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Term Papers on Book Reports
Symbolism In "The Pearl" By John Steinbeck
Number of words: 630 - Number of pages: 3.... 108),
but Kino changes in his desperate attempt to bring about wealthy reforms.
Even his conscience, which is symbolized by the music in Kino's head, tries
to warn him about his greed. This ‘music' symbolizes ones own conscience
in the real world. By the end of this relentless parable, the reader sees
the irony in the fact that even a good person can be led astray by his
feeling of inner responsibility to provide for his family (Warren 128).
Kino's actions, which are being motivated to raise Coyotito, his son, in
greatness leads to the death of Coyotito .....
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The Hobbit
Number of words: 1136 - Number of pages: 5.... a key and a map of their journey, which ends at the Lonely Mountain. It is there that the treasure of Thorins' ancestors is guarded by Smaug. The quest begins and the party meets at the Green Dragon Inn. From there they venture into the Lone-lands. As heavy rains begin to fall, Biblo notices that Gandalf is missing. When it starts to pour they stop to investigate a light. Their Biblo finds three trolls grumbling about food. Biblo decides to live up to title of burglar and attempts to pick one of the trolls' pockets. However they quickly capture him. The dwarfs .....
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Turgenev's Fathers And Sons
Number of words: 1602 - Number of pages: 6.... arrival to Marino they are met by Prokofitch who is
described as a simpering old servant. Arkady is then met by his uncle Pavel,
Pavel shakes hands with Arkady but abruptly puts his hand away when he is
greeting Bazarov. We can see from the actions of Pavel that he immediately
doesn't like Bazarov. After Arkady and Bazarov leave to go to their rooms,
Pavel begins to ask about the "hairy creature" that is visiting with Arkady,
and Bazarov begins to mock Pavel by comments his European demeanor and
finds him "terribly affected for someone living so far out in the .....
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A Deeper Look Into Sexuality Of Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums" And Its Literary Criticisms
Number of words: 1201 - Number of pages: 5.... to find
out why I felt this way, what he intended me to feel, and what his story
meant taking all things into consideration. when looking at various
criticisms, I found a division line that could be made between the sexes.
Most women agreed with me and felt the sexual tension apparent in the story.
This sexual tension was quiet and sensual. The only men that picked up on
this picked out some overtly sexual innuendoes and chose to ignore the
subtleties as Eliza's mood changes and tone of voice. The other men
attributed any sexual tension to Eliza's need for ch .....
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The Color Purple: Conflict Between Fonso And Celie
Number of words: 417 - Number of pages: 2.... after she had her children. Her mother cursed at her, in her final words, after she was told what her husband had done to Celie. She had thought that Celie was sleeping around, but when she found that the children were her husband’s, it killed her. She was not happy about that and instantly blamed Celie.
After her mother died, the rape continued and began for Nettie, Celie’s younger sister. Celie didn’t want it to happen to Nettie, for she loved her too much. Celie told Nettie to run far away, and never come back. Fonso (their stepfather) then sold Cel .....
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Huckleberry Finn
Number of words: 709 - Number of pages: 3.... asking the Duke where Jim is Twain 208 "'sold him' I says, and begun
to cry; 'why he was my nigger, and that was my money. Where is he?-- I
want my nigger.". Then Huck steals Jim from the Phelps farm
(eventhough he was already set free by Miss Watson's will). Huck Finn
changes as we go through the story because Jim is really almost his
slave and he grows to like having Jim wait on him.
In Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain depicts Southern life and society
in the 1870's. The main point that Twain makes is that Southern life
is not as glorious as .....
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Night By Elie Wiesel
Number of words: 268 - Number of pages: 1.... could not believe how Elie Wiesel survived
to tell this tragic story.
I suppose I would have had to be a Jew during the time of the holocaust
to know what actually went on. From what I have read, I can say that I am glad
to have not even been alive during this time. It seemed horrible and unbearable.
The fact that Elie Wiesel survived through all this terror is beyond my
imagination.
While reading the book I felt great pity on the Jews. I almost could
not bear to finish reading the it. It told of a side to the holocaust that I
never even knew existed. All the detailed descriptions of the b .....
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The Sundiata
Number of words: 877 - Number of pages: 4.... medicinal leaves which heal wounds and cure diseases" were revealed (Niane 3). During wartime, a man would have to know how to kill his own food to survive, and knowing which plants would heal the wounds of injured sofas and cure their diseases was important to the survival of the troops. A great hunter would never die of hunger or wounds not treated properly.
In , the Muslim rulers were portrayed as powerful, respected, good rulers. Sundiata was a Muslim as well as Soumaba Cisse˘. When Sundiata first arrived at the court of Soumaba Cisse˘, he was at praye .....
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