Bertha's appearances also make it difficult for the others to decipher whether she is human or not, due to her wild features. The only assets that help anyone recognize the possibility of Bertha being human are the clothes on her body and her wild hair. ... She is not allowed to speak or ask for answers to her questions from her aunt because she is a child and it is not in a child's role to do so. ... I will tell anybody who asks me questions this exact tale. ... She calls her aunt out on the mistreatment she has cast upon Jane and love she has denied to allow Jane the satisfaction...

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Often, these changes cause them to waver between two separate versions of their natures, and make them question their own inherent goodness. ... Although Emil felt content dwelling within the realm of light with his family, the realm of darkness constantly called to him, tempting him to forsake his innocence. ... These boys were forced to survive alone in the wild without civilization. ... The emergence of this concealed, basic wildness is the theme of the book; the struggle between Ralph, the representative of civilization with his parliaments and his brain trust (Piggy, the intellectual w...

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His characteristics, the way he has wild impulses, the way he exposes himself, and the way he claims to be a radical has a strong effect on the others. At one point he calls himself a "self destroyer", who is proud of not destroying himself. ... The difference being that Bazarov is a "wild beast" and Arkady is a "domestic animal". ... This causes Pavel to question Fenichka about what he saw. ... When he questions her about it, she realizes that she is in love with Nicholas. ...

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For, she stresses her cold, contemplative nature from the first: "I, Lucy Snowe, was calm." (22) She avows that she "had wanted to compromise with Fate: to escape occasional great agonies by submitting to a whole life of privation and small pains." (38) However, fate does not allow this as eight years of calm, staid living are drastically disrupted by a metaphorical, stormy change. (38) Upon this upheaval, Lucy takes the initiative to set sail for France on a ship aptly called "The Vivid," for it is in this movement that Lucy is the most full of life. (51) On the other hand, shortly after hav...

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Freud stated that in self-defense of their Oedipus complex, children develop an influential conscience called the superego (Berger 272). ... It was during Bret's wild and crazy life of running away from his problems with his father is when he met the love of his life, Jayne. ... The name "Robby" was named after Bret's dad, therefore, it led Bret to call his son a "secret son....

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Have you ever read a something that was so easy to read but hard to talk about? In The Bachelors (1960) and A Far Cry From Kensington (1988), Muriel Spark presents her characters in a troubling condition. They have problems in their life such as being threatened for not paying their taxes or being ...

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