(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. ... 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?" ... Chapter 4 follows up on the preceding chapters by furthering the discussion of the entrapment the environment has on Ethan. ... Ethan remarks how he felt when his own mother became ill citing how the loneliness of the house grew more oppressive ...

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John Kotre's How Memory Speaks describes memory as: "A scene we experience for a moment-and only once-remains clear in our minds for a lifetime, yet we forget the looks of things we see and touch almost every day." ... In Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, the chapters are separated by the evolutions of seasons. ... Housman's To an Athlete Dying Young. ... /And the name died before the man", reveals the concept that those dying at the peak of their glory or youth are really quite lucky. ... Housman's To an Athlete Dying Young that memories are shaped by memories, and those...

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He is not teaching math, he is not teaching how to read, and he is not teaching how the human body works, but what he is teaching is with passion. ... From this moment, Mitch begins a new chapter of his life?... I like the idea of knowing that you are about to die now that I have read this novel. I would want to know when I am going to die, so that I would be prepared. ... He thought,We are all going to die anyway, what we do while we live makes no difference so why bother.? ...

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It was very easy for most of these boys to carry on with life with others telling them how to live it. ... How extraordinary your life is, is not measured in how much you possess or what kind of job you have, but in the relationships and knowledge that you have and share with others. "We are food for worms boys" Mr Keating proclaims, we will all eventually die. We all eventually die, so it is important to understand the value in living your life they way you want to. ... In real life people die, people are unhappy, and the reality of this can be found in most movies. ...

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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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This symbolism of color conveys to the reader how severe the situation was in Germany, how many lives were being lost due to race or 'colour' and how hard the narrator Death was having to work. This expresses to the reader the mass scale of humans dying under orders of Hitler, reminding us that this isnt just a novel, this happened in our society under a century ago. ... By the final chapters of the novel we observe Liesel as a mature empowered young woman. ... We see this role symbolized by the books, using them to comfort and relate to him. ... As a reader we see the words represe...

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