As seen when he returns from the war, Krebs is somewhat of an outcast and carries on his lonely way. ... Krebs does not think American girls were worth the effort. ... Hemmingway's tone suggests that the character does not want to interact with life anymore, but wants things to just be simple when he says, "he wanted his life to go smoothly. ... But the world they were in was not the world he was in" (281). ... Only the men and women who have fought in war could possibly understand the main character's changed views on life. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Liesl transforms and change Dunstan by tempting him to do new things and a live a life which does not tie him to his past. ... So as a child I had to carry the weight of my mother's madness as something that was my own doing. ... The view in which the characters perceive religion changes in the novel Fifth Business. The characters lives are greatly changed due to these religous experiences. ... Dunstan guilt and obsession in making Mary Dempster a saint does not solve his problem of bottled up anger inside. ...

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By analyzing Macon Leary, the main character, his strange quirks, accidental encounters and progression of change through motifs and symbols, aides the reader in understanding his views of travel and change. ... This suggests, that not only can Sarah see through him and refuses to be with him in his 'ossified' state, but also that Macon's entire life revolves around building barriers and resisting change towards experiencing life. ... The body bag, which 'required no tucking in', is important because not only does it reflect Macon's dreary, order-filled personal...

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Those who are compassionate are more capable of giving spare change while others carry on with their busy lives. ... In particular, we commit acts of kindness because we want good things to happen to us in return but this is not always true. ... When we are young, we do things naturally to please others such as picking up an item that is dropped, opening doors for others when their hands are full or simply sharing toys. ... However, one does not have to be famous to become well known for practicing altruism. ... Practicing altruism is important because it helps develop character along with inf...

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• Grade Level: High School

Therefore, childhood experiences do not only affect adulthood but they can be used to provide a vivid depiction of their personality and behavior, while resembling their values and beliefs. ... Not my voice, though instantly familiar. ... Sarah could see this too, but also other things. ... When moral values derive from society and government they, of necessity, may change as the laws and morals of the society also change. ... What they believe in, what they find important and what they see as acceptable or desirable is an essential part of their values and beliefs. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

All their life they had faced poverty and hunger, but he had a vision of change for china. He had wanted to be the one to change china's ways. ... The saying I really follow most of my life is "Don't do to others what you rather not be done to you", this is really a straight out thought meaning that if you don't want anything bad to happen to you don't do it to anybody else, or if your not nice people wont be nice to you. ... This whole time he had wanted to create an aristocracy by character not by noble birth. ... He was brave and courageous to take all of life&...

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People "dream about whatever they do when they're awake. Dreams, what [one] hopes for, [are] not separate from [one's] life- (133; ch.12). ... ll in the way of love, so as not to be disappointed- (117; ch.11). ... Upon return to Grace, Arizona, Doc Homer legally changed his surname in order to escape association with his family, the disgraced Nolina's. ... Instead of realizing the true and natural beauty of things, he forced the pictures and the situations within his hallucinations to develop how he imagined fit. ...

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The authors of the various scriptures do not appear to consider such actions a great mortal sin; they seem to regard them as straightforward personal decisions. ... Therefore, Suicide does not violate God's plan. ... Hume argues that there is no relevant difference between these sorts of things, which cause great changes in the natural order of things, and a person taking his own life, which could be seen as being a very small thing in the natural order. ... He differs in this principle from other philosophies that hold that suffering can be character building. ... Hume argues from...

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The story is broken into 5 different parts, told in first person, and although the narrator is not the main character, he lends significant importance to the symbolism that takes place throughout the tale. ... In the fifth paragraph he describes himself as "a young and sick boy with rheumatism" (23), and then in the next sentence depicts her carrying a heavy pack on her back- one that he could probably not manage on his own. ... It is in this part of the story that the narrator's understanding of the old woman is changed. ... The butcher that she visits in town does not understand her ...

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In James Joyce's novella, "The Dead," Gabriel Conroy's character plays a central role in the theme of paralysis throughout the story. ... Gabriel's character represents living a life of paralysis, one that is both without life and love. ... Gabriel is insulted, however does not confront her, but justifies to himself a reason why confrontation would be a poor decision, "He wanted to say that literature was above politics, but they were friends of many years, he could not risk a grandiose phrase with her." ... Therefore, I will not linger on the past. ... Gabriel seems to have it...

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