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Term Papers on Book Reports
Flaws In Twain's "The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn"
Number of words: 899 - Number of pages: 4.... just not that perfect.
My other gripe was that Twain seems to ramble on and on and on
an..... To me it seems as if the story that he was writing became faint
shortly after the time when Huck says, “It's me. George Jackson, sir”(pg.
95). I do have to give him that the feud was interesting filler, but you
can only take so much filler. Then when John Wayne (The Duke) and Elvis
(The King) come along there seem to be four or five stops along the river
that except for one little detail, are the same. Please excuse the jump
back, but how coincidental is it that .....
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Bless Me, Ultima
Number of words: 872 - Number of pages: 4.... of protection in the home. When Tenorio and his men come to he house to take Ultima away, Tony's father "would let no man invade his home" (pg 123). This gave Tony faith that as long as his father was around, he would be protected. Antonio's mother made home a loving and caring place to be. She would always baby Antonio and give him the affection he needed whenever he needed it. The morning after Tony had seen Lupito killed, Ultima tells Tony's mother not to be too hard on Antonio; he had a hard night last night. His mother puts her arms around Tony and .....
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Goethe In Faust And Shelley In Frankenstein: Still The Wretched Fools They Were Before
Number of words: 783 - Number of pages: 3.... Through years of hard study, Faust becomes knowledgeable in math,
sciences and religion and yet he becomes inept and incapable of having any
romantic or physical relationships with the outside world. As Faust strives to
become the "over man" through knowledge, he realizes that books will not
satisfy his curiosity and that maybe sensual pleasures will. Therefore, in
the process of creating his new life, Faust, becomes distant and unconcerned
with all reality and humanity around him.
Do not fancy anything right, do not fancy that I could
teach .....
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War Of The Worlds
Number of words: 956 - Number of pages: 4.... twins decided to stay with their mom and
fight for what they believe in.
B: Essay
This story about the two Indian twins shows a typical problem for imigrants. In
this case the twins want to change the system and the rules wich Indian people
live by. Suki and her sister will not tolerate the rules and live by the normal
traditions. Therefor you can say that the two twins are revulutionary. The twins
want to speak in the Gurudwara, so they can tell the other women and children to
fight for their rights. After normal indian traditions women don't have anything
to .....
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"Fighting On Two Fronts": Henry Fleming In Red Badge Of Courage
Number of words: 587 - Number of pages: 3.... and young boys admired them when they stopped
for rest. This warm feeling faded when they reached the camp. Here life was
boring for Henry. The only thing his company did was drill day in and day out.
All of the experienced soldiers told war stories every night by the campfire.
Henry could only listen because he was still 'wet behind the ears'. He felt
left out and often sat alone wondering about battle. War was like an illusion
to him. He couldn't imagine people slaughtering each other. "Aren't we too
civilized to massacre ourselves?" he often wondered. .....
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Fahrenheit 451: The Strength Of Beatty
Number of words: 422 - Number of pages: 2.... I summed my side up with rare serenity in, 'The folly of a mistaking a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself as an oracle, is inborn is us, Mr. Valery once said.'" (Pg. 116) This confused Montag to the point that he almost disclosed his passion for reading books.
Beatty has mastered the skill of holding people under his power. Beatty, himself, said, "Knowledge is more than equivalent to force." (Pg. 116) He additionally declared, "I don't think you realize how important we are to our world as it stands now." .....
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All Quiet On The Western Front
Number of words: 734 - Number of pages: 3.... replace. Remarque's message came across very clearly. There were constant tragedies which forced Paul or the other soldiers to question war and become detached from civilian life. After viewing the death of a close friend and a recruit whom he had comforted earlier, Paul went home finding that war had isolated him from his family and his childhood. With the return to his unit he again felt the presence of belonging. Soldiers had become his family. The mental anguish was again vividly displayed after Paul killed a French soldier; discovering that the soldier h .....
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The Thief's Journal: The Prince Of Thieves - Genet
Number of words: 1801 - Number of pages: 7.... way of life is alien as well. For example, he sees
intimacy in the sharing of lice between himself and Salvador.
Salvador took care of me, but at night, by candlelight, I
hunted for lice in the seams of his trousers. The lice
inhabited us. They imparted to our clothes an animation, a
presence which, when they had gone, left our garments
lifeless. We liked to know -and feel- that the translucent
bugs were swarming; though not tamed, they were so much
a part of us that a third person's louse disgusted us. We
chased them away but with hope during the d .....
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