Gene kills his innocence when Finny dies by bone marrow going into the bloodstream. ... Most of Gene's innocence is lost when Finny falls from the tree and breaks his leg. ... The shattering of Finny's leg led to it having to be reset by the doctor. When the doctor went to reset Finny's leg a piece of bone marrow chipped causing it to go in the blood stream killing Finny. ... Finny pressures Gene into skipping his studies to go to attend Leper's ceremony jump which leads to the accident causing Finny to break his leg. ...

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In the third person while going to the Jackson asylum, Darl clearly answers a crescendo of yeses when he asks himself, " Is this why you"re laughing Darl?" ... It is ironic that although Darl is in touch with reality, he is the only character to go mad. ... Finally, after the death of his mother, Addie, the only link he has to the world [ ] he goes mad, laughing with the laughter of the mad but with peculiar lucidity (Bakker 228). ... This can be seen by the heroic effort of Cash breaking his leg trying to retrieve the wagon and coffin. He does not even seem fazed by his leg but is bothered...

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Hooper was lying face down, his legs stuck up over the bank, There was a bit of blood on the water, looking as though it came from his head Oh God, Oh God". ... Later on in the novel the family goes on an outing to an old castle. ... Hooper climbs up high and is scared to come down so Kingshaw helps him down but Hooper falls " It was like a film that went very slowly Hooper seemed to go on and on falling a peculiarly graceful sort of way Before he hit the ground". Hooper is all right and just suffers a broken leg. Then Kingshaw goes into Hoopers bedroom and takes Hoopers "battle plan" whic...

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Nevertheless, Finney remains the elite individual who is unique from everyone else until he damages a leg which causes him to be crippled for life. ... Finney's thoughts also showed an immense amount of innocence by getting Gene ready for the Olympics because he can't participate anymore saying "So I"m going to coach you for them instead" (Pg. 109) and agreed to allow Gene to tutor him. ...

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When Leper told what happen and Finny hears it and looks at Gene's reactions and sees his face it makes him run away, when he did this he falls on the steps and breaks his leg again! ... The last major conflict I think the trial reveals is the on going conflict between Gene and Finny, they both may not have realized but they were in a mental battle with each other at all times to be the best and the trial let finny know that Gene was jealous of him and that he wanted to be good at something with out Finny. ...

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That is what the main character Paul goes through in the anti-war novel All Quiet On the Western Front by Erich Remarque. ... The second example of foreshadowing is when Kemmerich gets shot in the leg. ...

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Parson Adams legs are considerably so long that they almost touch the ground when he rides on horseback. ... He adorns his head with an old, tattered hat, which goes quite well with the rest of his out-fit. ...

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After a few weeks Paul goes back to the war and Kropp goes home after having his leg took off. ... With today's world and me being of age to go to war, this story was realistic and frightening to me. ...

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Finny was the one who had always strived profusely to be the leader of the group as stated by Gene that "Naturally Finny was going to be the first to try, and just as naturally he was going to inveigle others, us, into trying it with him." ... Another piece of information that was acquired as the course of the book went on was that Gene transformed himself into being what Finny was before the accident, in which Gene shook a tree limb that cause Finny to fall and shatter his leg. ...

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He could go step by step inside that fat head of his, only Piggy was no chief. ... Piggy's arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig's after it has been killed. ... It is not a surprise though if you take notice to the metaphor, "Piggy's arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig's after it has killed." ...

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It shows how a war goes from an adventure to a reality. ... Another part of the story that portrays the brutality of war is when Paul's friend is in the hospital with his leg half amputated. ... The war is beginning to go really bad for the Germans. ... Paul realizes he has nothing left to go home to. ... Men without wives have nothing to go back to. ...

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They tell him to take care of his leg because it is "government property-. ... This again goes back to the idea of losing individuality. ... The officers say if they go crazy, they can't fly. ... Havermeyer likes war a little too much, and just goes crazy with gunfire. ... They are afraid that the soldiers will actually know what's going on. ...

