In the movie Dead Poet's Society, dominating parents, especially fathers make negative impacts on their son's development during adolescence. In the film, Dead Poet's Society, Neil Perry would have never committed suicide if his dominating father would have sat down and chatted about what Neil wanted and what they could do to compromise. ... In Dead Poet's Society, Todd Anderson's unaffectionate father who was never supportive and never cared about his intentions made him fell helpless, isolated, shy and embarrassed. ... He never speaks in class and will not even read...

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Her father was a mess and told her that he thinks her mom is dead. ... "What do you mean you think she's dead"? He said he didn't know and was a coward, and made his own daughter see if his wife was dead or not. The wife ended up being dead, which was caused by suicide, I think. ... I couldn't even describe or think of how it would feel to find one of my loved ones dead. ...

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Her father was a mess and told her that he thinks her mom is dead. ... "What do you mean you think she's dead"? He said he didn't know and was a coward, and made his own daughter see if his wife was dead or not. The wife ended up being dead, which was caused by suicide, I think. ... I couldn't even describe or think of how it would feel to find one of my loved ones dead. ...

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It signifies true life and the living of it, as well as a sense of freedom, of release, and touches the lives of all the main characters in the book, as it is a part of the Deads family history. ... Throughout his life, because of this, he achieves, at least spiritually, his namesake; he is dead to life. ... And the dead you kill is yours. ... Hagar was dead and he had not loved her one bit." ... He realizes that if one does not take these risks to live, then he is already dead. ...

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Willie used to make money when he was younger and had it together, now he relizes that he has no money, he is not making any money, and that he is worth more dead than alive. ... The title not only symbolizes Willy's death but him losing his mind and almost being dead before he was really dead. ...

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Lincoln's Heaven was just that for Macon Dead, Milkman's father. ... Shalimar represents Macon Dead Sr., Milkman's grandfather, or Jake. ... Foster's grandson, not Macon Dead's son, not even "Milkman". ...

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Auntie Lindo was to conduct a letter with Auntie Ying and Auntie An-Mei as a response to the twins' letter but they Auntie's couldn't bring themselves to tell the twins that their mother was dead. ... She was bound to find them whether she was dead or alive. 9. ... In essence, Suyuan is not dead because inside Jing-Mei, Chwun Yu, and Chwun Hwa a part of her lives on. 11. ... The last line in the story has Jing-Mei saying, in other words, the her mother will never been dead because her 3 daughters are living creations of herself. ...

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The hospital smelled like it was full of dead people and it looked very old with this pale turquoise that was on every wall and dark green doors to every room. ... On the way, we passed an open door that had a dead body inside on a flat bed made of metal. ... It smelled rotten, as if there was something dead in there. ...

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For example, when Sam wakes up one day on the Abrolhos islands smelling his dead father right beside him, he knows that there are spiritual forces at work and yet he cannot tell "which way the shadow's fallen". Thus, he goes to work as normal, thinking "today wasn't his day to be worried", and is "dead wrong", losing the fingers of his hand. ... When Fish drowns and is apparently raised from the dead, the fact that their miracle turns sour as Fish is now mentally retarded causes them to lose their faith in God, as Oriel blames God for the tragedy. ...

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Another example of this is in line 919, where Oedipus says, "Kill my own father; but he is dead and buried, and I am here "I never touched him never."" Yes, his father is dead and buried, but not Polybos, Laios, and it was his touch that put him there. ... It is also ironic that Oedipus be "enthroned in the place of the dead king,"" as in line 713, by saving the city and coincidentally, by inheritance. ...

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She dresses in her Sunday best, "In case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once that she was a lady" (258). ... In the story, the grandmother has dressed herself up to look her best in case she is to be found dead. ...

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Even though Berniece's husband has been dead for three years, she is still not ready to commit to neither another long-term relationship nor marriage. This lack of commitment can be seen in the following passage from Berniece: "I know how long Crawley's been dead. ...

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It was the same case with Him as with me except He hadn't committed any crime and they could prove I had committed one because they had papers on me. " His resolution towards the end of the story was that: "Jesus was the only One that ever raised the dead, and He shouldn't have done it. ... No pleasure but meanness. " The Grandmother attempts save herself one last time by saying "Maybe He didn't raise the dead, " but the Misfit had already made up his mind to kill her. ... For instance, the Grandmother pinned a purple spray of cloth violets containing a sachet to her clothes so...

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Sebold breaks the news to the parents that Susie is dead by having the police mention that there was too much blood for her to have survived. ... Later on in the book we are shown an excerpt from Adora's diary after she killed her daughter – 'Marian is dead. ... Jack refuses at first to accept that Susie might be dead – when he says 'nothing is ever certain', reiterating what he was first told by the police. ...

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Davey: Do you think he's dead Donny? ... Donny picks up the limp dead cat. ... This was due to a build-up of layers the audience is exposed to bit by bit, similar to that of lieutenant of Inishmore of the layers of violence being built up to the purging, ferocious, blood bath that unfolds towards to the climactic high point when we discover Wee Thomas was never dead. ...

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O'Connor was upset with critics who were determined to count the dead bodies: "And in this story you should be on the lookout for such things as the action of grace in the Grandmother's soul, and not for the dead bodies." ... This fine story, one of O'Connor's best, derives much of its power from the anger and vengeance it expresses And that pile of dead bodies cannot be canceled out when the grandmother touches the Misfit. ...

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He said I would stay forever. Forever wouldn't be very long. I promised it wouldn't be very long. The room was bleak but for a single light fixture on the farthest corner. It's pale light illuminating only a small section, leaving everything else in murk. Fingers of shadow clawed silently aroun...

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Louis L"Amour was born on March 22, 1908, in Jamestown, North Dakota. His father, Louis Charles, was a veterinarian and farm machinery salesman and was also involved in local politics. Charles served as alderman of Jamestown's largest ward for many years as well as deputy sheriff, but he lost his ...

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This impression of the leading character is strengthened by the first appearance of his dead brother, Ben. ... He converses with both men in the same way, making no distinction between his long dead brother and his very real friend. ...

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But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. ... It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. ...

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Before I go to bed, I check every lock in house. I make sure my children are in bed and a light is left on, just in case. When I wake up in the morning, I'm even more vigilant as I walk down the hall to check my home once again before leaving for work. I bring this sense of caution with me wherever ...

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Within the novel she's come undone, the main character Dolores Price struggles with reality and tries to understand her life. All the people Dolores loved, either abandoned her, died, or betray her. Her father abandoned her when she was still young and her boyfriend Dante had abandoned her when she ...

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I woke up Saturday morning and he was gone. I heard loud stomping in the hallway going towards my grandparents room. Then the stomping stopped and the screaming began. "No! Dad! Wake up!" I already knew what had happened. My grandpa was dead. I threw off my blanket and opened my door. I couldn't bea...

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Imagine. Imagine sitting in a cold, dark room. The low lights of the hospital ceiling flicker and that stale scent that you've always hated is now what you're used to living with. Imagine knowing that you're completely helpless; no one can save you. Imagine seeing your whole family in tears as they ...

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From this phone call they are left with the impression that their child is dead. ... She arrives alone and is beaten and told to talk some sense into her husband and deliver the money or else her son is as good as dead. ...

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