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Papers on Book Reports
Tale Of Two Cities: Roots Of Revolution
Number of words: 299 | Number of pages: 2.... surely
yield the same fruit according to its kind" - P347, Book III, Ch15. Dickens,
who lived in England where there were many unjust punishments and immoral
actions by high ranking officials, was basically saying that the things that
fueled the revolution in France, the crushing of humanity and rapacious license
and oppression, if used in a similar manner somewhere else would have the same
result. In this case he was probably thinking of his native country of England,
but in truth it could happen in any country that practiced the same methods that
France did.
The peasants in France were beaten down by the nobility and treat .....
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Adam Bede
Number of words: 1710 | Number of pages: 7.... woman, consider what biblical implications are made about her character and observe the effect this construction has on other characters in the novel.
When we are first introduced to Lisbeth, it is with comparison of how similar she is in physique to her son Adam. One detail, however, provides for a very concise way of describing Lisbeth in condensed terms. It reads:
“Her dark eyes are somewhat dim now – perhaps from too much crying . . . (Eliot pg. 41)” It is clearly the intention of the author to show us that this is the type of life Lisbeth has led, one of sadness and tears. Later we gather that her husband Thia .....
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John Dos Passos' Manhattan Transfer
Number of words: 1292 | Number of pages: 5.... of Americans resented the immigrants because
they represented lost jobs. the only people who did like the influx of
immigrants were the rich because they represented a large pool of labour
that cost next to nothing.
America was very much separated from the rest of the world. The Monroe
Doctrine of 1823 was still a big part of life in the United States Of
America and politicians made sure that they did n not get involved in
European affairs. They remained unchanged until the first World War when
America joined in on the side of the Allies. This novel showed that most
Americans were glad that they had joined. It created .....
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Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None: An Analysis
Number of words: 665 | Number of pages: 3.... alabi for their whereabouts
when he was killed. Dr. Armstrong did stray from his group. When the
General didn't show up for lunch, Mr. Rogers offered to go and fetch him.
Dr. Armstrong quickly voluntered instead. He came back to announce that he
was dead. On the morning when they found Mr. Rogers dead, everyone
overslept because he was not there to wake them up. Lombard awoke at 9:30
am. He woke the others, but Armstrong was already up and dressed. Or, the
way I see it is that he was up and nearly dressed. Again. After
murdering Rogers, his clothes probably had some blood on them, so by the
time lombard knocked on his do .....
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Animal Farm - Elements Of Lite
Number of words: 1042 | Number of pages: 4.... Snowball was the likeable person among the animals also very admirable. The other animals looked up to him and not only because he was the leader. He put effort into the ideas that he and all the other animals came up with. He also worked with the animals and did not slack off because he was the leader. Napoleon on the other hand took advantage of his rank. He did not work with the other animals and broke all the rules. When this happened he made an excuse or changed the rule. For example the original commandment stated that “No animal shall drink alcohol”, but after getting drunk the rule mysteriously changed to “No a .....
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The Stone Angel And The Fifth Business: Analysis Of The Main Characters
Number of words: 1532 | Number of pages: 6.... to his mother's reports on the premature birth of
Paul Dempster gave him the sense that he is directly involved in it.
Furthermore, he has been raised in a strict Presbyterian household that has
encouraged him to feel guilty about almost every lapse of duty.
So at the beginning of the two novels the reader learns that the
first feeling of guilt that the two main characters share is a birth of one
of the characters presented in the novels. In The Stone Angel Hagar blamed
herself for being born, because it was she that caused her mother's death.
She felt that it should be her who should die not her mother. In The Fifth
B .....
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Biological Determinism
Number of words: 2937 | Number of pages: 11.... a natural situation is almost as long as the history of the world .
The author insists that there is no connection between environmental
differences and genetics. In support of his idea the author state that any
Canadian student can perform better in mathematics than some ancient professors
of mathematics. The author comes to the conclusion that changes in a cultural
environment are the main factor that determines level of intellectual
performance, not inherited combination of parent's genes . He argues that
genetic differences that appear in one environment may easily disappear in
another. A theory that twins were raised .....
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Lord Of The Flies Character An
Number of words: 627 | Number of pages: 3.... adults, he did not run about in a
savage nature, he was good. Being the only boy that wasn't violent, shows
how diverse Piggy was from the other boys on the island. "I got the conch I tell
you" Piggy screamed in attempt to gain the boys' lost attention, "I tell you I got the conch." Good finally prevailed and Piggy gained the boys' attention. Never once did Piggy resort to violence, even when his glasses were stolen, he
proved he was above violence. Unlike Jack, Piggy never killed. Piggy never
hunted or kill a pig, let alone hurt another human being, he used his mind not
his size to get attention. Being the biggest boy on .....
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David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
Number of words: 1515 | Number of pages: 6.... color or sound, though they
have the natural capacities for such. They simply lack the necessary
"impression" of sound or color, as so they can visualize and manipulate
these concepts with their imaginations.
These all seem like good philosophical argumentation, and are
highly convincing, except for one seemingly overlooked flaw. Later on in "…
Ideas" Hume states "those who would assert that this position is not
universally true nor without exception, have only one, and that any easy
method refuting it; by producing an idea, which, in their opinion, is not
derived from this source ("An Enquiry Concerning Human Under .....
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The Pelican Breif
Number of words: 923 | Number of pages: 4.... killed the Justices then maybe they should get
someone else.
After a while they go back to Gray who is on the telephone, with
an unknown person at the time, and is talking about the murders and
the person on the telephone is saying that he knows who killed the
Justices. He traces the phone call to a pay phone and then goes
there and takes pictures of him, which comes in hand later in the
movie.
Then Thomas is going to met his friend Gavvin Verheek at a bar
which he gave him a copy of the Pelican Brief that he received earlier
from his girlfriend Darby. Next thing that happens is the guy Gavin
takes the brief to his .....
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