.... trying to teach him, and actually goes out and seeks more academia than what the school is already shoving down his and everyone else's throat. The standard prep is only concerned with being on the top of the Honor Roll, so that everybody's parents can marvel at how smart (s)he is. There is one character that fits into no stereotype. "Leper" Lepillier is an individualist. Individualists are people who don't conform to social norms just for the sake of being accepted by others. Real individualists are not those people with blue and green hair you see on talk shows. Those people conform to a subculture, something that was less common during World War II. The real individua ....

.... "...and it certainly improved his nose" (11). This can be taken as a reference to the stereotypical “Jew” nose that is often associated with Jewish people. Jake and Chon are close friends, and Jake likes him up to the point where he becomes involved with Brett. Jake goes on and on about all of the relationship mistakes in Chon¹s life. There is an hint of jealousy that appears in Jake's tone. He states that women began to become attracted to Chon as he got older, and that it ³changed him so that he was not so pleasant to have around² (16). There is racism in Jake¹s tone, but Jake¹s problem with Chon is is strictly one of jealousy. By this time Jake has already ....

.... the world of would and should that we are immersed in before the pivotal "But" in the second stanza, Marvell presents an idyllic view of lovers engaged in a slow waltz that stretches on for centuries. In this snail- paced ritual Marvell feels he can do justice to his mistress, who "deserve this state." Things become a little more complex in the next line, "nor would I love at lower rate." This is where we begin a question what has up till now progressed so smoothly, as all good fantasies must if they are to be successful. We begin to question this world of Marvell's creation and see the enigma that lies within the term "lower rate." We have been hearing of an ago ....

.... of the uneducated majority. Napoleon's personal characteristics not only corrupted others but himself as well. His devious personality, manipulative nature, and personal drive all lead to the disintegration of society in Animal Farm. From the start Napoleon was thought to be a very devious character. He is a cold hearted individual and the effect he had on others didn't have much impact on his moral character. His tactics for deception were his cunning ways. An example of this is when the pigs milked the cows and someone asked what was going to happen to all that milk, Napoleon receptively shrugged it off by saying: “ ‘ Never mind the milk, comrades!' cried Nap ....

.... the household members, and is exempted from activities. The lack of love she recieves leads her to feel lost and uncared for. She finds a glimmer of undersanding and care from Bessie, who pities her unfortunate situation. On her arrival at Lowood, she again finds herself lonely and unwanted. The cold weather and meager meals damper her hopes of renewing her life and feeling wanted. But her continual hope for acceptance leads her to discover Helen Burns. Helen teaches Jane that love doesn't always have to come from others, but that it come through having faith in god. Jane looks to Helen as a role model but doesn't feel that she can be satisfied soley through spiritual love. ....

.... a few different settings. Some of these places are San Francisco and even her hometown. Alice found drugs quite easily in both of these places. A character in this book that I really disliked was Jan because when her “so called friend” was in big trouble, she lied and got her in even more trouble. The second reason that I dislike Jan was because she gave Alice a Coke (Coca-Cola) with LSD in it without even warning her. Another reason I really dislike Jan is because she was going to baby sit a young child while she was high. She could have killed that young infant because of her stupidity and that really annoys me. The part of this book that was particularly effective wa ....

.... towering sea and splashed viciously by the crests, made progress that in the absence of seaweed was not apparent to those in her.” The characters had no control over their boat, rather nature was totally in control. “She seemed just a wee thing wallowing, miraculously top up, at the mercy of the five oceans. Occasionally a great spread of water, like white flames, swarmed into her.” (pg.145) There is also a sense that man is totally not important to the natural forces controlling his fate. “When it occurs to man that nature does not regard him as important, and that she feels she would not maim the universe by disposing of him, he at first wishes to throw bricks at th ....

.... She is not musically inclined, with the exception of the fact that the music moves her toward the “awakening” of her sensuality. When examining the first stirrings, “a certain light [that] was beginning to dawn dimly within her,” we see that Edna thinks independently of outside interference. When she “was beginning to realize her position in the universe as a human being, and to recognize her relations as an individual to the world within and about her” she does just that—she realizes the world within her, not without her. That is to say, she does this entire “awakening” on her own. She does not directly receive ....