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Page 101
... hero rather than on himself . We do not learn anything , for example , about the Scot's family or his means of joining the Swedes , but his discrimination and literary experience are established when he remarks with easy command that ...
... hero rather than on himself . We do not learn anything , for example , about the Scot's family or his means of joining the Swedes , but his discrimination and literary experience are established when he remarks with easy command that ...
Page 148
... hero was " a naive youth wrestling endlessly with the problems of survival in a severely materialistic world . " 57 Because he was young , he had some high ideals - often about his own possibilities or about love - but he was certain to ...
... hero was " a naive youth wrestling endlessly with the problems of survival in a severely materialistic world . " 57 Because he was young , he had some high ideals - often about his own possibilities or about love - but he was certain to ...
Page 157
... heroes " scramble , improvise , seem doomed , and yet win . Defoe unified these books by the artistic selection of adventures . For instance , Crusoe's adversaries in ... hero has his audience asking " what CRIME AND ADVENTURE 157.
... heroes " scramble , improvise , seem doomed , and yet win . Defoe unified these books by the artistic selection of adventures . For instance , Crusoe's adversaries in ... hero has his audience asking " what CRIME AND ADVENTURE 157.
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