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Papers on Book Reports
Heart Of Darkness: The Symbol Of Ivory
Number of words: 534 | Number of pages: 2.... as Marlow approaches those hearts of
darkness: the Inner Station and Kurtz. Kurtz's relationship with ivory
seems to have been reiterated by every company member through the course of
the story. Of course Kurtz “harvested” more ivory than all the other
stations combined, and therefore it almost seems appropriate that Conrad
would use extensive ivory imagery in describing Kurtz. Earlier, during his
digression on Kurtz, Marlow says, “The wilderness had patted him on the
head, and, behold, it was like a ball—an ivory ball”. By the time that
Kurtz is carried out on a stretcher the evil has so overtaken him that, “I
could .....
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Lovely People Do Stupid Things
Number of words: 863 | Number of pages: 4.... to be a mule. She wanted to see Janie in a secure situation before she died, and Logan Killicks could provide that.
Janie did not want to marry Logan, but she did so because Nanny told her “that she would eventually come to love him.” Ironically, Logan wanted to force Janie into the servitude that Nanny feared. Also, he was disappointed that Janie never returned his affection and attraction. If he could not possess her through love, he would possess her by demanding her submission. At heart, his actions arose from the fear that Janie would leave him. Two months after her marriage to Logan, Janie visited Nanny to ask when .....
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The Scarlet Letter: The Puritans Are Wrong In Thinking That Pearl Is Wicked
Number of words: 1794 | Number of pages: 7.... Hester's cottage, Pearl "[smites]
down [and] uproot[s] most unmercifully [the] ugliest weeds"(87) which she
pretends are the Puritan children. Hester believes that Pearl is so
emotional and temperamental because the passion which Hester and
Dimmesdale experienced during their sinful act somehow transferred into
Pearl's soul. However, Pearl's antipathy for the Puritans is justified; the
children often torment her for no good reason. When Hester and Pearl go
into town, the Puritan children stop playing and either surround Pearl and
stare at her or prepare to hurl mud at the unfortunate pair. Both actions
by the Puritans result in a .....
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Anselm's Philosophy
Number of words: 1566 | Number of pages: 6.... beings (such as ourselves) depend on something else for their existence. One example of this is, that as a child we utterly depended on our parents for food, clothing, and shelter. Contingent beings therefore can begin to be or cease to be at anytime. They can, unlike God, be here today and gone tomorrow. Anselm uses the definition of God (the ontological argument), in which I have described above, to prove God's existence. As I mentioned, Anselm believes that God is the greatest being we can possibly think of. He does this by first trying to prove the opposite of what he really wants to prove. For example, lets suppose Go .....
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Learning To See: Summary
Number of words: 456 | Number of pages: 2.... moved the fish closer to him this time, feeling the fish with his hands, turning it is he was able to see every angle of the specimen. This inabled him to take in the whole fish, seeing more then the first time that he looked. Samuel draw the fish, and saw more things about the fish that he missed time and time again. When Profsssor Agassiz returned, Scudder gave the Professor a rundown on the fish. the professor told him to go home and tell him more in the morning . After seeing the fish all night in his head, he sat there the next day, again gazin at that smelly fish.
Soon Samuel learn .....
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The Intentional Death Of Francis Macomber
Number of words: 1886 | Number of pages: 7.... 1402). What is also important is that Margot and Francis have very different personalities. This is clearly seen when the narrator states, (Hemingway 1402).
With this small amount of background information, the true motive for an intentional killing can be found. This can clearly be seen in the conversation of Francis Macomber after killing the buffalo when he states, (Hemingway 1408. "(Hemingway 1409). Robert Wilson, the guide on the hunt, gives the reader an outside perspective into this complex and troubled relationship. In response to the quote above Hemingway 1409).
Robert Wilson seems to be right in his descriptio .....
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The Little Prince, Siddhartha, And The Monkey God: Journey
Number of words: 1256 | Number of pages: 5.... on Asteriod-612, he left to travel far and wide to seek the meaning of
love. Having the opportunity to meet many people, he learns something from
each and one of them. The king represented the evil of totalitarianism,
the conceited man represents one of the evil aspects of human, the tippler
showed the sorrow and pain a person can hold, the businessman showed how a
person can possess greed, the lamplighter represents loyalty, one of the
good sides of human being, finally meeting the geographer, the Little
Prince learns curiosity and hard work. But meeting all these people still
haven't gave the Little Prince what he wanted yet. .....
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Catcher In The Rye - A Sequel
Number of words: 457 | Number of pages: 2.... for the earliest
train out of Central Station.” I stormed out, knowing that I was
defenseless against them I went straight into my room and packed, thinking
of ways to get back at them. I thought then I realized that I shouldn't
even bother wasting my time, I knew that it would be a small time before I
would be kicked out anyhow.
Bags outside the door at 5:00 A.M. So your father can put them on
the car. A couple days went by, as boring as any other days. I mostly sat
around on my bed thinking about those phony people I will be stuck with.
Hopefully I can be stuck with a roommate who resembles good ol' Jane
Gallagher. But n .....
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The Pearl
Number of words: 457 | Number of pages: 2.... so when he attacked them Kino
first tried to get the man on horse, in the struggle Kino killed the trackers
but his son was killed by a bullet. Kino then threw the pearl away.
Kino is a determined man , and he does what he thinks is right, like on
selling the pearl to the towns pearl buyers. He has a small mustache and short
black hair. Juana, kino's wife has long black hair and smart.
A conflict in the story is when Kino had a choice between selling the
pearl to the pearl dealers in his town or to sell it some place else. Alothough
the towns people thought Kino should have sold the pearl to the dealer f .....
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The Lord Of The Flies
Number of words: 1562 | Number of pages: 6.... were getting along fine
until Jack Merridew, a boy who wanted to be “chief” instead, decided to go his
own way. He disobeyed Ralph and did things his own way. He was to preoccupied
witdh his own whims to do the act that was most important on the island, which
was to keep the signal going so they could be rescued. Finally, Jack went
against Ralph and declared that if any of the other boys wanted to have “fun,”
which meant acting like savages, that they should follow him. The boys splot up
into two groups and then havoc insued. Jacks group went around hunting and
being barbaric while the others tried to get rescued. I .....
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