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Term Papers on Book Reports
Color Symbolism In The Scarlet
Number of words: 579 - Number of pages: 3.... passion and sensuality. The sin is also represented by the letter "A" being formed in the sky by meteors, and an "A" appearing on Reverend Dimmesdale's chest. The first encounter with red is the description of a wild red rosebush growing outside the prison where Hestor was imprisoned. This is representing Hestor's pride and passion, growing in a place not fitting, similar to how Hestor's passion did not fit in with the Puritan society. As the sunlight shines through a red and yellow window in the governor's house, a red light shines throughout the room. This .....
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Essential Writings: Review
Number of words: 972 - Number of pages: 4.... company of learned shastric brahmans," one's puzzlement with the previously quoted paragraph only increases. What is the logical connection between this paragraph and the previous one? Where is the transition that will link the two? Also, the paragraph itself, obviously, is somewhat compressed; the author has not bothered to spell out his thesis clearly. There is a certain degree of editorial sloppiness too. For example, ""de facto", ""sarkar"," "ancien regime"" are all italicised, but not ""shastric"." The meaning of ""sarkar"" is explained within parenth .....
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Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse 5: Fate
Number of words: 534 - Number of pages: 2.... is already predetermined. Why does it matter that you live your life
in chronological order? According to the view point of the Tralfmadorians,
the same exact things are going to happen, an idea that is indeed biased.
Based on the fact that Tralfamadorians cannot understand the human concept
of time, they have the ability to pick and choose when they want to live
each moment of their lives ,unlike humans, especially Billy Pilgrim who
has no control of his unpredictable "time tripping[s]."
Furthermore, the Tralfamadorian's belief that life is predetermin .....
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Willy Loman’s Struggle With The American Dream
Number of words: 1265 - Number of pages: 5.... of the American Dream. The American Dream has many components.
The components of the dream are: having wealth and success in the business
world, having a status in the business world, having a functional family,
and discovering happiness in each of those categories. Those components of
the American Dream were not found in Willy Loman’s life. Willy’s life
lacked happiness. The only time Willy remembered happiness in his life was
when his boys were young, even then he was not completely happy. “Remember
those two beautiful elm trees out there? When I and Bi .....
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Ernest Hemingway - "The Lost Generation"
Number of words: 765 - Number of pages: 3.... accident during World War I. Jake's wound is the
first of many code hero traits that he features. This physical wound,
however, transcends into an emotional one by preventing Jake from ever
consummating his love with Lady Brett Ashley. Emotional suffering can take
its toll on the Code Hero as it did with Jake Barnes. Despite the deep
love between Jake and Lady Brett, Jake is forced to keep the relationship
strictly platonic and stand watch as different men float in and out of Lady
Ashley's life and bed. No one other than Jake and Brett themselves ever .....
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One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich: Summary
Number of words: 1248 - Number of pages: 5.... and his
pocket, and one guard also crushes the mitten that Ivan holds out which is
the empty one. This was in the book as,
He was about to pass him through when,
for safety's sake, he crushed the mitten
that Shukhov held out to him - the empty one. (Solzhenitsyn, Pg.
107)
The smart move that he does is to place the empty mitten on top and take
the risk that the guard will only search the empty one. Shukhov was lucky.
Another example of having to be smarter is after they find the wood panels,
they want to carry them back to make the pla .....
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The Influence Of Paradise Lost And Frankenstein
Number of words: 346 - Number of pages: 2.... Lost into the novel by having it be one of the three works that the monster studied. The monster found a correlation between his condition and and an aspect of the novel and stated;
"Like Adam, I was apparently united by no link to any other human being...I was wretched, helpless and alone. Many times I considered Satan as the fitter emblem of my condition (pg. 135-136)
Other echoes of Paradise Lost are as follows:
Frankenstein hopes to be the source of a new species, but ironically his creature evolves into a self-acknowleged Satan who swears eternal re .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Compassion From Atticus Finch
Number of words: 684 - Number of pages: 3.... townspeople felt compassion toward Atticus for standing up for what is morally just. QUOTE BLACKS IN BALCONY. Also, the blacks QUOTE ON FOOD GAVE THEM. Not just the black felt sympathy toward Atticus, but the white townspeople were grateful for his honorable actions and felt compassionate towards him for being the person that had to MISS MAUDIE QUOTE. However the racists in the town still disliked Atticus for his actions and threatened him by spitting in his face and trying to kill his children.
In today’s society, people have felt compassion toward Nelso .....
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