It is not conscious; it is far quicker, much more sure, less fallible, than consciousness It is this other, this second sight in us, that has thrown us to the ground and saved us, without or knowing how We march up, moody or good-tempered soldiers, we reach the zone where the front begins and become on instant human animals. (55-56 All Quiet on the Western Front) This transformation happens in both novels and soon we begin to see the actions of the characters in both novels reflecting their psychological change. ... With each person losing a friend each day the men's priorities turn fr...

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We are integrated to the way of life in this small town and how people in this small new world of Angel is interconnected - John Husk, Frenchie, Bush, and how these people depend on each other, food being social as well as sustaining and the importance of sharing. ... The land that Dora-Rouge was from and wanted to go home to die. ... We are stewards of this creation. We saw how people out of greed just took and stole and killed off food for others, that the lack of creating, of harmony can beget violence. ... The dream of Angel's mother Hannah and her finding her just before she died...

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Throughout the book, we see that Brewster Place itself will die. ... In Dawn, we are introduced to How Brewster place came into existence and describes in Detail of what it is and looks like. residents of Brewster place were the mellow skinned mediterreans and the Italians. ... How the wall is so significant throughout the story. 3. The fact that Brewster place is going to die. 4. ... But we are still allowed inside each woman; we share Her feelings, m...

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Even as the story progresses, we understand the motivations and actions of the characters because they were established early on. ... Grey dies. ... Grey does not die right away. ... Duddits dies shortly after. ... Grey dies. ...

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Later Jane finally breaks far beyond the limits of her role when she confronts her aunt and tells her exactly how she feels, "'How dare I, Mrs. ... How dare I? ... I shall remember how you thrust me back---roughly and violently thrust me back--- into the red-room, and locked me up there, to my dying day; though I was in agony; though I cried out, while suffocating with distress, "Have mercy! ... Besides this earth, and besides the race of men, there is an invisible world and a kingdom of spirits: that world is around us, for they are commissioned to guard us; and if we were dyi...

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She cannot bear the thought of him dying. ... Ann is disturbed by this knowledge, but prays desperately that he will not die. It is my assessment that sympathies are felt for Ann; when we see their relationship gradually deteriorate. In chapter sixteen, for instance Loomis hints to Ann that he has intentions of having sex with her: "The important thing is not to let the species die out." ... Ann becomes deeply upset when Loomis makes a "pass" at her, she does not know not how to cope in this situation that she finds herself in. ...

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She cannot bear the thought of him dying. ... Ann is disturbed by this knowledge, but prays desperately that he will not die. It is my assessment that sympathies are felt for Ann; when we see their relationship gradually deteriorate. In chapter sixteen, for instance Loomis hints to Ann that he has intentions of having sex with her: "The important thing is not to let the species die out." ... Ann becomes deeply upset when Loomis makes a "pass" at her, she does not know not how to cope in this situation that she finds herself in. ...

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While the Greasers beat the Socs, Johnny dies in the hospital. ... Disappointments are shown when Bob dies and the Socs grieve for him, when Ponyboy grieves for his parents because they died, and when Johnny dies and it disturbs the Greasers. ... I think we all know that the lower class people were picked on and made fun of in the 60s. ... Hinton told it how it was. ... She shows how two sides can come together if they put their differences aside. ...

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Tellingly, within a few lines we hear The General say "We are rich We are Free We are Sad (Márquez 167).... On the 17th of December 1830, The General dies. ... " The General in turn tells the Frenchman to "stop doing us the favor of telling us what we should do Don't attempt to teach us how we should be, don't attempt to make us just like you, don't try to have us do well in twenty years what you have done so badly in two thousand (Márquez 124).... We realize that we're following his very thoughts as his mind disintegrates in the face of death...

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Catch-22 shows how the individual soldier loses his uniqueness. ... Even when men die in the novel, it is slightly humorous. This irony is true whenever Clevinger dies because his plane "disappeared-. ... It seems like half of the characters don't even die on the battle field. ... Perhaps, Heller was commenting that society is confusing to the point that we need to take another look at what's going on, just like with the book. ...

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In Shute's novel, the characters can not accept that they will ultimately die from radiation sickness. ... During the darkest hours of their travel, the father and the son share a conversation in which the boy asks "We wouldn't ever eat anybody, would we? Even if we were starving?... Moira strives to consume less alcohol, attend secretarial classes and participate in church, because she wishes to improve her moral standard before dying. ... In such a craze, McCarthy shows how humans lose their mind and perform cannibalism when laws and social structures collapse. ...

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The book reveals Tess's life, how the first-presented innocent girl turns into a tragic heroine. ... The first misfortune is of Tess's family when their horse dies in a fatal accident. ... She herself baptised the child "Sorrow" just before he dies. ... As I mentioned above here we can also notice her parents influence on her. ... We can find many things in her character which helps her to be a tragic heroine. ...

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Nabokov died in Switzerland during 1977, 22 years after Lolita was published. ... This idea almost pokes fun at how Lolita was received by everyone and the media. ... This controversy though is what brought it to the attention of so many critics and the media and probably a relevant part to why we consider it a landmark in literature today. ... "And Bleak House, that fantastic romance within a fantastic London, can we call it a study of London a hundred years ago? ... We constantly expect a standard of maturity from people but then claim they are not mature enough to get excited about s...

