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Term Papers on Book Reports
1984, Science-fiction Or Reali
Number of words: 1016 - Number of pages: 4.... blue bottle, and darted away again with a curving flight. It was the police patrol snooping into people’s windows”(Orwell 4). However unlikely it may seem, our government has the capability to watch us just as “the party” watches the citizens of Oceania.
As we speak, hundreds of satellites orbit our planet, each capable of watching everything we do outside. This technological advancement highly mimics that of the telescreens in 1984. If our government wished, it could use helicopters to peer into our windows just as “the party .....
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The Stranger 2
Number of words: 596 - Number of pages: 3.... and he asked me again if I wanted to be pals. I said it was fine with me: he seemed pleased.” (Camus, 29) It really made no difference to Meursault if he was stated as a friend of Raymond’s or not. The way that Meursault does not contribute to the conversation and that it is just “fine with [him]” to be friends creates an image of indifference. This image continues to grow as Raymond continues to talk to Meursault. Raymond goes on to tell of his problems with women, and Meursault still remains silent. After his Raymond̵ .....
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Red Badge Of Courage 4
Number of words: 1883 - Number of pages: 7.... urging him not to be a fool. Once Henry departed his diminutive hometown, he arrived in Washington with great expectations. Henry believed enlisting instantaneously classified him as a hero. More than anything, Henry relied on his imagination to define war and its glorious battles, as Greek epics did. He often compared the enemy to beasts and dragons; he felt if he could conquer those savages of the South, he too could be a hero.
The hero within Henry began as a desperate attempt for the approval of his comrades. Throughout the novel, Henry illustrates th .....
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Ishi Last Of His Tribe (summar
Number of words: 1318 - Number of pages: 5.... and Tushi. They didn’t find a spot to stay in the mountain.
They next morning, Ishi woke up to find that Timawi set fire to a Saldu house. Ishi went to investigate the situation and found Timawi laying dead. Ishi takes him and gives him the proper burial along with his father.
Ishi went tout and then found a spot to live. He found a cave in the side of a mountain and the remaining Yahi migrate to this new place to stay. Ishi found a new place to go and think. Later on, his grandmother and grandfather die of old age. There are four remaining .....
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The Hobbit Bb J. R. R. Tolkien – Review
Number of words: 1529 - Number of pages: 6.... The towns people later considered him a hero. What the people didn't know it was Bilbo who discovered the weak spot in the dragon's iron scales.
BEORN: An enemy of orcs, he becomes friends with Bilbo and Gandalf. He has th e ability to change forms from human to bear. It is he who determines the outco me of the battle of five Armies.
STORY SUMMARY
The book begins with Bilbo Baggins enjoying a pipe after breakfast. Th is is one of his favorite pleasures and he feels quite content in doing so. He is middle-aged, and resides in a clean warm burrow in the ground. .....
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Deliverance
Number of words: 1390 - Number of pages: 6.... without help from civilization. Even though these characters posses many
of the same traits, their main differences are in their ability to survive life.
They also have different views on life. Lewis sees life as a game that you must
constantly challenge if you are to survive. Drew sees life as a struggle that
should never be challenged. Then there is Bobby who sees life as something he
does not have to worry about because their will always be someone their to help
him through it. All three of these characters possess traits that can be
identified in ever .....
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Ray Bradburys Outlook Of The F
Number of words: 735 - Number of pages: 3.... takes a more elegant path to laying out his dystopia. People in his story are so into the now, and pleasure for the moment, that they forget the morals and ethics they came from, because they are clouded by smoke. Take for instance the wall-sized televisions. This became the populace’s way of interacting with others with out physically interacting with them. People on TV were your “family”, who would keep you company and be your “friend”. Still, a place where books were burned and houses were supposedly “fireproofR .....
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The Great Gatsby: Illusions
Number of words: 1084 - Number of pages: 4.... of problems, is very crooked and
dishonest, and has no true friends. He longs for companionship with Daisy,
and still can never have that. Gatsby's illusion surrounding him is
totally shattered in this book, partly through the actions of Tom who feels
that he must discredit his name. Tom, however discredits name to draw
Daisy away from him when he finds that Gatsby has become interested in
Daisy. When Tom confronts Gatsby, and begins to crumble his illusion,
Gatsby is as cool and confident as he always is.
Tom's voice, incredulous and insulting: I .....
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