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Papers on Book Reports
Hesse's Siddhartha: Siddhartha's Character
Number of words: 1087 | Number of pages: 4.... follow another path in life, a path
that would show him another part of how people in his world lived.
Siddhartha did not allow himself to stick to something that he could not
feel to be right, thus he could not stay and worship the gods his father
worshipped. He, as discontent people long for, set out to search for the
internal happiness that he had not redeemed yet.
As Siddhartha wandered through his multiple phases in life, he
learned overwhelming aspects. He seemed so above the common people, yet he
discovered that he became more and more like them. He too had
uncontrollable feelings of emptiness. The next life tha .....
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Billy Budd: Was Captain Vere Right?
Number of words: 621 | Number of pages: 3.... After Billy's
death CaptainVere obviously feels regret for executing Billy. Captain Vere's
last words are “Billy Budd, Billy Budd” (p. 76) show an example of this. Those
last words might symbolize that Captain Vere killed Billy for the wrong reasons.
If CaptainVere uses Billy's death for an example to the rest of the crew then it
might not necessarily be the wrong reason. CaptainVere has to decide between
one life and the lives of the entire crew. No matter what Captain Vere's
reasons are he does make the right decision.
Another reason CaptainVere might of executed Billy Budd is because
CaptainVere follows the law t .....
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Satire In Huck Finn
Number of words: 675 | Number of pages: 3.... neighboring household, the Sheperdsons, this seems to be the central angle Twain uses to satire.
The two chapters dealing with the Grangerford and Sheperdson feud allow Twain to satire aspects of civilized culture. The main aspect he satirizes is the feud itself. The Grangerfords being the representatives of civilization, Twain reveals the senseless brutality and needless manslaughter involved in their arbitrary concept of honor. For Twain, such a feud goes against his common sense and anything that violated his common sense was crazy to Twain. The feud has gone on so long hat the people don’t even know why they are fighting; .....
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The Glass Menagerie
Number of words: 505 | Number of pages: 2.... fears that she will grow up to be an old maid. She does not relate to other people well because of her shyness and unpopularity. Her only pleasures consist of being home with her family, her glass collection, and her father's records.
Laura's insecurities are manifested whenever she confronts an unfamiliar situation and that causes her to become physically ill. Laura can not handle being around other people or in crowds because of her shyness. She can never be the center of attention because of her lack of self-confidence and how she feels that.
The other characters regard Laura as a perfectly fine and beautiful woman. Amand .....
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Euclid: The Elements
Number of words: 1120 | Number of pages: 5.... Euclid was a very common name around this period and this is one further difficulty that makes it hard to find information concerning Euclid of Alexandria since there are references to numerous men called Euclid in the history of this period.
There is nothing consistent in the dating given about when Euclid did all of his work but a person by the name of Itard said that situation is best summed up by the fowling three variables:
(i) Euclid was a historical character who wrote the Elements and the other works attributed to him.
(ii) Euclid was the leader of a team of mathematicians working at Alexandria. They all contributed to .....
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Charles Dickens: Biography
Number of words: 251 | Number of pages: 1.... Dickens was born into a poor family. When he was 12 his father was
imprisoned for debt. Dickens was removed from school and put to work in a
blacking factory. He lived alone in a lodging house in North London. His
father received inheritance after a few months and Charles finally returned to
school, but his money troubles were not over. When he was 15 he went to work as
a clerk in a law firm and later became a reporter. He was also a quick
stenographer.
In (1837-1839) OLIVER TWIST was being serialized in a monthly magazine
called Bently's Miscellany. In 1836 Charles married Catherine Hogarth and they .....
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A Review Of "To Build A Fire"
Number of words: 1378 | Number of pages: 6.... of imagination, the man is
only gifted with his practical knowledge. He therefore is shown to lack
the experience and thought to adapt to the conditions encompassing him.
Typically, man never wants to deal with the reality, especially
when it is unpleasant. “But all this-the mysterious, far-reaching hairline
trail, the absence of sun from the sky, the tremendous cold, and the
strangeness of it all- made no impression on the man.” Blocking out the
bothersome temperatures and climate he is surrounded by, he never really
attempts to face this personal monster of his. What he would do if the
inevitable happened to him, is .....
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Chrysalids 2
Number of words: 708 | Number of pages: 3.... woman promised is on their way to the fringes. The plot
is greatly influenced, David learns more things as the time goes on. He
discovers who is the Spiderman(Gordon) and where is Sophie. He meets them
and learn what it is like to live in the fringes. When the sealant woman
rescues David, Rosalind and Petra they are brought to a big, developed city
like the one in David's dreams. Because of the telepathy David discovers
that such a city really exists but most of all through Petra they establish
contact with a more civilized people than they are. Because of the
conflicts in the story it leads the main characters to dis .....
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Social Reform In Charles Dicke
Number of words: 885 | Number of pages: 4.... a blow at Oliver’s head with a ladle; pinioned him in his arms; and shrieked aloud for the beadle” (16, ch. 2). This pain and neglect caused a change in Oliver. He realized that he must rebel against the society that wishes to oppress him, in order to truly start living. In Great Expectations, Pip receives a great deal of abuse at the hands of his sister, Mrs. Joe Gargery. On one occasion “I soon found myself getting heavily bumped from behind in the nape of the neck and the small of the back, and having my face ignominiously shoved against the wall, because I did not answer those questions at sufficient .....
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Character Analysis Of Arthur Dimmesdale In "The Scarlet Letter"
Number of words: 475 | Number of pages: 2.... allowing him to
hide his sin and bear the weight of it, he creates an extremely interesting and
tremendously strong character.
The scaffold is the place that Dimmesdale shows the amount of pain and
self-loathing he is truly capable of concealing. He realizes that he is as much
at fault for Hesterÿs torment as any common villager, if not even more so.
Seven years prior, Hester stood in this place and took the punishment for both
of them while he quietly stood aside and led people to believe that he also
condemned her. During those long seven years he made no move to lessen her load
or his own. Now Dimmesdale has had all that .....
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