Papers 1871-1880 of total 6291 found.
Category: /Literature/English
…of a nation, tribe or a human race. This usually consists of an adventure filled plot and is concerned with timeless human problems such as honour, jealousy, war and hatred. These contain gods and goddesses and the setting is fixed in a far distant place at a time…
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Category: /Literature/English
…its tributaries. It seems that Conrad added this as a significant part of the story. It seems as if the river itself was the only source of good and life in the jungle. The setting of these adventurous and moral quests is the great jungle. As a symbol…
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Category: /Literature/English
…different things. She is a very romantic, imaginative thinker who subconsciously longs for adventure. She wants to see these ghosts so badly that she, in her minds eye makes out her own reflections to be just that. This is a very good example of psychological…
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Category: /History
…being moved do to their fear of losing friends or opportunities, but often there is almost a sense of adventure involved. Seeing new places meeting new people and finding a new place to live. There is a constant struggle in the American character…
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Category: /Literature/Novels
…Point of View Essay In the short story "Through the tunnel", Doris Lessing describes the adventure of Jerry, a young English boy trying to swim through an underwater tunnel. Throughout the story, the author uses the third person omniscient point…
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Category: /Literature/Novels
…idealism of adventure and spirit with light. He does this as Marlow is reminiscing about his childhood and says “[I would] lose myself in all the glories of exploration” (348). No longer a boy, Marlow discovers “a white patch for a boy to dream gloriously over…
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Category: /Literature/Novels
…The Dreams of Alice Many people have argued that hallucinogenic drugs influenced Lewis Carroll's novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. However, upon closer observation, the story more closely resembles the experiences people have while dreaming…
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Category: /Literature/English
…of the environment did not help the man succeed in his adventure. It seemed that everything the man did right; nature had a way of getting back at him. For example, the man was always careful about walking over frozen springs. He tried to always make the dog go first…
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Category: /Literature/Novels
…. Shortly after Outside magazine published Krakauer’s article entitled “Death of An Innocent” in 1993, his immense personal aspirations lead him to the scrutiny of McCandless’s adventure. Krakauer’s deep interest about the circumstances surrounding McCandless's…
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Category: /Literature/English
…is setting out her husband’s clothes and making herself pretty for their dinner date. Nevertheless, Elisa is a very frustrated woman. She dreams of living a life more spontaneous and adventurous then the predictable and boring life she now has. When…
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