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Term Papers on English
Huckleberry Finn - Life On The River
Number of words: 864 - Number of pages: 4.... image is appropriate as it directly relates to the motion of the river on which they are travelling.
‘Here is the way we put in the time.’ Presents Huck’s idyllic life on the river is as routine. The words ‘then’ and ‘next’ are repeated several times in the first half of the passage, their function and effect is ensure that the passage flows, much like the river, in a slow and constant sequential manner.
A sense of relaxed movement is conveyed and emphasised by diction and alliteration throughout the passage ‘then a pale place in the sky; then more paleness’. .....
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Lord Of The Flies - Savagry
Number of words: 688 - Number of pages: 3.... Roger reaches his deepest savage emotions and feelings when he kills Piggy with the boulder. In addition to the death of Piggy and the conch was the death of all intellectual and civilized manner left in the boys. Not even civilization could help Roger because of his incorrigible attitude. Jack attempts to maintain a civilized life style when he arrives on the island, but his ferocity overcomes him with the thoughts of killing. Jack's savagery begins to come out when he breaks Piggy's glasses in the fight. Piggy's glasses being broken symbolizes how the .....
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Hamlet Polonius Family
Number of words: 901 - Number of pages: 4.... of hoe Polonius’ innocent involvement with the royalty results in his
death can be found at the beginning of Act III, scene iv, when Hamlet
stabs him while he is hiding behind the arras in Gertude’s room. This
shows how Polonius, a man unaware of the true nature of the situation
he is in, is killed by a member of the royalty during the execution of
one of their schemes. This makes Polonius’ death a tragedy.
The next member of Polonius’ family to die is his daughter
Ophelia. Ophelia’s death is trag .....
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Lord Of The Flies Book Analysi
Number of words: 1805 - Number of pages: 7.... it's possible that could have been rescued earlier on in the book.
"Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!" (Chap. 7, pg. 114) This line shows that they have pretty much lost it by now. It describes their loss of hope for rescue, and that they have developed a superiority complex. The rush they get from ending a life has made them go insane and clouded their judgement. As the book goes on and they say this line more often, wackiness follows.
"Coming?" (Chap. 7, pg. 119) Although Ralph was a good leader and had good intentions, he was still .....
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The Chrysanthemums
Number of words: 1007 - Number of pages: 4.... a figured print dress almost completely covered by a big corduroy apron with four big pockets to hold the snips, the trowel and scratcher, the seeds and the knife she worked with." As evidenced by this excerpt you can see that she has covered up her hair with a "man's hat" and has thrown an apron over her dress in attempts to cover up her femininity. This apron also takes on a similar role as a man's tool belt as he works the land. Other phrases used by Steinbeck further the above points. He mentions that her face was "handsome," her work with the scisso .....
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A Student's Reading Of The Politics Of Rich And Poor
Number of words: 991 - Number of pages: 4.... avarice, during the eighties, leading the country on a rollercoaster
ride of economic instability and shaky ground. These ideas remain constant and
prevalant throughout the seven chapters. His views, though somewhat repetitive
in the text, strike the reader with astonishment, especially when considering
Phillips' Republican party affiliation.
With his thesis in mind, Phillips discusses three major factors that
escalate and at the same time submerge the state of the economy in America.
These factors include: the sudden shift in tax rates, .....
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The Scarlet Letter 7
Number of words: 563 - Number of pages: 3.... punished by death. A woman in the crowd stated, “At the very least, they should have put the brand of a hot iron on Hester Prynne’s forhead…She may cover it (the scarlet letter) with a brooch, or such like heathenish adornment, and so walk the streets as brave as ever (pg. 53)!”
Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale shows truth by his occupation. People living in Boston, Massachusetts looked up to and respected Dimmesdale because he was a minister. One of his sins was his inability to publicly acknowledge that he committed adultery with Hest .....
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Describe The Elements Of Death
Number of words: 600 - Number of pages: 3.... Henry sees an ant carrying a bundle across the face of the dead
soldier. That view is beautiful in the sense of conveying great
emotion through minute detail(WAH 643). As he moves back henry
sees a line of injured soldiers including his friend Jim
Conklin,who is badly wounded and another friend called “the
tattered man”. Trying to make up for deserting his friends, Henry
tries to help Jim Conklin who is dying.After Conklin dies, the
tattered man probes deeply into Henry’s conscience by repeatedly
asking “where ya hit& .....
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