In Closing Time, Heller returns armed with the surviving cast of Catch-22 to highlight again the problems with the USA today. ... Heller tells the story of the dissolution of a generation; those who not only risked their lives in World War Two, but managed to survive to the final page of Catch-22 and for whom it is now "closing time". ... Despite the novel dealing primarily with the ageing of Catch-22's Yossarian it also incorporates his disillusionment at the country he lives in. ... Closing Time's dialogue is undoubtedly the snappiest of the three, and by using characters the reade...

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(Beatty, p. 211) These situations are examined and brought to our attention in Joseph Heller's novel, Catch-22. The main character, Yossarian, does not want to fly but is met with a "catch 22", which can be seen as a stumbling block to reason and even free will. ... Rules such as catch 22 were simply unfair, and there was no way around it. ... The list of symptoms is listed on a whole page, and Yossarian (well aware with his stance on sanity) openly admits that he is insane. ... (Heller p. 110) This paradoxical evaluation is what Catch 22 is all about. ...

• Word Count: 1784
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• Grade Level: High School

The term "McCarthyism" became a synonym for reckless smear tactics intended to destroy the victim's political standing and public character. ... The list of names was not a secret and had infact been published by the Secretary of State in 1946. ... After the publication of this list, these books were removed from library shelves. ... The Army-McCarthy televised hearings from April 22 to June 17, 1954, turned the tables on McCarthy and his committee counsel. ... And if anyone ever tried to catch him in a lie he would accuse them of being a "Communist sympathiser." ...

• Word Count: 1698
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Besides feminism and friendship (which will be dealt with later), the film also shows the "efforts of the two central characters to free themselves from the past- (Pratt, 2001: 29). ... "As a film about the way in which unlikely and innocent people can be caught in a catch-22 with the law, Thelma and Louise asks viewers to consider what they would do if caught in a situation like that- (Sturken, 2000: 18). ... The main characters in both films are women who each personify a certain quality of the female attitude. ... Without volunteering her organ, Shelby would have been added to a seemingl...

• Word Count: 2628
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A list, of the team's scene selections, is in the reference section below the ethical points. ... Scene 22 Unethical Unethical Unethical Unethical 4 6. ... List of ethical cites taken from a master list devised by one team member for acceptance during team chat. ... Scene 01 X 22. ... A study and analysis of each character was made in efforts to determine whe...

• Word Count: 3378
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• Grade Level: High School

In this play the main character Macbeth and his wife Lady Macbeth represent evil the king and queen of Scotland become murderers and the most hated people. The evilness in them brigs out the good in other characters in the play. ... He said that if he doesn't kill Macbeth he will not be able to sleep and he will never rest in peace. " If thou be'st slain and with no stroke Of mine, my wife and children ghosts will Haunt me still"(V, I, l.20-22) Revenge was the only thing that Macduff had on his mind. ... All of the characters in this play that represented evil got what they deserved ...

• Word Count: 12917
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• Grade Level: High School

Gandhi's declaration of a state of internal emergency, the book turns first toward the Parsi community in an unidentified city by the sea that resembles Bombay, but its plot opens up to embrace other characters and to expand the settings. ... Instead, he has turned their lives into a metaphor that stands for the human experience: the fears, the joys, the ambitions and failures, the terror and the conflicts, finally the sense of balance that once attained will allow the characters to withstand the outer world, a world awash with dangers to personal fulfillment and identity. ... Both wr...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Gandhi's declaration of a state of internal emergency, the book turns first toward the Parsi community in an unidentified city by the sea that resembles Bombay, but its plot opens up to embrace other characters and to expand the settings. ... Instead, he has turned their lives into a metaphor that stands for the human experience: the fears, the joys, the ambitions and failures, the terror and the conflicts, finally the sense of balance that once attained will allow the characters to withstand the outer world, a world awash with dangers to personal fulfillment and identity. ... Both wr...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

By integrating these three practices in everyday life, we will assist in saving a list of items including energy, water, trees, and the earth. ... The character, Anti Litter, stressed the change of one person can make a huge difference. ... When in actuality it is a catch 22; damned if you do, damned if you don't! ...

• Word Count: 2042
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"5 Once an attraction has formed between Bingley and the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Mrs Bennet manipulates the situation and sends Jane to Netherfield on horseback during a storm, hoping she will catch a cold. ... According to this list of requirements, Caroline and Emma Woodhouse of Emma are two of the few women who could fit the 'ideal' model. ... In Elizabeth, however, Austen depicts what can be called the 'real ideal;' that is, a woman who may not necessarily follow the "rules for every aspect of female existence" which society insisted upon, but pos...

• Word Count: 5516
• Approx Pages: 22
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate