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Term Papers on Book Reports
UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE
Number of words: 716 - Number of pages: 3.... Sylvia her friend. Bea shows Sylvia the ropes; what to do, what not to do, where to go, where not to go. That kind of stuff. Bea is a good teacher, and a good friend to Sylvia.
One of Sylvia's students is Joe Ferone. Joe is a rebel and a hoodlum. Joe barely ever comes to class. Sylvia really wants to help Joe. Sylvia tries to schedule after school sessions with Joe, but he never shows up. Towards the end of the story I get the feeling Sylvia was starting to fall in love with him.
This story takes place in a New York City school in Manhattan, in the ninetee .....
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The Red Badge Of Courage 3
Number of words: 778 - Number of pages: 3.... pain is brought on by the endurance of war. "There was a tattered man, fouled with dust, blood and powder stain from hair to shoes, who trudged quietly at the youths side." (pg 50) The tattered solider also characterizes the toughness people can endear. "... the tattered soldier had two wounds, one in the head and the other in the arm, making that member dangle like a broken bough." (pg 51) "'Was a pretty good fight, wa'n't it?' Said the tattered man." (pg 51) Even through the harshness of war people will find something inside of them, overcome it and not l .....
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Antiheroism In Hamlet
Number of words: 834 - Number of pages: 4.... in avenging his murder. Act four places a special emphasis on Hamlet's intelligence. In scene two, Hamlet is very insolent and rude towards Rosencrantz and Guildenstern with such phrases as, That I can keep your counsel and not, mine own. Beside, to be demanded of a sponge, what replication should be made by the son of a king? (IV, ii, 12-14) The reference to the sponge reflects the fact that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are easily ordered by the king and do not have minds of their own. Hamlet does not like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern since they are ser .....
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A Woman Mourned By Daughters: An Analysis
Number of words: 448 - Number of pages: 2.... upsets them
now that she is gone, isn't the fact that she died, it is all the things that
she used to do to them. A knot forms in their throats (“what rises in our
throats like the food you prodded in”) as they think about how they used to be
treated.
After the mother dies, the daughters are left with several
responsibilities which are discussed in the next section (Lines 22-28). These
responsibilities are not ones which the daughters would be happy to take care of.
They are so hateful toward their mother and the problems she left are only a
burden to them. .....
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Chaucer
Number of words: 719 - Number of pages: 3.... know the cause of every malady and infliction the body can withstand(ll. 429,430). They appear to many as one to provide an extended hand to anyone in need. But there is a price to be paid for their services, and their eyes cannot oversee the wealth that is due to them. The Doctor then is the same as a witch doctor now, with their appearances different, but their intentions and thoughts the same.
Stereotypes are seen only in the imagination. And it is in the imagination from which a television evangelist is characteristically similar to Geoffrey ’s Summoner. .....
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Frankenstein: Morality
Number of words: 773 - Number of pages: 3.... (pg.152) says Victor upon looking back at his work. If there is
another monster there will be twice the power and possibly twice the evil,
which could hurt or kill his family. When and if Frankenstein commits the moral
sin of creating another monster he may be rid of both monsters forever. "With
the companion you bestow I will quit the neighbourhood of man,"(pg 142) promises
the morally corrupt monster to the doctor upon the completion of his partner.
When the doctor, if and when he, finished his first creation's mate there is a
chance that the monste .....
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All Quiet On The Western Front
Number of words: 1374 - Number of pages: 5.... “”, and Robert Ross is the main character in “The Wars”. Both boys were at a very young age when they were exposed to World War 1. The war was getting worse as the days went by, and the soldiers were dying quickly. The commanding officers felt it was best to convince young men to enter the war to support and fight for their country. They were not told whom they were really fighting for, or the cause. In Paul’s case, Germany was under attack from many sides, and it was best for him to head for the front lines and defend his fathe .....
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Of Mice And Men: Crooks
Number of words: 528 - Number of pages: 2.... who has "got lots of books." He "had
his bunk in the harness room." His room is full of "a number of personal
possessions" that had accumulated over time. Crook's room is his own
private place where he is in control but he hates being alone. The true
loneliness comes out when Lennie comes into Crook's room. Crooks explains
to Lennie that "guys don't come into a colored man's room very much." This
shows the reader that he has been casted out. Crooks is angry at society
for oppressing him so severely. Lennie is rare, because though he is a
white man, he .....
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