conflict to demonstrate that
all conflict in literature is that of good and
evil. Miller characterizes Abigai...
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J K Rowling Man Vs Man
688 words
I. Rowling, J. K. , Harry Potter, New York:
Scholastic Inc. , 1999. II. In this story Harry
Potter is a young boy that starts out living with
his aunt and uncle the Dursleys. Then one day he
gets a letter from a giant named Hagrid telling
him of his opportunities to go to a witch and
wizard school. While in school he learns of a
secret stone called the Sorcerers Stone, which he
later learns, is very powerful. After learning of
this stone he finds out that the great wizard
Voldemort that killed h...
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James Tyrone Tyrone Family Play
779 words
In the play Long Days Journey Into Night by Eugene
ONeill, the Tyrone family is haunted not by what
is present in flesh facing them, but by memories
and constant reminders of what has been the
downfall of the family for years. No it can never
be now. But it was once, before you- (72) [James
Tyrone referring to the Morphine addiction of his
wife, Mary, which attributed to the undoing of the
family]. Their trials and tribulations are well
documented by ONeill through the proficient
utilization of ...
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Coming Of Age Literary Elements
685 words
Literary elements are a crucial part to
effectively writing any piece of literature. In
the novel Bless Me, Ultima, the author Rudolf
Anaya incorporates writing essentials such as a
unique plot structure, a strong theme, and an
intricate characterization technique. The story
centers on the main character Tony, as he
explicates the narrative of when he was a boy
nearly "coming of age." Not only does it focus on
Tony progressing to manhood, but also on his loss
of faith. The plot structure that wa...
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Teenage Boy Dylan Thomas
1,342 words
Dylan Thomas creatively puts together
characterization, atmosphere, and narration to
both write a fascinating life story. A Portrait of
the Artist as a Young Dog is a collection memories
from Thomas childhood and earlier years. They are
all set in Wales, which is Thomas homeland. The
stories have a distinct Welsh feeling to them.
Dylan also is very creative with his characters.
They are never developed, like in a normal story,
but rather just introduced. However, Thomas
manages to make sense out...
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The Unfulfilled Fairytale In Dickens Great Expectations
909 words
In some ways, Charles Dickens Great Expectations
is a disappointing novel because its
rags-to-riches story remains unfulfilled. The
victory that Dickens secures in the novel however,
is more important, as it captures the truth that
fairytales are fantasy. Dickens gives Pip a chance
to become more than he is, only to have him
reverted back to the old Pip in order to covey a
moral message about false expectations. Throughout
the novel, Dickens makes a direct contrast between
appearances and realit...
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Boy Willie Piano Lesson
1,113 words
... and requires good actors. It seems that Wilson
put much effort into the meticulous
characterization of each personality. The
meticulous characterization of each personality
sets this play apart from many other plays. The
beauty of this play is the audience gets to learn
the background of each character within the first
scene. Therefore, the audience understands each
character at the beginning of the play and can
worry about other more important aspects of the
plot. Characters who serve no pu...
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Forced To Live Migrant Workers
808 words
In his novel The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck
wishes to change the negative social attitude
toward the migrants to bring about better
treatment of this group of people. He does so by
using a few different techniques. One of his
techniques is the use of characterization to show
the migrants as humans, to do away with the
stereotypes that haunted many people during this
time. Another technique he uses is an attack on
private enterprise. He does so because it creates
greedy people. The third tech...
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Hills Like White Elephants Man And Woman
782 words
Hills Like White Elephants> > Hills Like White
Elephants by Ernest Hemingway is a short story
about> an American and a girl named Jig. The story
is set in Spain, somewhere> between Barcelona and
Madrid. Both the man and the girl are drinking
while> they wait for their train to arrive. They
start having a conversation about> an operation
the man wants the girl to have, but the reader
never finds out> what the conversation is about
even at the end of the story. The story> follows
in that the man a...
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Wuthering Heights Bronte
1,336 words
In Bronte? s novel Wuthering Heights the idea
compensation for love lost is discussed. Wuthering
Heights is a quiet house in the country where the
Earnshaw? s and Heathcliff live. Heathcliff loves
Catherine Earnshaw very much but, she decides to
marry another man, Edgar. Heathcliff marries
Edgar? s sister just to make Catherine jealous. At
the end Heathcliff abandons his plan for vengeance
and professes his love for Catherine only to see
her die soon after. In the novel Wuthering Heights
Bronte ...
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Act V Scene Act Ii Scene
1,827 words
In Shakespeare? s lifetime he wrote many plays.
Many of them were critically acclaimed and others
cast aside. The crowd always wanted to be more
thoroughly entertained and Shakespeare always
tried to keep up with the people? s needs. In
1605, Shakespeare was being hounded for another
work of genius. Hamlet and King Lear had just been
completed and the people begged for more. He knew
not of what to write and like many playwrights, he
did research. He found two stories from
Hollinshed? s Chronicle...
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Things In Life Dramatic Monologue
1,924 words
One of the greatest Victorian poets and masters of
the dramatic monologue, Robert Browning was born
in London on the seventh of May in 1812. His
father was a clerk at the Bank of England and
mostly educated Browning at home. He attended
London University in 1828, but withdrew after his
second term. After his first publication in 1833,
Pauline: A Fragment of a Confession, he received
little attention and only random criticism of his
later works. It was not until 1869 when The Ring
and the Book wa...
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