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Term Papers on Book Reports
Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
Number of words: 1015 - Number of pages: 4.... he is a black man symbolically
immersed in a white world, a recurring idea of the novel.
After receiving his job, the narrator goes to meet Mr. Kimbro. In
this scene, Kimbro teaches the narrator how to make the ordinary white
paint into "Optic White": Ten drops of a black formula must be mixed in to
the white paint, of which the surface is already brown. The narrator does
not understand this, and inquires about it, only to be insulted by Mr.
Kimbro. Mr. Kimbro, in no way what so ever, wants any of his workers to
think. He just wants them to obey. So t .....
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Rheingold's Virtual Reality: Summary
Number of words: 711 - Number of pages: 3.... another te lerobot
at a Marine research center that is a machine gun. He gives us a brief
history lesson on VR and the computer itself highlighting some of the
pioneers like Doug Englebart of ARC(Augmentation Research Center). This is
the place that invented the mouse and hypertext. His history lesson
included the evolution of the technology used in virtual reality from
television screen to the head mounted display to the virtual environment
display which used the glove to a laser microscanner to paint images on
your retina. He seemed to cover just about ever .....
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The Effect Of Prejudice In To Kill A Mockingbird
Number of words: 1188 - Number of pages: 5.... Boo Radley isolates himself from the people of Maycomb. Boo stays
inside his home all day and nobody ever sees him. After some trouble with
the law, "Mr. Radley's boy was not seen again for fifteen years"(10). If
Boo chooses to go outside, he will be unfairly viewed as a visitor from
abroad because of his mysterious ways. Boo stays inside his home because
he knows that his society will ridicule him. After being isolated for so
many years, Boo is developmentally challenged. Boo has lost his basic
social skills and will not survive outside of h .....
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Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass
Number of words: 409 - Number of pages: 2.... his time and talents to the promotion of the anti-slavery enterprise, the campaign would get to its goal much faster. It is remarkable that the advocates of the slaves is a fugitive slave, in the “person of Frederick Douglass” and that despite numerous oppressions in slavery, they have a human spirit so strong and steadfast that no power could crush it. It is also to be understand that it was slavery that darkened the mind, crippled the intellects, debase their moral nature and “obliterate all traces of their relationship to mankind” and not because the slaves of .....
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Heart Of Darkness: Cruelty
Number of words: 1087 - Number of pages: 4.... remaining years of his life. Marlow's journey into the Congo,
like Conrad's journey, was also meaningful. Marlow experienced the violent
threat of nature, the insensibility of reality, and the moral darkness.
We have noticed that important motives in Heart of Darkness connect the
white men with the Africans. Conrad knew that the white men who come to Africa
professing to bring progress and light to "darkest Africa" have themselves been
deprived of the sanctions of their European social orders; they also have been
alienated from the old tribal ways.
"Throw .....
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Critical Analysis Of House Opp
Number of words: 605 - Number of pages: 3.... for him, the blame cannot be aimed at her. Throughout the middle of the passage, the hermit described the features of the prostitute with a particular contempt, yet he continued to look, even leer at her. He continued to think about what went on behind the closed doors, the men that waited around outside the house "smoking, chewing tobacco and spitting into the gutter - committing all the sins of the world according to the hermit." In fact, after the story unfolded, the hermit was so upset that he was "forced" to leave behind his shelter to look for a new place .....
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Book Gullivers Travel
Number of words: 1461 - Number of pages: 6.... always one step ahead of his opponent, whether it be an enemy, nature or himself. Robinson Crusoe is the know all, does all type of person. He becomes stranded on a remote island and does whatever is necessary to survive. After being on the island for several years Crusoe learns to adapt to his surroundings, an important feature in becoming a good soldier; and lives with what he has.
In the 17th century, the Catholic reform was sweeping through many parts of Europe. The period from 1600 to about 1750 is known as the Baroque Era. Robinson Crusoe was published duri .....
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Animal Farm - Compared To The
Number of words: 747 - Number of pages: 3.... out. Unfortunately his dream would never materialize. Then we are left with his predecessors. The first is Snowball. Snowball believed one hundred percent in Old Majors ideals. He wanted all the things Old Major wanted, such as the welfare of the animals. In the Russian Revolution his counterpart would be Trotsky. Trotsky believed and wanted the same things as Lenin, and wanted to continue what Lenin had started. Then comes Napoleon. Napoleon was selfish and greedy. He did not want to share the power or the decision making with any other individual. This was the .....
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