Word: fates
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...warning though -- this intensity turned inward, which blinds the soul-searcher to her environment. Each woman considers herself in her freedom to be the lone master of her fate. Not until the end of the novel does reality finally break through the walls of introspection surrounding them, as the spontaneous violence of New York abruptly proves personal deliberation and longterm planning to be less than omnipotent...
Literary critics often condemn an author for sloughing off responsibility on to karma or fate, and placing it with the characters themselves. But at best, people can control only their internal feelings -- and for all there is the omnipresent threat of the outside world, always readying itself for an attack. And Jaffe draws on this potential for violence to condemn 'modern' women who spend hours bemoaning their nebulous fate, who have forgotten how to step back, out of their walled-in worlds and realize that the most crucial goal is to find happiness and strength within themselves...
...reality of tempest, poverty, Gaelicism and tradition is "too tempestuous putrid, poor, Gaelic and traditional." The "distinguishing marks of the true Gael" emerge more slowly out of the humour of the story. He is identified by the various oppressions inflicted on him by the English, the Dublin Irish, and fate, listed in order of decreasing responsibility and increasing blame. Myles' satire is funniest and most bitter here; on O'Coonassa's first day of school the master beats a new name into him: "Jams O'Donnell." When he gets home his mother explains that such is fate: "It was always...
...poll makes clear that Ford's fate is tied to the national mood. If the country continues to prosper, his election chances will also improve. TIME'S State of the Nation Indicator, which measures people's confidence in America, has risen by 10% since June, to 44%. Of those who feel positive about the nation, 49% favor Ford while 37% are for Carter. If confidence in the U.S. plummets, then Carter benefits. Of those with negative feelings about the present-day U.S., 53% support the Democrat, 33% Ford...
...times). During the few years he spent at large, he thought about almost nothing but emptying banks (he succeeded an undisclosed number of times, but failed often enough to account for his years in the cooler). Sutton confesses to being unreformable, and does not pretend that the buffetings of fate made him that way. Having thus alarmed his readers, he goes on shamelessly to reveal that he is kind, brave, generous, loyal, patient, intelligent, well read, nonviolent, and courteous to old ladies. Less deserving souls have been appointed to federal judgeships...