Will Behan Critical lens for The Crucible Edmund Burke once stated “No passion so effectively robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear”. In other words fear of anything especially what a person does not know or understand can cripple one’s mind very effectively and with a large magnitude. A person would only need to recall the last time they were afraid of something they didn’t understand or when they didn’t know what to do to stop something from happening and reflect upon
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of Knowledge Knowledge plays an important part in human life‚ and is crucial to human development. The book The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham‚ and the Holocaust in WW2 proves this idea. The Midwich Cuckoos is a tale about how a small town in England named Midwich‚ was invaded by alien babies who took over the female inhabitants’ wombs. The alien babies were later named the Children. It forced the Midwich population into facing
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Katherine Kennedy Huck Finn Critical Lens Essay Antoine de Saint-Exupéry stated‚ “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly”. He implies that humans understand and comprehend the world by different means and rely on different sources to provide the truth. People use their senses‚ reasoning‚ emotion‚ and what others have taught them. However‚ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry expressed that in order to understand something for what it is truly
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Celie had to grow up being beaten by these men and acting like their slave‚ she decided that she hated men. Instead she liked Shug‚ a famous singer‚ and they became really great friends. Shug helped her get away from Mr.____. This connects to the lens because at first Celie was not strong at all‚ but when she went with Shug to Tennessee‚ she gained confidence and started her own business sewing pants. Throughout the book‚ there has also been a theme of sexism. When Celie is living with Mr.____
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Where do the motives in characters from “Frankenstein” and “One flew over the cuckoo’s nest” originate and and what role do these motives play in defining the fate of a character? Motivation is a key driving force in most human beings and lies hidden to be discovered behind every action. Authors makes characters interesting to the reader by inviting us to discover these motives‚ and to trace the events that led to the motivation that inevitably led to the rise or fall of a character. I
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REBELLION VS. CONFORMITY If one believed only in laws or rules that applied to evil‚ selfish‚ violent and mala in se crimes and followed only the laws that were for the protection of others‚ he would still be a criminal. Because he did not conform to some laws that were unjust‚ even if he hadn’t ever hurt a soul‚ he might be called a non-conformist at best‚ as well as a criminal. If one believed that some of the laws were unjust but mostly that the system itself acted unjustly and unfairly‚
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Winnie Chow 9/14/11 Critical Lens Essay L.M. Montgomery once said‚ "... we pay a price for everything we get or take in this world..." In other words‚ there are consequences that we receive for everything we take in this society. This quote is especially true and best exemplified by two works of literature‚ "Forgive My Guilt" by Robert P. Tristram Coffin and "After Twenty Years" by O. Henry. The use of literary elements such as metaphor and irony further illustrate the validity of the
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to their own. Both Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert lee‚ and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury support the idea that in order to benefit ourselves‚ one must take the time to listen to what everyone has to say before jumping to a conclusion that he/she is correct. The novel Fahrenheit 451 demonstrates how people can influence one another into believing the same “theory.” This is shown all throughout this book because the main character Guy Montag who is a firefighter burns books as a
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Literature is a form of art in which words are skillfully composed by writers to convey meaning. As we know‚ words have the power to alter one’s emotions and they can sometimes result in making us feel that our lives are incomplete. The novel The Fault in Our Stars by John Green is no exception to this because the story leaves a deep impression on the reader. In the story‚ there is a novel which deeply resonates with both Hazel and Augustus because it reassures them that they are not alone in their
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One example how Lennie does not understand his actions is when he went beyond petting soft things‚ and killed a women. This murder gave Lennie serious consequences and George gives him one last retelling of their dream of owning their own land. In Speak by Laurie Hales Anderson the protagonist‚ Melinda is a prisoner of her own
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