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Term Papers on Book Reports
Frankenstein Protagonist And A
Number of words: 549 - Number of pages: 2.... man cannot augment nature without destroying the very thing he is attempting to perfect.
When the monster (also Nature) is created, the role of antagonist and protagonist changes due to enforcement. When the monster was created, it wasn’t the antagonist. It tried to do many good things such as saving a small girl. Those good deeds were never rewarded, causing the monster to be disgusted with humanity making it, by enforcement to be come the antagonist. Victor at this point becomes the protagonist as the monster goes throughout its rampage killing loved one .....
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Lightning Mine Vs Archangel
Number of words: 649 - Number of pages: 3.... ahead, and quickly Shoemaker realises what this will lead to. The corporate tactics continue to ensure a smooth running of the mine, even to the extent of killing Mariba’s wife.
The resolution of the book fits in well with the theme. Namarrkon: The Lightning Spirit, the guard of the sacred site, stirs up a freak electrical storm, and totally destroys the mine. Furthermore, the CEO, Sir Peter Gables, gets killed by the storm whilst in a helicopter trying to escape the wraith of the storm. Mariba gets shot, but is amazingly saved by Shoemaker, who is a ch .....
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Getting Rid Of George: A Gothic Story
Number of words: 834 - Number of pages: 4.... this story proving that Getting Rid of George is a well written gothic story.
Along with a gloomy and terrifying atmosphere, Arthur uses the element of aberrant psychological states of mind to add to his gothic story. An example of irrational behavior is shown when Laura becomes outraged and spontaneously murders George. We thought, as well, that when Laura suffers a fainting spell is also an example of this psychological state of mind. Evidence of this is found when Arthur writes: “Harry held Laura until the nausea within her subsided.” Lastly, ha .....
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Everyday Use 2
Number of words: 813 - Number of pages: 3.... things of this sort. In Alice Walker's short story, "Everyday Use" the story begins off by mentioning a possession that can be obtained from inheritance. The mother (or protagonist) describes the yard as being comfortable than most people know. She says, "It is like an extended living room." (351)
Another prized possession of the family was the first house that they lived in. Apparently they felt comfortable living there, because when it was burned in a fire they moved to another one that was almost identical. Contrary to her mother and Maggie, the oldest .....
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The Bluest Eye 2
Number of words: 1310 - Number of pages: 5.... his family, not physically but he is always in a drunken state and doesn't provide the family with the barest necessities. Cholly dies alone in a warehouse. Claudia MacTeer is the main narrator in the story. She is about nine years old when they story takes place, she is remembering the story. Claudia is black and doesn't see anything wrong with that. She isn't like the other girls who think it would be better if she was white, she doesn't buy into that idea, she destroys the white dolls that she receives for Christmas. Claudia has learned from her mother .....
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The Sound And The Fury Essay
Number of words: 744 - Number of pages: 3.... will go smoothly, but this never happens. He is always trying to rush although he never accomplishes anything. Another example of a person who depends on time is Mr. Quentin. Many of the Compson family members have had some connection with time itself.
The Compson family hold fast to time and signifies loss. They are more focused on the old south rather than the new. In the Dilsey section there is the sermon about the resurrection that Reverend Shegog gives on Easter day. The resurrection is a rebirth of God coming back from death just as the south is tr .....
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Tarrou: The Plague's Only Hero
Number of words: 785 - Number of pages: 3.... he neglects his basic duty as a reporter by failing to record
anything (109); a duty which Rieux and Tarrou fulfill. Grand produces two
sentences and does nothing to fight the plague, which McCarthy interprets
as a parody of Rieux's inability to explain the plague (109-10). Cottard
wholeheartedly embraces the plague, revels in it, and attempts to profit
from it. The rest of the people either waste their time, waiting for the
end (the old man spitting on the cats, the bean-counter, etc.) or join the
sanitation squad, under Tarrou. Nobody takes a stand and res .....
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“Tintern Abbey” And “Intimations Ode”: Natural Peace
Number of words: 326 - Number of pages: 2.... them. In Wordsworth, a sensation is formed by imagining his childhood in a series of stages in the development with nature. The sensation is based on nature but is also shaped by the poet’s mind. The thought revolves around the serenity that nature has brought to his life.
In “Intimations of Immortality” Wordsworth states “Yet in my heart of hearts I feel your might” (line 89) as to perceive nature as a part of man spirit. The part of man spirit man can roam freely without human concerns. In light of this thought man loves nature in an overwhelming wa .....
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