Through examining Okonokwa and his character flaws and essentially the reasons for his downfall one may surmise that shedding light on the African plight was not Achebe's some message in this novel. Okonokwa was a proud, industrious figure who through hard work was able to elevate himself to a stature of respect and prominence in his community. ... He would discourage "women's stories" and would not commend his sons for a job well done because he felt this to be a sign of weakness. ... Originally, Okonokwa falls back in the crowd so that he need not actively participate in his ...

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The most important lesson is bravery and Tante Lou showed how brave she was by standing tall and proud for what she believed was right. ... Grant starts to talk about the importance of his death. He convinces Jefferson that his death will not just be another random execution, it will represent so much more. ... That act was his death. ... And though the act was death, and that is terrifying under any circumstance, not to mention when you have the weight of a whole community on your shoulders, Jefferson still took it in stride. ...

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Napoleon had changed this rule so the other animals would not know that he had broken a rule. ... Napoleon did not want the other animals to think that something is fishy. ... To make them believe Napoleon was correct Squealer announced that Snowball had fought with Jonas during that battle and it was Napoleon, who when panic was spreading, gave a cry of "Death to Humanity" and bit Jonas leg (80). ... In the beginning of the novel Snowball and Napoleon had proudly changed the name "Manor Farm" to "Animal Farm," thinking that never again would this farm be called "Manor Farm". ... Once he had a...

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is not just another stab at children's literature, but rather an introspective piece written by an avant garde trying to deal with all the issues he sees on his plate. ... The infamous Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran announced "[to] the proud Muslim people of the world that the author of the Satanic Verses book which is against Islam, the Prophet and the Koran, and all involved in its publication who were aware of its content, are sentenced to death." This forced Salman Rushdie into hiding to avoid his otherwise inevitable death, and with the help of the British government he was able to navig...

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After the death of her father, Emily increasingly keeps herself separated from the community, and because of her social status, they did not try to intervene. ... The community's fear of his rejection is what causes his isolation, and ultimately his death. ... In "A Rose for Emily," Emily's family is described as being wealthy, proud, and they "held themselves a little too high for what they really were" (Faulkner 116). Her father believed that no man was good enough for Emily; however, after his death, Emily begins to close herself away from the rest of the commu...

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Nevertheless her personality is standing out above the others, because she is not following contemporary convention, but she venerates equality of rights and gender instead of submission. ... But these ladies were also, maybe they were not aware of it, depending on their rich families and on the view of good marriage. ... Jane had to risk she will live in solitude and poverty under the treat of starvation to death. ... Charlotte Brontë expressed her own convictions about the status of women in Victorian society by creating proud and strong Jane. ... Her aim was to show that women are not...

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No, of course not. ... Brinker was jealous of not only Gene and Finny's friendship, but also Gene having a room all to himself. ... a boy uncoiled tensely from the couch-Well, not actually killed. Finny is hanging between life and death at home, in the arms of his grief-stricken mother"..." (81). ... Everyone has darkness inside of them; the difference is whether or not we decide to "act" upon these impulses. ...

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