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Papers on Book Reports
The Children In "Sons And Lovers" By D. H. Lawerence And "What Maisie Knew" By Henry James
Number of words: 908 | Number of pages: 4.... (13). To Beale and Ida, Maisie was just a tool that they used
to hurt the other person. Eventually, Maisie figured out that they were
using her to be the bearer of brutily hateful messages. Consequently, she
learned not to deliver such messages. This made her parents very angry and
they decided that she had “grown incredably dull”. Thus, Maisie realized “
They had wanted her not for any good they could do her, but for harm they
could, with her unconscious aid, do each other.” Unfortunately, Maisie's
emotions were of no concern to either parent. As a result, Maisie seldom
experienced any meaningful affection fro .....
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Civil Disobedience
Number of words: 493 | Number of pages: 2.... to pay his own taxes. This indicates he wanted his disobedience justified.
For acts of to be justified, those acts need to be acts of protest. Thoreau desired a change in the law and the political system, so he attempted to change a flaw in the governmental law. He demanded to stay arrested and protest in hopes of a change in the law. He was not concern that he was released, but that his disobedience had an affect. This further justifies his disobedience.
Nonviolence is a requirement for an act to be an act of (10). Nonviolence is a defining characteristic of (10). Thoreau’s use of nonviolence means a serious purpose of justi .....
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The Metamorphosis: Complexity And Irony Of Man In Society
Number of words: 424 | Number of pages: 2.... to further produce, he is disregarded as a social burden, unable to sustain his role in the system. His mind however, his intentions remained that of his old self. But on account of his inabilities his family is revolted by him, and feeling immensely burdened, they sentence him to a life of isolation.
In the meantime, Gregor’s sister Gretta embarks on her own metamorphosis and shift in role. Her change commences with the new responsibility of caring for Gregor and escalates to the point where she begins to assert herself with her parents and ultimately becomes a decision maker. She becomes empowered in this process, and .....
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The Great Gatsby
Number of words: 765 | Number of pages: 3.... Gatsby knows that Daisy is now married, but he feels that he can win Daisy from Tom, so that he could fulfill his dream. As before, society prevents them from being together.
Before Gatsby left, society prevented the two from happiness because of economical standings. Daisy was raised with money and Gatsby came from a lower class. However, when Gatsby returns from the war, he comes back with an abundance of inherited money. Now, society prevents the two from having a relationship, because of the fact that Daisy has already married. This does not prove to be an obstacle to Gatsby. He feels he can reach any goal when he uses .....
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Samuel Beckett's In Waiting For Godot
Number of words: 575 | Number of pages: 3.... why Vladimir and Estragon feel as though
they do while they wait, it is essential for that reader to either
understand or experience the same feelings that Vladimir and Estragon are
experiencing. Vladimir and Estragon are waiting; waiting for Godot, to be
exact; and Beckett wants the reader to feel as if he or she were waiting
also. Along with the feeling of waiting that a reader may experience, he
or she might also understand how Vladimir and Estragon feel at times:
Unsure, not very anxious to move on, and constantly having to wait. A
feeling of timelessness is even evoked, allowing almost anyone from nearly
any time .....
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Who Am I This Time
Number of words: 743 | Number of pages: 3.... job, it is on to the next, with a chance of finding themselves anew. Harry would always leave right after he was done acting. Before anyone could tell he would wander off. He would never stay long enough for the cast parties partly because he couldn't take praise very well and he didn't feel comfortable around his peers. He would just drift off. They did not feel comfortable in any one situation for an extended period of time.
Perhaps a good reason for this might be that they lack positive self-images. It is because of your ego that people act the way they do. Harry and Helene are very quiet individuals. They are not the least ou .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird Essay-ev
Number of words: 581 | Number of pages: 3.... Ewell is not ambidextrous but is only right-handed.
A second testimony that supports the opposite of the verdict, was the fact that Mr. Ewell never called a doctor after learning of Mayella’s injuries. Following the incident, there had not been any physical examination performed by a certified physician. If indeed Mr. Robinson had committed the crime, Mr. Ewell’s first instinct would have been to get his daughter checked out. Upon finding his daughter “assaulted”, he would have wanted to have her injuries treated including the injury that might been caused by rape.
The third example of the trial that .....
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The Hobbit
Number of words: 1061 | Number of pages: 4.... to attend to. Beorn- is a large man who can change shapes into other
animals. He lives by himself in large house with animals who he can speak to.
He helps the dwarves and the hobbit after they have escaped from the goblins.
He later joins them in the Battle of the Five Armies to help defeat the goblins
and and the wargs. Bard- He is the man who slays Smaug and becomes the new
master of the town where the men dwell on Long Lake.
antagonists:
the trolls (Bert, Tom, Bill)- they capture the dwarves and Bilbo with the
intention of eating them. They are saved when Gandalf creates confusion between
them (the trolls) allowing the .....
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Huck Finn 2
Number of words: 733 | Number of pages: 3.... of the river. After repeated beatings Huck escapes and makes the scene look as if he had been murdered. He then hides on Jackson Island, and returns to his life of freedom. Also on the Island is Jim, Miss Watson’s runaway slave. After finding out that the men of the town are searching for Jim, the two load up on a raft and sail down the river. Huck’s life has changed very drastically through these course of events. When he was living in town he learned manners, and how to be civilized. Now he is floating peacefully down the Mississippi River without a care in the world. For Jim, life on the river is always threateni .....
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Mark Anthony's "Crypt Of The Shadowking": A Fantasy
Number of words: 990 | Number of pages: 4.... out through a connection within the slums and goes to find his old
traveling companions who once made up the Company of the Dreaming Dragon.
After reuniting, the company goes to find the tomb of Merrimeck to find the
secret of the shadow song, the known power against the Shadowking and the
nightstone. As the company travels to toward the Fields of the Dead, they
encounter a shadevar, a horrifying and powerful foe thought to have been
banished from the world of Toril long ago. After a wild battle, and the
death of the shadevar, the company thief, Ferrit, searches the corpse and
finds a ring which enabled the shadervar to c .....
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