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Many people think that this event happened but we cannot be certain, but the account of how Shelly came upon the story adds to the stereotypical image of the genre. ... Then, as Walton nurses Frankenstein, he begins his account of how he came to be in the Artic, chasing the "creature". Frankenstein begins his story in Geneva, at home with his family, during chapter three, his mother dies of scarlet fever after attending to Elizabeth, whom she contracts it from. ... The monsters observations of the family allow him to form words and Frankenstein's diary teaches him how to read. ... The ...

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The Escape of the Horrors of War as shown through the novel A Farewell to Arms At a time of war one must be able to distract their mind from the unjustified horrors that one may encounter at a time of war. A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway displays one specific character, Frederic Henery, ...

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(Chapter I pg. 15) The author uses the word "darkness" throughout the novel to describe the initial views of how Ethan perceives the environment and it relates to how he feels. ... The darkness theme relates how Ethan's true thoughts are buried deep in the "dark" recesses of his soul and unable to come out much like the sun in Starkfield. In chapter 2 the sense of entrapment of his environment is finely captured when Ethan looks at his family gravestones and remarks "We never got away-how should you?" ... Ethan remarks how he felt when his own mother became ill citing how the loneline...

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Analysis "Upon this soil we feed and we imbibe the same virus." ... Like Luis, we are all aware of the existence of this system and its effect on the people, yet we remain in our Manila; our haven wherein we can voice out our disappointments and shun those who chose to address this problem with the use of a sword. ... His faithfulness was evident when he agreed to marry his cousin Trining at the request of his father to at least see his son settled down before he dies. ... (Sionil, 138) truly captured the means of how we all are able to go through the harshness of reality and find hope i...

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The existence of the De Lace's in the novel proves that Mary Shelly wanted to include the importance of a family and how being close in a family can make everyone happy. ... Her mother was a German, and had died on giving birth"(34). ... This selfish act by him, is really what causes Elizabeth, now his wife, to die. ... Through various examples throughout the novel, we can see that the need for family is greatly needed. ... In the end we learn that family is the basis for which we can continue on and have happiness. ...

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By comparing and contrasting these two adventure novels, readers can learn how the authors affected the future of the action-adventure genre of literature. ... This gives the reader a chance to see how someone who is naive to this technology would react to the use of guns. ... Both Jim and Crusoe have fathers who are sick (and Jim's father in fact dies during the beginning of his story). ... In "Treasure Island", we find a similar lack of involvement of female characters. ... Even in our modern times, we still marvel at similar stories, such as Pirates of the Caribbean. ...

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An area to consider is how different writers emphasized literature's rise of modernization and society's feelings of isolation. ... Tolstoy begins achieving these goals by explaining how Ivan was successful in marriage as he states "Ivan Illyich married for both reasons: in acquiring such a wife he did something that gave him pleasure and, at the same time, did what people of the highest standing considered correct" (56). ... The traditional part of the ending is when he changes his ways right before he dies, and we sense that he goes on to a better life. ... The modern twist to t...

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In a letter to Jonathan, Alex says "Why do we not make the story more premium than life " (Foer 179). ... Alex's final untruth is telling Little Igor that his grandfather died because of an accident with sleeping pills (Foer 242). ... Yankel made up a story about how Brod's mother died a painless death during child birth. ... For example, when Brod believed that the Kolker died, she collapsed on the floor and bursted into tears. In contrast, she did not react the same way when Yankel died. ...

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Earlier in the novel, we are introduced to a Rose Pickles who has had to assume the role of a mother in the Pickles family due to Dolly's alcoholism. This upbringing has hardened her, and this can be seen in how even when she is making love for the first time with Toby, her hardness has been ingrained into the "recesses of her heart" and also in how she hates her mother. As we can see, Rose is truly unhappy, and unhappy in life. ... We are first introduced to this when the old lady dies in the house while playing on the piano and "her nose hit middle C hard enough to darken the room with ...

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Discuss how Henry Changes throughout the novel. ... How is the novel an example of Realism? ... Over and over we are reminded of how nature does not concern itself with the affairs of man. 8. ... Henry leaves him to die and throughout the entire novel Henry is haunted by this guilt. ... As he matures through the book we b...

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As readers, we try to relate to the characters we read about. ... We hope that we could relate to him. ... One way he repels us is how he treats the other characters in the book. ... She died shortly after and Heathcliff struggled. ... Personally, I enjoyed talking to my fellow classmates about it because we all had a different outlook on Heathcliff and how he repelled and enticed us as readers. ...

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Ralph is the first person we meet. ... As the story progresses, we find that the natural state of man is not a good one. In this story we find how people would react in a situation like this. ... His beliefs contradict those of the brave new world, as he shows in his struggle over sex with Lenina and his fight with the system after his mother dies. ... Being it complete freedom, all the casual sex and drugs you want, or a world where we as human beings don't have to do anything, just ride with the technology we have created, we will never be completely satisfied with what we have, becau...

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