... of amazement, glee, [and] reproach- (Crane 190). Before the arrival of the newlyweds, Scratchy Wilson, the town's bad man and the marshal's longtime trigger-happy opponent, is on a drunken rampage. In this short story, both the characters and setting have symbolic meaning. The first character introduced in the story is Jack Potter. "The man's face was reddened from many days in the wind and sun, and a direct result of his ... ). "Another meaning of his name, Jack Potter is a Jackpot-er' - the jackpot' being the bride -(Petry 46). These various interpretations of Jack Potter's name add bot...

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• Grade Level: High School

... of Billy Flynn. Helinsky is hanged for a crime she apparently didn't even commit and the media eats it up. Again we see the theatre imagery as the movie drifts from reporter Mary Sunshine's (played by Christine Baranski) to an imaginary theatre setting, "Katelin Helinsky would become the first woman in the state of lllinois to be executed. And so ladies and gentlemen....And now, ladies and ... very fickle with what entertains us for the moment. After Roxie is acquitted the media has already found a new tragedy to cover: "[Billy Flynn] It's Chicago, kid. You can't beat fresh blood on the...

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• Grade Level: High School

... to his person, a part of the boat, a relic of their fellowship." The captain calls to the correspondent by name, asking him to rejoin the group: "Come to the boat! Come to the boat!" As he rejoins the group, trusting not himself but his fellows, the correspondent receives help from the sea and is flung toward the shore. The other three make it to shore, even the captain who was injured and the cook who ... in the atmosphere of the story at the time of the waters change, but it is when the men start discussing life saving stations and houses of refuge. Although they disagree about this t...

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... . This conflict which is portrayed on a small scale in the story is reflective of what occurs on a grander scale in the universe between nature and humanity. "None of them knew the color of the sky. Their eyes glanced level and were fastened upon the waves that swept towards them.(48)" This first line of the story is very important because it means that they could not physically ... take their eyes off of the waves and the ocean to look up at the sky. If they were to do this they ... between humanity and nature is at such odds because the one is completely dependent on the other, while ...

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... Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane believes that courage is facing your fears and acknowledging your faults to yourself. In his book, Henry faces his first combat situation, and conquers his first fear by firing the first shot of the fight. As the battle proceeds, Henry "suddenly lost control of himself, and forgot to look at a menacing fate." He became like a machine, firing continuously. This was followed ... must do what needs to be done, because it is the right thing to do, even if you are afraid. It takes more courage to win the battle you were afraid to fight than to win the battle y...

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... by disposing of him, he at first wishes to throw bricks at the temple, and he hates deeply the fact that there are no bricks and no temples. Any visible expression of nature would surely be pelleted with his jeers- (Crane 1240). Such a quote would make a person want to find out his or her own reason for existing in a universe. Through it all man ... naturalistic works tend to use more of " a version of the scientific method to write their novels- (Campbell). "To Build a Fire- by Jack London, works as a cruel contrast between the kind of knowledge the "unnamed- hero possesses and the kin...

• Word Count: 1587
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School