Written by Arthur Miller‚ the Crucible is a reading filled with many significant and important quotes. One excerpt expresses the hidden dishonesty and deceit within the Puritan society. It says‚ “There are wheels within wheels in this village‚ and fires within fires” (28). At this part in the play‚ Mrs. Anne Putnam is having a dispute with Rebecca Nurse over the reasoning for her many miscarriages. Unlike Mrs. Putnam‚ Rebecca has been granted with plenty of children making her quite envious over
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Right? You don’t think them fish just die when it gets to be winter‚ do ya?” “No‚ but—“ “You’re goddam right they don’t‚” Horwitz said‚ and then drove off like a bat out of hell. pg. 109 – The conversation between Holden and the Taxi driver – This quote is important because it is one of the first persons to tell Holden what he is doing wrong and point out his immaturity in a sense. * “I took their check off them‚ but they wouldn’t let me pay it. The one with the glassed made me give it back to
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Matrix C/ART Essay “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” As Karim Seddiki once said‚ such a simple quote displayed a deep understanding of how self-doubt can have a big influence on you in the long term. When an individual has a lack of confidence in their ability to pursue a certain wish‚ their journey towards self-discovery can be more challenging and less commendable in the end. In the Wachowskis film: The Matrix‚ Neo was faced with many difficult decisions whether to undertake
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Quote 1: “No.1 has faith in himself‚ tough‚ slow sullen and unshakable. Mine has worn thin in the last few years... The fact is: I no longer believe in my infallibility. That is what I am lost.” (Page 101‚ Paragraph 2) This quote in an excerpt from Rubashov’s diary in which he reflects on his identity after being a week in prison. Rubashov’s struggle with his own identity is clearly elucidated in this passage through his feelings of hopelessness and loss. For instance‚ Rubashov describes his faith
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the plane all by himself even when he didn’t even know where he was going. Brian is also a survivor. What I mean by a survivor is that on page 12 the novel states that ¨Brian was alone. In the roaring plane with no pilot he was alone. Alone.¨ That quote meant that Brian was basically in the plane alone and flying the plane alone with no one to guide him or tell him what to do or how to fly a plane. When Brian is in the plane by himself he picks up a mike. On page 20 the novel states that ¨After half
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1. April 8 We think and name in one world‚ we live and feel in another. -Marcell Proust Through this quote‚ Marcell suggests that reason and emotion are two separated and unconnected ways of knowing. He does this though the metaphor which suggests the difference between reason and emotion is like two different worlds. It is assumed that the world in which thinking and naming is done is the world of reason and the world in which one lives and feels is the world of emotion. The first way in which
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Christopher Reeve once said “A hero is an ordinary individual who find strength to preserve and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” This quote shows that anyone can be a hero as long as they want to help. Heroes always jump into action when they are needed‚ they show courage when others are in need‚ a hero is never afraid to help others in need. When others are in need heroes are there to jump into action in order to fix the problem. Harriet Tubman helped slaves escape even though she
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following quote: “To be free‚ a man must be free of his brothers.” How does this quotes exemplify a theme of Anthem.” “Anthem” by Ayn Rand is about Equality 7-2125 in a society with all of his brother. In this society they live for their brothers and nobody else Equality is not like his brothers‚ he likes to have options and he likes preference but in his society that is a sin. When Equality 7-2125 experiments with light will he stay or will his brothers hold him back. This quote exemplifies
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To me this quote represents how Claudia anticipates the events that the book will give us the reader’s attention to‚ most notably Pecola’s pregnancy. She remembers that she and Frieda pointed fingers at each other for failing to grow the plants one summer‚ but now she thinks if the earth itself was a danger to them‚ a more radical possibility. I believe this quote represents the levels of Pecola’s desire‚ she does not want blue eyes because they apply to the standards the whites have applied‚ but
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