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Term Papers on Book Reports
John Gardner's "Grendel": Good Vs. Evil
Number of words: 870 - Number of pages: 4.... by a group of thanes out on patrol. Grendel
expresses absolutely no hostile intentions towards these "ridiculous" (ch.2,
pp.24) creatures that "moved by clicks." (ch.2, pp.24) The thanes do not
understand what Grendel is and are very uneasy about the whole situation.
Like animals they are frightened of anything that is different from what
they are used to. When Grendel attempts to communicate they show their
ignorance and simple-mindedness. Instead of taking the time to understand
the anomaly in their world they panic and decide to destroy it. Without
being .....
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Beloved
Number of words: 1006 - Number of pages: 4.... though is physically a women, she has many childlike qualities. has skipped the developmental period between birth and adulthood. “how can I [] say things that are pictures” (page 210). only sees things as a baby does. For this reason, she does not know how to form sentences. The only word that is consistently punctuated correctly is “I.” The only thing that is truly sure about, is herself. Everything else has the power to deceive her. “we are all trying to leave our bodies behind the man on my face [Halle] has done it it is hard to make yourself die forever .....
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Lord Of The Flies: Our Society Suppresses The Evil That Is Presented In All Of Us
Number of words: 723 - Number of pages: 3.... face and got spears. He eventually cared no more for
being rescued, because all he wanted to do was kill pigs. The number of hunters
kept on growing and he began to get other kids to hunt with him. They soon had
a routine (the dance) and whenever they did thad they had to kill, because they
got so pumped up when they did it. Jack then began killing as if it were a
luxury. They became savage hunters as evil took over; they killed almost as if
it were a sexual performance for them.
As this adventure began, Jack was the leader of the choir. He was a
bully who .....
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In Cold Blood: A Review
Number of words: 1339 - Number of pages: 5.... of this paper was left wondering why this book
was having such an effect on him and why it seemed so realistic to him.
Initially, one may think the answer to be that the book was a true account-
because these things had actually happened, and they were not simply a
fictional story produced by some author's overactive imagination. However,
it becomes apparent it wasn't just the horrific story of these murders that
is troubling, but the aspect of how Capote tells the story that makes
reading it uneasy.
Unlike many other murder stories, Capote not only disc .....
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No One Writes To The Colonel By Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Number of words: 976 - Number of pages: 4.... causes; the first
in a long period of time. The government in attempt to avoid a
demonstration and possibly a riot, reroutes his funeral procession to avoid
the police barracks. Since the musician is a first to have died of natural
causes, we can assume that martial law has resulted in the untimely death
of many people. Another example is the death of the Colonel's son, Agustin,
Whom after his death has become the embodiment of the underground. It is
rightly so, being that he was the writer of the "clandestine" papers.
"'Agustin wrote.'
The Colonel obse .....
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The Catcher In The Rye
Number of words: 1929 - Number of pages: 8.... in short he wants everything to always remain the same, and when changes occur; Holden reacts. However the most important aspect of Holden Caufield's character can be attributed to his judgment of people. Holden Caufield, a character who always jumps to conclusions about people and their phoniness, can be labeled as a hypocrite because he exemplifies a phony himself.
Holden Caufield the 16 year old protagonist and main character of narrates the story and explains all the events throughout three influential days of
his life. A prep school student who .....
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Crime And Punishment: Crimes, Who Solved Them, And Different Punishments
Number of words: 967 - Number of pages: 4.... up all of the major crimes. These crimes
consist of: Murder, armed robbery, burglary, larceny, rape, and assaults on
the police. The next called category is called " Summery " crimes which is
equal to our misdemeanor crimes. Summery crimes were all minor crimes such as:
Property crimes, Vagrancy, Drunkenness, Prostitution, Minor Larceny , and all
other minor offenses.
Probably the most famous criminal in the Victorian period was " Jack
the Ripper ". Jack the Ripper was " the first modern sexual serial killer" (
Sugden, pg.2) Jack's trademark was the .....
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The Great Gatsby: Portraying A Morose Tone
Number of words: 589 - Number of pages: 3.... up. Also, in the phrase ". . . his eyes began to blink anxiously" the word anxiously shows Nick's dolefulness for the lack of sympathy that Gatsby fails to receive. The word procession reflects the despair and lack of friendship that Gatsby witnesses in his life. The lack of companionship that Gatsby has cogitates how lonely and despondent he is. Through the uses of certain words the author helps express feelings and emotions of the morose tone.
Through imagery Fitzgerald can make the reader feel like they are in the story. Water, specifically evokes the sen .....
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