... people who had brutally beat him, obviously a good outcome is not going to come out of this. Johnny did not mean to kill Pony's attacker, he only meant to stop him from hurting (or killing) Ponyboy. The last time Johnny encountered these Socs, he was beat nearly to death, so obviously he would have jumped to conclusions and he did not think ... eyes." (page 92) we can see Johnny overcoming all of these obstacles to save all of these children less than half his age that are burning alive at the fault of him and Pony. Johnny has all of these things going on: he isn't sure whether or not t...

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... is constantly changing as one adapts new information. (Shere) Research has also shown that reading a good novel can keep the enhanced connectivity working for days, or even longer. Indirectly, it is able to expand one's memory and life. According to the online issue of the journal of Neurology, it is proven that "those who engaged in mentally stimulating activities (such as reading) earlier ... and later on in life experienced slower memory decline compared to those who didn't" (Schocker). Those who read are less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease as well. In other ... words, readin...

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... is religiously. "They were going to look at war, the red animal, the blood swollen God" (Crane 24). This is just one example. This quote portrays religious imagery as well as color imagery. The majority of color imagery in this novel deals with the color red. The color red (for this novel) symbolizes fear, death, and brutality. The "blood swollen God" (Crane 24) is describing ... war. If you think of a blood swollen god, the thought of the devil could come to your mind. Crane uses imagery again to ... sing a hymn of twilight" (Crane 51). A hymn is a song or ode in praise or honor of Go...

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... life people were required to spend hours upon hours trying to do simple research. We now have the capability to get those results in mere minutes. While this is a great advancement within society, like anything else in the world it has the power to be abused. Why read the full article when there is a summary somewhere else that requires even less time? In "Is ... to think quickly on their feet and can't? Imagine surgeons having to Google a quick fix to repair a heart. Picture writers searching online for a plot line for their new novels. Envision teachers instructing students based off ...

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... paint in his head, but until he paints it, it does not exist. Another example is when a poem title is read, the meaning of the poem may not be developed until the poem has been read. God exists in our mind in which we use to think that there is no Being which is greater. God in reality ... order to understand there is nothing greater. Using the idea of the poem title, when it is read, for example "The River of Blue", it may be known to someone why it has its title. When the poem is read, the reality of it will become clear of why it is called "The River of Blue". This is much like God ......

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... writer. Also women who had the gift to write could have been writing great novels. For example Judith, Shakespeare's sister had, "the quickest fancy, a gift like her brother's for the tune of words. Like him she had a taste for the theater." She just did not have an opportunity to express the gift that had been given to her ... . People in 16th century did not think that women could do it as well as men, even write better than men, because women were more sensitive and could understand things better. The second ... reason, is that women in the 16th century would ... it, finally people...

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... a big simile, of which I think about more in theme number 3, of the theme of the book. I'm sure Holden didn't ride all the way to New York to pick a run down hotel. So I take it when he drove up it probably looked good on the outside. He even "took it off [referring to the red hunting hat] before I checked inI didn't want to look like a screwball or ... something." So we can assume it was nice, or at lest on the outside. Salinger even throw Holden foreshadowed a little in the line "I didn't know then that the goddam hotel was full of perverts and ... ask her about "trim a tree" for Chr...

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... to join. I didn't really know why I was going to go, other than to finish this assignment, but got ready and went to receive the most precious gift. Friday night came and I was very optimistic about the results of my visit to church. And as I had expected, it a great experience for me as well as for ... had left church with a better understanding of Christianity; and that felt good since I had never really felt comfortable with my knowledge of any of my other religions. Then the moment had come and I received my truth. I really didn't know what to say to my friend when he asked "Well, ho...

