Until the day she leaves him, Humbert's physical desire for Lolita overshadows everything in their lives, as he exploits her vulnerability and dependence on him to satisfy his needs. ... Too late he understands that the selfish satisfaction of his desires was not worth the damage it would cause either of them as he laments, "I should have known that nothing but pain and horror would result from the expected rapture." (125) Lolita longs for a normal family life where they wouldn't do "filthy things together never behaving like ordinary people". (158) Humbert's answer ...

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Tea Cake also had a strong desire to touch Janie's hair. ... This symbolizes Tea Cake's desire to have Janie sexually, not just to touch her hair. ... The greatest display of control related to Janie's hair is after Joe dies, and Janie "tore off the kerchief from her head and let down her plentiful hair" (87). ...

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Huck's desires are few and simple. ... The best example of Huck's desire to be free is the very last line in the book. " I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me and I can't stand it. ... Watson changed her will before she died and set Jim free, but he didn't tell Huck that because he wanted to have an adventure helping Jim "escape". ...

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The House of the Spirits In the novel, The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende shows how many things throughout the story that repeats itself. Things such as Esteban's sexual need, the number of people kept in the book, the genealogical order and how Clara's innocent appearance continues and...

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Victor's pursuit for this knowledge led him to the destination he desired, unfortunately, the knowledge he obtained ultimately became his demise. Authors Wilson and Long state that Victor Frankenstein was depressed and eventually died from his own creation. ...

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I think they thought I was going to pull a machine gun out from under my coat drrr die you dogs. ... Francie's desire to be everyone else shows that his confidence is weak, just like that of similar people today. ...

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William Golding William Golding was born September 1911, in St. Columb Minor in Cornwall. Although Golding exhibited writing talent at the age of seven, by his father's demand, studied natural sciences. Throughout his lifetime, Golding has produced over seven full-length novels including his ...

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I remember Idgie says to Ruth during the picnic they went to, "All right then, I"d die for you. ... Don't you think somebody could die for love?" ... Idgie doesn't cry when Buddy died but she can't resist her tears when she has to face the reality that Ruth is dying and will be leaving her alone. ... That is why I work and study so hard without having any desire to make friends here. ...

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Edgar and Heathcliff both want to be with Catherine after she has died. ... As Catherine is ill and dying she blames Heathcliff for her suffering, but he tells her that it was she that left him and that all blame for their sorrow is hers.6) ...Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest as long as I am living! ... Heathcliff passionately pleads for Catherine not to leave him after she has died.7) I recovered from my first desire to be killed by him "I'd rather he'd kill himself! ...

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When he feeds the starving Jew, it could be argued he made a foolish decision as he endangered the life of a younger, healthier man (Max) to offer comfort to a frail elderly man, almost certain to die. ... Or on the man himself, who gets to die 'with the thought that he was a human.' ... Liesel's personal journey from unloved, illiterate waif, to a thoughtful, mature young woman reflects many of our own struggles and desires. ... Her grief at being a 'perpetual survivor' speaks to anyone who has lost someone, but also provides encouragement not to give in to despai...

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After Eugene's first wife died, he married Delphine Couturier, who turned out to be unfaithful to him, just as Emma was to Charles. She also died at a very young age, leaving Delmare with many debts and a young child to rear. Eugene, like Charles, died shortly after his wife out of despair. Madame Bovary is written in the tradition of combining a realistic portrayal of society with a formalistic desire to create a new way of life in much the same way Degas and Manet attempted to paint the mediocrity of modern life without becoming vulgar themselves. ...

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In the first book, Wright tells the reader "these were the rhythms of his life: indifference and violence; periods of abstract brooding and periods of intense desire; moments of silence and moments of anger -- like water ebbing and flowing from the tug of a far-away, invisible force" (p.31). ... He desires an identity that is his alone. ... Society hates most what it itself creates, and Bigger as the very reflection of that society must die. ...

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He is motivated completely by selfish desires. ... It is obvious that her marital union will actually, in effect, disable her previous desires to improve the world. ... An older more enclosed world is dying out to be replaced by more cosmopolitan ideas. ...

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In the first book, Wright tells the reader "these were the rhythms of his life: indifference and violence; periods of abstract brooding and periods of intense desire; moments of silence and moments of anger -- like water ebbing and flowing from the tug of a far-away, invisible force" (p.31). ... He desires an identity that is his alone. ... Society hates most what it itself creates, and Bigger as the very reflection of that society must die. ...

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However, the novel illustrates his loneliness, his desperate and willing desire for affection and companionship when he observes the cottage family, along with Justine. ... The novel does not go in depth as to how the monsters victims' died, but it just simply explains what happened. ...

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People Who Need People In Robinson Crusoe, a novel by Daniel Defoe, a boy leaves home against his father's will to seek out adventures at sea. But when he comes home after his many adventures, he finds himself alone. While away, everyone he loves dies. When he was on his adventures he would al...

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The two forces of "desire and decision- (71) that form the basis of his world are constantly upended by his imaginary devil, the Americanized doppelgãnger, Aubrey McFate (56). ... Once Lolita has been taken away from her Humbert by the cunning, punning Clare Quilty, and years later is discovered married and pregnant by another man, Humbert's voice persuades us of his torturous love in prose that becomes an aria: ---and I looked and looked at her, and knew as clearly as I know I am to die, that I loved her more than anything I had ever seen or imagined on earth, or hope...

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You can imagine how much her aunt couldn't stand her from one of her last words in her deathbed – she was talking about Jane: "She, however, did not die: but I said she did – I wish she had died!... How hopeless would be her desire to live independent life if she had no money. ...

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Also, in The Kitchen God's Wife, Pearl's father was a minister who died of stomach cancer when Pearl was fourteen, not very unlike Tan's situation. When Tan's father died, her mother, who had always acted as a Christian, let loose all her superstitious beliefs that she had bought with her from China, that's another similarity to the novel The Kitchen God's Wife. ... In the last section, as the story in the beginning of the section suggests, the mothers watch as their daughters grow, feeling the desire to protect them, to teach them "how to lose your innocence but...

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There were a lot of similarities between them, their culture , fame, and their desire for women. ... After Rosa dies, Esteban throws himself into restoring his family farm, Tres Marias. ... The novel ends with him being reconciled to Alba and Clara thus dying peacefully. ...

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He withdrew soon after his enrollment because he desired to pursue writing rather than an education. ... In 1915 he became a British citizen or a British subject just a few months before he died in London on February 28, 1916. ... Isabel Archer is a young American girl brought to Europe after her father has died in America. ...

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All of Clarissa's fears and desires are acted out by Septimus. ... When Septimus dies, the only difference it makes in the lives of Clarissa and Richard is that Sir William is late to the party. ...

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Later, when Emma dies, the blind man gets to the end of his song about a young girl dreaming. ... He hints towards his disgust through Emma, who fuels her outlandish desires by indulging in literary works centered on Romanticism. ...

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Satisfaction and fulfillment of desires and social conformity propel forward the life of Mary. ... The protagonist Mary is a figure of 'angel home' and represents the ideals of femininity and what attributes are most desirable for the die during this time. ...

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In today's society, minority groups often suffer while attempting to change the world. For example, homosexuals are trying to make same sex marriages legal, but they have been facing enormous difficulty because other people refuse to change their attitudes. In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray B...

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