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Term Papers on Book Reports
A Review Of "To Build A Fire"
Number of words: 1378 - Number of pages: 6.... on the lives of the characters. The gloominess of the setting instills
feelings in the man and the dog, of a constant battle with this world of
depression they are in. Being given no sense of imagination, the man is
only gifted with his practical knowledge. He therefore is shown to lack
the experience and thought to adapt to the conditions encompassing him.
Typically, man never wants to deal with the reality, especially
when it is unpleasant. “But all this-the mysterious, far-reaching hairline
trail, the absence of sun from the sky, the tremendous c .....
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The Theme Of Fear In "Lord Of The Flies"
Number of words: 1344 - Number of pages: 5.... rescue, wh en they
finally see how bad they have been. The plot of this novel is based on fear,
fear that leads to evil.
In ‘Beast from the Water,' fear spreads through the group. Ralph,
the current leader of the group, tries to convince the boys that their fear
of a beast is absurd. Ralph is unsuccessful in deterring the fear of the
boys. Several of them tell of monsters they have heard of, like the giant
squid, and ponder the fact that beasts and ghosts may be roaming the island.
Ralph observes all this and is powerless to control the situation. He calls .....
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Ernest Hemingway: Allegorical Figures In The Sun Also Rises
Number of words: 1198 - Number of pages: 5.... “homos” and wants to
hit them. III. Lady Brett Ashley.
A. First appears with a group of homosexuals.
B. Wears man's hat on short hair.
C. Refers to men as fellow “chaps”.
D. All complete distortion of sexual roles.
E. The war has turned Brett into the equality of a man.
F. This is like Jakes demasculation.
G. All releases her from her womanly nature.
H. “Steps off of the romantic pedestal to stand beside her
equals. IV. Robert Cohn.
A. Women dominate him.
B. Old fashioned romantic. .....
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The Awakening: Edna's
Number of words: 804 - Number of pages: 3.... the reader "…Mrs. Pontellier was not a mother-woman. The mother-woman
seemed to prevail that summer at Grand Isle". Edna tries on one occasion to
explain to Adele how she feels about her children and how she feels about
herself, which greatly differs from the mother-woman image. She says: "I would
give up the unessential; I would give my money; I would give my life for my
children; but I wouldn't give myself. I can't make it more clear; it's only
something I am beginning to comprehend, which is revealing itself to me." This
specifically contrasts the mo .....
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The Odyssey The Role Of Prophe
Number of words: 1534 - Number of pages: 6.... themselves; Chronos was fated to be defeated and his throne stolen by his son. Demeter loses Persephone periodically every year because her daughter ate Hades’ pomegranates. Prophecy plays an important role in the whole of Greek folklore. Something this ever-present bears further examination.
In The Odyssey, prophecy in its myriad forms affects nearly every aspect of the epic. Prophecies are seen in the forms of omens, signs, strict prediction of the future, divine condemnation, and divine instruction. Though conceptually these forms are hard to distingu .....
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The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz
Number of words: 505 - Number of pages: 2.... extremely disappointed with Duddy. His disappointment is shown
when he tells Duddy,
I can see what you have planned for me, Duddel. You'll be good to me.
You'd give me everything I wanted. and that would settle your conscience when
you went out to swindle others. (Richler 1959, 312)
The betrayal of Yvette, her speaking to Simcha, and the loss of hers and
Virgil's friendships also punishes Duddy. They are the only two people in the
world who ever loved him for himself, and didn't want anything but his love in
return. In the loss of their friend .....
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Zinn's A People's History Of The United States Of America
Number of words: 2108 - Number of pages: 8.... economy around these
slaves, the discontented colonists whose plight was ignored by the ruling
bourgeoisie, and most importantly, the rising class and racial struggles in
America that Zinn correctly credits as being the root of many of the
problems that we as a nation have today. It is refreshing to see a book
that spends space based proportionately around the people that lived this
history. When Columbus arrived on the Island of Haiti, there were 39 men on
board his ships compared to the 250,000 Indians on Haiti. If the white race
accounts for less than two .....
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A Streetcar Named Desire
Number of words: 600 - Number of pages: 3.... he continues down the street like a boy with no responsibilities. Stella yells, “Where are you going,” and then asks if she could come to watch, he agrees but doesn’t stop to wait for her. This scene demonstrates how Stella follows Stanley along, and serves him according to what he wishes to do and when he wants to do it.
In scene three Stanley is having his poker party (pg. 57). At this point he is very drunk. Blanche distracting Stanley by listening to the radio instigates him to grab it off the table and toss it out the window. Stella in a .....
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