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Papers on Book Reports
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea: Overview
Number of words: 436 | Number of pages: 2.... One of the most suspenseful and mysterious parts of the book was when
the characters were thrown into a big room inside the submarine that seemed to
have no doors. At this point in the book the characters have no idea what was
going on, neither does the reader. The only thing that happens during the time
in this room is a man comes in and gives them some food, minutes later they all
fell asleep. Why where they put to sleep, where is this room that seems to have
no doors? This is just one of the hundreds of questions going through your head
during these couple chapters of the book. When they wake up all the light .....
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The Harness Conspiracy
Number of words: 1129 | Number of pages: 5.... closer observation, one can see all the inconsistencies and clues that lead to this conclusion.
First, there are many inconsistencies concerning Emma's incessant illness. When we first see Emma described, we are told that her eyes were "feverish with a determination to live" (39). This image does not suggest that she would give up life as easily as she supposedly does. Her illnesses were either planned or were hugely coincidental, because "Each time Peter returned from a business trip, Emma was ailing for a month or two . . . " (40). She never got sick when Peter was away on "business." They kept this charade of her "illness" .....
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Lightning Mine Vs Archangel
Number of words: 649 | Number of pages: 3.... of the book fits in well with the theme. Namarrkon: The Lightning Spirit, the guard of the sacred site, stirs up a freak electrical storm, and totally destroys the mine. Furthermore, the CEO, Sir Peter Gables, gets killed by the storm whilst in a helicopter trying to escape the wraith of the storm. Mariba gets shot, but is amazingly saved by Shoemaker, who is a changed man by this time.
What the novel focuses on is that it takes a supernatural event to stop such capitalist progress, but it can happen.
My International novel was set in a very different context, present day Russia. The book was extremely well done, and is about .....
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War And Peace
Number of words: 296 | Number of pages: 2.... Tolstoy for including the lengthy essays, but readers continue to respond to them with undiminished enthusiasm. The work's historical portions narrate the campaign of 1805 leading to Napoleon's victory at the Battle of Austerlitz, a period of peace, and Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812. Contrary to generally accepted views, Tolstoy portrays Napoleon as an ineffective, egomaniacal buffoon who believes human beings are meager pons whose purpose is either to live or die on his behalf. As vividly displayed in chapter six when forty horses and men drowned crossing the turbid Niemen River. Tsar Alexander I is depicted as a phrasem .....
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"Paul's Case": Willa Cathers
Number of words: 1090 | Number of pages: 4.... glaring up at the actors, divas,
or performers at the Schenley Hotel or at the works of art at Carnegie
Hall. Even though he had spent numerous days fantasizing at masterpieces
and stage plays, Paul "had no desire to become an actor, any more thatn he
had to become a musician. He felt no necessity to do any of these things;
what he wanted was to see, to be in the atmosphere, float on the wave of
it, to be carried out, blue league after blue league, away from
everything." At the Schenley Hall he was able to see "all the actors and
singers of the better class" that had stayed there when they were in the
city or the big manufacture .....
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Wuthering Heights Summary
Number of words: 839 | Number of pages: 4.... Intent on revenge, Hindley treats Heathcliff as a servant and frequently attempts to break Heathcliff and Catherine’s unique bond.
Before Hindley can do more harm though, Fate seems to step in. Due to a leg injury, Catherine is forced to stay at Thrushcross Grange, the neighboring estate of Wuthering Heights, where she consequently meets Edgar and Isabella Linton and learns to act like a civilized, young lady. The return of Catherine to Wuthering Heights marks the apparent change in her personality and ultimately decides the course of her life. Uncomfortable with Catherine new refined appearance and rather condescen .....
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Fahrenheit 451: Bradbury's Fears
Number of words: 298 | Number of pages: 2.... all people being unhappy because there are no
books. In the book he not happy and he says “ I kept sitting there saying to
myself, I'm not happy, I'm not happy.” I'm sure if there were no books some
people would be unhappy but not everyone as in the book and only the people who
liked books who be unhappy. Mildred was unhappy but see didn't like books.
Another one of his fears his people forgetting important things because
of having no books. Such as when Mildred forgets to tell Montag Clarisse died
and when Montag asked his wife when and where they met and Mildred replied “
Funny how not to remember where or when yo .....
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1984: The Control Of Reality For Control Of The Masses
Number of words: 1096 | Number of pages: 4.... it does this by creating a reality
where everything suits whatever it is the party needs to be believed. This is
accomplished in three ways. The first is revisionism or the act of changing
facts such as history so that the Party is always made to look good and mobilize
popular opinion against its enemies. The second way the party creates an
artificial reality is through artificial scarcity. There is no need for the
constant warfare but if the need no longer existed for the construction of the
tools of war that productivity would instead be put towards the manufacture of
goods which could actually raise the standard of living. .....
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"The Problem Of Place In America" And "My Neighborhood": The Breakdown Of Community
Number of words: 617 | Number of pages: 3.... keeps people indoors. Reed was feared because of the color of his skin.
Dogs would bark at him as he walked by, cops would enter his own home to harass
him, people would yell racial slurs, and he was even watched closely to make
sure that he did not abduct a child off the street. These fears are a result of
the media and our society telling us to fear certain types of people.
Television often portrays the black man as a dope dealing slander who hangs out
on corners with a forty of "Old E." Soon people begin to believe all that they
hear and begin to discriminate against others.
One glaring difference in the two authors essays .....
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Women In Julius Ceasar
Number of words: 387 | Number of pages: 2.... relationship.
Calpurnia plays a similar role in the story. She reveals an un-clear part of Caesar. Calpurnia shows Caesars' vague suppositious trait. Until the conversation with calpurnia, Caesar never directly admitted to being suppositious. He always added something in front of his superstitions. However, when calpurnia had the bad dream, she convinced him not to go to the senate. Her conversation also throws light on his character. He was the most powerful man in the world and he had time to discuss things with his wife. The fact that he went to discuss the dream with calpurnia and came to a mutual agreement, and did not shru .....
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