... to submit to...Alexander the Large... but both were very drunken and could not feel much... they were creeching.. as they put their platties [clothes] on..."(Burgess 46). Another part essential part of the violence in this book was the constant fighting. Alex got into many fights, with his ... platties all razrezzed real horrorshow," is translated into "smiling guys viciously assaulting a young woman who was screaming while lying in her own blood, her clothes beautifully torn up," the masked violence becomes naked. Language both disguises and reveals. Its significance goes well beyond an ...

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... I think he seems to be a good guy that does most things right. Cares about his cousin. Tom: I think he is a rich stuck-up snob! Daisy: I think she is a very torn women. I don't think she knows just exactly what it is she wants in life. Jordan: I think she isn't the greatest person because she is a compulsive liar. Gatsby: I think he is ... the place and they don't clean up after them. So their entire house smells like dog and cat pee. Her room is just a pig-stye. She has clothes all over the place. I don't see how she knows when her clothes are dirty and when they are clean. Since their h...

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... what the people that you hang out with wear. I wear a lot of "Preppy" clothes and almost all my friends wear the same. I try hard in school and usually get good grades, as do my friends. One of my friends wears loose, old, torn clothes to school. He drove a new Passat so we all knew he could afford new ... clothes, he did not try in school and just from looking at him my mom knew this. In every school there are separate ... the chances of you getting a job selling anything to anyone is very unlikely. This is why when you go for job interviews you are supposed to wear clothes that are im...

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... in her red red krovvy, her platties all razrezzed real horrorshow," is translated into "smiling guys viciously assaulting a young woman who was screaming while lying in her own blood, her clothes beautifully torn up," the masked violence becomes naked. Language both disguises and reveals. Its significance goes well beyond an external and superficial effect (Olsen 115). When the mask is removed, or ... torn off rather, one is, "Drawn into Alex's language, the reader enters his world of images and values, where there is no word for pity or compassion-(Olsen 115). Here, the ... elders of...

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... improved steadily. People benefited from a period of expansion and development in industry and trade. Money was now available for consumer goods and fashionable clothes at all price levels (Harris 136). At this time women wanted glamour and elegance because they were without it for so long. Full-skirted ... and jeweled dresses with pinched waists and flared over padded shoulder pads. Another big influence on fashion during the 1980's was exercise. Exercise clothes became bright and worn casually. Lycra and spandex was a popular material, usually colored in brilliant greens and pinks. Peo...

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... weather. Another concern for the men in the military was food and clothing. During the Civil War there was a lack of clothing available to the soldiers. When soldiers clothes would get wet, torn, or dirty they would have to continue wearing them. Sometimes the men would have to pack enough food to last them several days when marching. Food was scarce, and ... other misfortunes. Each night I have a dry, warm bed to sleep in for as long as I choose. I also have access to, or am provided with food each day, and I have clean clothes available whenever I need them. By fighting in war all of ...

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... school. Suddenly he was not noticed to the same great extent, as he was at home - a new experience for him. Some boys made fun of him: the perfection of his clothes and his, according to them, girlish will to keep clean, was enough. But one day he could not bear it anymore. He challenged the pests" leader and won the fight ... her shoulder, and then she saw that the next booth had been vacated. There was a cocktail glass and a dollar bill on the table, and a paper napkin which had been carefully torn into a delicate lacework web." Page 163. When I read this, I did not think about what i...

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... , the then India. The famine of early '50's is the direct outcome of their war and negligence of India. Scarcity of daily commodities, clothes pushed the common people of this region towards the endless miseries. The scarcity of clothes was such that many women of village were confined to their home and could not go out as they had no clothing to ... they had nothing to cook and to feed their sons and daughters the sufferings of those mother is best illustrated by T.S Eliot in his Waste Land, a living portrait of war-torn Europe, where the poet says: "What is that sound in the air/ Murmu...

