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Term Papers on Book Reports
Like Water For Chocolate: Summary
Number of words: 810 - Number of pages: 3.... meaning Tita could not be married but must devote all her time to her
mother. Pedro ends up marrying one of Tita's sisters, Rosaura, in order
to be close to Tita. Tita was practically raised in the kitchen and she
communicates her love for Pedro through the dishes she prepares, and he in
turn shows his affectionate gratitude. Tita's quest to be with Pedro is
shared only with Nacha, the main cook and helper in the ranch. Nacha
understands Tita's pain and consoles with her. Nacha dies from sorrow of
loss of her love and throughout the story appears as a .....
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Jurassic Park
Number of words: 382 - Number of pages: 2.... at a price. Malcolm always had doubts
about this world of total chaos. Everyone thought that the world of Jurassic
Park, is a world of new state of the art technology and entertainment. Until
everything goes wrong. The electric fences stopped working, and the dinosaurs
escaped. Ian Malcolm's opinion of this world is that it won't survive, or the
humans won't survive. The world has survived everything until now, it will
surely survive the dinosaurs once more. But us, the humans are the ones that
may not survive. "Our planet is four and a half billion yea .....
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The Last Hung: Joop's Mid-Life Crisis
Number of words: 1232 - Number of pages: 5.... the house where the majority of these memories take place. While
touring through the house he remembers all the ways that Mari resembled the
goddess of Diana. During the period that Joop was married to Mari, she
portrayed herself in a few ways as being Diana. She did this by giving the
name of "Worshipping Diana to the act of Joop kissing her.
Her skin was white except for one violet-colored bruise just under her
right collarbone; it never disappeared entirely during the hunting season and
came from the kick of her hefty weapons. It pleased her .....
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A Review On Durable Goods By Elizabeth Berg
Number of words: 346 - Number of pages: 2.... stated by critic,
Christopher Tilghman.
Katie is the narrator of the story. About twelve years old, Katie
is waiting for puberty to hit, waiting for prince charming, waiting for her
father to come to his senses. Her father is a highly ranked and respected
serviceman who moves his family to a Texas army base after the death of his
wife. Katie struggles with the tradgety of her mothers death but handles
her pain in a heartwrenching, stoic manner. Her abusive father, on the
other hand, handles his sorrow by showing aggression towards his daughters.
This is .....
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1984: Dystopian Visions
Number of words: 853 - Number of pages: 4.... control. To achieve
absolute control over people is a powerful concept. Peoples minds become
distorted and their original objectives are left behind. The Party thought
they were doing things for the good of the people, when really all they
were doing was killing them. They were smothering them with rules and
regulations, depriving them of their natural born right to be able to marry,
have a family and indulge in the fruits of life. Is this the type of
future that Orwell intends to happen?
Orwell's view on the future may have been influenced by the ac .....
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The Outsiders
Number of words: 870 - Number of pages: 4.... brothers, Johnny, Dallas, and Two- Bit, that were also gang members and Ponyboy's friends. This story deals with two forms of social classes: the socs, the rich kids, and the greasers, the poor kids. The socs go around looking for trouble and greasers to beat up, and then the greasers are blamed for it, because they are poor and cannot affect the authorities. The first conflict that you see in the novel is when one day Ponyboy and Johnny, (Ponyboy's best friend), get jumped by a group of Socs. The Socs start to drown Ponyboy in a fountain. Johnny, realizing .....
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Things Fall Apart: Okonkwo's Life
Number of words: 1115 - Number of pages: 5.... and everything that his father had loved. Supporting his family at a very young age, Okonkwo made up his mind. He would not, could not be weak like his father Unoka. He would become everything that Unoka was not.
Unoka was a peace loving man, who hated the sight of blood. Unoka never stood for any unnecessary killing, and was reputed for being "weak with his machete" (18). He would rather wield away his time playing on the flute than watch a battle or wrestling match. Because of this, Okonkwo loved to fight. He had a quick temper and was always ready to po .....
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Joshua (the Novel)
Number of words: 805 - Number of pages: 3.... tells them that he can peacefully enjoy the beauty of nature outside and the animals also keep him company at times. But the main reason why Joshua never feels alone is that God is always with him, loving him always, and will never abandon him: “No. I like being by myself… God is with us all the time” (72). Pat and Herm agree but still can not imagine living alone without any feeling of loneliness and this discussion of God leads to Herm’s question.
Joshua’s response is similar to a sermon or speech, and is over a page in length; he .....
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