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    One way that Pip matures is how he changes his views on brother-in-law‚ Joe. In the second chapter of Great Expectations‚ Pip sees Joe‚ “as a larger species of child‚ and as no more than [his] equal” (Dickens 7). This shows that Pip sees Joe as his equal‚ meaning that he respects Joe‚ but as another child. Pip seeing Joe this way means that Joe isn’t that much of a superior figure around the house‚ it’s mostly Mrs. Joe making the decisions and disciplining Pip. Later on in the book‚ Pip was‚ “afraid

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    ‘The Great Gatsby‚’ Fitzgerald frequently demonstrates how isolated his strongest characters are by the world around them through a variety of techniques. Both Nick and Gatsby are presented as being alienated from the world in some way and‚ as suggested by William Troy‚ both characters represent two forces in Fitzgerald’s own life – “’intelligent and responsible’ vs. ‘dream ridden romantic.’” He uses symbolism frequently throughout the novel to suggest that this split autobiographical portrayal of

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    but the difference is that she can be used very easily given that she cannot act upon her own desires. She is either being controlled by either her father or Hamlet‚ and once they both leave‚ she can easily slip into madness given that she does not know how to control her own life. The men in her life have coerced her into being their little puppet so they can get what they want and not have to suffer the emotional or mental oppression Ophelia has

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    Harper lee has presented racism in the novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by describing how blacks live and are treated harshly. The court case of Tom Robinson‚ which is the main part of the story is a metaphor that Harper Lee has created of the situation in the 1960 ’s. Things were not stable at the time and Tom ’s case is just one example of the racial discrimination the blacks were facing during this time. The racial tension in the 1930s was so serious that even when blacks did do well‚ they were

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    Discuss how dickens uses “A Christmas Carol‚” and the character of scrooge to promote a more caring‚ less selfish society. In the 19th century‚ the poor people faced a very atrocious and frightful life in London. They starved if they had no jobs and had nowhere to live except for streets which were filthy and filled with crime. There was a poor law‚ as there weren’t even state benefits and if someone couldn’t pay the rent for the room they were given to stay in they were moved to union workhouses

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    Golding suggests‚ through the characters and events of this novel that acting civilised is a custom that is adopted by society‚ however he also suggests that civilisation itself may not be as strong as some would like to think. At first‚ we see Golding present civilisation as something that binds all the boys to a sense of right and wrong. In chapter one the first thing Ralph and Piggy suggest is "we should have a meeting". That this comes to Ralph so instinctively suggests that they are used

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    away by paying money‚ I certainly would have paid money” (198). The fact that Pip would rather pay money than see the man that practically raised him shows how blinded he has become by his social ranking. Later when Joe arrives at Pip’s apartment he is extremely uncomfortable and keeps calling Pip “sir” and pip responds by saying “‘Joe’ … ‘How can you call me sir’” (203) Pip has gone from Joe’s partner in crime against Mrs. Joe to someone who Joe is uncomfortable around and can’t even look in the

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    Introduction section of Curley’s wife She is newly married to Curley. Curley’s has no name on this novel because she wants recognition‚ attention‚ her own identity‚ and her own life. To emphasise how she has none of these things‚ Steinbeck doesn’t even give her a name. She is just someone’s “wife”. This shows that there is no identity of her own. Without him she would be nothing. She is young‚ pretty‚ wears attractive clothes and locks her hair. She seems flirtatious and is always hanging around

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    The tension that Steinbeck creates in chapter six is very prominent; there are moments of peace and moments of despair. The first case in which Steinbeck creates tension is at the very beginning of the first chapter where the reader can hear peace. It is only after reading chapter six that the reader on hindsight can compare the peacefulness in the first chapter to the tension in the last chapter‚ this creates tension as the reader is now well aware that one of Steinbeck’s narrative techniques is

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    mildly or that which contains no nicotine. The following are the various strength levels of nicotine present in the eLiquid in the market: • 0 mg is no nicotine‚ • 6 mg is low density nicotine‚ • 12 mg is medium density nicotine‚ • 18 mg

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