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Before the fear and the reality of war sets in on the young soldiers they are enthusiastic and happy about going off to war. ... Kemmerich is dead, Haie Westhus is dying Martens has no legs anymore, Meyer is dead, Max is dead, Beyer is dead, Hammerling is dead it is a dammable business, but what has it to do with us now - we live. (124-125 All Quiet on the Western Front) This quotation also shows how the narrator is becoming more and more desensitized by the war. ... In Catch 22 Yossarian goes AWOL meaning he simply runs away. ... The catch 22 in the novel refers to that if someone is to be...

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Frederic's leg was very badly injured because of this and was taken to one of the many hospitals in Italy. ... I will go now and bring her here."" ... - " I just go to see if there is anything new. ... I would eat quickly and go see Catherine Barkley."" ... Frederic then goes to Stresa, where he learns that his one love Catherine is stationed. ...

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In the passage of page 31, when Curley's wife makes her first appearance in a scene, she is described as wearing a dress that reveal her legs, red lipstick and nail polish: "..., rouged lips her fingernails were red wore a cotton house dress and red mules, " The way Steinbeck describes how Curley's wife is dressed suggests she is promiscuous, since her characteristics of clothing and cosmetics might be worn by a prostitute; some of her movements also reinforce the idea of her being promiscuous, such as "... leaned against the door frame so that her body was thrown for...

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It was in 1962 when his first novel, The Pretenders which is the first leg of his five-novel masterpiece was published. ... (Sionil, 72) both have two different beliefs on how to go about in resolving the crisis. ... As Victor in his dialogue with his brother asked "But how far will you go, my brother? ... Another of Luis" predicament is whether to remain faithful to his father's or to go against the tyrant that he is depicted to be. ... The novel did not ask the readers blatantly to go out of their houses and radicalize the system. ...

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Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street follows the story of a young girl named Esperanza and her life experiences growing up on Mango Street, the all-Hispanic community at which people of opulence look down upon and grimace. Esperanza has always had an ideal image and dream of what living in a h...

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He can only express his love in deep-rooted violent acts, just like when he visualizes: It would just be me and her on a high hill and me rolling the rocks down the hill at their faces, picking them up and throwing them down the hill faces and teeth and all by God until she was quiet and not that goddamn adze going One lick less. ... "Jewel looks back at the water, his face gritted, going red and green and then red." ... He even specifies truths and visions throughout the novel, such as when he vividly sets the aspects of the path around the farm: ...it turns and circl...

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It is obsession that goes beyond control and regulation, obsession that in one way or another leads into the destruction of many human beings. ... Moreover, his obsession goes farther beyond the borders between love and sexuality, the borders between morality and immorality, normality and abnormality. ... He takes pleasure in licking a speck from her eye, feeling the tiny downy hairs on her legs, and even in noticing the shine of her hair. ... " However, after going insane without the company of nymphets during his first years in the U.S, he no longer fights the spell of nymphets. ... ...

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Trinculo is kind of going through his thoughts aloud of whether Caliban is a man or if he is a fish. ... He finally comes to the conclusion that Caliban is not a fish, but a man based on the fact that he has arms and legs like any normal man would. ...

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I know you're going to go away and be a soldier. Well- you can go to hell. ... When Robert started training he would go for long walks at night as well. ... Ross] went into the salon and sat with her legs tucked beneath one of the pullman chairs and drank a third of a bottle of scotch. When Mister Ross came in and said it was time to go, Mrs. ...

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The variety of passionately displayed themes, interactions, and events presented in The Bluest Eye provide an understanding of Toni Morrison's inner thoughts and beliefs which were highly impacted by her various life experiences. Throughout her writing, Morrison continuously focuses on her readers being emotionally connected to the story, as she believes that it reminds the reader about their heritage and most importantly, place in society. She does an excellent job of pairing the challenges her family has faced being African Americans growing up during the Great Depression with essential...

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