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Papers on Book Reports
The Sundiata
Number of words: 877 | Number of pages: 4.... of injured sofas and cure their diseases was important to the survival of the troops. A great hunter would never die of hunger or wounds not treated properly.
In , the Muslim rulers were portrayed as powerful, respected, good rulers. Sundiata was a Muslim as well as Soumaba Cisse¢. When Sundiata first arrived at the court of Soumaba Cisse¢, he was at prayer. Soumaba Cisse¢ gave asylum to the exiled Sundiata and his family. He offered his home to be their home, allowed Sogolon to rest, and her children to be dressed and treated like royalty. When Sogolon became sick, he sent the family to a place where she could get .....
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The Canterbury Tales: Tools Of The Trade
Number of words: 901 | Number of pages: 4.... to make Death a
person instead of a process. Death is given human characteristics to make
him more real to us. This tool allows the main characters to focus their
feelings.With the use of personification the three men are allowed to
focus their feelings of vengence on a person instead of a biological
process.
Another tool that was heavily relied on was irony. There are many
examples used to show irony in the story. The old man sends the three
drunkards down a path where he says death is, however, a pot of gold
awaits them there instead. "If your so anxious to find Death, turn up this
crooked path; for in that grove I .....
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A Rose For Remembrance
Number of words: 783 | Number of pages: 3.... of the past and present while also showing a representation of Emily herself.
“The house smells of dust and disuse and has a closed, dank smell.” (qtd. in Kirzner & Mandell 81). A description of Emily in the following paragraph discloses her similarity to the house. “She looked bloated like a body long submerged in motionless water, and of that palled hue” (qtd. in Kirzner & Mandell 81). It notes in the story that she had not always had that appearance. In the picture of a younger Emily with her father, she was shown as frail and apparently hungering to take part in the life of the era. After her father's death, she looked .....
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Nick Carraway: A Good Narrator
Number of words: 739 | Number of pages: 3.... the advantage for Nick to be the narrator of the story is he was Daisy Buchanan's cousin. Daisy was the only woman who was the protagonist's, Jay Gatsby's, love. Because Nick hadn't seen Daisy for a long time, he brought up the questions about the relationship between Daisy and her husband, Tom Buchanan. This let all the readers realize that Tom had a woman outside besides Daisy. Also, Daisy told Nick almost everything: her sadness to be Tom's wife, and the little girl that she had with Tom, and Daisy also introduced her friend Jordan Baker, a golf champion, to Nick. Later on they became a couple for a short period. Because D .....
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Fahrenheit 451
Number of words: 422 | Number of pages: 2.... end up together sharing and discussing their love
for books.
"Theory hell," said Montag. "t's poetry." (pg. 97)
This is actually what changed Guy's life. When Guy re-entered the room at
his wife's party he had a book in his hands. Mrs. Phelps, one of his wife's
friends asked him if he was reading up on fireman theory. He was so frustrated
with her because of her expression of false views that night about war, husbands
and children that he finally spilled it. He wanted her to understand that books
were a good thing and that they could teach you to be more objective towards
society and its beliefs.
"Do you ever read .....
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Invisible Man: Plot Summary
Number of words: 421 | Number of pages: 2.... hiring him. The seventh reciever of a letter gives him a job in a
paint factory. He does not derform well there and evetually causes he own
dismissal by ignoring hes work and getting knoked out by an explosion that is
his fault. He joins a black power group called The Brotherhood and is sent out
to spread the word of the group. He meets a man named Clfton, his first real
freind, and clifon is shot by a police officer. He speaks at Clifton's
funeral and the Brotherhood does not like what he says. he befriens a middle
aged white woman whao flirs with him a good bit. one night while with her is
is asked to come to Har .....
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The Great Gatsby: Characters Add To The Theme
Number of words: 717 | Number of pages: 3.... going to do with the rest of her life. She appears to be bored
yet innocent and harmless. Yet her innocense is false. Simply a
materialistic young girl and has little mind of her own is underneath all
of that covering. Daisy rediscovers her love with Gatsby because of his
nice shirts and large house. Daisy has been well trained in a rich family.
She has grown up with all of the best. When Gatsby failed to contact her,
she went off and married another man, without evening having heard word
from Gatsby. All of these many and round characteristics add complications
to the plot and dimension to the meaning she adds to the book. .....
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The Pardoner: Chaucer's Religions Diction
Number of words: 550 | Number of pages: 2.... first impression of "gentle" and "noble" allow the Pardoner to seem humble and nice, while he is actually his greedy, sleek nature as he sells fake relics (728).
Next, Chaucer focuses the description of the Pardoner on his head and the relics he sells. The "hair as yellow as wax," "no hood upon his head," "a little cap," "bulging eyeballs," and "no beard" reveals the particular details of the Pardoner’s head, expressing the importance of his intellect in his life (695,700,703,704,709). The detailed depiction of the relics, "a pillowcase / … [of ] Our Lady’s veil," "a gobbet of the sail / Saint Peter had," "a cross of meta .....
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Davis' "Fifth Business": Death Of Boy Staunton
Number of words: 1192 | Number of pages: 5.... One mishap in childhood can create a
devastating blow to ones true happiness in later life. This was exactly the
case in Boy Staunton's life. Once, when he was little, he got in an
argument with Dunny which led to snowballs being launched at Dunny from an
aggravated Boy Staunton. The last snowball concealed a rock, and hit
Dunny's neighbor Mary Dempster in the head. As a result, she gave birth
prematurely (to Paul Dempster), and then afterwards became “simple minded”.
This particular incident acted as a foundation for Boy's growing shadow,
and contributed to the demise of his soul. It is ironic that the person
who had suc .....
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Something Wicked This Way Comes" Supernatural Forces
Number of words: 1093 | Number of pages: 4.... to sense emotions and feel the body’s reaction to the world
around it. After the boys thwart her first attempt to find them and give
them to Mr. Dark, the old witch went in search of them during the parade,
but encounters Will’s father instead. During their confrontation Mr.
Halloway’s lack of fear and concern seemed to cause the witch pain, “The
Witch from the concussion of his fiercely erupted and overly jovial words,
dropped one wounded hand to her side, wiped sweat from it, as one wipes an
antenna for better reception ... (179)” Clearly, when Mr. Halloway shows
that he had no fear of the carnival, Mr. Dark, the .....
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