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Term Papers on Book Reports
Les Miserables: Jean Valjean
Number of words: 428 - Number of pages: 2.... sent to the galleys for 19 years. He later escapes
from there to goto a town where he was not wanted. Still a criminal he steals
some silverware from a kind priest who gave him shelter. When caught, the police
ask the priest if Jean stole the silverware. To everyone's surprise the priest
said it was a gift this started his conversion toward a good life. After this he
tried to live a peaceful life. He started a new factory in a new town employing
several. Then a man in a city nearby was arrested under the name Jean Valjean.
Jean was faced with a tough choice. Rat .....
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Last Of The Mohicans: Differents Between The Book And Movie
Number of words: 1161 - Number of pages: 5.... pains to preserve these facets of
Hawkeye, but then go beyond what Cooper originally laid down as the basis
for his hero's character. In the book, Hawkeye displays very little
feeling and the reader has very little empathy with him, even though he is
the hero. In the movie, however, there is a great romance between Hawkeye
and Cora that does not exist in the book. This romance adds a more human
side to Hawkeye's character; it show s his caring side beyond all the
hero-woodsman qualities--in other words, the non-Rambo, late twentieth
century version of a .....
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Alex's Analysis Of Any Abject Abuse
Number of words: 1660 - Number of pages: 7.... itself.
Pope compares and contrasts. He places significant life factors (i.e., survival,
death, etc.) side by side with the trivial (although not to Belinda and her
friends: love letters, accessories). Although Pope is definitely pointing to
the "lightness" of the social life of the privileged, he also recognizes their
sincerity in attempting to be polite and well-mannered and pretend to recognize
where the true values lie.
Pope satirizes female vanity. He wrote the poem at the request of his
friend, John Caryll, in an effort to make peace between .....
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Flannery O’Conner And Grotesque Characters
Number of words: 666 - Number of pages: 3.... Crater”. The old woman quickly decides that despite his handicap she would like to make Tom her son in law. His goal soon became, fix up the old car he was sleeping in and hightail it out of there with the car and some of the old womans money in his pocket. On the pretense that he would need it for a honeymoon trip, he convinces the old woman to fix the car and give him some cash. The story ends with him marrying the retarded daughter, leaving with her on a honeymoon trip, then abandoning her in a rundown diner on the side of the road.
“Good Country People” .....
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Summary Of Lord Of The Flies
Number of words: 1079 - Number of pages: 4.... they're really on their own, but once they're convinced, Jack
decides to be the hunter and provide food. A first attempt at killing a
piglet fails.
When the conch calls the group together again, they talk about the
need for hunters. A small boy with a mulberry-colored birthmark on his face
says he is afraid of a snakelike beast in the woods. Is there really such a
beast? The boys can't agree. However, the fear of the beast, of the dark,
and of what is unknown about the island is very real and an important part
of the story. Ralph convinces everyone that .....
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A Separate Peace: Truth, Lies, And Violence
Number of words: 575 - Number of pages: 3.... an individualist or a person with a distinct characteristic. He admires people who are extreme individualist. I think that is easier for Gene to go with the crowd than to go against it. Gene doesn’t like to express his emotions directly. An example of this is when Finny says that they are good friends, Gene has trouble accepting it. Gene is a person who is dissatisfied with his life and wants to set up an ideal person. Finny is that person because they are so different .
Finny on the other hand is athletic who moves with perfect coordination . He has never .....
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Milton's Paradise Lost: A Look Within
Number of words: 725 - Number of pages: 3.... Milton
simplifies the matter by making spiritual intelligences more highly refined
versions of human intelligence. He is still left with one problem, that of
introducing a flaws in this refined beings. Because of these refined
intelligence, these creatures should incline solely to good.
"So farwel Hope, and with Hope farwel Fear,
Farwel Remorse: all Good to me is lost;
Evil be thou my Good;"
(IV, 109-111)
In this intensely dramatic statement, Satan renounces everything that's
good. His is not a lack of intelligence, or weakness of character, .....
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New Women Of The Victorian Era
Number of words: 1453 - Number of pages: 6.... from the norm. Sue is self-centered in her “independence,” while Dorthea is an ardent spokeswoman for social reform and justice. Both women follow different paths, neither ending up at a position they once knew they would attain. Dorthea is depicted early in the novel as having an intimidating presence; however, at a dinner with the supposedly learned and intelligent Mr. Casaubon, she feels quite uneasy. He is an older man with an unattractive appearance which goes completely unnoticed to the “lovestruck” Dorthea. Her sister Celia comments, “How very ugly .....
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