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... at Auschwitz began, and was completed the following year. This was the final solution to the "Jewish Question". (Rogasky 53) The arrival at the concentration camp was horrible, families were torn apart and people were screaming at the loss of their children. They were herded to the end of the train platform (all of the Jews were brought on trains); they ... encouragement. After the entrance the people were taken to unheated rooms and told to undress. Their bags and bundles had been taken from them on the arrivals platform. Now their clothes were taken away as well. Dresses, suits, jacke...

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... or extremely scared and is trying to get away. There is a cloth hanging from in between the arm of the man and woman's buttocks. It looks as though her clothes were torn off of her because she is nude. The horse's body is somewhat in a spooked position with its two back legs grounded and two front legs up in the air. Its ... Cantor Sculpture Gallery. This painting is oil on paper laid on canvas and originated in France in 1865. The main characters in this painting are nude women bathing and washing clothes in the river. Men are seen in the background fishing and building a dock or a bri...

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... thunder sound of the avalanche or the cracking, reverberated along the mountains, of the accumulated ice, which, through the silent working of immutable laws, was ever and anon rent and torn, as if it had been but a plaything in their hands." Shelley's use of "big-sounding" words like "vast" and "imperial" give a sense of vision to the reader, and her use ... when I awoke; I felt cold also, and half frightened, as it were, instinctively, finding myself so desolate. Before I had quitted your apartment, on a sensation of cold, I had covered myself with some clothes, but these were insuffi...

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... when they had a job to do, for the purpose and kept all necessary tools and supplies close at hand. However, the buildings that were not any longer in use was torn down. The Shakers were not interested in paying taxes on vacant buildings. Shaker sisters organized laundry in labeled baskets. They heated many irons at once on specially- designed stores so ... everything; even the chairs were hung up. The furniture was built in the walls to keep them from dust (Bolick & Randolph, 1990) The Shakers even kept their clothes simple to make the sawing of clothes go faster. The brothers wore bla...

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... 't said anything yet, I"m waiting until she [Blanche] gets in a quieter condition." (132) Blanche, like a moth, has a great liking for clothes. She owns old costume jewellery and fake furs to make herself look richer than she is and to feel attractive. "Yes - clothes are my passion!" (136) Also like a moth, Blanche hangs around closets. But her closets are the types which contain skeletons ... try and justify why she stays with him. "They went through two cases [of beer] last night! People have got to tolerate each other's habits, I guess." (158) Stella is often torn between Stanley and ...

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... is Jim. Huck is living with a lady known as the Widow Douglas; the Widow Douglas is trying to civilize Huck because he is a dirty kid that prefers to wear old torn up clothes and get in fights with other kids (J.N. Smith 1). One day Huck realizes that his dad (referred to as Pap; also the town drunk) is back in town, and looking ... ...

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... [he] asked me my name and address – inside of a week I got a package from Croirier's with a new evening gown in it' " (25). Lucille expresses her surprise when Gatsby replaces her torn dress at his party. " 'It was gas blue with lavender beads. Two hundred and sixty-five dollars' " (25). The fact that Gatsby replaced this woman's dress represents a man ... a supercilious manner. Two shining, arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward. Not even the effeminate swank of his riding clothes could hide the en...

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... of the wounded soldiers, they kept their husbands healthy making sure they cooked and had their meals waiting for them at the table right after work. Many women made these clothes that these fighting soldiers are wearing and they would wake up every morning making sure their children are well fed and would be clean every day. The women had enough ... . She was not taught to read or write, but her religious mother taught her a deep love for the Catholic Church and its teachings. At the time, France had long been torn apart by a conflict with England, in which England had gained the power....

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... of filthy clothing and causing men to itch unceasingly. Even when clothing was periodically washed and deloused, lice eggs invariably remained hidden in the seams; within a few hours of the clothes being re-worn the body heat generated would cause the eggs to hatch. Lice caused Trench Fever, a particularly painful disease that began suddenly with severe pain followed by high fever ... blame me for a feeling of pride. Perhaps some will say that you should not be allowed to go yet - that you have homes, mothers, fathers, that you should not be torn away by your fathers so forgetful of the...

