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Papers on Book Reports
1984: Summary
Number of words: 1282 | Number of pages: 5.... he is ethical and the Party is unjust but it is left up to the readers
discretion to decide whether he is the criminal or just a victim of a
totalitarian society. The first instance of Winstons "criminal" nature was
when he bought an illegal journal, quill and bottle of ink to record his
thoughts. Although he had so called "criminal" thoughts before, the journal
seemed to bring out the more daring ideas in him as to how to get free from
the Party's reign. This all indirectly led to his meeting with a woman
called Julia who shared his feelings and was either very brave or very
foolish because she was more open then he about her .....
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The Handmaids Tale
Number of words: 1482 | Number of pages: 6.... to take away their freedom, they accepted it. They were afraid and the
Sons gave them some security. Because they accepted the first few laws, it was
hard to refuse to not go along with the ones that followed.
When the women were finally stripped of their identities, they felt as
though they had deserved it because they had done nothing to try and save any of
their other rights.
"We looked at one anothers faces and saw dismay, and a certain shame, as if wed
been caught doing something we shouldnt. Its outrageous one woman said, but
without belief. What was it about this that made us feel we deserved it?"(p.
166)
The Son .....
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The Birthmark, The Minister’s Black Veil, And Young Goodman Brown: Symbolism
Number of words: 353 | Number of pages: 2.... shape of a hand suggests to the townspeople that it is handprint from an angel, which may also mean that it is a symbol for good. The townspeople look at the birthmark as a blessing, but Aylmer sees it as an imperfection and seeks to rid of it in the same way the Puritans sought to perfect themselves. She dies as a result of his obsession and her death symbolizes that purification cannot be achieved.
Hawthorne’s writings go much deeper than meets the eye. There is a lot of symbolism, mostly having something to do with good and evil which was a big part of Puritan beliefs and their true thoughts. Today we read what Hawthorn .....
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Wyrd
Number of words: 1403 | Number of pages: 6.... but the Abbe did not know
this and told Berengaria the 'news' of his demise. Unable to cope with such a
revelation, she died and was entombed, as a mummy, with her book beneath the
priory. Found by two archaeologists in modern times, her book was recovered and
her tomb destroyed. Sent to a group of Australian women (in order to keep it
out of the claws of the modern De Ville, Professor Horniman), the book found
it's way into the hands and heart of Trace, a street kid from Sydney, come
north as part of a modern children's crusade. Unwilling to return to the slums
of Kings Cross, Trace had found her way to the women's homes and .....
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Summary Of Joyce's "A Portrait Of An Artists As A Young Man"
Number of words: 2018 | Number of pages: 8.... he should be the center of his family's universe, or the "baby
tuckoo". His family symbolizes the oppression that Stephen encounters
throughout his life. "Apologise, pull out his eyes, pull out his eyes,
apologise (Joyce 4)." Later the reader finds that this symbolizes how his
family will not accept his spontaneous outbursts, especially involving the
arts. Its also important to note that even at this early part of his life,
Stephen prefers his mother over his father, which shows later on in the
novel. " . . . he had a hairy face . . . his mother had a nicer smell than
his father. (Joyce 3)"
In the first Chapter, at Clong .....
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Faust: An Elemental Romantic Work
Number of words: 203 | Number of pages: 1.... to sell
his soul to better himself.
In Faust Mephistopheles makes a wager with God. The wager is that Faust,
a common doctor, will stray from the path that is true and fit. Mephistopheles
makes an agreement with Faust that if Mephistopheles satisfies Faust's desires
in this world, Faust will work as Mephistopheles servant. Faust lives a typical
romantic life full of passion, pride, and adventure. A turning point to Faust
after Faust lives his life with his desires fulfilled he decides to change.
Goethe is generally recognized as one of the greatest and most versatile
European writers and thinkers of modern ti .....
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Watership Down
Number of words: 652 | Number of pages: 3.... from problems. Pipkin, a good friend of Fiver, was small like
Fiver but acted as if he was as big as Bigwig. He always did what he
was told and never complained. PLOT One day Fiver, sensing danger,
convinced his brother Hazel that they must leave their warren. Hazel
tried to warn the Chief Rabbit of the danger, but he did not listen.
Hazel gathered a group and went along the brook until they reached
another warren of rabbits. These rabbits were very strange and acted
differently from other rabbits. Hazel and his group decided to leave
after Bigwig got caught in a wire. The man would feed the rabbits so
they would become bi .....
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Farwell To Arms
Number of words: 523 | Number of pages: 2.... which was a love story that ended up in a tragedy. The main character's wife got pregnant and she was off to have her baby when problems started occurring. They had to have a caesarean, and the baby dies, and when the mother of the child starts to hemorrhage Henry knows that it was over for his wife and he was right.
From the beginning of the book until the end, the action was up. Ever since the front page Henry was traveling around to different towns so it was not boring for the reader. That made it very interesting for the reader because it was always a new town coming up so they were being introduced in the new characters qu .....
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As For Me And My House And Surfacing: Heros
Number of words: 1731 | Number of pages: 7.... difficult subjects such as death, pain and suffering. According to Jordan Peterson it is human tendency to model facts, value is placed on these facts and we systematically assess what each fact signifies. This psychological process eliminates anxiety and fear. The need for a belief system is so great that Peterson states that: "We must model meanings in order to survive" (Peterson 8).
The character of Paul effectively articulates the psychological function of religion. Paul articulates how humans search for religion as a belief system in order to deal with feelings such as meaninglessness and insignificance: "[man's] help .....
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Grapes Of Wrath And Of Mice And Men: Character Study
Number of words: 966 | Number of pages: 4.... has historical significance as it is true that many families
were forced, in the same way as the Joads, to leave their homes to look for
work during the depression. It is in this fact that one can see how Steinbeck's
intention in "The grapes of Wrath" was to depict the hardships people went
through during an actual event in American history. Perhaps the most solemn
message in this novel was the poor treatment of the dispossessed families as
they reached California. In "Of Mice and Men" the reader is presented with a
story that takes place in the same setting of "The Grapes of Wrath" This story
details the hardships of two .....
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