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Term Papers on Book Reports
Gimpel The Fool: Golde Vs. Elka
Number of words: 1236 - Number of pages: 5.... get fed up and say, “Spare us your bible!” (Aleichem 42) This would quiet him immediately. Where Golde would silence Tevye because his speeches were tiresome to her, Elka would simply make fun of Gimpel, keeping him quiet because he did not know how or want to retaliate. “Look who’s here! He’s come, the drip. Grab a seat” (Singer 6). She belittled him all of the time.
Golde was more sarcastic, than mean, to Tevye. Tevye did not always have the opportunity to be a great provider for his family. This would upset/anger Golde. “A lot he need children-and sev .....
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The Theme Of Carelessness In The Great Gatsby
Number of words: 702 - Number of pages: 3.... "I am careful."
"No, you're not"
"Well, other people are," she said lightly.
"What's that got to do with it?"
"They'll keep out of my way," she insisted. "It takes two to make
an accident."
"Suppose you meet somebody just as careless as yourself."
"I hope I never will," she answered. "I hate careless people."(63)
She quickly responded to Nick that she doesn't need to be careful.
Daisy implied that it is the other person's responsibility to be mindful of her.
She .....
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Pudd’nhead Wilson
Number of words: 1159 - Number of pages: 5.... about.
takes place during 1830, in a little town called Dawson’s Landing. Dave Wilson was a new citizen. He had a law degree, but when he moved in he ruined his reputation by saying, “I wish I owned half of that dog, because I would kill my half”. Every one called him instead of Dave Wilson. His career, as a lawyer was ruined, no one would come to him to seek advice. His hobby was keeping fingerprints of everyone it the town. People thought him crazy, but in the end I was worth it.
Robert Regan stated, “Wilson was to be a satirized hero, a man who revels .....
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Catcher In The Rye: Holden Portrayed As A Troubled Young Man
Number of words: 910 - Number of pages: 4.... when Holden is waiting for Ackley to get
ready to go to town, he looks out of the window of his
room, opens it, and packs a snowball from the snow
on the window ledge. He begins to throw it at a parked
car, but doesn't because the car "looked so nice and
white". Then he aims at a fire hydrant, but stops again
because that also looks "too nice and white". Finally
he decides not to throw it at anything and closes the
window...What Holden sees through the window is for
him a visual embodiment of what he unconsciously
seeks: a state of Being whic .....
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Jane Eyre: Analysis Of Bronte's Work
Number of words: 1199 - Number of pages: 5.... the traditional role of women. Jane Eyre sent
controversy through the literary community. For not only was it written
by a woman but marked the first use of realistic characters. Jane's
complexity lied in her being neither holy good nor evil. She was poor and
plain in a time when society considered "an ugly woman a blot on the face
of creation." It challenged Victorian class structure in a strictly
hierachal society. A relationship between a lowly governess and a wealthy
nobleman was simply unheard of. Bronte drew criticism for her attack on the
aristoc .....
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Guilt And How It Is Handled
Number of words: 614 - Number of pages: 3.... The people forgive her after time but
Dimmesdale still feels guilty, and since time has passed can not face the
truth. A situation that creates guilt can also illustrate how people deal
with difficulty.
Guilt does not only appear in literature, but also in daily life.
A famous case is the O.J. Simpson murder trial. Whether he committed the
crime or not, O.J. has shown no signs of guilt. This can be interpreted as
meaning that he either did not commit the crime, or he did so but is hiding
the guilt. If the second situation is true, then he has emotiona .....
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Fahrenheit 451: Predictions
Number of words: 465 - Number of pages: 2.... and scholars being the criminals and the outcasts.
Another difference that is rather large is the emphasis that Bradbury puts on the wall screen, three wall television type devices. Probably the biggest difference and the strangest is how Guy’s wife Mildred and the rest o f the country related to them as their “family.” Also how all the characters in the books could interact with the televisions by being in plays or shows. The TV could quite possibly be a way for Mildred to try to escape her unhappiness and reality, rather than dealing with her husband s .....
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Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine
Number of words: 1770 - Number of pages: 7.... to the depth and
character of Dandelion Wine: life and death, heaven and hell, and the past
and the future.
The themes of life and death become entwined with raw fantasy in
Dandelion Wine. One of the first experiences of young Douglas Spaulding is
to realize that the pure, unbridled energy, emotion, and fantasy of the
summer make him truly alive. (Bradford 69) The pure, unadulterated fantasy
of life and joy in Dandelion Wine gives a more than magical feeling to the
book and leaves the reader wishing that he or she lived in this world.
(Bradford 69) One of the r .....
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