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Term Papers on Book Reports
Harper Lee: Introduction To Harper Lee
Number of words: 5172 - Number of pages: 19.... Her dark straight hair is worn cut in
a short style. Her main interests, she says, are "collecting the memoirs of
nineteenth century clergymen, golf, crime, and music." She is a Whig in
political thought and believes in "Catholic emancipation and the repeal of
the corn laws."
Sources Of To Kill A Mockingbird Among the sources for Miss Lee's novel are
the following:
(1) National events: This novel focuses on the role of the
Negro in Southern life, a life with which Miss Lee has been
intimately associated. Although it does not deal with civil
rights .....
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A Tale Of Two Cities: Faults Of The Social Structure
Number of words: 479 - Number of pages: 2.... past everyone else as if they are not there. This shows that all the higher aristocracy cares about is themselves.
Another fault the Dickens points out about the social structure in the society is the lunacy associated with the revolution. The way the people of St. Antoine get crazy from being in such a violent situation is the fault that is being described here. When the wood-sawyer starts talking about his saw as "his little guillotine" it shows that he is affected and is a "typical revolutionary", with a cruel regard for life. Another place where Dickens d .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Life Lessons Of Jem And Scout
Number of words: 304 - Number of pages: 2.... no matter what other people
think or say to you, they learned this lesson from there father Atticus he
defended Tom Robinson even though every said that he should not defend a
black man. He did it because he knew it was the rite thing to do, and the
children knew that was the reason that he did it too.
There are many things that we all learn about life as we go on
through life this book showed us some of the things that people learn from
other people in your lifetime, it also showed us some life lessons and they
were some pretty good ones. .....
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Billy Budd: Perfect Character In Unjust Microcosm
Number of words: 603 - Number of pages: 3.... wants the reader to see
that Billy has strength as well as beauty. He also goes on to make an
allusion between "young Alexander", Alexander the Great, and Billy to
create an image of a powerful figure. (THAAL, pg. 2513) Melville compares
Billy's physical appearance to that of Alexander the conqueror creating an
image of a superior being.
Billy is an "honest soul" and wants simple peace and quiet. (THAAL,
pg. 2514) The simple peace that he seeks may represent the romantic view of
a noble savage, who has goodness because he is untainted by the corrupt .....
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The Most Dangerous Game: Foil Character To Contrast The Protagonist
Number of words: 438 - Number of pages: 2.... and the
fear of death."
"Nonsense," laughed Rainsford. "This hot weather is
making you soft, Whitney. Be a realist. The world is
made up of two classes--the hunters and the huntees.
Luckily, you and I are hunters."
Rainsford never considered what it was like to be the prey rather than the predator, that is until he met General Zaroff. General Zaroff was much like Rainsford, only he had found the ultimate game to hunt- human beings. By making Rainsford the huntee, Zaroff showed Rainsford what it felt like to be the p .....
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Kate Chopin's The Awakening
Number of words: 890 - Number of pages: 4.... time frame it was
written, expressing ideas of the forthcoming feminist movement and creating an
awareness of what was happening to the women of the early nineteenth century.
When "The Awakening" was first published, its popularity wasn't that of
modern day. In fact, it was widely rejected for years. Within the context, it
is considered a very liberal book from the beginning of the nineteenth century.
The ideas expressed within the content concern the women's movement and an
individual woman searching for who she really is. Ross C. Murfin in his
critica .....
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Sins In The Scarlet Letter
Number of words: 742 - Number of pages: 3.... to feel the warmth of love again. She tried to fill this emptiness by making love with the Reverend Dimmesdale. When her child Pearl was born, Hester's adulterous sin was discovered and she was cast out from their society and required to wear an embroidered “A” on her bosom in punishment. Hester felt guilt for her sin the rest of her life and sought repentance and absolution until the time she died. Hester never had true love for Chillingworth, but was tricked into marriage. She later told him this while speaking in her jail cell saying to him, .....
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Antiheroism In Hamlet
Number of words: 834 - Number of pages: 4.... in avenging his murder. Act four places a special emphasis on Hamlet's intelligence. In scene two, Hamlet is very insolent and rude towards Rosencrantz and Guildenstern with such phrases as, That I can keep your counsel and not, mine own. Beside, to be demanded of a sponge, what replication should be made by the son of a king? (IV, ii, 12-14) The reference to the sponge reflects the fact that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are easily ordered by the king and do not have minds of their own. Hamlet does not like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern since they are ser .....
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