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- 1341: The Pearl: Material Society, Material Thoughts
- ... base for their own destruction, and the destruction of society. Steinbeck's "The Pearl" is a study of man's self destruction through greed. Juana, the faithful wife of Kino, a paltry peasant man, had lived a spiritual life for what had seemed like as long as she could remember. When her son Coyito fell ill from the bite of a scorpion, she eagerly turned towards the spiritual aspects of life ... help. A hypocrathic oath is said before each medical student is granted a Doctors degree. In the oath they swear to aid the ill, and cure the injured. In the village of La Paz there lived a doctor who had earned his wealth by helping those that were ill and could afford his services. Not once in his long career would he have dared refuse to aid a wealthy lawyer or ...
- 1342: The House Of Seven Gables: Symbolism
- ... Colonel Pyncheon who had been cursed by Matthew Maule for the evil way in which the Colonel obtained the land for the house. The house has collected memories upon memories of the people who have lived there, beginning with its original owners the Colonel and Alice Pyncheon. This point of symbolism is argued by E. P. Whipple who thinks that the house's elaborate interior symbolizes the history of the Pyncheon ... gloomy and grim feel, that was left by the Colonel. However, it also possesses in some places "that delicate Alice, ‘the fragrance of whose rich and delightful character lingered about the place where she lived, as a dried rose-bud scents the drawer where it has withered and perished'" (Crowley 200). The houses rich history turns it into a very telling symbol of the Pyncheon family. The house can also ...
- 1343: Frank Lloyd Wright
- ... was so strong that it was visible in all of his work, and still lives on today. ...having a good start, not only do I fully intend to be the greatest architect who has yet lived, but fully intend to be the greatest architect who will ever live. Yes, I intend to be the greatest architect of all time. ( pg. 203) will forever be remembered as one of the greatest artists to have lived.
- 1344: Lassie
- ... be a quarter to four. " was always on time and was very faithful to Joe. Setting This story took place in two different countries Scotland And England. Scotland is where Joe Carraclough and his family lived and England is where The Duke of Rulding lived a very rich man who would do anything to buy Lassie. Introduction Lassie is a collie and the main character in this story he belongs to two families through out the book, the Carracloughs and ...
- 1345: Huckleberry Finn
- ... story. The reason for his happiness is that every one got what they wanted. Jim was freed in Mrs. Watson's will and Huck got to live life the way it was meant to be lived. He found out that life on the river wasn't everything he thought it was, he now realizes that being under the widow's care and going to school to learn how to read and ... these slaves received. Many people believed that this book shouldn't have been written. Why not? People were scared and they all knew that there way of life was corrupt and wrong but they have lived like that for so long how could the ever change?
- 1346: Athens Vs. Sparta
- ... on keeping the slaves (also known as serfs or heliots) from revolting becuase heliots vastly outnumbered Spartans. Citizens were taught to think alike to keep from fighting because this might encourage heliots to attack. Boys lived in barracks and had the same education. As well, drunken soldiers would make it easier for heliots to revolt so prohibition was practiced in Sparta. Family Life was almost nonexistent. Sparta resembled more an army ... to create unity, and women had more power, respect, and equality than Athenian women. In Athens there was a family life, but it was often separated by genders. In a wealthy family, husband and wife lived in almost different worlds. He was outdoors in the community with the other men. The wife stayed indoors with her daughters and other female relatives. Neither did housework or shopping. Slaves took care of that ...
- 1347: Dr. Jekyll And Mr Hyde
- ... presented a cheque signed by an important person, which they together cashed the next morning. Enfield states that he refers to the building as Black Mail House. Utterson asks Enfield if he ever asked who lived in the building, but Enfield explains that he doesn't ask questions about strange things: "the more it looks like Queer Street, the less I ask." The building appears lived in, and the two men carry on their walk. Enfield continues that the strange man he saw that night looked deformed, though he could explain how. Utterson assures Enfield that his story has caught his ...
- 1348: Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
- ... writing: a plea for humanity, for the end of caste, and of its cruelties (Allen 260). Twain, whose real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was born in Florida, Missouri, in 1835. During his childhood he lived in Hannibal, Missouri, a Mississippi river port that was to become a large influence on his future writing. It was Twain’s nature to write about where he lived, and his nature to criticize it if he felt it necessary. As far his structure, Kaplan said, In plotting a book his structural sense was weak; intoxicated by a hunch, he seldom saw far ahead ...
- 1349: Hobbit: Summary
- ... ran ahead and Bilbo was lost behind them. Bilbo found an underwater lake and a ring on an island in the lake. He found out that the ring made him invisible. In the lake also lived a creature named Gollum. Gollum was a creature that ate other people. Gollum approached Bilbo and Bilbo told him he desired to find a way out. They then played a riddle game and if Bilbo won, he lived and if he lost, he would die. Bilbo won the riddle game but Gollum still wanted to eat him, But then Bilbo accidentally slipped the ring on his finger and became invisible, so he escaped ...
- 1350: "The Hobbit"
- Bilbo Baggins was a hobbit. Now, what is a hobbit, you ask? Well, "Hobbits are little people, smaller than" dwarves. They love peace and quiet and good tilled earth." A respectable race, hobbits lived for serenity. Bilbo himself enjoyed sitting outside, smoking his wooden pipe. Now if a dilemma hadn't reared its ugly hear, Baggins would probably still be at his house, his worst fear only dealing with ... However, more disaster was on the way. Raiding Goblins and evil wolves known as Wargs also attacked. In the end, the races teamed up to fight the menace, and drive off the goblins. Bilbo himself lived throughout the battle along with ten of the dwarves, and Gandalf. Returning home, after the wealth was split evenly, Bilbo had reflected on his journey, and considered that greed of wealth was a terrible thing ...
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