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Term Papers on Book Reports
Go Ask Alice
Number of words: 2428 - Number of pages: 9.... is only five days apart from mine, that is a weird
coincidence.
From September 19 through September 25 she goes on about how nothing
every happens in her life. She does not enjoy her teachers, subjects and school.
She thinks everything is losing interest and everything's dull. I think she just
is going through the "teenager blues".
Julie Brown had a party but she didn't go because she gained seven whole
pounds. I don't think that seven pounds is a big deal.
On September 30th her father was invited to be the "Dean of Political
Science at --------- ". She says .....
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Fire And Water Imagery In Jane Eyre
Number of words: 1952 - Number of pages: 8.... the heat of emotion and feeling. On a very basic level, one can already note the underlying significance for Brontë's use of fire imagery - fire, as is with the passions, can provide warmth and comfort, but can also burn. With water imagery, it is useful to consider that such imagery includes natural imagery of ice, sea and snow, all common features in the novel. Water, the antithesis of fire, represents the extreme point of cool reason, without any trace of passion. As we see Jane wander between these two points of temptation throughout the novel, the accompan .....
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Lord Of Flies: Animal Instincts
Number of words: 801 - Number of pages: 3.... in favor of having rules and following them. One of the rules was that the children would come to gather for an assembly upon hearing the sound of the conch. It is stated that in the beginning of the book, " By the time Ralph finished blowing the conch the platform was crowded." (p.32). This shows that in the beginning of the story the children were very obedient to following the rules. As the story progress, though, Ralph becomes aggravated. He states, "Things are breaking up. I don't understand why. We began well. We were all happy." (p.82). He is a .....
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Freedom In The Story Of An Hou
Number of words: 1000 - Number of pages: 4.... She retreats to her bedroom in a comfortable armchair, indicating that this is a place where she feels safe. It is here that Mrs. Mallard seems to have found a way to rectify what she thought wrong in her life. Mrs. Mallard then realizes in a rush of emotion and relief that she is “Free! Body and soul free!” She views the world with a fresh outlook: one where she will be her own person, answering only to herself. For a brief moment the reader is able to see through to how she is truly feeling, her emotional release apparent when she sa .....
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Great Expectations- Morals
Number of words: 939 - Number of pages: 4.... pvitaols because it teaches us right from wrong.
The first stage Pip went through in his moral development was fear. In this stage, Pip's main excuse for his actions was his fear of punishment. Pip displayed this because Mrs. Joe was constantly beating and threatening him. This kind of behavior made Pip very sensitive and easily swayed in his thoughts. A specific example of Pip acting out of fear was when he met Magwitch, his convict, on the marshes and was told to bring him a file and some whittles or else Pip's liver would be ripped out by the convict's frie .....
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The Prince
Number of words: 2590 - Number of pages: 10.... Second Chancery. Four years past by and in 1498, Machiavelli became Chief Secretary of the Florentine Republic, and then later that year, he succeeded Adriani as head of the Second Chancery.
While in this position as Chief Secretary, he went on many diplomatic missions and observed many foreign governments in action. From these experiences, Machiavelli would later draw the conclusions, he writes about in . He was entrusted with numerous missions to France, ally of the Florentine republic, to meet with King Louis XII in the years 1500, 1504, and 1510. In 1502, Ni .....
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The Night Of The Hunter: The Preacher
Number of words: 909 - Number of pages: 4.... “unholy” vocation, he takes her up to a
room to murder her. Just as he is about to whip out the switchblade and fulfill
his holy mission, he suddenly hears “God's” voice telling him not to bother
because “there were too many of them.” At the moment when this revelation takes
place, the woman of the night sees the preacher in the midst of taking out the
knife, and she screams. The shouting brings a Negro servant, and the preacher
is forced to kill both the servant and prostitute. In Powell's sick and twisted
mind, God had merely changed His mind when Preacher' .....
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Gullivers Travels And Robinson Crusoe: Characters Resemble Trained Soldiers
Number of words: 1402 - Number of pages: 6.... 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. Throughout this period the Catholic Church was fighting back against the effects of the Renaissance. The people of the Renaissance society started to question their beliefs in the church and tried to rationally explain the world around them. Several crusades were fought throughout this period and in the end England and France became "Christianized." Robinson Crusoe was p .....
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