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Term Papers on English
The American Dream 2
Number of words: 1026 - Number of pages: 4.... between the Unite States and other countries is the amount of freedom that Americans have compared to others. If a person were to badmouth the government in other countries, they would be jailed or even put to death. In the U.S., people have the freedom of speech. Take for example, Allen Ginsburg’s poem, “America”, he spoke his mind and nothing happened to him. Americans sometimes take for granted the freedom and opportunity they have until they see what is happening in other countries.
To achieve the American Dream, you also have to put the .....
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A Clockwork Orange
Number of words: 2153 - Number of pages: 8.... Alex would partake in this experiment that was to cure him of all the evil inside of him and all that was bad. Alex is given injections and made to watch films of rape, violence, and war and the mixture of these images and the drugs cause him to associate feelings of panic and nausea with violence. He is released after two weeks of the treatment and after a few encounters with past victims finds himself at the home of a radical writer who is strongly opposed to the new treatment the government has subjected him to. Ironically, this writer was also a victim .....
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All Quiet On The Western Front
Number of words: 386 - Number of pages: 2.... or has gone through by the end of service.
Paul resents the effort that everybody seemed to be going through in order for him to enlist. Teachers and parents especially wanted him to enlist. Paul even says, "at one time even on's parets were ready with the word 'coward'"
When Paul finally gets home, he seems overjoyed to be back, but soon he feels the discomfort of being worlds apart from his mother and father. When he first gets back, he can only cry, but when he tries to speak with his mother, he can't bring up the right words. The separation he felt w .....
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All Quiet On The Western Front
Number of words: 341 - Number of pages: 2.... When one of the boys (the name I don’t
remember) goes back to his class to tell the new students about
war, he couldn’t contain himself. His teacher had made war sound
like a great adventure that everyone should experience. When the
boy got up to talk, he told everyone that it was horrible, and
his teacher went crazy. War films that are made now are
certainly anti-wars films (usually), but this film in particular
showed that war was a horrible, horrible thing. The way the
director decided to portray the war scenes suprised me. For the
time the f .....
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The Devil Of Tom Walker And Th
Number of words: 768 - Number of pages: 3.... devil. When the devil first meets Tom and the devil is telling him about himself he says, "I amuse myself by presiding at the persecutions of Quakers and Anabaptists; I am the great patron and prompter of slave dealers and the grandmaster of the Salem witches." In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow there are many American traits in the description of the setting. It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper, whose head had been carried away by a cannon ball, in some nameless battle during the revolutionary war. This neighborhood, at the time of whi .....
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Mockingbird Cunninghams Vs. Ew
Number of words: 788 - Number of pages: 3.... land was the primary means of supporting the family and, since money was scarce, many times they would use some of their crops to barter for other necessities or services. The Cunninghams were very proud and hard working people and accepted nothing that was given to them, unless they earned it. For example Mr. Atticus Finch provided legal services to the Cunninghams and did not expect payment of any kind. Mr. Walter Cunningham, however, brought Atticus various things from his farm throughout the year until he reached a point which he considered fair payment f .....
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Superstitions In Huckleberry F
Number of words: 740 - Number of pages: 3.... when you'd
killed a spider."(Twain 5).
In chapter four Huck sees Pap's footprints in the snow. So
Huck goes to Jim to ask him why Pap is here. Jim gets a hair-ball
that is the size of a fist that he took from an ox's stomach. Jim
asks the hair-ball; Why is Pap here? But the hair-ball won't answer.
Jim says it needs money, so Huck gives Jim a counterfeit quarter.
Jim puts the quarter under the hair-ball. The hair-ball talks to Jim
and Jim tells Huck that it says. "Yo'ole father doan' know yit what
he's a-gwyne to do. Som .....
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Brave New World
Number of words: 786 - Number of pages: 3.... a clay pot, using nothing but a lump of clay and his own two hands. This is a very practical and useful tool. The Savages are taught to cook for themselves, and to clean for themselves. These teachings help the individual to grow practically. The Savages also bestow good ideals in their people from which they can learn, understand, and grow. One of the most important things that the Savages are taught is self-control. The Whipping Ceremony is a good example of this. In this ceremony a young man was whipped to death in front of a large audience and throughout it .....
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