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... , bizarre, deathly things. In the Masque of the Red Death, there are many elements reflecting the gothic literary parts of its nature. The Prince Prospero is slightly bizarre, perhaps insane even. Inside the building the people were hiding from the grotesque and death filled area of Europe. The palatial living quarters were twisted and unusual. The whole irony in the story was very imaginative and eerie ... takes him; he joins all those who the Red Death claimed earlier. This irony shows some of the bizarre and twisted imagination of the gothic writers. The Prince also being slightly dis...

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Introduction- The Red Badge of Courage is a book that takes place during the Civil War. The tells the story of Henry Fleming, (usually referred to as "the youth" in the book), a young union soldier, who is faced with the realities of war, a war in the mind of the young soldier who must choose whether to be a brave fighting soldier or whether to just run away from the fighting in order to save ... says to himself that he wishes he had a wound that he calls "a little red badge of courage", too. The author probably thought that this book would be interesting to any young person who has thought a...

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... we liked to play at night. The way to play the game is to find a place to hide right near a road. One person is the caller, and everyone, including the caller, are runners. Everyone waits for a car to come, and as it gets closer the caller calls it. The caller continuously says "red light," until the car is real close. Then at the last second he or she yells ... green light and everyone bolts across the road in front of the car. The point is to run across the road fast enough so the car ... slams on the brakes, but also out in front of the car so one gets run ... ...

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... "But you ought to see old Phoebe. She has this sort of red hair, a little bit like Allie's was, that's very short in the summertime. In the summertime, she sticks it behind her ears. She has nice, pretty little ears. In the wintertime, it's pretty long, thought. Sometimes my mother braids it and ... sometimes she doesn't. It's really nice, though." This quote shows that Holden pays a lot of close attention to Phoebe and the way her hair looks, not something an older brother would usually do. Another person who he speaks highly of in this book is his deceased brother, ... starting to mo...

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... sensitive individual, who is emotionally disturbed and dissatisfied. The exploration of Holden's thoughts provides an insight into the character's complexity, and thus engaging the reader, contributing to the novel's continual success. Salinger incorporates symbolism throughout the text, which helps to develop the complexity of Holden's character. One of the main symbols used in the novel, is the red hunting hat. Salinger uses Holden's red hunting hat as a symbol of uniqueness and ... of Holden's character. As seen above, it is evident that Salinger successfully uses literary techniques...

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... directly experience objects and just as we could be deceived by a wicked scientist putting electrodes in our brains, we could be deceived, in the same way, into thinking that science was "real." Therefore, isn't it true that if we accept this scientific account then we cannot be ... scientific theory is true we cannot prove it, because we can never perceive anything directly, so we do not know how and from where the experience came into our minds. Even our knowledge of eyes, nerves, bits of brain, is not direct but via electrical and chemical events ... built from sensory experiences. ...

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... it is necessary. Any sort of self-inhibition in these ways betrays the freedom and liberty to be a woman. Paragraph 2 (till line 10) Paragraph 2 finds the woman on the roof sunbathing again but this time she had tied a red scarf around her breasts and wore a brief red bikini pants. Lessing reveals the character of the woman here. She is very bold, totally in control of herself, individualistic ... wanted to keep what he had seen to himself: he had actually caught her in the act of rolling down the little red pants over her hips, till they were no more than a small triangle. She was on h...

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... portray autism in Christopher. Christopher is seeking to gain something everyone looks to find: independence. His condition prevents him from doing so. In the book, he refers to his condition as "Behavioral Problems," (Haddon p. 46). Christopher believes that He had trouble understanding people, ... the instruction with precision. Math was always a constant to him, the outcome was always definite. An example in Christopher's life would be a teacher that had a tube of Smarties. She asked Christopher what was inside the tube, Christopher assumed it was Smarties. Then, the teacher opened the...

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... Some memories bringing out the good emotions in people, and others bring out the bad. All things that are emotionally attached to memories don't always bring back pleasant memories. If someone was involved in a red car hit a car accident and him or her. Every red car that person saw ... could bring back painful memories. Or if it was raining when the accident happened then every time it rained it could bring back unpleasant ... memories. People attach things to memories to help them remember even if those memories are painful. Shortly after that Miss Kate started to speak of a singer w...

