Essays Tagged: "Loner"

illustrating the joy of readers in hating Piggy's character, in William Golding's novel, Lord of the Flies

ny novels there's usually a character the reader loves tohate. Whether that character be a loser, a loner, or someone who'sjust chubby, we all have made fun of that particular person at leastonce in o ... late to him as that 'fat nerd' that always sat alone in thecafeteria. We all had nicknames for the 'loner'. We knew deepdown that this was a bad thing to do but we enjoyed putting him orher down.Piggy ...

(3 pages) 45 0 4.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Lord of the Flies" by Sir William Gerald Golding

"Grapes Of Wrath" by John Steinbeck. Speaks of the awakening Of the main characterTom Joad

al change is Tom Joad, son of two tenant farmers from Oklahoma. Tom's conscience was changed from a loner who cared nothing about the people to a hardy leader of them. He first looked after his family ...

(2 pages) 62 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

Drive By - a short story about a meeting that changes two lives.

y having moved from an urban setting to the rural town of Menifee. He was a junior in highschool, a loner who had a hard time making friends. He was intelligent, quiet and extremely shy. His new schoo ...

(6 pages) 149 1 3.3 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

Raymond Georges "Yves" Tanguy.

on of Henri Matisse, Pierre. During this time, Tanguy neglected his studies. Had he not been such a loner he would have fit right into the role of class rebel. Instead of studying Tanguy drank heavily ...

(4 pages) 60 0 3.3 Apr/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Abnormal Psychology and Therapy Modalities.

is irregular activities after school. Justin is a 16-year-old white male, who is considered to be a loner and a quiet boy. He is not interested in school work with the exception of his Mathematics and ...

(7 pages) 157 1 4.5 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Blanche Dubois

lifestyle choice or be forced upon an individual.An outsider is now more commonly referred to as a 'loner'. As harsh as it may seem, there is some truth to the meaning. Not only do you have no friends ...

(4 pages) 67 0 4.3 May/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Anne Frank and the diary of a young girl and the way she reacts and describes the other people in her book

Anne as she writes. Then Peter Van Daan messes up their relationship. Anne makes Margot out to be a loner from far away to put it in such a way and a cheery person if you get close. Anne's mom comes f ...

(3 pages) 48 0 3.4 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Critical Analysis of the short story the "Astronomer's Wife" by Kaye Boyle. Included is an indepth look at the story's meaning, specifically focusing on Mrs. Katherine Ames.

es sees to all matters of running a successful household, while the astronomer sleeps late and is a loner. His profession makes it clear that he spends a lot of time in thought and alone in the dark a ...

(2 pages) 37 0 0.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"Alone once again" by Calvin Chang

imes, I would be feared upon by my peers in a school, and in the other, I would be made fun of as a loner. I really didn't care, as I knew that I would be leaving, at the end of the year, and that I w ...

(7 pages) 30 0 0.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Research paper on Ernest Heminway's The Old Man and the Sea(Santiago as a Hemingway Hero)

ies? Well, first off, a Hemingway Hero depends wholly on himself, and is completely self-reliant: a loner at heart. "Participating in Nature makes the Hemingway Hero feel alive and refreshed, for natu ...

(6 pages) 87 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Ernest Hemingway

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee | Discuss the opening few pages of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mocking Bird.

y immediately build conflict between the Radleys and Jem, Scout and Dill. Boo is introduced as some loner living in his house who the children have crazy ideas about. This shows the innocence of the c ...

(1 pages) 43 2 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee

Final fantesy 8

what happens and all that. The is about Squall who the main character. He is some what of a loner. She does not trust any one. And this makes him seem selfish and it makes him seem like he doe ...

(2 pages) 98 4 3.9 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing

A fictional speech by the Kennedy Case investigators proving that Oswald was the lonen gunman.

certainly not his mother. After being expelled he is sent to probation. There he is described as a 'loner' and spends much of his time reading many books inspired by Carl Marx. He comments that he doe ...

(4 pages) 21 0 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

'A Biography of Victor Chang' by Sakshi Kaushik

Chang attended a local primary school in Campsie; even though he was a brilliant student, he was a loner. He was enrolled in Christian Brothers, a Catholic school in Lewisham from where he passed his ...

(2 pages) 26 0 3.7 Jul/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

To what extent does Marilyn Lake's analysis of the 1890s apply to current constructions of Australian masculinity?

e 'lone hand' is a man's man. He lives for himself and by himself, and will die by himself. He is a loner, a stand alone, a man that would ride off into the sunset with his horse instead of "getting t ...

(6 pages) 27 0 4.3 Sep/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

Criminal Profiling: History

, probably wearing a cloak to hide the bloody effects of his attacks out in the open. He would be a loner, without a real occupation, eccentric, and mentally unstable. He might even suffer from a cond ...

(6 pages) 133 0 4.7 Dec/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

A Need to Belong to Something

a little kid, she rarely talked. As a teen, she pretty much hung out by herself. Some called her a loner, for she was rarely ever seen with anyone. But for Nancy Reerdon it just seemed second nature ...

(5 pages) 73 2 4.5 Dec/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Black Elements of the film Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver tells the story of a post-Vietnam veteran Travis Bickle, a loner suffering from insomnia, was driving in the mean streets of New York City, and was slipping sl ...

(3 pages) 39 0 4.2 Jan/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Adolf Hitlers life

oined the Sixteenth Bavarian Infantry Regiment, serving as a despatch runner. Hitler was a bit of a loner in the army, but Hitler showed bravery and courage and received the iron cross (a medal) for b ...

(4 pages) 21 0 0.0 Jun/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

Setting and Chracterization in the "Catcher In The Rye"

ker xiii). He " was not working for a degree, didn't care about course credit, and was considered a loner" (Hamilton 43). His molded personality of his past became a part of his writing; the style is ... embarrassment or extended apology" (Pinsker 10). Holden is a rebel, and for the same reason he is a loner. "Holden is the comic version of this transcendental energy run amuck in the conformist 1950's ...

(4 pages) 23 0 0.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American