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Term Papers on Book Reports
A Review Of Lawrence E. Walsh’s Iran/Contra
Number of words: 851 - Number of pages: 4.... and served in the Eisenhower and Nixon administrations. Lawrence Walsh is a former Federal District Court judge, has practiced law on Wall Street and is the former president of the American Bar Association. Since Iran/Contra he has since gone on and wrote several more books on varying subjects. As the Independent Counsel investigating Iran/Contra, Walsh comes up with two distinct issues that Iran/Contra revolved around.
Two secret Reagan Administration policies that were coordinated by the National Security Council staff created the beginnings of Iran/Contra .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Scout
Number of words: 798 - Number of pages: 3.... man who doesn’t like to show off his talent.
Another misperception that Scout has is about Mrs. Dubose. She always thought of her as a mean old lady who had nothing better to do than to yell at children. But, they soon found out that she was in withdrawal for a very serious addiction which was why she was so angry all the time. "Mrs. Dubose was a morphine addict. She took it as a painkiller for years"(Lee 111). After she dies Scout starts to grasp the fact that Mrs. Dubose had a very hard time being happy.
Alike many other children her age, Scout is very .....
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Lord Of The Flies: The Beast Within Us
Number of words: 869 - Number of pages: 4.... that we see
the most change in is Jack. By watching Jack we witness many acts of
savagery. When Jack first starts to turn to a savage, was when he changed
himself into someone different by putting paint on his face and acting like
a wild animal. This is kind of like Jack's own way of initiating himself
into a different person. Then after we see Jack as a different person, we
see such acts as the death of Simon, the smeared blood on the children's
faces, and the attempt on Ralph's life. All these things show how his
inner demon's presence. Another place wher .....
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The Fountainhead: Howard Roark And Objectivism
Number of words: 323 - Number of pages: 2.... made up and maintained solely by powerful, influential old men
(Elsworth Toohey). Furthermore, Miss Rand dictates that true happiness can only
be found by defying these principles. I would have to say that although Miss
Rand's Objetivism works well with in the realm of the book, I fail to see it in
the "real world." In the "real world" these underlying principles are ever-
changing. Brought out by constantly advancing ideas, technology, and influences,
old conventions become replaced everyday. I fail to see the social beauracracy
that Miss Rand .....
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Edgar Allan Poe And The Raven
Number of words: 2113 - Number of pages: 8.... was written in 1845.
The theme of “The Raven” is simple: a man suffering the loss of his
love is visited by a speaking raven, whose repetitious, meaningless answers
torture him to the point of insanity (see Appendix R) (Decoder, Internet).
The feeling of lost love portrayed in the poem might have reflected the
death of Poe’s wife, Virginia, in 1847 (Qrisse, Internet). As it is read, a
definite rhyme scheme is present: internal rhyme in the first and third line,
and end rhymes in lines two, four, and five. All eighteen stanzas of t .....
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Lord Of The Flies; Jack Is A Devil
Number of words: 397 - Number of pages: 2.... by any rational Control.
Jack is a devil because of the savage ways he acts like the red
hair, painted faces, the savage pig hunts, the rituals, sacrifices, and the
terrorist acts. Jack is evil because of him being always murderous. He is
always wanting to hunt things and not care what happens to the animal.
Once he gets incharge of his own group he paints his face and his red hair
make him look like the devil. He uses threating comments to get other
people join his group. And he goes on savage acts like going and beating
up Ralph and .....
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Gillian By Laurel Oke Logan
Number of words: 799 - Number of pages: 3.... of the United States where she
had never been and leaving her family behind, she just didn't know if she
could go through with it.
A few days after debating about going she called the lady and got more
information about it and she decided she would give it a try. Gillian was
to leave in about five days so her mother and she went to go buy the right
clothes to wear in Canada and some other things she would need. The day
finally came for Gillian to leave. As Gillian, her family and friends went
to her gate at the airport Gillian began to feel really nervous .....
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A Time Of Prejudice
Number of words: 919 - Number of pages: 4.... without knowing them. Atticus displays this trait of not prejudging people throughout the book, but never really talks about it until the end of the story after Scout already realizes it through all her adventures.
Every summer, the boy next door comes to visit his aunt. His name is Dill. Jem, Scout and Dill, as children, find their daily childish pleasure in harassing the most mysterious character in the book Boo Radley. As Scout would say, “He went out at night when the moon was down and peeped into peoples’ windows.” Later they found out that that was o .....
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