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Term Papers on Book Reports
Drawing Names In The Lottery
Number of words: 441 - Number of pages: 2.... then considered Indians as barbaric, uncivilized, and also useless. These two groups of people acted extremely hostile towards each other.
But that is sure to change. Dunbar only goes out because he wants to see the frontier, or land that hasn’t been settled. This just so happens to be Indian land. As the story progresses, Dunbar befriends the tribe, turns against his Northern army, and goes to live with the Sioux. The tone here is a more warm and friendly environment, because Dunbar realizes that his new friends are more civil than men of his own kind.
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1984: The Control Of Reality For Control Of The Masses
Number of words: 1096 - Number of pages: 4.... interesting and frightening is the concept of creating an alternative
reality to control a mass population. The Inner Party stays in power by shaping
the thoughts and opinions of the masses and it does this by creating a reality
where everything suits whatever it is the party needs to be believed. This is
accomplished in three ways. The first is revisionism or the act of changing
facts such as history so that the Party is always made to look good and mobilize
popular opinion against its enemies. The second way the party creates an
artificial reality is t .....
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Their Eyes Were Watching God: Janie's Great Identity Search
Number of words: 985 - Number of pages: 4.... together
what she knew of her odd identity. Then one day she saw herself in a photograph
and noticed that she looked different, that she had dark skin, and she said,
"before Ah seen de picture Ah thought Ah wuz just like de rest." From this
point, Janie fell into somewhat of a downward spiral, setting her off of the
path toward finding her own identity in society. Finally when she was older
Nanny saw her doing somethings under the pear tree that she thought were
unacceptable. Nanny quickly arranged a marriage between Janie and a well-off
local man, Log .....
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Tess Of The D'Urbervilles
Number of words: 923 - Number of pages: 4.... them. This is our first glimpse of Tess, and
even before we learn more about her, we know that her family is not well
off and that her father seems to be a bit of a drunk. Next, she is, to a
degree, railroaded into going to claim kinship to the d'Urbervilles.
"ŒWell, as I killed the horse, mother,' she
said mournfully, ŒI suppose I ought to do
something. I don't mind going and seeing
her, but you must leave it to me about
asking for help."
Tess was very reluctant to go t .....
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Battle Royal
Number of words: 1028 - Number of pages: 4.... story had a deeper meaning than the aforementioned one. I
believe that if the reader were to take a deeper look into all of the symbolism
in the story, one would find that the summation of all the symbolism is equal to
not only the struggle of this one black boy, but the struggle of all blacks at
the time in which this story takes place.
I think that if one were to analyze the grandfathers dieing words, one
would find the view of most conformist black Americans. The only way for a black
person to excel at that time was to conform to the white society. Any rebel .....
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Heart Of Darkness: Feelings Of Characters And Uncertainties Of The Congo
Number of words: 893 - Number of pages: 4.... is above all, to make you see.(Conrad 1897) Knowing that Conrad was a novelist who lived in his work, writing about the experiences were as if he were writing about himself. "Every novel contains an element of autobiography-and this can hardly be denied, since the creator can only explain himself in his creations."(Kimbrough,158)
The story is written as seen through Marlow's eyes. Marlow is a follower of the sea. His voyage up the Congo is his first experience in freshwater navigation. He is used as a tool, so to speak, in order for Conrad to enter .....
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Glass Menagerie
Number of words: 655 - Number of pages: 3.... to others it did not seem to attract very much attention. Because of this she dropped out of school. Laura was constantly pushed by her mother to take a night coarse in typing so that she could get a job and make money for the family.
Laura is much like the unicorn that sits on her shelf. The unicorn is different from all the other horses in that it has a single horn on its head. The unicorn is Laura's favorite, and is also the first glass piece she made. i think this represents how she looks at herself as an individual. She is set apart by her indiffrenc .....
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All Quiet On The Western Front
Number of words: 480 - Number of pages: 2.... countries chose to break out of the Dark ages and reform and to modernize society. The values in reconstruction produced a sense of disillusionment with the actions that took place on the Western Front. The soldiers on the front were devastated during the first bombardment and all the mental and physical conditions of the soldiers deteriorated from that point on. The values of the Renaissance were the opposite of those that arose on the battlefield.
The fantasy of solving their own national problems disabled Germans in viewing other countries war aims. .....
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