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... in fall, a time generally known for being just the opposite. Nick's first impression when he meets Gatsby is admiration for his overwhelming sense of hope. Throughout the novel he is torn with an internal conflict to make a decision as to whether Gatsby is authentic or whether he is just another representative of the moral corruption that takes place. The story takes ... it. When she shatters his dream by accepting Tom over him, Gatsby has no need for any of his possessions. No longer searching for his holy grail, the house, the clothes, and the cars mean nothing. Nick, who has thought ...

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... are raging and their minds in fright. With lustful thoughts and in their adolescent greed their primal rage takes over as they start in on Bobbie's girlfriend, tearing at her clothes, grabbing for her female flesh, in hopes of fulfilling their deepest desires. The fact that they are in the midst of a situation that they are not yet prepared for keeps ... , nothing is impossible for them. No one can tell them differently because they "know everything." This characterization bolstered by self-convincing evidence, consisting entirely of their pretentiously imposing wardrobes, the torn up le...

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... 's mother a job as a cook so they could all live together, alcohol and worry free. The story of Bessie's Mother was a compelling tale of the struggle of many families that were torn apart by the effects of alcohol during the early 1900's. Men, who would read stories like this one, would not want this to happen to their families. No man wanted ... they made during the day on alcohol or gambled it away. Often in these posters and flyers there would be one or two children sitting outside the saloon with mangy clothes and no food. Sometimes it would be a holiday such as Christmas and the chi...

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... was notorious for sucking money out of the people any way they could. They were known to have sold false relics to unsuspecting believers, passing animal bones and bits of torn cloak as those of Christ. Often times "priests charged a mite too much for burial services- (Mee 151) or raised the amount of taxes due by a few ducats. Charging extra for ... for nuns, let alone their pets. Next described is the Monk. The tale says his favorite pastime is hunting, whereas a monk should spend his days in prayer and labor. His clothes are trimmed "With fine gray fur, the finest in the land, And on...

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... was notorious for sucking money out of the people any way they could. They were known to have sold false relics to unsuspecting believers, passing animal bones and bits of torn cloak as those of Christ. Often times "priests charged a mite too much for burial services- (Mee 151) or raised the amount of taxes due by a few ducats. Charging extra for ... for nuns, let alone their pets. Next described is the Monk. The tale says his favorite pastime is hunting, whereas a monk should! spend his days in prayer and labor. His clothes are trimmed "With fine gray fur, the finest in the land, And o...

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... people; he was their voice and their image. His words were that of the wisest man and his appearance was that of the poorest peasant. He even stopped wearing western clothes. Instead Gandhi opted for the dhoti-a single piece of cloth wrapped around the hips and pulled between the legs. This dhoti was the dress code for the poorest peasant. Ghandi ... on political violence in his "war without violence" and at the same time, he won the acceptance of non-violent action as the technique to overcome the struggle. In riot-torn India, this man's simplicity and humility are what helped him in e...

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... the year to watch the snow settle between the trees. The woods signify his solitude and leaving the woods signify returning to his world of obligations and hardships. He is torn between these choices. The poem may sound "lovely- but there is a deeper sense of darkness within the text. Frost says " The only other sound's the sweep of easy wind and ... and spelled out the pronunciation. She writes in "The Six Gilded Bits- with such slang as "Humph! Ah'm way behind time t'day! Joe gointer be heah fore Ah git mah clothes on if Ah don't make haste."" (Hurston, 1165) Through usage of this Hur...

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... note the manner in which Yvain falls in love with the noble lady. It is not by watching her gentle and courteous behavior, as he sees her continually tearing her clothes and weeping over the death of her husband. Rather, he loves her solely for her beauty, and as he longs for her to cease her mourning, not because he is ... this friendship soon surpasses the love between Yvain and Laudine, for through actions it is shown that the commitment is far stronger. When Yvain encounters his lady's spring, he is torn by remorse and sorrow. He appears dead to his companion, the lion, who immediat...

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