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Term Papers on Book Reports
Zeinert's The Salem Witchcraft Trials: Summary
Number of words: 607 - Number of pages: 3.... and the Cory's. Also many children were supposedly
being hurt by witches and they banded together against the accused.
The predicament in this story was that events such as a bad crop season
of the girls being bewitched needed to be explained. To say that
"witchcraft" is the answer the these questions. The unfortunate
circumstance for some of the accused witches/wizards was that some of them
had admitted to such crimes. The girls had fits and calling outs that
didn't benefit them either.
Some important happenings were when at Reverand Burrough's trial h .....
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Billy Budd
Number of words: 666 - Number of pages: 3.... don't exhibit what would seem most ethical?
Immediately following the fatal blow to Claggart, There is no outlet of Billy's emotion; whatever emotion he may be experiencing is not accounted for. This is not the behavior one would expect from someone who had just accidentally killed someone else. On trial Billy has this to say for his actions: "I did not mean to kill him. But he foully lied to my face and in the presence of my captain, and I had to say something, and I could only say it with a blow, God help me!" This statement illustrates Billy's emotional res .....
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Canterbury Tales
Number of words: 703 - Number of pages: 3.... his opposite. He dresses more fancily and shows off. He is a squire training to be a knight like his father. I don’t think that he is very serious about this because he enjoys the pleasures of life and not much of his training. Chaucer’s thoughts of his appearance were:
He was some twenty years of age, I guessed. In stature he was of moderate length,With wonderful agility and strength. (78-80) He stayed up mall night and partied so he did not get much sleep.
The Oxford Cleric was an odd scholar. He had a skinny horse and he looks hollow. His clothes were .....
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Of Mice And Men: Lennie And George
Number of words: 1610 - Number of pages: 6.... of taking care of his simpleminded friend Lennie,
are walking on their way to apply for a harvesting job on a nearby farm. The
two had been traveling together for quite some time now, which was very rare,
because most farm workers rarely have companions, but George and Lennie have
been together ever since Lennie's Aunt had passed away, and Lennie began to
follow George around everywhere.
Instead of hurrying to the farm that night, they stop by a stream to
camp in the open, and they'll arrive at work the next morning. Why? Well,
Lennie isn't very bright. .....
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Billy Budd
Number of words: 1047 - Number of pages: 4.... As usual he charms everyone. They even call him “The Handsome Sailor”. On the ship, Billy is respected by everyone except the protagonist, John Claggart. Claggart is extremely jealous and holds considerable amounts of contempt for him. At first he tries to be nice to Billy but soon his true jealousies surface. He begins to scold Billy for insignificant lapses and tries to degrade him. In one instance when Billy spills a bowl of soup, Claggart sardonically says to Billy, “Handsome is as handsome did it.” Deep inside Claggart a .....
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Of Mice And Men: Stereotypes And Discrimination
Number of words: 597 - Number of pages: 3.... with Lennie in the book, "Crooks laughed again. ‘A guy can talk to you an’ be sure you won’t go blabbin’." p.78. This most likely makes Crooks feel not wanted at all, Which roots to loneliness.
Lennie is not so much stereotyped, but rather trapped because of his size. Because Lennie is so big, Curley thinks he has to prove something by beating up Lennie. Lennie gets on Curley’s bad side when he didn’t do anything wrong. Lennie is then forced to fight. " ‘I don’t want no trouble,’ he said plaintively. ‘Don’t let him sock me, George.’ " p.32. This is not .....
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Pygmalion: Professor Higgins' Philosophy
Number of words: 716 - Number of pages: 3.... However the Higgins we see at the
parties and in good times with Pickering is well mannered. This apparent
discrepancy between Higgins' actions and his word, may not exist, depending on
the interpretation of this theory.
There are two possible translations of Higgins' philosophy. It can be
viewed as treating everyone the same all of the time or treating everyone
equally at a particular time.
It is obvious that Higgins does not treat everyone equally all of the
time, as witnessed by his actions when he is in "one of his states" (as Mrs. .....
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Animal Farm: Power's Corruption
Number of words: 561 - Number of pages: 3.... greed factor.
Discrimination is another outcome of abused power. People of high power often tend to look down their noses at the ones who work for them or do not obtain the same amount of power as them. The pigs in 'Animal Farm' follow this portrayal perfectly. In the story, they begin to discriminate against the other animals. They show this by establishing the rule that if a pig and another animal meet on a path, the other animal is to move aside and let the pig pass. 'About this time, too, it was laid down as a rule that when a pig and any other animal me .....
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