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Term Papers on Book Reports
Cats Cradle
Number of words: 946 - Number of pages: 4.... his book. On the plane he meets Newt in person, who turns out to be a midget, and the Crosbys, a married couple. John reads a book the Crosbys give him on the plane all about the religion of Bokononism and it's customs. One custom is Bokomaru, touching the souls of feet together to grow closer. He also reads of how Bokonon, the creator of Bokononism, was outlawed.
When they arrive on San Lorenzo the President falls ill. Frank, who is going to marry the President's daughter, Mona, doesn't feel up to the job of being president so he asks John to do it. After a .....
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A Modest Proposal: A Different Version
Number of words: 1024 - Number of pages: 4.... As humbly as
I may, I propose to solve this problem and help the students of Jesuit Prep
enjoy these classrooms of boredom. This proposal, deeply thought out to
solve the common problem of students sleeping and hurting their future
lives and careers is to place table top dancers in every classroom.
I have worked out the details entailing the added cost of these daily
dancing ladies. A well-known friend of mine, who owns a nightclub off of
Harry Hines, was kind enough to divulge the rates per hour that dancers, he
could find for Jesuit Prep, would ac .....
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A Farewell To Arms: Summary
Number of words: 684 - Number of pages: 3.... trying to get to her during the war.
Main Events:
The story starts with Tenente being attached to an Italian ambulance unit on the Italian front. His friend, Lieutenant Rinaldi, told him that a group of British nurses had arrived to set up a British hospital unit. Tenente started to call on Catherine Barkley, but not yet had he fallen in love with her. At the front, he was injured badly in the leg and was transferred to a hospital in Milan. He had his leg operated on and his wounded knee fixed. Catherine Barkley worked in this hospital, and she came to .....
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A Comparison And Contrast In Both A's Worn By Hester And Dimmesdale
Number of words: 582 - Number of pages: 3.... through outside brainwashing. While
Dimmesdale's personal interpretation as to the extremity of his own sins is a
"violation of God's law," which is the law that he is totally dedicated to and
supported by. Dimmesdale's interpretation of his sin is much more severe than
Hester's, it is a breach and direct contradiction of his own self consciousness
and physical existence. Therefore the appearance of his A, even though it is
never directly described in the novel, must be raw, jagged, and brutally crooked
(...a ghastly rapture; pg.95). Maybe Dimmesdale's self .....
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Fanon's Three Stages Related To The Indigenous People Of Chiapas
Number of words: 1162 - Number of pages: 5.... did these possessions enable them to have greater brute
force, but it took the white man to the level of the gods in the eyes of the
natives. The colonizers could easily take advantage of this reverence. Fanon
states "The effect consciously sought by colonialism was to drive into the
natives' heads the idea that if the settlers were to leave, they would at once
fall back into barbarism, degradation, and bestiality."(Fanon 211) The
colonizers, believing the natives were savages that needed enlightenment, forced
European culture upon them. The Europeans bel .....
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"The Anniversary" And "To His Coy Mistress": The Synchronicity Of Pen And Life
Number of words: 1943 - Number of pages: 8.... he can do justice to his mistress, who "deserve
this state." Things become a little more complex in the next line, "nor
would I love at lower rate." This is where we begin a question what has up
till now progressed so smoothly, as all good fantasies must if they are to
be successful. We begin to question this world of Marvell's creation and
see the enigma that lies within the term "lower rate." We have been
hearing of an agonizingly slow mating ritual, Marvell has been patiently
dancing around his mistress, praising her every aspect with a devotion that
app .....
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Machiavelli's "The Prince": By Any Means Necessary
Number of words: 593 - Number of pages: 3.... author at the mercy of the reader and prepares them to hear an idea
that may not be popular. Having been asked forgiveness for the pride of the
author, the reader drops barriers that he may have against arguments driven by
ego and opens his mind to Machiavelli on a personal, sincere level. By placing
himself at the feet of the reader, Machiavelli puts himself and his argument in
a position of power. He wastes no time in using this power to gain more control
over the reader. In the next sentence he states that his intention is to create
an outline for behavior in .....
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Who Has Seen The Wind: One's Understanding God Matures
Number of words: 473 - Number of pages: 2.... that God comes and visits him. God tells Brian that he will get
revenge on Art and his grandmother because they were not nice to him.4
Brian's knowledge of God is still young and immature.
In the middle of the novel, Brian talks to Saint Sammy and is
encouraged to think about God.5 Saint Sammy is a religious man who is
familiar with God's Word. He relies on God to show him the right way to
deal with Bent Candy. Brian is in such awe of Saint Sammy's knowledge and
closeness to God that he then desires to seek after God.6 The knowledge
and closeness th .....
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