He had met up with Martha, slightly disgusted her with his confession of almost grabbing her and tying her up just to touch the knee that he lusts after all those times at war, decided against his urges once again and settled for the same picture that he had burned up once. ... Although on that final date "her eyes were gray and neutral," and her hand gave "no pressure in return," Jimmy states, "it doesn't matter, I love her" (29). ... He carried the basic supplies necessary for survival, a picture of his ex-girlfriend, and a flashlight. ... O"Brien tells the story as the author talks a...

• Word Count: 1691
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Since the "hollow men" possesses a "headpiece filled with straw" a picture of a scarecrow denied a brain is envisioned. ... Instead of just using adjectives Eliot includes an adjective and its direct opposite to paint a more vivid picture of the colorless and formless setting. ... The final portion of the poem begins lightheartedly, poking fun at lines from a child's nursery rhyme: Here we go round the prickly pear Prickly pear prickly pear Here we go round the prickly pear Although the real song focuses on a flourishing mulberry bush Eliot doesn't. ...

• Word Count: 1435
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

He opens the poem like a storyteller and "presents an idyllic picture of childhood on a farm, filled with vivid imagery which presents a child's view of the world" (Tremlett 150). ... However Thomas's views of childhood in the first stanzas are "contrasted in the final stanzas with the regret of the adult as he recalls the loss of the innocence and splendor of childhood" (Korg 93). ... Time is the enemy of everyone and the "final transition from the remembered glories of childhood to the reality of the adult world is irrevocable" (Korg 93). ... The final men that Thomas talks abou...

• Word Count: 1651
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

For example, in the final section of The Sound and the Fury, Dilsey draws solace and comfort from the church service. ... What we see is a picture of a woman who refuses to come under Christianity's system of sin and forgiveness: "people to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too" (176). ...

• Word Count: 1270
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"To Examine" or "Not to Examine"? That Is the Question The stories of Socrates and Ivan Ilych disclose two different attitudes towards the examined life, as well as two distinct ways of death. Socrates represents the notion that the "unexamined life is not worth living", thus, ...

• Word Count: 1628
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Not too many billboards have pictures of dead bodies, but the picture is important in this ad to show people the severity of racing a train. ... The final reason this ad is effective is because it contains ethos, which determines whether something has credibility. ...

• Word Count: 1820
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• Grade Level: High School

Tupac Shakur Many people believe Tupac Shakur was killed in a shooting that took place on Saturday the 7th of September 1996 after he left a boxing fight. Tupac Shakur was supposedly shot five times by a gang of people in a white cadillic, in the middle of Las Vegas and lived through the attack, he was then rushed to a hospital near by and later died. On Friday the 13th of September 1996 at 4:03am he was sadly pronounced dead. However I personally am not one of those people. I unswervingly believe he is still alive. ...

• Word Count: 2304
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School