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Papers on Book Reports
A Lesson Before Dying: Mr. Wiggins
Number of words: 964 | Number of pages: 4.... tells, he never showed any sort of emotion before the shooting
or after up until that point. A hog can't show emotions, but a man can. There
is the epiphany of the story, where Mr. Wiggins realizes that the purpose of
life is to help make the world a better place, and at that time he no longer
minds visiting Jefferson and begins becoming his friend.
Mr. Wiggins' relationship with his Aunt declined in this story, although
it was never very strong. His Aunt treated him like he should be a hog and
always obey, yet she wanted him to make a hog into a man. His Aunt was not a
very nice person, she would only show kindness towards .....
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Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man: Vocation Sequence
Number of words: 456 | Number of pages: 2.... fell short of Gods glory. Stephens first calling,
to become a priest, has appeal, but his epiphany lets him know that his
true calling, instead, deals with finally knowing the solitude that he
always faced. Stephen considers the many aspects of his priestly vocation:
great power, sinless innocence, and the pious constraint on his freedom.
By the end of this sequence, Stephen realizes that his soul longs for
freedom from social or religious orders.
At this point, realizing his true calling proves very important to
Stephen. The priest strongly believes in Stephens worthiness of this
priestly calling. As Stephen thinks about his .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Hypocrisy Is A Sin
Number of words: 1280 | Number of pages: 5.... lives with it and
accepts her punishment. However, while succumbing to the will of the court,
she does not for an instant truly believe that she sinned. Hester thinks
that she has not committed adultery because in her mind she wasn't really
married to Chillingworth. Hester believes that marriage is only valid when
there is love, and there is no love between Hester and Chillingworth. In
the prison, defending her actions against him, she declares, "Thou knowest,
thou knowest that I was frank with thee. I felt no love, nor feigned any"
(74). Then, later, speaking to Dimmesdale, Hester further imparts her
belief that she has no .....
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The Mayor Of Casterbridge: Micheal Henchard Left Lonely And Depressed
Number of words: 660 | Number of pages: 3.... to Henchard. He realizes a new love for his step-daughter taht is brought up in her presents, when he is not alone. When Elizabeth-Jane's true father comes to the house asking for her Henchard tells him she is dead while actually asleep in the next room. After doing this Micheal Henchard knows if his lie is ever found out by Elizaveth-Jane it will only make her more distant. He only thinks aobut his love her though, and he happiness whe she is with him. Her care rejuvenates Henchard and keeps him form his dreaded loneliness. When his secret is found out Elizabeth-Jane, the one left who cared now had lost respect for Henchard.
M .....
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Allegory Of The Cave
Number of words: 448 | Number of pages: 2.... they have ever known is
a fuzzy shadow on a wall. They could not possibly
comprehend another dimension without beholdin! g it
themselves, therefore, they label the enlightened man mad.
For instance, the exact thing happened to Charles Darwin.
In 1837, Darwin was traveling aboard the H.M.S. Beagle in
the Eastern Pacific and dropped anchor on the Galapagos
Islands. Darwin found a wide array of animals. These
differences in animals sparked Darwin on research, which
lasted well up to his death, culminating in the publishing of
The Origin of Species in 1858. He stated that had not just
appeared out of thin air, but had evolved fr .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Sin Affects
Number of words: 879 | Number of pages: 4.... had not told the community who the father of Pearl is. It was her choice not to tell whom the father was and she regretted every moment of it. She was suffering because she was not strong enough to come out and tell the town that Dimmesdale was the father. It is stated in the novel that she “was patient, -a martyr, indeed, -but she forbore to pray for her enemies; lest, in spite of her forgiving aspirations, the words of the blessing should stubbornly twist themselves into a curse” (Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Scarlet Letter Pg.108). Hester feels that she has not sinned against the community, and therefore t .....
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Ivan Denisovich
Number of words: 631 | Number of pages: 3.... to us in our daily lives, such as eating a meal. One would have to be a strong person to get true happiness just by eating a meal. Shukhov didn’t daydream about getting out of the camp or about anything in the future. He lived for that particular day and moment. Shukhov stated, when eating a meal, “It was great! This was what a prisoner lived for, this one little moment.”(p. 169) Another example of Shukhov’s emotional strength was at the end of his day, he was content and happy. This was only because he accomplished small tasks such as getting extra food for dinner, making a wall, and not being put in the cooler. It .....
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The X-Files, X Marks The Spot: Book Report
Number of words: 265 | Number of pages: 1.... the book down. I sometimes have
trouble trying to find a book that's actually interesting, but I didn't
have any trouble with this book. I got through the whole book fast, I was
always reading it in study hall, and trying to get as far as I could in
readers workshop.
It was easy to understand. I've read a lot of science fiction books that
are very complicated. Some books have too many characters to remember, or
they have something that is really weird or unrealistic. Some science
fiction books get way too far out. This book was nothing like that.
The events were spread out well. Some science fiction books are very
boring, til .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird 2
Number of words: 3687 | Number of pages: 14.... (Scout's father) and his brother Jack left the land for careers in law and medicine. Atticus settled in Maycomb, the county seat of Maycomb County, with a reasonably successful law practice about twenty miles from Finch's Landing, where his sister Alexandra still lived.
Scout describes Maycomb as a lethargic, hot, colorless, narrow-minded town where she lives with her father, brother Jem (four years older) and the family cook, Calpurnia. Scout's mother had died when she was two.
When she was five, Scout and Jem found a new friend, Dill Harris ("Goin' on seven"), next door in Miss Rachel Haverford's collard patch. Dill was Miss Rach .....
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The Fall Of The House Of Usher: Poe's Writing Technique
Number of words: 1006 | Number of pages: 4.... Madeline Usher is the
anima figure in the story Poe's use of symbolism in his gothic stories is
a guiding thread to his literary art. That he is not persistently a
symbolist is one of his strengths, for it means that he only turns to
symbolism when it has a distinct role to play. His symbolism generally
takes the form of allowing some object to stand for an abstraction or
personal attribute. Five persons figure into this tale, but the interest
centers exclusively in one-RoderickUsher.(Levine, 125, Buranelli 85)
Roderick, cadaverous eyes, large liquid and luminous beyond comparison.
His lips are very thin and pale. Usher .....
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