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Term Papers on Book Reports
Reasonable Doubts?
Number of words: 2321 - Number of pages: 9.... or the L.A.P.D.? Second, what kinds of politics were involved and how did it affect the strategies of the opposing attorneys? Lastly, how does that effect our court system?
We would like to trust the judicial system and believe that it is a legitimate institution we can search for truth. As I read Alan Dershowitz's book it became clear that the question "Did O.J. do it (murder Nicole Brown)?" would never be answered. Dershowitz argues that "Neither the prosecutors nor the judges were searching very hard for the truth of why the detectives went to the Simpson .....
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Chaplin's, The Kid
Number of words: 905 - Number of pages: 4.... can. Pausing to note the worn condition of those shabby fingerless gloves, he tosses them away with the cavalier panache of a gentleman of leisure with a dozen other pairs of handwear at his immediate disposal. Just as he is about to surrender himself to the joys of his first smoke of the day, his tranquillity is shattered by earsplitting distress signals from the squalling infant who has been abandoned on the garbage heap, plaintively demanding to be heard by someone, anyone.
Taking one glance at that miserable child, streetwise Charlie instinctively looks u .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird
Number of words: 781 - Number of pages: 3.... that on Dill’s last night in Maycomb they would crawl under the fence in the back yard of the Radley place and take a peek into one of the windows. This plan backfires when Mr. Radley comes out with a shot gun and fires into the air. While running away from Mr. Radley Jem gets his pants caught while trying to get back under the fence and has to slip out of them to get away. Later that night he goes back for his pants and find them folded over the fence and roughly mended. That following winter Maycomb had its first snow since 1885. At first Scout thought that the .....
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Satire In Huck Finn
Number of words: 675 - Number of pages: 3.... upper class by having an extremely nice house, acting properly, and each member of the family had their own servant. Eventually it becomes apparent to Huck that the Grangerfords are feuding with a neighboring household, the Sheperdsons, this seems to be the central angle Twain uses to satire.
The two chapters dealing with the Grangerford and Sheperdson feud allow Twain to satire aspects of civilized culture. The main aspect he satirizes is the feud itself. The Grangerfords being the representatives of civilization, Twain reveals the senseless brutality and nee .....
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Lord Of The Flies Reflection
Number of words: 533 - Number of pages: 2.... world war 2, yet in the movie they only spoke of the army as someone who would save them and war was never really mentioned.
Also a different change from the novel to the movie was the time setting between the two. In the novel the estimated time was the 1940's, and the boys reflected this by starting off on the island as good school children that had respect for their elders, etc.
In the movie the time frame was anywhere from the late 80's to the early 90's, it was somewhat hard to define an exact date. The time setting showed in the technology that was pres .....
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Catch 22
Number of words: 1020 - Number of pages: 4.... to become a normal, practicing doctor. Before the war arrives on Doc Daneeka's doorstep, it appears to have benefited him. Doc Daneeka was making a nice sum of money from various illegal means. He received kickbacks from drug stores in the area that ran an illegal operation. He also utilized beauty parlors to perform two or three abortions a week to bring in more revenue. When the war begins, Doc Daneeka's practice starts to pick up because of the lack of other doctors. Originally, he thought of the war as a "godsend"; however what he did not realize was t .....
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Mildred Taylor's "Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry": Hardships Of The Logan Family
Number of words: 283 - Number of pages: 2.... Cassie and the events that happen to her family.
These events make Cassie a much stronger person and help her to understand that
having land of their own is her family's source of pride and strength.
Cassie also found herself coming to conclusions about everyday life for
a black person and their family living in Mississippi. The land, the 400 acres
of land her family owned, was more important than anything. It was what kept
Logans together.It gave them their livelihood and their courage, and nothing,
not even Mr.Granger, could take it away from them. Or could he? With this land,
the Logans pos .....
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By The Waters Of Babylon
Number of words: 955 - Number of pages: 4.... signs of life and were called the forbidden zones. The main people in charge did not allow people to go into these so-called forbidden places. In the story the people in charge were called the high priests. In the movie the planet of the apes the main people in charge were the elder apes and Dr. Zayus. In both stories their reasons for having the forbidden zones were similar they wanted to hide the past from them so they do not do it again. One last strange similarity is that they both took place in New York City or in that area.
In the main character an .....
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