Much of the irony at the end of the novel stems from Golding's portrayal of the naval officer. ... After the war, Golding resumed teaching and started to write novels. ... The novel's sales enabled Golding to retire from teaching and devote himself fully to writing. Golding wrote several more novels, notably "Pincher Martin" (1956), and a play, "The Brass Butterfly" (1958). ... Much of the novel is allegorical, meaning that the characters and objects in the novel are infused with symbolic significance that conveys the novel's central themes and ideas. ...

• Word Count: 11237
• Approx Pages: 45
• Grade Level: High School

In 1960, Vittorio De Sica adapted Moravia's novel and directed Two Women, a film that filters reality through religious symbolism. ... In both the novel and the film, the setting plays an integral role in defining the imagery. ... In both the film and the novel, the horrors and deprivations of war induce the abandonment of all moral values. ... Both the novel and the film are indictments of an accepted social morality, which fully reveals itself only in times of such great stress. ... At the beginning of both the novel and the film, it is evident that Rosetta personifies purity and go...

• Word Count: 2867
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Wielenberg Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road is, among other things, a meditation on morality, what makes human life meaningful, and the relationship between these things and God. While the novel is rife with religious imagery and ideas, it suggests a conception of morality and meaning that is secular in nature. In this paper I show that while the existence of God remains ambiguous throughout the novel, The Road contains both a clear moral code and a view about what makes life meaningful. ... This statement introduces a fundamental ambiguity that runs throughout the novel. ... Many events ...

• Word Count: 8991
• Approx Pages: 36
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Nevertheless, every one of these people contain both morality and immorality, and both of these traits surface at dif ferent times throughout the novel. ... In this novel as well as in King Leer people generally want to be good, yet human nature combined with a lack of order causes evil actions to arise becau se individuals desire to benefit themselves at all costs. ... Later on in the novel, Rose and Ginny fight with Larry which results in his desire to take the farm back. ... Through most of the novel, Ginny would be considered a peace-maker among the family. ...

• Word Count: 2950
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

Most human beings believe that we are sophisticated, just, and supreme of all other beings. But when we lose everything and become exposed and vulnerable, we can behave just like any cornered animal. Every person can do unmentionable things when threatened enough. Each person has a different view...

• Word Count: 2518
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Mr. Stevens' journey across the countryside coincided with his journey through his career in search of affirmation of dignity and having served a noble cause "or rather, a noble man of dignified morals. Stevens, like the majority of society, wants to find purpose in his life. Just as everyone look...

• Word Count: 2563
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• Grade Level: High School

Bless Me, Ultima At the beginning of the Book, The author associates Antonio's concern about the changes in his life to his culture. I think Ultima's entry into Antonio's life will start a stressful time Antonio. The author shows Antonio's feelings about change by depicting his nervousne...

• Word Count: 3136
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

HUMAN CLONING Human nature has taught us that scientific breakthroughs have resulted in evil and dangerous exploitation. These exploitations can be seen in reality in military science. These breakthroughs have been manipulated into weapons of death and destruction against humanity and the use of them raises a question of morality. There are many examples in the fields of chemistry, physics, and industry in which the results of science are intended for the good of mankind, but ultimately become corrupted. The development of the machine gun was intended as the "weapon to end all wars (Impli...

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Strenghts and Weaknesses of Immanuel Kant's Concept of Nature A philosophical reflection on a disturbed relation with nature in the light of the ecological crisis Summary This study seeks to identify the frameworks of philosophical-theological co-operation between intuitions, ideas, beliefs and convictions within Western history, which prepared the ground for what is now known as the ecological crisis. This crisis confronts us with a human self-understanding in relation to nature particular to our time, which has become life threatening to the existence of large sections of ma...

• Word Count: 4223
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

American Foreign Policy / POLS 4690 A paper submitted to Dr. Galatas of the History and Political Science Department at Georgia South Western State University The Era of Good Feelings: An Era of Idealism or Realism? The Era of Good Feelings was the national mood of the United States from...

• Word Count: 4234
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: Undergraduate