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Papers on Book Reports
Prejudice And The Pain And Suffering It Has Caused
Number of words: 753 | Number of pages: 3.... that she knows more than the average child did. She
learned earlier than others so she gets punished unjustly. Tom Robinson is
also one who is discriminated by a biased community. Tom is found guilty
by the jury in his case against the Ewells (p.211). The guilty verdict is
a direct result of a racist community. Tom was never given a fair chance
in the trial, even though that the evidence was proving him innocent.
People that are born differently often get mistreated and are discriminated
against.
Another group that is treated poorly in the society based on
bigotry, are the people who have chosen to be different. One who c .....
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Feminism In Jane Eyre
Number of words: 1399 | Number of pages: 6.... the Victorian era a
governess was little more than a servant who was paid to share her scarce amount
of knowledge in limited fields to a child. With little respect, security, or
class one may certainly feel that an intelligent, passionate and opinionated
young woman such as Jane Eyre should deserve and be capable of so much more.
The insecurity of this position, being tossed around with complete disregard for
her feelings or preferences, is only one of many grueling characteristics of
this occupation. However for Jane to even emerge into society, becoming a
governess seemed the only reasonable path for her.
The women of the Vi .....
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Faust: Book Review
Number of words: 586 | Number of pages: 3.... deed. After Faust calls on Mephisto they
make a deal. Mephisto would serve Faust in this life and when Faust would die he
would come to hell and help Mephisto in return for giving Faust all this power.
Faust agrees and this is the start of the deed. Mephisto would do anything in
his power for Faust. These things that Mephisto did was to try to get Lady
Gretchen (that Faust liked dearly) to notice him. Mephisto would give Gretchen
diamonds and other assortment of jewelry to tempt her. This did not work. Over
the years of Mephisto doing all these deeds for Faust, He gained a lot of
knowledge. Faust started to get real old and v .....
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest And The Scarlet Letter: To Live With Fear
Number of words: 623 | Number of pages: 3.... taken advantage of by orderlies, they were caught and
sentenced to electro-shock therapy (EST). The Chi usually blacked out in a
fog when confronted with problems; however, this time (he had endured over
200 EST sessions previously) he did not. However, McMurphy was
deteriorating, and the two seemed to be reversing positions. McMurphy
eventually was sentenced to a lobotomy, which left him as a helpless,
pathetic person, as the Chief had once been. The Chief now had the courage
to put McMurphy out of his misery, despite what the head nurse, Nurse
Ratched, the symbol of the combine to the Chief, would do to him. He
smother .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird- The Effect Of Environment On Classism
Number of words: 1856 | Number of pages: 7.... personality from the time of birth; aptly demonstrated by Scout in different stages of her moral development, her initial reaction to class difference, her response to Atticus¡¯ guidance, and the gradual formation of her own opinions.
As the reader first encounters Scout, she is found to be influenced by a categorizing, status-oriented environment, as evidenced by her behavior towards the low status Cunninghams. Maycomb has a hostile view of people who come from families with a certain income and act a certain way. In the spirit of such animosity, one¡¯s character is unthinkingly assumed to correspond with one¡¯s often-unj .....
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Macbeth A Character Analysis O
Number of words: 464 | Number of pages: 2.... solid characters. Lady Macbeth might have been a solidly built woman, perhaps brunette, and elegantly dressed, for her husband was of importance and they probably were higher in the social ladder.
Through her actions and words, Lady Macbeth’s personality can be summed up in one word: deceitful. She would have done anything to get her way and made sure to do so. In act 1-7 she stated that she easily would have killed her own baby if she promised to do so. She is not trustworthy of anyone but her husband, if that. If it weren’t for her, many murders would not have taken place. She was the driving force is Macbet .....
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A Tale Of Two Cities: Assorted Themes
Number of words: 751 | Number of pages: 3.... for
Lucie. She showed her loving devotion to Lucie by fighting off Madame Defarge.
Many characters are skilled with the force of love in this book. Miss
Pross, fought off Madame Defarge for the reason that she loved Lucie, and did
not want anything to happen to her. The true love was the feelings of Sydney for
Lucie. This love was so great he sacrificed his own life for her. He showed
more love for her than for himself. Hate is also plays a big part in the book.
Madame Defarge had so much hate she went to the extent of trying to kill Lucie.
This backfired and instead of Lucie dying she died in a struggle versus Miss .....
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The Sun Also Rises: Liberal Use Of Dialogue By Hemingway
Number of words: 380 | Number of pages: 2.... eating at a restaurant and thinks to himself that he is
too far behind to catch up. Jake always seems behind, or at least only a
marginal player put so in his position because of his injury. He must have had
relations with Brett before the injury and was a "player" before it, so this
leads to the assumption that Jake purposely removed himself from being a
participant.
As I was reading I was trying to make connections and read into the story to try
and understand if there was more there than what was just on the page. It was
hard, for me, to see more than just the story, but perhaps Hemingway just wanted
the reader to experience .....
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The Catcher In The Rye Summary And Analysis
Number of words: 1123 | Number of pages: 5.... to leave Pencey for good and spend a few days alone in New York City before returning to his parents' Manhattan apartment. In New York, he succumbs to increasing feelings of loneliness and depression brought on by the ugliness of the adult world; he feels increasingly tormented by the memory of his younger brother, Allie's death. Holden’s sexual confusion further complicates his increasingly haphazardness lifestyle. He wants to see his sister Phoebe and his old girlfriend Jane Gallagher, but instead he spends his time with a annoying girl friend named Sally Hayes, and Columbia student named Carl Luce, who are both shallow and .....
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Love In Great Expectations
Number of words: 1512 | Number of pages: 6.... hands and thick soles and such, Estella is able to crush Pip inside. He feels as though he cannot let Estella know how he really feels besides telling Miss Havisham and Estella her self that she was pretty, yet mean. As time goes on, Pip learns all about Estella from her attitude and appearance. This attitude and appearance is what Pip wanted to attain so that Estella would love him. In chapter 17 Pip tells Biddy “ I am not at all happy as I am” (Dickens, 127). He wants to become a gentleman, a complement to a gentlewoman--Estella. Again telling his feelings to Biddy, he professes. “ the beautiful young .....
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