The Octopus Group at eNotes http://www.enotes.com/octopus/group The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the The Octopus Group at eNotes. Tue, 26 May 2009 19:34:54 en-us <![CDATA[The main fight takes place early in the novel, between Magnus Derrick...]]> http://www.enotes.com/octopus/q-and-a/1-what-was-main-fight-that-took-place-octopus-20925 http://www.enotes.com/octopus/q-and-a/1-what-was-main-fight-that-took-place-octopus-20925 Tue, 26 May 2009 19:34:54 PST <![CDATA[What was the main fight that took place in "The Octopus"?]]> http://www.enotes.com/octopus/q-and-a/1-what-was-main-fight-that-took-place-octopus-20925 http://www.enotes.com/octopus/q-and-a/1-what-was-main-fight-that-took-place-octopus-20925 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:01:35 PST <![CDATA[The Naturalists, Romantics, and Realists all have several factors...]]> http://www.enotes.com/octopus/q-and-a/how-do-naturaslist-romantist-realist-evaluate-10865 http://www.enotes.com/octopus/q-and-a/how-do-naturaslist-romantist-realist-evaluate-10865 Tue, 8 Jan 2008 13:15:41 PST <![CDATA[How do the naturalist, romantic and realist evaluate the nature of a...]]> http://www.enotes.com/octopus/q-and-a/how-do-naturaslist-romantist-realist-evaluate-10865 http://www.enotes.com/octopus/q-and-a/how-do-naturaslist-romantist-realist-evaluate-10865 Mon, 5 Nov 2007 15:44:32 PST <![CDATA["The Octopus" seems to be sending the message that the small,...]]> http://www.enotes.com/octopus/q-and-a/why-didn-t-farmers-succeed-combating-power-trust-9195 http://www.enotes.com/octopus/q-and-a/why-didn-t-farmers-succeed-combating-power-trust-9195 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:44:00 PST <![CDATA[The purpose of the trust is to take over the land owned by the farmers...]]> http://www.enotes.com/octopus/q-and-a/what-was-purpose-railroad-trust-how-did-they-9217 http://www.enotes.com/octopus/q-and-a/what-was-purpose-railroad-trust-how-did-they-9217 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:28:16 PST <![CDATA[In The Octopus, what was the purpose of the railroad trust, and how did...]]> http://www.enotes.com/octopus/q-and-a/what-was-purpose-railroad-trust-how-did-they-9217 http://www.enotes.com/octopus/q-and-a/what-was-purpose-railroad-trust-how-did-they-9217 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:01:58 PST <![CDATA[Why didn't the farmers succeed in combating the power of the Trust?]]> http://www.enotes.com/octopus/q-and-a/why-didn-t-farmers-succeed-combating-power-trust-9195 http://www.enotes.com/octopus/q-and-a/why-didn-t-farmers-succeed-combating-power-trust-9195 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:49:17 PST <![CDATA[The railroad trust competes with the farmers for the land to build the...]]> http://www.enotes.com/octopus/q-and-a/what-was-purpose-railroad-trust-9055 http://www.enotes.com/octopus/q-and-a/what-was-purpose-railroad-trust-9055 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:18:19 PST <![CDATA[What was the purpose of the Railroad Trust?]]> http://www.enotes.com/octopus/q-and-a/what-was-purpose-railroad-trust-9055 http://www.enotes.com/octopus/q-and-a/what-was-purpose-railroad-trust-9055 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:16:12 PST <![CDATA[The purpose of the Railroad Trust is profit - profit for the rich.A...]]> http://www.enotes.com/octopus/q-and-a/what-purpose-railroad-trust-8651 http://www.enotes.com/octopus/q-and-a/what-purpose-railroad-trust-8651 Tue, 9 Oct 2007 20:45:28 PST <![CDATA[What is the purpose of the Railroad Trust in the novel The Octopus?]]> http://www.enotes.com/octopus/q-and-a/what-purpose-railroad-trust-8651 http://www.enotes.com/octopus/q-and-a/what-purpose-railroad-trust-8651 Mon, 8 Oct 2007 09:50:27 PST