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Term Papers on Book Reports
The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer: Summary
Number of words: 609 - Number of pages: 3.... Tom goes with the
Pirate crew the story goes to Jackson's Island. But most of the story
occurs in the village.
In the story Tom had to whitewash his aunt's fence which he did not
want to do. Later on Tom's friend Jim came along he had to get a pail of
water from the town pump so Tom said that he would get the water if Jim
would whitewash some. Jim said no so Tom was stuck with whitewashing until
Ben Rogers came eating a apple, and said "Hello, old chap, you got to work,
hey?" Tom told him that it wasn't work it was fun. Then Ben stoped eating
his apple, and .....
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"A Wrinkle In Time"
Number of words: 1522 - Number of pages: 6.... for a moment, and then I'll be on my way. Speaking of ways, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract?' Meg's father had been experimenting with this fifth dimension of time travel when he mysteriously disappeared. Now the time has come for Meg, her friend Calvin, and Charles Wallace to rescue him. But can they outwit the forces of evil they will encounter on their heart- stopping journey through space" (L'Engle 215)?
The story begins with the unsolved disappearance of Mr. Murray in the midst of one of his scientific experiments. The blunder was the q .....
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Catch 22 And Good As Gold - Sa
Number of words: 2538 - Number of pages: 10.... White House. It also deals in detail with Gold’s family problems and Gold’s struggle to write a book on the contemporary Jewish society.
Throughout these two novels, Catch-22 and Good as Gold, Heller criticizes many institutions. In Good as Gold it is the White House and government as a whole, and in Catch-22 it is the military and medical institutions.
In Catch-22 the military is heavily satirized. Heller does this by criticizing it. Karl agrees with this statement by offering an example of the satire of both the military and civilian institutions in Catch-22 .....
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How It Feels To Be Coloured Me: Realizing Color
Number of words: 536 - Number of pages: 2.... diverse city, she see’s what it’s like to be coloured. It’s thrown into her face. All the black people aren’t doctors, lawyers, butchers and postal workers like they were in Eatonville. As she states, “I feel most coloured when I am thrown into a sharp white backround.” She realizes that not everyone is the same anymore as they were in Eatonville. She knows that she’s “not in Kansas anymore”, similar to what anyone would feel being out of their realm.
Unlike the days of her grandfather, when he didn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of doing anything wit .....
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Fyodor
Number of words: 1422 - Number of pages: 6.... because of his alcoholism and the brutality that followed his drinking fits. He was never close to his father possibly because of alcoholism, this is creates a hatred towards fatherly figures. The only father seen in the novel, Marmeladov, is a drunkard and is portrayed as a “dead-beat” dad, who only drank and did not tend to his family’s need, but instead added to their misfortunes. Alcoholism is a massive problem that is mentioned in the book among numerous characters; consequently, shuns it for this reason. He abhorred alcoholics, especia .....
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Pride And Prejudice
Number of words: 1404 - Number of pages: 6.... is rewarded with happiness and fulfillment at the end of the novel. But what if their initial beliefs were correct? Let’s say that Mr. Darcy’s pride and Elizabeth’s prejudice were switched within the context of Austen’s plot and narrative structure. Could a proud Elizabeth and a prejudice Darcy grow in self-awareness through the circumstances of the novel and gain a better understanding of human condition? Before Austen allows her characters to have a ‘fairy-tale’ ending, they must undergo self-growth. Given Austen .....
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Jane Eyre: Ladies First
Number of words: 1462 - Number of pages: 6.... manage her father, she still likes to manage things, and
particularly people. She manages to manipulate everyone except Mr. George
Knightley.
In Jane Eyre, Jane demonstrates a strong need to be herself, to
take responsibility for her action. She is put to the test by her daily
teasing and abuse from her cousins. When she is brought to a boarding
school she soon distinguishes herself through her classes. Eventually ends
up in Thornfield where she meets Edward Rochester.
While growing up in Gateshead Hall, Jane is treated less than a
servant. Her cousins Joh .....
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Bill Budd
Number of words: 483 - Number of pages: 2.... with him and innate, in short ‘a depravity according to nature.’” These two people who are clearly on opposite sides of the spectrum contrast one another in a plethora of ways. Where Billy is sweet, John is bitter. Where Billy is naïve, John is knowledgeable. Where Billy is content, John is jealous. Lastly, where Billy is good, John is bad.
The ugliness that results in the death of both men portrays the triumph of sinister forces over the meek. John Claggart, who is a powerful and feared man aboard Bellipotent, lashes out at Billy who is for th .....
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