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Term Papers on Book Reports
Native Sun: Themes Of Racism, Violence, And Social Injustice
Number of words: 777 - Number of pages: 3.... his friends, but all of them
including Bigger wanted to pull off a big job, by robbing Blum's store.
They were afraid though, of getting caught for robbing a white man. They
know the police don't care about blacks, and would probably accuse them of
many more crimes. Luckily for Bigger, though, the Relief Agency did find
him a job with the Daltons. When Bigger went to the Daltons house for the
first time, he brought his gun, because it made him feel equal to the white
people.
When Bigger got to the Daltons house, he didn't know whether to enter
the house by .....
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Brian's Search For The Meaning Of Life In W.O. Mitchell's Who Has Seen The Wind
Number of words: 832 - Number of pages: 4.... birth is the beginning of life. Four years later, a similar
conversation comes up when Brian asks his father how rabbits are born.
With this new found knowledge, Brian also sees another newborn. But this
time it was a two-headed calf, who dies at birth. Because of this, Brian
comes to the realization that "God isn't very considerate"(166), for
sometimes he lets things like the two headed cow come into this world, only
to suffer and then die.
The Second instance in which Brian is confronted with the meaning
of life, comes to him when he sees death .....
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Animal Farm: Struggle For Power
Number of words: 680 - Number of pages: 3.... In the end, there is the inevitable struggle for power that results in many different changes.
The story takes place on what was originally called Manor Farm, but the animals rename it to Animal Farm, and when the pigs take over, they change the name back to Manor Farm. The time setting for this story is some point during the 1940’s.
During the story, many characters are introduced. There are Jessie, the brown dog, who is friends with Boxer, a diligently working horse, and Snowball, a small pig exiled from the farm by Napoleon, the black pig, in the quest fo .....
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Benvenuto Cellini
Number of words: 711 - Number of pages: 3.... Cesarino and now in the collection of the museum at Vienna. Another of his patrons in the period was Cardinal Patriarch Marco Cornaro, of the powerful Cornaro della Regina family of Venice. By his own account Cellini played a role in the ultimately unsuccessful defense of Rome in 1527, slaying the Constable of Bourbon in one attack and later killing Philibert, Prince of Orange, as well. After a brief stay in Florence, where he concentrated on producing medals (including "Hercules and the Numean Lion" in gold repousse and "Atlas Supporting the Sphere" in .....
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Analysis Of The Red Scare
Number of words: 2344 - Number of pages: 9.... of the Red Scare was the conscription law of May 18, 1917, which was put in place during World War I for the armed forces to be able to conscript more Americans. This law caused many problems for the conscientious objector to WWI, because for one to claim that status, one had to be a member of a "well-recognized" religious organization which forbade their members to participation in war. As a result of such unyeilding legislation, 20,000 conscientious objectors were inducted into the armed forces. Out of these 20,000, 16,000 changed their minds when th .....
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Jane Eyre: The Maturing Of Jane
Number of words: 570 - Number of pages: 3.... help of Helen Burns, Jane has learned to love, forget hatred and live
her life in happiness. Helen states: "Life appears too short to be spent
in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs." These words shows that Helen
is more mature and experienced than Jane. Jane observes: "Miss Temple is
full of goodness…" Miss Temple was another great influence in Jane's life,
she treated Jane as if she were her own daughter. We realize now that Jane
was no longer alone. She had friends to love her and guide her to the next
step in life. Jane had not only gained .....
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Old Man And The Sea, Santiago
Number of words: 873 - Number of pages: 4.... but does not convince himself. Santiago believes in killing the giant marlin but he knows the fish is his brother. He struggles over whether he should kill him or not. He decides to kill. " 'I'll kill him though,' he said. 'In all his greatness and his glory.' Although it is unjust, he thought." The tragic man can endure pain and does not fear death. The old man sits in his skiff with the fishing line wrapped around his back. He is in a very uncomfortable position and the moving rope slices his hands. "I must hold his pain where it is, he thought. .....
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Go Ask Alice
Number of words: 990 - Number of pages: 4.... Springtime, the setting for Alice's dream, is the traditional time in English literature for frivolity and strange stories. The setting for Chaucer's Canterbury Tales also takes place in the spring, at the beginning of April. This accounts for many of the fantastic elements and for the non-linear nature of the story; ideas and conversations are not to be taken seriously, but rather to be enjoyed for their lack of connection and straightforward meaning. The dream world in which Alice finds herself when she enters the rabbit hole is called Wonderland. Wonderla .....
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