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    In response to the ACTUAL thread posted, i see...

    In response to the ACTUAL thread posted, i see your point. In my opinion, the poem is about Coleridge making a statement about the bond between man and nature, and how the mariner destroys this...
  2. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner encompasses an...

    The Rime of the Ancient Mariner encompasses an absurd entanglement of religious and "occult" figures. It is unclear whether it is a direct technique of Coleridge's or not, but what the reader...
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    [QUOTE=amanda_isabel;271499]another one was the da vinci code... it's understandable that they had to make it movie-length but then it did sacrifice the suspense dan brown was able to make throughout...
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    haha i was in the library the other day and i...

    haha i was in the library the other day and i kinda was pondering in my own little world, and i thought "would it be sooo bad to take out a babysitters club book? NO, DAMMIT NO, STEP AWAY FROM THE...
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    sophie kinsella is ace

    i love sophie kinsella. her books have that predictable quality...like the sitcom friends. that everything is going to turn out ok.
    but this way, you get a flurry of versace dresses, jigsaw...
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    Ah the Sick Rose. Hope you dont mind if i...

    Ah the Sick Rose.
    Hope you dont mind if i seize this oppurtunity to bounce around some theories?
    I think generally this poem is about decay, and destruction. Its been pointed out that this poem...
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    Blake was a religious man, he was taught to read...

    Blake was a religious man, he was taught to read using the Bible, and a lot of his poems carry Biblical connotations, if not directly in the messages ("Little Lamb, God bless thee"), or references...
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    Poll: i watched a documentary a while back called "boys...

    i watched a documentary a while back called "boys alone" or something to that effect which was basically acting out Lord of the Flies, but in a house. It was really interesting how the group dynamic...
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    MEIN KAMPF by adolf hitler the racist,...

    MEIN KAMPF
    by adolf hitler

    the racist, anti-semitic ______________

    seriously though, i am ashamed that a single member of my species agreed with this book and its morals.
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    i agree. who pines after such a materialistic...

    i agree. who pines after such a materialistic annoying woman who openly flirts with her second cousin and forcibly stamps on any female attempt for emancipation by declaring that the best thing a...
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    i think its part of the novel coming full-circle....

    i think its part of the novel coming full-circle. Its a return to status quo: Tom and Daisy are together, Nick is lonely again. like a previous post said, i think it does represent the idea of...
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    how did this book suck...it was Fitzgerald's...

    how did this book suck...it was Fitzgerald's masterpiece. Fine, you can dislike a book, but you've got to give reasons for it.
    I thoroughly enjoyed it. I thought the characters of Tom and Daisy...
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    NICK IS: a) LONELY. He seems to live through...

    NICK IS:
    a) LONELY. He seems to live through Gatsby's emotions at parts, for example when Gatby and Daisy meet in Chapter five, Nick notes that he is "Aware of the loud beating of my own heart" (pg...
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    why is daisy enthralled by the shirts. my...

    why is daisy enthralled by the shirts.

    my personal opinion is that the words "ive never seen such beautiful shirts" are totally irrelevant... the point is that Gatsby is discarding the shirts as a...
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    hmm an interesting question. well i do think cars...

    hmm an interesting question. well i do think cars are a key theme in the novel...Fitzgerald often personifies them to reflect the situation or their driver...such as i think the cars are creaking and...
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    well. u probably need to know more about gatsby's...

    well. u probably need to know more about gatsby's personal life and relationships etc but JOBS-wise:
    firstly gatsby was a clam-digger/salmon fisher, then he met Dan Cody and became his kinda...
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