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Papers on Book Reports
Gathering Of Old Men
Number of words: 424 | Number of pages: 2.... them how they are not superior to the black men anymore. As time goes on the sheriff is starting to worry even more; because he knows the men have been drinking excessively. When night falls the sheriff and his men go home, praying that nothing will happen. By this time the white men are very drunk and want revenge. To the white men’s surprise when they arrive to Mathu’s house they are out numbered at least two to one. The white men realize that they are going to loose once again. When the white men start to shoot this shows how childish people are when they are not on top of the world. The white men all die and lie dead i .....
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Pecola
Number of words: 729 | Number of pages: 3.... the muddy shoes with the wad of gum peeping out from between the cheap soles……Eyes that questioned nothing and asked everything” (p80)
Thus she thinks it is only the outside that counts. She thought that if she were able to change the colour of her eyes to blue, that being a symbol of beauty in a white culture, her life would change; she would be looked at, be respected, accepted and admired.
“if those eyes of hers were different, that is to say beautiful, she herself would be different” (p34)
The white cultures’ judgements were forced upon Pecola; she like society identified herself as black, and therefore .....
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Salzman's "Iron And Silk": Losing Face
Number of words: 480 | Number of pages: 2.... should not be kissed. The students explained that
showing affection was just not done, it wasn't normal. At the end of class
one student stayed, he confessed that he still kissed his children. Every
night after they have gone to sleep he sneaks into their room to kiss them.
The student could not admit to the entire class that he was different. Not
only did Mark meet plenty of people who were concerned with loosing face,
but the Chinese government was the same way.
I think the best example of trying to keep face was when Mark
killed a rat. Mark was in the middle of teaching when a rat fell on his
desk, he quickly swatted it. The .....
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Frankenstien All Behavior Is L
Number of words: 608 | Number of pages: 3.... family members interacted with one another. In his observation of them he learned the lessons that his father had neglected to teach him. The monster learned the concepts of love and affection. When the monster watched the family he felt feelings of happiness, instead of feelings of loneliness. Eventually the monster had learned the family’s customs and understood their way of life. He realized that even though the family was not rich by their standards, they were rich by his standards because
they knew happiness, instead of fear and loneliness like himself.
The monster tried to meet the family that he had grown to car .....
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Something Wicked This Way Comes: Conflicts Between Father And Son
Number of words: 1133 | Number of pages: 5.... is expected of from his father. They are two distinct individuals who live in the same place, the same planet, and the same house. There is a barrier that seems to exist whenever they are faced with one another. For Charles, it is a constant battle to wonder of the difference of age, and William is unable to release the true feelings which he dearly holds for his father. Charles, an old man who is unable to tolerate the lingering effects of old age, dislikes the fact that he is unable to run as fast, or to do things quicker like he used to. There is a desperation from Charles who longs to seek a special relationship with h .....
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Gun Control Violence In Schools Critique
Number of words: 734 | Number of pages: 3.... young people in the past two years. In a 1997 report by the Centers of Disease Control it says that American Children under the age of fifteen are twelve times more likely to be killed by gunfire than twenty-five other industrialized nations. Basically my question is who really cares about twenty-five other nations? The facts that are presented should be base on kids and adults not on us and some other nation. The point is that in the past few months or even years the multiple homicides at schools by teens are because they obtained firearms by ease.
The author talks of the programs that should be proposed to stop the violence .....
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Waheenee And Eve's Bayou: Common Ground
Number of words: 764 | Number of pages: 3.... the age of six lost her mother which her great-grandmother and her grandmother raised her. So Waheenee had many mothers that had brought her up. Waheenee goes through various changes throughout life. There's a lot of human interest in Waheenee's story. As a budding teen, she attracts the attention of the young warrior Sacred Red Eagle Wing, who attends her families corn husking which is away for him to show off to her family (Encarta 2). But at this husking there are other men and she notices another man that she felt was a real man. So she promptly forgot about that younger man and she immediately put her attention t .....
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Macbeth Essay
Number of words: 819 | Number of pages: 3.... he sees Pity personified as a “naked new born babe” which is nevertheless “striding the blast” while “heaven’s cherubin” are mounted on the winds. The speech builds to a mighty climax then suddenly the power is lost, when Macbeth turns to his own wretched motive for committing such a crime. He can find nothing except Vaulting Ambition. His mind is made up, and tells his wife “We will proceed no further in this business”. He is not prepared for her rage and abuse. She calls him a coward, insults his virility and declares that she would rather have murdered her child while it was feeding at her breast rather .....
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The Oddysey
Number of words: 777 | Number of pages: 3.... currently has no idea, he thought the Phaecians did not bring him to his desired destination. The boy tells him Ithaca. In response to this, Odysseus created an extensive lie about who he is in front of Athena. Athena then scolded him for this. The Goddess then told Odysseus that Telemachus is with Menelaus searching for answers and tales of his father.
There are three settings in Book 13 of the Odyssey. This book began in the kingdom of Alcinous where Odysseus began his short voyage home. It later in the book comes back to this setting when Alcinous told of the prophecy and Poseidon punishing the Phaecians. The second a .....
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The Crucible 2
Number of words: 644 | Number of pages: 3.... the woods, and that the sick girl has been bewitched. Once the girls talk to each other, they become more and more frightened as being accused as witches, so Abigail, the main character and the principle accuser, starts accusing others of practicing witchcraft. They lied not only to protect themselves but the reputation of their families. The accusations grow and grow until the jails overflow with accused witches. Once the scam started, it was too late to stop, and the snowballing effect of wild charges soon resulted in the hanging of many innocents.
After the wave of accusations began, grudges began to surface in the commu .....
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