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... coat that Billy Pilgrim got had been crumpled and frozen in such a way, and was so small, that it appeared to be not a coat but a sort of large black, three-cornered hat. There were gummy stains on it, too, like crankcase drainings or old strawberry jam. There seemed to be a dead, furry animal frozen to it. The animal was infact the coat’s fur collar.” (Vonnegut, p.81- 82) Another example of satire in WWII is when Billy and the other American prisoners are to stay in empty slaughterhouses. Billy and Edgar Derby, a 44 year old American private were going to the communal kitchen for supper the first night they arrived at their slaughterhouse. Billy, now in his 20’s and Edgar in his 40’s ...

... with his marriage love was extinct and nowhere to be seen. His life had died, when his wife Mildred pulled the alarm and had told the firemen that Montag had books. To Montag, the books was like a sweet piece of candy. He did not know why he liked them, but he always wanted more. But when Captain Beatty forced Montag to burn his own house, Montag's soul had died, but then resurrected. His life which was suppose to be happy was burning right in front of his eyes. How ironic, that Montag was a fireman himself but like the phoenix, Montag rose from his own ashes. Montag was now reborn, because he knew his life was wrong, and that the world was wrong. He did not know why it was wrong, ...

... propensity to her cousin, Mattie, because she brought a bright light upon his dismal day. He seemed to have found someone that cared for him, was always happy and could share his youth, unlike his sickly wife who always nagged him. He longed to be with Mattie, however he had loyalty to his wife. Being married to the wrong person proved to be Ethan's first failure. Ethan's second failure was not being able to stand up against his wife. His wife claimed that a new doctor said that she was extremely sick, and needed more help around the house. She told him without any discussion that Mattie had to go. Ethan could not find the words to make her alter her decision. His wife also decided that ...

... he may be experiencing is not accounted for. This is not the behavior one would expect from someone who had just accidentally killed someone else. On trial Billy has this to say for his actions: "I did not mean to kill him. But he foully lied to my face and in the presence of my captain, and I had to say something, and I could only say it with a blow, God help me!" This statement illustrates Billy's emotional response to his crime; He shirks the full weight of his action by pointing to his accidental nature. Billy is sorry that Claggart was killed, but he states the utterance as a response without truly feeling apologetic. This statement is a plea to save himself more that a eulogy to ...

... house that he hopes will merit her approval. The parties that he throws every night in hopes that she will come become almost famous for their extravagance and the variety of people that come. A result of this is that Gatsby creates an illusion around himself, also. His past is shrouded in mystery and speculation: some favorites of the party-goers' theories on why he is so free and generous with his resources are that he once killed a man and that he was a German spy during the war. He does nothing to discourage these rumours; rather, he often adds to them. He lets people believe that he was an Oxford man and that his money was inherited from his father, when in fact he only attended ...

... serve God and his fellow man, but he is materialistic and petty.Instead Paris is also a selfcentered and greedy " don't a minister deserve a house to live in"(30) Lastly, Abigail wants revenge on Elizabeth Proctor. In Act one, for example Betty tells Abigsil " you drank a charm to kill John Proctors wife" (19). Also Abby displanp her revenge on Elizabeth by making a puppet. Marry makes a puppet while in court and she sticks a niddle in the doll. Marry gives the doll to Elizabeth as a gift, and then one evening at dinner Abby sits down to eat ang drops to the floor, and cries of pain in her belly. She say's " it fell's like a niddle poking me and it's Elizabeth whose doing it" but Abby realy ...

... body. . . The map Galapas showed me was a copy from a book by Ptolemy of Alexandria." (The Crystal Cave, Pgs. 59-60) Galapas also helps Merlin to put the meanings of his periodic visions of the future and of events far away into action. "'Go? But if I go back, they'll kill me, or shut me up. . . Won't they?'. . . 'You can no more be hidden now, than your merlin could go back into its egg." (The Crystal Cave, Pg. 100) At the end of Merlin's adventures with Ambrosius, his father and Emperor, he returns to the Crystal Cave to seek out Galapas. Nearby the cave, in a patch of grass, Galapas' bones are scattered about in the dirt. Merlin lays his bones down to rest in the proper fashion ...

... the narrator's idea of what and to what point Jim Burden remembers. Miller also states that the novel "lacks focus and abounds in irrelevancies." (Wells 1) This is due to the fact that Cather didn't provide and consistent character portrayal throughout her novel. Another critic, Kim Wells, asserts Miller's opinion on the novel. Because as he states the novel has many "variations from a theme." (Wells 1) For instance the section about the hired girls and also the part when Peter and Pavel, two lonesome Russian Settlers, tell Jim and Antonia a tragic tale that horrifies and fascinates the children. This tale was about when Peter and Pavel drove a sled with a bridal couple across dark, s ...

... She wears white wings on her face so that no one can see her and the only way she can see out is by sneaking short peeks at the outside world. In both of these books, 1984 and The Handmaid’s Tale, the main characters know that the controlled lifestyle that they are living is wrong. At the beginning, they think that this is the way they have to live, and accept things the way they are. As we read further into the books, we soon realize that the characters want to make a difference and change their lives. Both take small steps towards this, and it seems like they both start rebelling against authority. In 1984, Winston is always being watched by the telescreens and therefore has no freed ...

... that he says. At the end of the story when Edward gets his thrown back, he remembers the poor people in Tom's town and gives money and food to them. 4. Describe briefly two dramatic scenes that would make good material for a preview, if a movie were made of this book. The first scene would be when Miles Hendon, Edward's best friend fights all the people who were attacking Edward when he is the pauper. Second, is when Miles fights for Edward's thrown back. Then when Edward fights the people of Miles' kingdom for Miles to get his thrown back. 5. What situation aroused your greatest feeling of suspense, and what was the final outcome? The situation that aroused my greatest feeling o ...