Charlie
returns to New York because he is frustrated and little overwhelmed by the awarenesses and
understandings effected by his increased intelligence. As his IQ rises, he recovers lost
memories from his childhood, and he finds that his growing relationship with Alice...
Saturday, May 3, 2014
In Flowers For Algernon, why does Charlie move to New York? Was he sad or depressed?
How does Holden describe his relationship with children in The Catcher in the Rye?
Caulfields relationship with younger children is central to and explains
the title. As a teenager, Holden is often uncomfortable and is highly conscious of his position
between childhood and adulthood. He seems to have been delayed in maturing by the trauma he has
suffered because of his younger brothers death. Holden wants to protect his younger sister, ,
both because he deeply loves her and because he feels he failed their brother, . More generally,
Holden wishes he could protect all children.
When he leaves school and comes
home to New York, in a conversation with Phoebe, the brother struggles to explain these
protective urges to her. Holden has recurring vision of himself as a savior, which could be
called a messiah complex. This vision includes standing on the edge of a precipice, where the
children are in danger of falling off. Holden incorrectly recalls the works to an old Scottish
song, Comin through the Rye, which is about an encounter between two people or bodies.
Instead of meet, he has substituted catch, rendering the lyric, if a body catch a body.
Holden dearly wishes to be the person who can catch the other bodies, who are the children about
to go over the cliff: he wishes he could be the catcher in the rye.
Friday, May 2, 2014
1.What are 3 solutions to erosion? 2. What are 3 solutions to endangered species? 3. What are 3 solutions to non-renewable resources?
What are 3
solutions to erosion?
€“ Plant trees or other vegetation with extended root systems to
stabilize slopes.
€“ Stop clear cutting forests.
€“ Dont build houses or
roads in erosion-prone areas as the act of...
In Macbeth, Lady Macbeth advises her husband to Look like the innocent flower, / But be the serpent under it (I.V.66-67). Write a paragraph...
This powerful quote
summarises an important theme in this : appearances vs. reality, and how characters are often
taken in by appearances and therefore ignore the true reality of other characters and
situations. Consider for examplescene 6, whenarrives at the 's castle and makes the following
comment:
This castle hath a pleasant seat; the
air
Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself
Unto our gentle senses.
This comment is deliberately ironic for a number of reasons.
Firstly, Shakespeare juxtaposes Duncan's comments with the end of Act I scene 5, when Ladyand
Macbeth are discussing how to kill Duncan. That Duncan describes the place where he will be
eventually killed as "pleasant" is a perfect example of how the castle of the Macbeths
appears like the "innocent flower" whilst in reality being the serpent that will end
in Duncan's death. This remark of Duncan's is further ironic because of the way in which he has
shown himself to be such a bad judge of character. Note the following comment Duncan makes in
Act I scene 4 about the former Thane of Cawdor who betrayed him and has now been
executed:
There's no art
To find the mind's
construction in the face:
He was a gentleman on whom I built
An absolute
trust.
Duncan's failing is his willingness to trust
characters, such as Macbeth, who then later go on to betray him. Duncan's own failings and the
way in which both the Macbeth's play the role of benificent loyal hosts whilst secretly plotting
to kill him are therefore a major example of the quotesays.
Why is Nick Carraway made the narrator of "The Great Gatsby"?
is the
narrator for several reasons, but the chief reason is his subjective and sympathetic view of .
In Carraway's lyrical hands and romantic eyes, Gatsby becomes greater than just a vulgar,
pretentious grifter and con man in a pink suit who aims too high and loses his life as a
consequence.
It is important who tells your story, and in Carraway's telling
Gatsby becomes no less than a symbol of the American Dream. To Fitzgerald, the American Dream is
the recurring hope of his European ancestors that they could remake the past. They could, they
thought, come to this green,...
Thursday, May 1, 2014
What is the tone of Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum"?
's "
" is one of his many Gothic short stories. As with most American Gothic literature, the
tone (or mood) of the story is one of the primary elements that make it Gothic. In this story,
prisoner of war is in a torture chamber. Due to the first person point-of-view, the
audience...
How does Wiesel position the reader to see that in spite of extreme inhumanity, there is also humanity in the world?
includes numerous
individuals who help each other through their darkest hours. Although the youngloses his faith
while imprisoned, he helps his fellow prisoners and receives assistance from them. He is
particularly concerned about his father, as they are together in Auschwitz; having his last
remaining family member to be concerned about keeps going. Writing in the first person, the
adult Elie as an author helps the reader feel the immediacy of an individual experience and
connect them to the reality of an almost unimaginable situation. Wiesel goes out of his way to
bring up specific occasions when people were kind to each other. One example occurs after Idek,
the deranged Kapo, has beaten him ferociously. A French girl that Elie barely knows approaches
him.
I ached all over. I felt a cool hand wiping my
blood-stained forehead. It was the French girl. She gave me her mournful smile and slipped a bit
of bread into my hand. She looked into my eyes. I felt that she wanted to say something but was
choked by fear. For a long moment she stayed like that, then her face cleared and she said to me
in almost perfect German:Bite your lip, little brother . . . Dont cry.
Keep your anger and hatred for another day, for later on. The day will come, but not now. . . .
Wait. Grit your teeth and wait.
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