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Papers on Book Reports
The Metamorphosis: Gregor Was An Unselfish Person
Number of words: 505 | Number of pages: 2.... he never asked for much. Showing his
concern for others' wellbeing, he hid under the couch so as not to disgust
anyone by his sight. Although they brought him food everyday, he barely ate any
of it. He even wished he were not such a burden on the family, and that he could
have transformed back into his old self.
All of the actions mentioned above displayed Gregor's unselfishness.
After his metamorphosis, nobody indicated they were grateful for what he had
done. After his first absence, the chief clerk himself appeared at Gregor's
house to see what was the matter. When Gregor did not open his door, the chief
clerk accu .....
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Eye Deep In Hell: Book Review
Number of words: 1617 | Number of pages: 6.... Ellis does a nice job giving in-depth insight as to what these men actually incurred in the muddied trenches and otherwise abyss known as the “Western Front” of the First World War. He is able to almost put us in the shoes of the men whom were actually there, making us realize what it was like being on the front line of World War I, fighting on the European countryside.
Authors Statement of Proposition
John Ellis’s thesis or statement of proposition in this book is really quite simple. However, he is very in depth in his book when showing it to you, therefore drawing it out over the length of the book. Simply stated, th .....
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'Checking Out' A&P
Number of words: 624 | Number of pages: 3.... beach, some people in the town "haven't seen the ocean for twenty years" (482). This town, and this A&P, like the people in it, are boring and stagnant.
The characters in this A&P are the most persuasive external factor in Sammy's internal conflict. The reader arrives at the scene to find Sammy ringing up a "cash-register-watcher", whom he describes as being "a witch about fifty with rouge on her cheekbones and no eyebrows" (480). She nearly has a stroke when Sammy accidentally rings up her HiHo crackers twice. This woman is most likely a "sheep" (481), but quite an aggressive one. We don't really see her slimy, nosy side .....
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"The Stranger": Analysis
Number of words: 1807 | Number of pages: 7.... Africa, he wrote lots of fiction books, dealing with moral problems of
universal importance. 1. I think Albert's prospective in life was to just be
able to write books for people that actually would deal with the reality and
difficulty of people facing everyday life. Also, the difficulty of people
facing life without the comfort of believing in God or just having moral
standards. 2. He most likely to weave into his writing the ideal of setting
moral standards and placing the comfort that an individual would need to have in
facing difficulty in his life. He would also set a goal by facing any problems
that may exist in e .....
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BEOWULF ANALYSIS
Number of words: 1078 | Number of pages: 4.... lines 167-169). During the fight, Beowulf's strength takes over and Beowulf wrestles with Grendel until he is able to rip one of the monster's arms out of its socket. Superhuman feats also appear in the fight with Grendel's mother. When Beowulf enters the water, he swims downward for most of the day before he sees the bottom. “For hours he sank through the waves;...”(Beowulf, line 572). He does this without the use of oxygen. During the battle with Grendel's mother, Beowulf realizes that Unferth's sword is useless against the monsters thick skin. He grabs an enormous sword made by giants, almost too heavy to hold .....
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Harper Lee: Introduction To Harper Lee
Number of words: 5172 | Number of pages: 19.... thought and believes in "Catholic emancipation and the repeal of
the corn laws."
Sources Of To Kill A Mockingbird Among the sources for Miss Lee's novel are
the following:
(1) National events: This novel focuses on the role of the
Negro in Southern life, a life with which Miss Lee has been
intimately associated. Although it does not deal with civil
rights as such - for example, the right to vote - it is greatly
concerned with the problem of human dignity - dignity based on
individual merit, not racial origin. The bigotry of the
characters in this novel greatly resembles that of the people in
the South today, whe .....
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Wuthering Heights: Friendship Or Passion - The Chemistry Between Heathcliff And Cathy
Number of words: 716 | Number of pages: 3.... with Heathcliff. Nelly explains this situation when Cathy
told the maid Edgar proposed to her. “You love Mr. Edgar, because he is
handsome, and young, and cheerful, and rich, and loves you.”1 (Pg 80)
Catherine later admits her true love for Heathcliff and how Edgar never was
a match for her.
“That will do to explain my secret, as well as the other. I've
no more business to marry Edgar Linton than I have to be in
heaven; and if the wicked man in there had not brought
Heathcliff so low, I shouldn't have thought of it. It would
degrade me to marry Heathcliff now; so he shall never know
how I love him: and that, not .....
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: Huck's Father
Number of words: 545 | Number of pages: 2.... concern, Huck makes it appear as if he is
killed in the cabin while Pap is away, and leaves to go to a remote island
in the Mississippi River, Jackson's Island.
It is after he leaves his father's cabin that Huck joins yet
another important influence in his life: Miss Watson's slave, Jim. Prior
to Huck's leaving, Jim has been a minor character in the novel--he has been
shown being fooled by Tom Sawyer and telling Huck's fortune. Huck finds
Jim on Jackson's Island because the slave has run away--he has overheard a
conversation that he will soon be sold to New Orleans. Soon after joining
Jim on Jackson's Island, Huck begins to re .....
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Things Fall Apart
Number of words: 693 | Number of pages: 3.... to attend his school. At first everyone was reluctant to explore this new option for education. Those that chose to attend Mr. Brown’s school would not only learn how to read and write, but they would also learn how to fight back against those that would come in and try to conquer them. With this insight and the kind “gifts of singlets and towels” (pg.181) from Mr. Brown, more people flooded into his school. Mr. Brown’s school not only taught them how to speak and read in another tongue, but “from the very beginning religion and education went hand in hand” (pg.182). Mr. Smith, on the other, hand was very harsh and “s .....
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Beloved
Number of words: 761 | Number of pages: 3.... not treated with any respect, or proper care. Even modern day
criminals, those that have murdered large numbers of people are treated more
humanly then the average slave ever was. The life that the children would of
lived would of been one of complete servitude, they would of never of known what
it was like to live on their own and make their own decisions. This all goes
back to the fact that they would never be human or treated as humans, so based
on this I believe that Sethe was justified in killing her children and
preventing them from becoming enslaved.
The fact that the slaves where treated like animals, and where traded and .....
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