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Term Papers on Book Reports
Two Themes That Affect Marlow And Kurtz In Heart Of Darkness
Number of words: 777 - Number of pages: 3.... millions, are almost totally
characterized by restraint." They outnumber the whites "thirty to five"
and could easily fill their starving bellies. Marlow "would have as soon
expected restraint from a hyena prowling amongst the corpses of a
battlefield." The cannibals action is "one of those human secrets that
baffle probability." This helps Marlow keep his restraint, for if the
natives can possess this quality Marlow feels he certainly can.
Kurtz is the essence of the lack of restraint Marlow sees
everywhere. Kurtz has "kicked himself loose from the eart .....
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Mila 18: The Affair
Number of words: 545 - Number of pages: 2.... was so
young. This was very painful for her. When in bed Deborah served her
sentence. The guilt of sex was deeply implanted in her. She practiced
pretending to enjoy love-making so as to not offend her husband. Deborah
didn't experience either fulfillment or the smaller pleasures of love-
making. She was totally unemotional.
When Deborah met Christopher she said she was drawn to him like a
little girl that took his hand and was led through the black evil forest to
the golden castle that sat on a cloud. The time when they had done
everything but go to bed .....
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A Doll House By Ibsen
Number of words: 870 - Number of pages: 4.... to the children as their mother. He does not ask for divorce since this will not be a good public image for his career, instead he asks her to have a separate room from his and limits her time with the children. Helmer is the rule maker of his house. He meticulously gives details on how he wants his house run. He has set time for everything, when the meals are prepared, when the children should go to sleep, when they should wake up, what to eat, when to check the mail etc. This is probably the reason why he is successful in his career. He is again putting his car .....
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Their Eyes Were Watching God: An Epic Search
Number of words: 799 - Number of pages: 3.... she is no longer a slave, the slave
consciousness has caused her to view even her relationship with the deity
about slave and master. This makes Janie the leader of her family's search.
However Nanny realized this, and when she saw that Janie was old enough for
love she had her married. This guaranteed that Janie would not continue a
loss of identity.
Even as a young girl, living in the materialistic world of her
Nanny and her first husband, Logan Killicks, Janie chooses to listen to
"the words of the trees and the wind" (23-24). This is the first evidence
of h .....
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Cry, The Beloved Country: John And Stephen
Number of words: 719 - Number of pages: 3.... for money and political influence over his
own homeland. Msimangu describes John as having "not enough courage, for
he would surely be sent to prison"(39), showing his view that while John
may speak for a cause, he will not go as far as to be put in jail for it.
Later, the narrator of the story says:
There are some men who long for martyrdom, there are those who know
that to go to prison would bring greatness to them, these are those who
would go to prison not caring if it brought greatness to them or not. But
John Kumalo is not one of them. Ther .....
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Stillwatch: Summary
Number of words: 1397 - Number of pages: 6.... President. Well, Pat starts going back into Abigail’s
past to find out more about her. What she does find genuinely intrigues
her: murders, love affairs, suicide, an extremely obese mother who wasn’t
appreciated, and an ex-fiancé...but that’s not all.
Pat’s real name is Kerry Adams. She is living in her parents’ old
house in Washington. 24 years ago, her parents died. It was said that her
father had killed her mother and then himself. Pat’s not real sure that
was the case. She’s living in that house so that she can try to conjure up
some memories. And sh .....
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Paulsen's "Canyons": A Summary
Number of words: 371 - Number of pages: 2.... about the young Apache
warrior. The skull continues to talk to Brannon, about wanting it's soul
to be where it can rest. Brannon runs away with the skull, about the time
his mother called the police after finding it in his closet, and listens as
the voice speaks to him. It wants to be returned to the Sacred Place. All
the memories from the canyons the Apache warrior has come to Brannon, as
though he experienced before, but hadn't. Once the skull is put in it's
scared place in Dog Canyon, both Brannon and the skull can rest. Brannon
starts to head home and .....
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Red Badge Of Courage - Henry Fleming
Number of words: 768 - Number of pages: 3.... wandering
aimlessly, going in circles, like a vast blue demonstration. They kept
marching on without purpose, direction, or fighting. Through time Henry
started to think about the battles in a different way, a more close and
experienced way, he started to become afraid that he might run from battle
when duty calls. He felt like a servent doing whatever his superiors told
him.
When the regement finally discovers a battle taking place, Jim gives
Henry a little packet in a yellow envelope, telling Henry that this will be
his first and last battle. The regi .....
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