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Papers on Book Reports
A Priest’s Death: An Examination Of Uncanny Elements In James Joyce’s "The Sisters"
Number of words: 987 | Number of pages: 4.... eating as if the news had not interested me…I felt that his [Cotter’s] little black beady eyes were examining me, but I would not satisfy him by looking up from my plate (10).
Seemingly unwilling to accept the news on face value, he goes to see the for himself the following day. After seeing the death notice on the door, the narrator is "persuaded that he was dead" (12).
The boy’s apparent relief at the news of the priest’s death lends to an interpretation that their relationship may have been more than just that of mentor and student. It is hard not to feel that there was a current of sexual interest on the part .....
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Desirees Baby By Kate Chopin
Number of words: 513 | Number of pages: 2.... true origin of Desiree was unknown. She was adopted at a young age and her true parents are a mystery. It is quite possible that in an effort to hide the fact that that he was of a mixed race, he would marry a woman of questionable origin (www.ofcn.com). This would remove all doubt that he, someone of high power and importance, could possibly not be of mixed race, and not be as "pure" as everyone though.
Armand could also be in denial. He found the letter proving himself the reason his baby was mixed, in with letters Desiree wrote to him. It seems hard to believe that after all this time, he has never seen this, since it was kep .....
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The Good Earth: Summary
Number of words: 1178 | Number of pages: 5.... did not rain for months. There was little harvest, and soon all of the
wheat was gone. Starving, Wang Lung had his ox killed for food, but could not
bear to watch because the beast had been so faithful to him. Not having any
money, Wang Lung sold the furniture in his house for a few silver pieces. His
fourth child was born in the drought, and was born dead. The family was forced
to move South to find food, so with the money he made from selling the
furniture, Wang Lung paid train fare to go down south.
On the train, Wang Lung spent some more money to buy material so they
could build a hut when they reached the city. At the .....
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Tess Of The D'Urbervilles
Number of words: 688 | Number of pages: 3.... it
was all Alec's doing. Thus it is clear that casual wrong follows her and yet
the wrong is not made by her.
Tess' true strength is her determination to overcome her misfortunes.
When the Durbeyfields' horse, Prince died, Tess took control of the situation
of the horse's death and the beehive delivery. She takes care of the kids and
she had done well in school, even though Tess seems to go nowhere. Also when
she leaves her job of taking care of the flock at the d'Urberville household,
because of her experience with Alec, it showed she tried to take control of the
situation. Even when Alec was following her home on his carriag .....
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Touch Wood: Rene
Number of words: 847 | Number of pages: 4.... First, seven synagogues were blown up. Then, the Germans created a curfew prohibiting Jews to go during certain hours. Any Jew caught in the street after curfew would be taken as hostage. Also, all Jewish people must wear a Star of David on their shirts. An ordinance is created requiring all Jewish firms to be registered. Then the Jewish are forbidden to go to most public places, and they are only allowed an hour to grocery shop.
Suddenly, their family¹s Jewish neighbors are being taken away one by one. Renée¹s family becomes fearful. At one point, they have to hide from the police. Renée's parents decide to take .....
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Young Goodman Brown: Theme
Number of words: 436 | Number of pages: 2.... what he remembered happened and trusts no one in the village, not even his wife. When Goodman comes back he thinks he is better than the rest and judges everyone that they are devil worshippers, and sees himself as the only good person left.
I believe the theme of "Young Goodman Brown" is that excessive pride in yourself can lead to your downfall. Goodman Brown's wife, is also his faith in God. On his journey to meet the devil, he leaves behind his faith. He sees all of the holiest people from his town at the devil worshipping ceremony. Seeing these people here made Brown realize that the potential for evil resides in everyone, .....
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: McMurphy
Number of words: 2001 | Number of pages: 8.... (322)." This awareness caused him to
believe that these psychedelic drugs could enable him to see things the way they
were truly meant to be seen.
After working as a test subject for the hospital, Kesey was able to get a
job working as a psychiatric aide. This was the next significant factor in
writing the book. "Sometimes he would go to work high on acid (LSD) (323)." By
doing so, he was able to understand the pain felt by the patients on the ward.
In addition, the job allowed him to examine everything that went on within the
confines of the hospital. From these things, Kesey obtained exceptional insight
for writin .....
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William Faulkner's Absalom
Number of words: 1288 | Number of pages: 5.... revealed in the conflicts that Henry Sutpen undergoes in
Absalom, Absalom.
Thomas Sutpen is the son of a poor mountain farmer who founded the
Sutpen estate. Thomas Sutpen stands for all the great and noble qualities
of the South, and at the same time represents the failure of the South by
rejecting the past and committing the same types of acts that his ancestors
did (Brodhead 34). He rejects his own father to adopt a plantation owner
as his surrogate father, who acts as a model of what a man is supposed to
be. When the plantation owner tells Sutpen to use the back door instead of
the front door, Faulkner is using this .....
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Report On Book Titled Black Li
Number of words: 1747 | Number of pages: 7.... it to discriminate, separate, and emotionally destroy others.
In Black Like Me, John was a white man that stepped into the dark dismal life of a black man in the Southern region of the United States. He thought that he had prepared for it but nothing could prepare him for the hard life of desperation, lewd and ludicrous comments, aw well as hate stares that had no basis for even existing except for pure ignorance.
When contemplating over what I would do in the various situations that he encountered in his travels throughout the south, I realized that I would have been murdered due to a lack of respect for anyone who had a lack .....
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Lord Of The Flies 2
Number of words: 1225 | Number of pages: 5.... as the leader. Ralph then assigns the Choir, led by Jack, to be the hunters. Then Jack, Ralph, and Simon set out to explore the island. Near the end of their journey, they encounter a wild pig. Jack tries to kill it, but is unsuccessful. When the explorers get back, a meeting is held. The explorers explain that the island is deserted but there is enough food to keep them alive. Jack and the hunters promise to supply meat. Ralph makes a rule that whoever is in possession of the conch shell is allowed to speak. Ralph proposes the idea of a signal fire to alert passing ships of their presence. All the boys agree and everybody rus .....
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