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... is, and should not let what they show you about an object to divert or distract you, and your imagination makes ideas about the perceived thing and leads to suffering, so to restrain one restrains their senses in that they control what they perceive and do not perceive using ... unsteady at times. A simple example is when I have smelled food that seems to smell wonderful, but them I eat it, and it tastes awful. Trusting the sense of smell lead to something bad. 4) Meditation can make one revitalized and strong, and clear a person's head from harmful or confusing thoughts. It allows ......

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... an astonishing city, with green and red lights that burned without fire or smoke, an enormous metal insect that whirred away between his legs". This metaphor shows the absurd traits of the dream that were left out. Only now does the reader realise that the assumed reality was in fact part of the protagonist's subconsciousness. This plot twist leaves the audience with an unexpected and sudden ... seekers is a primary focus to highlight her process of discovery by the conclusion of the series; "They get given everything, all they do is complain, were rolling out the red carpet to them wit...

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War and the Human Psyche The experience of war places stresses on the human spirit that cannot even be imagined. In the short story, "The Red Convertible," Louise Erdrich illustrates the harsh effects of war on one's character. War can turn even the most free-spirited person into a monster of some sort, where almost nothing will bring the person back to who they once were. In the short story, Henry and ... Lyman are the main characters in the story. Henry and Lyman were two ... cared so much about it before and hoped it would somehow spark something inside of Henry to bring him back. Lyman b...

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... , I thought I"d die," exclaims an overzealous Enid Bunker. One might wonder why Neddy's wife would decline an invitation for her husband without letting him know. This points to marital problems between the couple, an indication that Ned pays little attention to. A few swimming pools later, time is obviously progressing much faster than Ned is allotting to. "We've been terribly sorry to ... warning that denial is overtaking Ned's existence occurs when he finds he has no recollection of a friend's operation nearly three years earlier. He deliberates over the facts. "Had his gift for conce...

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... intelligence (Schaffer). A good example would be the voice activation control on some 3G and 4G smart phones known as "Siri" and "Cortana", Artificial Intelligence that executes tasks via voice commands. Supporters of the advancement of Artificial Intelligence advertise their position online and give ample information on the work they do, even offering job opportunities to ... those who are seen fit to do the work. Steve Schaffer, writing on the NASA website, describes this, noting that The Artificial Intelligence Group does research on Artificial Intelligence in ... areas to further h...

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... system, there is still difficulty in exercising freedom to express exactly one's own opinion of works and have unique responses to it, and share those responses. It is as though the teachers/professors are simply copying and pasting information from book to mind without allowing discussion and freedom of thought. Ever since innovation, numerous people failed and failed again to come ... invention and re-invention, through the hopeful inquiry human beings pursue in the world with the world and with each other" (319). Without the chance to express themselves by forming their own ideas and...

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... of love only had the capacity to transmit physical fertility, gains the capacity both to transmit and to receive the germ of mental fertility, the revolutionary concept of Platonic love. Some have said that men are jealous of women's procreative power and through culture attempt to minimize the importance of women. Perhaps this is an expression of "womb envy," giving men the gift of a kind of ... childbirth nobler and more important than that of women. Whatever the reason for its creation, the concept of Platonic love is a beautiful affirmation of the human mind's fecundity. Now that cu...

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... is compared to an imp (a small  demon) which leads an otherwise decent person into mischief. The phrase has a long history in literature, and was popularized (and perhaps coined) by Edgar Allan Poe in his short story, "The Imp of the Perverse." 2. The perverse (as provided by the Oxford English Dictionary Online): A. Contrary to what is morally right or good; wicked; evil; debased; B. Contrary to an accepted ... standard or practice; incorrect; mistaken; wrong. EXAMPLES It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day ... ...

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