Her reference to it as "being the greatest amusement in the world" seems to show Emma's feeling of superiority based on her inflated sense of intelligence, education and social status. ... She overrates her capacities and is too confident of her knowledge, judgment and perception. ... She uses the juxtaposition of Emma's constant errors in judgment, perception and behavior with the sagacious counsel and wisdom of Mr. ... He is also deeply offended by Emma's objections to Robert Martin and her interference with Martin's proposal to Harriet based solely on her perception that...

• Word Count: 1334
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The perception of the Aussie Battler was strongly evident throughout the text. ... The inclusion of a real life person strengthens reader's perceptions on the text being real, because readers have prior knowledge of the existence of this person. ... "Rose couldn't talk to him- The sense of belonging was another theme present within Cloudstreet, readers recognize that they too have doubts of whether they belong or have the right to belong to certain groups of people. ... "Fairdinkum" The language produced a sense of comfort and unity as readers relate to the laid back language. ...

• Word Count: 1597
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Holden develops as a character when he starts to open up to people, become more self-expressive and gain a sense of individuality. ... Lying to strangers shields him from the ever- changing world providing him with a sense of control that he desperately needs. ... Phoebe's gesture at the end of the novel is symbolic of her accepting him as who he is giving him that sense of identity that he was lacking throughout the novel thus changing how Holden views himself. ... This growing perception of the future and future responsibilities is an example of how Holden matures as the novel progress...

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The perception of symbolism can affect the outcome of the entire novel whether you interpret a particular subject one way or the other. ... Within both of these novels, snow is used to portray adversity and a sense of woefulness. ... Native Son's interpretation of the color red is much darker and gives a sense of danger. ...

• Word Count: 1398
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• Grade Level: High School

Although to some extent this sense that Ethan's home is in fact cold and dark, due to poverty. The author turns this sense around when Mattie is described in the same environment as the author tells of she is connected with light, warm surroundings, "Mattie had pushed his chair to the stove and seated herself next to the lamp". ... Yet we glimpse Mattie, as we glimpse Zeena, only through Ethan's eyes, and his perception of her is skewered by his passion. ...

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Hawthorne's choice, then, chillingly reflects actual experience, which is also devoid of the luxury of explanation-instead, it is defined by a basic flurry of action that we, as we blunder onwards, must try to synthesize into sense. ... This manifests itself in Hawthorne's choice of a narrator-an ambiguous, undefined force of dubious capabilities who behaves like an omniscient narrator, yet limits our perception to that of a solitary character at the most crucial of moments. ... His description of the seated judge at once affirms our suspicions and supplants them-the narrator notes ...

• Word Count: 1547
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

In a sense Huck accomplishes his Supreme Test by doing what he feels is morally right. ... Children have an innocent perception of the world around them, but as adults we realize the world is not black or white but various colors. ...

• Word Count: 1370
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• Grade Level: High School

In the book, the characters were more spirited, in the Victorian sense, lacking that exuberant, while the characters in the movie were just the opposite, as they were far more energetic and spirited in their portrayals of the character. ... It is an adaptation of the traditional mujra and is used to get across the satirical perception on the accomplishments given by the narrator in Austen's novel. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Later we see that Edna has gained a new sense of what it is like to be truly herself and liberated. ... Edna's independence also changes through the novel while experiences many perceptions based on her psychological attitudes. ...

• Word Count: 1575
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the novel The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender written by Marele Day, distinctive voices are created through the creation of voices depicted through various literary techniques. Distinctive voices can change our perceptions and views towards an individual. Composers develop distinctive voices wi...

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Wood goes further on to say, "there is no real sense of life and struggle, that problems just pop up and neatly fold back into the tidy pile they were in, as if not being there at all.... He voices his opinion that Beth's point of view is barely articulated and it leaves the reader with an incomplete perception of h...

• Word Count: 2059
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School