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Term Papers on Book Reports
Critique Of Snow Falling On Cedars
Number of words: 660 - Number of pages: 3.... war to find the land sold. Their
once close-knit friendship is shattered by their families' disagreement.
They both become fishermen. Along with the Kabuo/Carl tension and
subsequent trial is another relationship filled with stress: that of
Kabuo's wife Hatsue and her high school sweetheart, now local reporter
Ishmael Chambers. He cannot get over the loss of their relationship that
ended when Hatsue was sent to a relocation camp. All of these conflicts
are interwoven with the trial that rocks a small town. The charges against
Kabuo are eventually dropped w .....
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Mark Anthony's "Crypt Of The Shadowking": A Fantasy
Number of words: 990 - Number of pages: 4.... under
the Tor which the city is set upon, where Cutter is mining to find the crypt of
the Shadowking, where the nightstone, an ancient artifact of great and evil
power, believed to be. Caledan finds this out through a connection within the
slums and goes to find his old traveling companions who once made up the Company
of the Dreaming Dragon. After reuniting, the company goes to find the tomb of
Merrimeck to find the secret of the shadow song, the known power against the
Shadowking and the nightstone. As the company travels to toward the Fields of
the Dead, .....
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Pericles Funeral Oration
Number of words: 713 - Number of pages: 3.... they have done.
I think that Pericles had in mind when he was writing his Eulogy is that he wanted to instill pride among the Athenians and not only to have respect for those who had died for Athens, but also to encourage them to want to fight for their country. As in paragraph two he says, "But what lay behind those outward deeds, what really made us great-our training, our frame of government, our natural bent-I shall expound, primarily in praise of these men, but also as a fitting thing to be said on this occasion and proper for this audience to hear, the o .....
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Fahrenheit 451
Number of words: 422 - Number of pages: 2.... the
possession of books was a great sin, his wife reported him to the firemen. Guy
soon kills 3 fireman, including the chief, and escapes with a professor by the
name of Faber.
Guy and the professor end up together sharing and discussing their love
for books.
"Theory hell," said Montag. "t's poetry." (pg. 97)
This is actually what changed Guy's life. When Guy re-entered the room at
his wife's party he had a book in his hands. Mrs. Phelps, one of his wife's
friends asked him if he was reading up on fireman theory. He was so frustrated
with her bec .....
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The Piano Lesson: Characters
Number of words: 1504 - Number of pages: 6.... takes a close look into two dynamically different approaches to overcoming prejudice in America. Although their strategies differ greatly, both Berniece and Boy Willie both find ways to combat the problems associated with living in a racist culture.
Slavery is still fresh in the minds of many blacks and whites during the ‘30s and so are many harsh feelings. Berniece and Boy Willie tackle the racism of their time in the same way their parents did. Bernice’s personality is very similar to her mother’s, Mama Ola. She chooses to avoid conflicts over racism whenever .....
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Crime And Punishment--is Rasko
Number of words: 781 - Number of pages: 3.... declared:
I could kill that damned old woman and make off with her money without the faintest conscious-prick.... For one life, thousands would be saved from corruption and decay.... Besides, what value has the life of that sickly, stupid, ill-natured old woman in the balance of existence? (63)
Raskolnikov reasoned that it would be honorable to kill Alyona since it would supposedly benefit humanity, but the fact that “ordinary” men had the same idea should have immediately put a stop to any thoughts that he was extraordinary.
During Raskoln .....
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Night
Number of words: 657 - Number of pages: 3.... his son, his son runs on, pretending not to see what is happening to his father. This spectacle causes Elie to think of what he would do if his father ever became as weak as the Rabbi. He decides that he would never leave his father, even if staying with him would be the cause of his death. The German forces are so adept at breaking the spirits of the Jews that we can see the effects throughout Elie's novel. Elie's faith in God, above all other things, is strong at the onset of the novel, but grows weaker as it goes on. We see this when Elie's father politel .....
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Narration In Haircut And Cask Of Amontillado
Number of words: 527 - Number of pages: 2.... to be that bad, even though Jim impersonated someone and said that a man was dead when he wasn't.
In "Cask of Amontillado", the narrator is Montresor. He tells his friend that he has some wine for him to try, even though there is no wine and he is leading Fortunato to his death. "‘I have my doubts,' I replied; ‘and I was silly enough to pay the full Amontillado price without consulting you in the matter. You were not to be found, and I was fearful of losing a bargain.'" Montresor tells Fortunato this lie to lure him into the cellar, but the reader doesn't .....
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