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Papers on Book Reports
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
Number of words: 463 | Number of pages: 2.... getting ready for some big occasion and she looks across the lot and sees herself 7 years ago when she was ten and still lugging junk to Carney’s for pennies. She calls out to the girl saying “Hello Francie!” and then the girl gets a defensive and starts telling Francie that she is Florry and that Francie knows it. That confuses you right? Francie calls Florry Francie when Francie knows Florry is really Florry, ugh a mouth full. Francie sees that she was exactly like Florry at that age and she calls Florry Francie because she sees herself, earlier. Within the last two pages of the book the author (Betty Smith) ta .....
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Helen Of Troy Willing Resident
Number of words: 799 | Number of pages: 3.... feels sorry for her and tries to take her mind off of her situation by asking her to point out members of the Achaian army. She responds by first telling him that she wished she had never come to Troy.
"Helen answered: 'You do me honour, my dear goodfather! How I wish I had died before I followed your son here, and left my bridal chamber and my family, my beloved daughter and all my young friends! But that was not to be; and so I pine away in sorrow.'"
In the battle between Alexandros and Menelaos, Alexandros is almost killed but AphroditĂȘ saves him and carries him off to Helen's room. AphroditĂȘ then disguises herself and g .....
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Clock Work Orange With Regards
Number of words: 1722 | Number of pages: 7.... 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 leading a small gang. Living within his own world the use of old Londoner language and attire reflect the non-conformity with society. Let loose within a large metropolitan, Alex is engulfed in the affairs of several criminal practices, from rape to aggrava .....
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The Cask Of Amontllado
Number of words: 459 | Number of pages: 2.... not be returning until morning. He knew that during this time of merriment the servants would disappear as soon as he turned his back. He lures Fortunato deeper and deeper into the family catacombs where the cask of amontillado was supposedly stored. Fortunato had a cold in the catacombs' mold aggravated his cough. Montresor kept offering Fortunato the chance to turn around and go back, but he also kept mentioning Luchresi's name.
Once Montresor lures Fortunato to the deepest part of the catacombs, he shackles Fortunato to the walls of a small chamber. Montresor pushes aside a pile of bones that had concealed stones and m .....
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The Surprising Aspect Of Sex In Heller's Catch-22
Number of words: 878 | Number of pages: 4.... than the level I thought it would reach. The typical war story of courage and bravery seem to have disappeared from Heller's depiction. It shows that while there is a traumatic World War, and these soldiers are fighting for their country and more importantly to them, their lives, these soldiers have a life outside of the war to which they want to keep. Most of the soldiers are not there by choice. To be considered sane is to save your life and prevent yourself from having to fight. In a way, the excess of sex takes their minds off the war and also takes the reader's mind off the war as well. How and why are they allowed to .....
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Human Nature: Exposed
Number of words: 1420 | Number of pages: 6.... For instance, take the
scene in Chapter 20 where a group of people in Arkansas are listening to the
sermon of a preacher. In this descriptive passage, it can be inferred through
Twain's writing that the average person of this time was in fact "blinded" by
religious influences. The significance of this event can be observed later on
in Chapter 21 where Twain describes the horrific abuse of animals. "There
couldn't anything wake them up all over, and make them happy all over, like a
dog-fight--unless it might be putting turpentine on a stray dog and setting fire
to him..." (Twain 140). In putting the two preceding pas .....
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Merchant Of Venice Shylock Stu
Number of words: 447 | Number of pages: 2.... without revenge. The other person that Shylock wants revenge from is his daughter Jessica. When Jessica and Lorenzo fall in love they decide they are going to elope. They do this the night that Shylock goes out for dinner when he goes Jessica steals some of his money and his dead wife’s ring. This made Shylock furious and he said, “ She is damned for it.”(page 44) Shylock seems to go after anyone that crosses his path, it is for good reason though being a Jew in Venician society. In a way you may feel sorry for him until you realize how greedy this man is.
Shylock isn’t exactly a character that wi .....
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How Does Macbeths Characterist
Number of words: 1055 | Number of pages: 4.... itself tells the story of a man, urged by his wife and foretold by prophecy, who commits regicide in order to gain power. Unfortunately, due to numerous quirks of language and obscure allusions, the play is difficult to understand without assistance. Using this annotated version along with external links and analysis, to more information, you can now get a better grasp of one the best tragedies ever written, the tale of Macbeth.
At this moment she thinks she hears something and says, "Hark! Peace! / It was the owl that shriek'd, the fatal bellman, / Which gives the stern'st good-night. He is about it" (2.2.2-4). A lot happens in .....
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A Separate Peace - Inflouence
Number of words: 762 | Number of pages: 3.... things to do just for fun. Inside he is suffering with the anger and hurt of being excluded from the one thing that he wants to do most, fight in the war. This is an excellent example of how the war suddenly made the boys grow up into men. They had to face adulthood, and in order to do that, they had to become adults. Another boy in the story who was made to grow up by the war was Leper. When he sees the movies about the ski troops, he thinks that it looks fun, so he surprises everyone by enlisting. Leper did not quite know what he was getting into when he enlisted. He thought that it looked like a fun ski trip; he could serve hi .....
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Dead Man Walking
Number of words: 1120 | Number of pages: 5.... Helen’s first case, Patrick Sonnier, better influenced my opinion on capital punishment. Her strategies in dealing with a convicted killer were brave and courageous. She was always willing to meet with Patrick and to talk about anything he liked. She helped him to realize his mistake, but more importantly, helped him to become a better person. She was always reminding Pat that God had the power of forgiveness, and that if he were truly sorry, God would forgive him. Sister Helen’s best arguments were the details she spoke about prior to Sonnier’s death. When Sister Helen spoke about Pat’s legal .....
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