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Fahrenheit 451 Utopia Thru Mat
Number of words: 1248 | Number of pages: 5.... converge, sharing their views for Tibetan freedom from Chinese oppression. Over the three years of its existence, the concert has generated so much publicity that it has forced President Bill Clinton to step in and try to hasten the negotiation between the Chinese government and the Dalai Lama. In a Sonicnet Music News article, the Dalai Lama said:
“’Through this live show, many, many Chinese will have gained a better awareness of President Clinton’s feelings about Tibet, and also President Jiang’s feelings, and I think that can be enormously helpful in the long run.’” (Media Inclusion 1)
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Contaminated Motives
Number of words: 1271 | Number of pages: 5.... is the root of all evil.
Despite the two novels possessing slight differences, they coincide in many aspects. When Pip acquires the money from the unknown benefactor, he moves away under Jaggers guidance and barely ever returns to his hometown. In the beginning, his reasons for coming back were to visit Joe, Biddy, and Miss Havisham, but eventually he changes and seeing the people previously so important to him appears to become a chore. This is ironic because not even a year ago he looked up to Joe, and regarded him as a father, now he refuses to see him on account of Joe being a common blacksmith. This is one of the first cha .....
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Of Mice And Men: The Great Depression - The Uncommon Struggle Of All Men
Number of words: 729 | Number of pages: 3.... not cope with the dust bowl or the Depression
very well. The younger generation had to change its way of thinking. They
also had just changed the styles of everything in the 1920's (Roaring
20's!).
The styles had changed a lot from the 1920's. The younger
generation had to go out and find jobs...jobs such as carrying ice,
newspapers, milk, working at a grocery store, or even delivering clothes to
needy children. People did everything they could to make money. People
worked together to get the job done. My grandfather hauled ice, made ice
cream and other things, all the while putting himself and his sisters
through h .....
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The Awakening: Casting Shadows
Number of words: 869 | Number of pages: 4.... and self enrichment or
self gratification were often times cast aside relative to the more mundane
tasks of daily life. Most women accepted this but Edna did not. She
figured that life was more than constantly doing for someone else. She
wanted time for herself in order to figure out who she was. Some may see
this as selfish but everyone is entitled to “me” time and space. Although
I admit she did not go about it in the best way at times; Edna still was in
going in the right direction.
Edna's marriage to Leonce Pontellier was to spite her father the Colonel
because Leonce was of a different religious faith. Also, L .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Dimmesdale As The Greatest Sinner
Number of words: 370 | Number of pages: 2.... as a father by not keeping in touch with Pearl and Hester. This was a very sinful thing to do. When Pearl asks him if he will stand with them on the scaffold he says no, just crushing the child. And Hester does nothing cut encourage this behavior by saying that one day he will stand with them. The last reason that Dimmesdale is the greatest sinner in the Scarlet Letter is that he died first as a result of his sin. Chillingworth didn't die first, Hester didn't die first, no it was Dimmesdale, because his sin was hidden and not open to the public. Everyday he had to live with the fact that he was a liar trying to keep a ve .....
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A Homicide For Emily
Number of words: 784 | Number of pages: 3.... The townspeople did not believe she was crazy, even though they knew insanity ran in her family. They thought Emily did this because they remembered how the father drove all the young men away. Now she was a figure that could be pitied by the town, alone and penniless.
Eventually Emily met Homer, a Yankee who came into town to pave sidewalks during the summer of Emily’s father’s death. They started seeing each other but Homer would rather hang out with the guys than hang out with Emily. He was not the marrying type. When Emily figured this out she bought some arsenic from a druggist. The townspeople thought she w .....
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The Crystal Cave: Merlin
Number of words: 717 | Number of pages: 3.... foundation for the knowledge to
develop. The personage who is the most efficacious and who bestows the
true idea of knowledge on Merlin is Galapas. One day Merlin travels
through the forest and stumbles on what looks like an inhabited cave. In
the cave Merlin meets Galapas for the first time. Galapas teaches Merlin
an innumerable amount of information, but he, "hardly thought of [his] time
with him as lessons." (54). The information that Merlin receives is more
useful than the subjects of languages and geometry that he learns from
Demetrius, his first tutor. Merlin learns how to; collect herbs for
medicine, study dead ani .....
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Orwell's Animal Farm: Summary Of Characters
Number of words: 403 | Number of pages: 2.... to the slaughterhouse since he is of
no further use. Some of the animals come to realize what is happening and
are mad at Napoleon, but Napoleon talks his way out of it by convincing the
animals that they are mistaken and the hospital uses vehicles marked
"slaughterhouse" to pick up injured animals. Stalin's character was
similar as he used people for his own advantage, and when they were not
further useful to him, he eliminated them.
The dogs represent Napoleon's secret police. Napoleon raised them
up from pups so they think his way and will do anything for him. They help
hunt down Snowball and do Napoleon's dirty work so ev .....
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Chaucers The Pardoner
Number of words: 627 | Number of pages: 3.... that talks about the Pardoner describes him as a man with “hair as yellow as wax, Hangling down smoothly like a hank of flax.” The Pardoner had a beautiful singing voice, which he used to his advantage by singing loud and merrily in order to get more money from the people.
The Pardoner tells the tale of three young men drinking at an inn. After learning that someone named Death has killed a friend, the three men decide to find Death and get revenge for their friend. While looking, they come across an old man. They ask the old man if he knows where Death is, and the old man directs them to a tree at the end of the stre .....
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Northanger Abbey: Reader's Response To Heroine
Number of words: 2639 | Number of pages: 10.... title above come from Catherine's extreme innocence. Jane Austen's heroine arrives in Bath as a young debutante and, entirely inexperienced in the ways of the world, is immediately impressed by the more sophisticated Isabella. After their first meeting this is clear as she watches her leave; "(she) admired the graceful spirit of her walk, the fashionable air of her figure and dress, and felt grateful, as well she might, for the chance which had procured her such a friend." Jane Austen's interjection here, ("as well she might"), expresses the reader's feelings at this point.
Up to now we have had few clues as to Isabella's less .....
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