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Term Papers on Book Reports
Lord Of The FLies: Fear
Number of words: 764 - Number of pages: 3.... place, where they are not cared for
anymore. It is quite understandable that the first mention of a “snake-
thing” or “beastie”, be dismissed by the elder boys, as a nightmare. Even
the names echo a childish ring. However, the other little boys, do not
dismiss it. Already, by the second chapter, fear has worked its way into
their society.
“He say's the beastie came in the dark” (about a littilun)
“But I tell you there isn't a beast!” (Ralph)
From this moment on, the smallest of the boys, begin to have bad
dreams and are scared to go near the jungle. In t .....
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Comparison Of Brave New World
Number of words: 624 - Number of pages: 3.... Director Niccol is mocking the present-day view of prejudice and racism. In the future of GATTACA, this prejudice is referred to as genoism - genetic discrimination. Racism is a less specific form of genoism, and although such discrimination is outlawed, the laws are unenforceable because in this dystopian society, as it is in BNW, one's "genetic quotient" is known from birth. The underclass people of this world are limited but aware of their social status and they are not particularly happy with it. With the BNW, the lower castes seem to be (they are made .....
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Beowulf 2
Number of words: 352 - Number of pages: 2.... of many modern stories. Beowulf and Grendel represent the ultimate struggle of good and evil. Grendel tries to destroy everything around him. To Beowulf, this is another conquest. It allows him to do yet another good deed that people will talk about.
Beowulf represents God and Grendel is Satan. The struggle between God and Satan has existed throughout time. Beowulf is all that is good, moral, and ethical. He lives by the rules of God. Grendel denounces those rules to live by his own. Thinking only of that which gives him pleasure, he attempts to des .....
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The Life Of Edward Albee
Number of words: 998 - Number of pages: 4.... a patrician accent and looking a bit
younger than 70, Albee would have changed his own sad past if he could. An
orphan raised in chauffeured luxury, Edward was packed off to the first of
three boarding schools at age 11.
At Trinity, "I discovered that the required courses were not the
ones I required." So he cut the classes that bored him and audited the ones
that didn't.
"It tells you something about the management of Trinity at the time
that they didn't catch up with me until the middle of the sophomore year,"
he recalls. "That ended my formal education, .....
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1984: Duty Or Desire
Number of words: 1313 - Number of pages: 5.... minor member of the ruling Party in
London, under the leadership of the all-seeing and all-powerful Big Brother.
The big brother's eyes are following Winston everywhere. "On coins , on
stamps, on the covers of the books, on banners , on posters and the
wrapping of the cigarette packing-every where the eye is watching you and
the voice enveloping you. Asleep or awake ,in bath or in bed -no
escape"(p-26).
If Winston does anything out of order, a voice barks out
instructions. The Party frowns on art, on sex, on the life of the mind.
Their posters warn: "Big .....
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Diary Of Anne Frank
Number of words: 625 - Number of pages: 3.... a lady. One such person was Margot. As Anne's sister, she was
very nice and didn't speak out and was very proper. The Frank's weren't
the only ones in this attic, there were other people such as the Van Daans.
Mr. Frank let them stay because they needed a place to hide and since they
had helped him out so much in the past by actually teaching Mr. Frank
German, he felt it was the least he could do. The Van Daans had a son
which Anne later became interested in. Peter was the only person who Anne
could understand and knew that Anne could understand him. They .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Symbolism Of The Scarlet Letter
Number of words: 1103 - Number of pages: 5.... A symbolic way to look at it is that she was a walking, talking live sermon preaching out against sin to others.
With that said, Pearl’s personality was also shown very well throughout the movie. Her exuberant disposition caused the townspeople to believe she was a “mysterious little elf”. One could tell at times she was the exact opposite of the Puritanical ways. Pearl’s taunting and malicious character sometimes caused Hester to make unwise remarks such as, “Thou art not my child! Thou art no Pearl of mine!” I have also head some say the scarlet letter .....
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Roman Fever
Number of words: 999 - Number of pages: 4.... is the true antagonist and protagonist, as they both accomplish some unfriendly activities within the story line. As one of Alida's encounters as antagonist, she attempts to harness her jealousy, guilt and vindictive gratification regarding the fact that Grace double-crossed her in love. It seems that Grace feigned an illness one evening in their youthful years, begging off any further activities following a late night sightseeing expedition. What really occurred, which did not escape Alida's knowledge, was the fact that Grace had a rendezvous with Alida's fia .....
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