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The Water-Babies rescripts Christian seriousness through Sontag's notion of “[camp as] serious about the frivolous” (61). Tom's moral evolution is “frivolous about the serious” because he has not been instructed about his moral lessons. One example is Tom’s quest to find the other water-babies to play with. Tom's "sheer disappointment" on not finding any water-babies is because he is impatient and idle. Therefore, Kingsley presents the moral that “even little babies [must] [wait and work for…

Emory Johnson Dec.2, 2015 4th Period Dr. Rice Symbolism in the Great Gatsby It seems Fitzgerald likes to hide secret meanings behind his work. Zelda finally agreed to marry him, but her overpowering desire for wealth, fun, and leisure led her to delay their wedding until he could prove a success. The background of the author is the entire basis of the entire book itself. Fitzgerald had many ways of displaying symbolism throughout the story by the way he uses Colors, how the eyes of T.J…

morality and ethics such as should I copy my friends homework? In the book Huck and Jim asked themselves questions just like everyone else. Shown in this quote, "Please take it," says I, "and don 't ask me nothing—then I won 't have to tell no lies." (chap 4). Huck gave his money to the Judge because he didn 't want his father to have it. Huck knows his would just get drunk with the money and will not use it for anything good. But Huck knows that he might not get his money back and he also…

you become a police officer you have to think smart, and have good tactics and not think you’re over someone because you have a badge. On my second day, he sat me back in the conference room and we talked about how the criminal justice system is a teared system. It is an ascending and descending chain effect. He taught me that there are several components in the criminal justice system, the judicially (the judges, federal judges, state judges). It is constructed that way in every single state.…

One constant struggle throughout human history is egotism. For centuries, people have wrestled with the inclination to do what they desire versus what is morally correct, and numerous stories have depicted this friction. In his novella Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad employs an egocentric theme to justify the actions of both Marlow and Kurtz and to illustrate Britain's Imperialistic views. As the novel progresses, Marlow becomes increasingly obsessed with Kurtz, a man he has never met. However…

forced back into this fast paced society. Another motive for travel is for personal reasons. While Marlow went to the Congo for overall bigger political reasons, he made the trip because his love to explore and be on the water. “Now when I was a little chap I had a passion for maps. I would look for hours at South America, or Africa, or Australia, and lose myself in all the glories of exploration” (Conradt 6). Marlow’s knack for exploring started as he was young and his passion led him to the…

Macbeth during a recent war which tells of his progress in the battlefield. The servant tells of how brave and ferocious of a fighter he is by impaling enemies on his sword and running it up to their chin. “He unseam’d [one of them] from nave to the chaps” (Act 1, Scene 1) It shows that Macbeth is capable of extreme brutality and is physically powerful already. On his way from a battle with his best friend, Banquo, they meet a group of witches, called the Weird Sisters, who just decide to get…

Libby Rianda English 102-3008 Instructor: Cheryl Cardoza October 12, 2015 What choice will you make? Poem Comparison: Robert frost and Stevie Smith In the Poems “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost and “Not Waving But Drowning” by Stevie Smith, they both talk about their struggles and situations in life. In the first poem, Frost (the speaker) has come to a fork in the path in the woods. The speaker becomes unsure which path to take and wants to go both ways. He eventually chooses the path…

War, murder, and Tyranny. All of these things are aspects of a ghastly dictator, a person who has no regard for their own wellbeing or the wellbeing of others. Unfortunately in the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare the protagonist Macbeth, is this dictator. Macbeth was manipulated, and manipulated others into doing horrible tasks to fulfil a prophesy that was given to him by three weird sisters. He started out as a war hero who had amazing sword wielding capabilities, but he later used his…

and darkness within a man which corresponds to one of the many symbolizations of the Beast. According to Dangar on Golding’s commentary on war, “Where did the Second World War come from? Was it made by something inhuman and alien- or was it made by chaps with eyes and legs and hearts?” (Doc C). Golding suggests that there is no way a human is capable of causing this much destruction. He refers to the creator of the catastrophe as inhumane almost being suggestive of a Beast. Golding uses the dead…