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Term Papers on Book Reports
Canterbury Tales: Power Corrupts
Number of words: 1173 - Number of pages: 5.... own expensive clothing, a fiddle, or a beautiful sounding harp. Having no job left the Clerk broke; his only source of income was his friends loaning him money. Not to anyone’s surprise, he spent the money on books and education. He loved to teach others and be taught. He listened carefully to what everyone had to say and never said anything more than what was appropriate for the specific time. This showed his modesty and willingness to learn new viewpoints and not just teach everyone his views.
The Friar was a happy and lustful man, who having taken a vo .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Do You Dread Guilt?
Number of words: 755 - Number of pages: 3.... affected the most is Arthur Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale handles it in a
different way though, to him its more of a "concealed sin." A example of
this is, "It may be that they are kept silent by the very constitution of
their nature. Or - can we not suppose it - guilty as they may be,
retaining, nevertheless, a zeal for God's glory and man's welfare, they
shrink from displaying themselves black and filthy in the view of men;
because, thenceforward, no good can be achieved by them; no evil or the
past be redeemed by better service." Dimmesdale also has another rea .....
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The Positronic Man
Number of words: 865 - Number of pages: 4.... prejudice, the laws of robotics, and his own mechanical limitations, Andrew used science and law in his quest for the impossible, arriving at last at a terrifying choice: to make his dream a reality, he must pay the ultimate price.
I must say that I didn't have very high expectations for this book because I am not a very big science fiction fan, but this book changed my mind. There are many reasons why this particular book changed my view on science fiction. One of the major reasons for my enjoyment of this book is the way in which it was written. Isaac Asimov .....
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Comparison Between Grapes Of W
Number of words: 860 - Number of pages: 4.... affect and ruin her family life. Later in the story it is mentioned that she is in a small hospital behind bars and often under sedation due to her abusive behavior towards Dunstan Ramsay. Dunstan is the one who has cared most for her during her life; however, she considers him her worst enemy for keeping her son away from her. Her physical entrapment due to her behavior and actions, eventually lead to her death. Grampa is also physically trapped, because of his old age. His inability to move around freely has an impact on his lifestyle. Grampa is always t .....
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A Doll House: Insights
Number of words: 545 - Number of pages: 2.... degrade his power in the eyes of society. He would be humiliated.
To prevent such an occurrance, I feel that both of them need to share equally in the responsibilities and descision making that goes on in their family. The first step towards this is for both of them to acknowledge that each of them is one half of a partnership, and that their abilities and sensibilities compliment one another, and should not create a shadow, like the one Nora is living under. They both need to treat each other with honesty, fairness and respect. Torvald, on many occasion .....
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Canterbury Tales
Number of words: 788 - Number of pages: 3.... story about an individual who had a vision in a dream and the dream came true. He may have been making all the stories up in order to win the argument with Pertelote, but, this seems unlikely because he does not take heed to his own advice and stay away from the fox that encounters him later. He is educated enough to know these supposed quotations but not intelligent enough to understand the real meaning of them. It is if he simply brings because they help him win the argument with his spouse and not because he actually believes what they say. Chaucer is using t .....
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Stereotypes In Woolf’s A Room Of One’s Own
Number of words: 1552 - Number of pages: 6.... view in mind, a reader would not expect the above excerpt to come from a piece of non-fiction literature. The classification of “non-fiction” guarantees that the personas depicted in the tale will be real people; Woolf’s non-fiction tale reads like a story - a personal anecdote shared with the reader by a persona who might not, if the story be fictionalized, exist. Thus, Woolf almost confuses the reader as to what classification it actually falls into – non-fiction or fiction?
The author’s conversational manner relaxes the reader to a point that he or she forg .....
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Black Like Me
Number of words: 901 - Number of pages: 4.... these hard times, one can read this book and find out the characteristics of the author, how he saw the light bulb, and the truth that he wanted people to understand.
Mr. Griffin was a middle age white man who lived with his wife and children. He was not oriented to his family. He decided to pass his own society to the black society. Although this decision might help most of the African Americans, he had to sacrifice his gathering time with his family. “She offered, as her part of the project, her willingness to lead, with our three children, the .....
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