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Term Papers on English
A Separate Peace
Number of words: 934 - Number of pages: 4.... Gene was in the middle of his mental metamorphosis. Gene in the first part of his quote seemed strong, but when he twisted it to make Finny, his best friend look bad, he still seemed to be morally weak, but in a more stronger moral state then before. “ Now I knew that there never was and never could have been any rivalry between us. I was not of the same quality as he.” (Pg. 51) This quote showed a completely changed Gene. Gene became stronger by realizing the reality, he now had realized that there was no use in competing with anyone. Although this was recogniz .....
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Romeo And Juliet
Number of words: 766 - Number of pages: 3.... of these families were very stubborn and there was hardly any thing that would have made them become friends. In the prologue we learn that the only way the "strife" could be ended was by the deaths of . "Doth with their death bury their parent's strife". (Romeo & Juliet, Prologue, l.8) Neither the Montagues or the Capulets would have accepted the marriage. Keeping the marriage a secret caused to turn to other people for help. Sometimes these people gave them the wrong advice or just betrayed them.
The Nurse was one of these characters who betrayed the young .....
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Death Of A Sales Man
Number of words: 1015 - Number of pages: 4.... and having personal attractiveness. Willy builds his entire life around this idea and teaches it to his children. When Willy was young, he had met a man named Dave Singleman who was so well liked that he was able to make a living simply by staying in his hotel room and telephoning buyers. When Dave Singleman died, buyers and salesmen from all over the country came to his funeral. This is what Willy has been trying to emulate his entire life. Willy's need to feel well-liked is so strong that he often makes up lies about his popularity and success. .....
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Nature Versus Nurture For Rors
Number of words: 1271 - Number of pages: 5.... Walter walked into his mother’s bedroom while she was entertaining a man. As soon as his mother realizes he is watching she hits him across the face. "You little shit! You know what you cost me, you ugly little shit. I shoulda listened to everybody else! I shoulda had the abortion." (Pg.4, chap.6, panel 6-7) Walter’s mother did’nt hesitate to physically or verbally abuse him. Her first reaction was to punch him in the face. This reflects the issue of a chain of a abuse. Walter’s mother was probably abused in more ways than one by her parents. Through .....
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Birdhouse
Number of words: 971 - Number of pages: 4.... class. Besides the schools lack of fashion Beverly had a great time getting to know everyone. If you lived close by (which she did) you could just spend the night at home, but if not the school principles were always willing to rent dorms to those in need of them. Each dorm had a twin size bed and a nightstand right beside it. So clearly they were very small! That is unless you had a room-mate then you were allowed to have a two to three bedroom dorm which are obviously a great deal larger then the one bedroom.
When summer was over she went back home to her mo .....
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The Development Of Desire
Number of words: 3616 - Number of pages: 14.... and could stay where ever he chooses, his sailors knew this
to be true as one bench mate to the next, “It never fails. He is welcome
everywhere: hail to the captain when he goes ashore!” (Homer 166). The irony
falls as Odysseus only desires his homeland. ”Begin when all the rest who left
behind them headlong death in battle or at sea had long ago returned, while he[
Odysseus] alone still hungered for home and wife” (Homer 1).
Odysseus has many opportunities to end his journeys and start a new life.
For instance, if he desired, Odysseus was able to stay with Kaly .....
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Knowledge VS Intelligence
Number of words: 987 - Number of pages: 4.... to Golding grade one thinking is the highest thought process, “but these grade on thinkers are few and far between.”
Golding’s article can be easily linked to Plato’s writing, The Allegory of the Cave, in which Plato declares, ‘let me show in a figure how far our nature is enlightened or unenlightened.” He goes on to discuss men in a world of darkness who can only guess what the shadows are. The truly intelligent would see these shadows and formulate an idea as to what they are. A somewhat intelligent person or a grade two thinker would be the man that is br .....
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Clockwork Orange
Number of words: 1720 - Number of pages: 7.... character Alex, a juvenile delinquent introduced into prisonization then conditioned by governmental moral standards. This lack of personal moral choice imposed upon Alex creates conflicting situations in which he has no control over. This is apparent when trying to readjust into society. As conflicts arise within the spectrum of criminal justice the main focus is revolved around the corrections aspect of reforming the criminal element.
Within the confines of the seventies Londoner. The character, Alex is created as the ultimate juvenile delinquent leadi .....
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