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Papers on Book Reports
Paulsen's "Canyons": A Summary
Number of words: 371 | Number of pages: 2.... after finding it in his closet, and listens as
the voice speaks to him. It wants to be returned to the Sacred Place. All
the memories from the canyons the Apache warrior has come to Brannon, as
though he experienced before, but hadn't. Once the skull is put in it's
scared place in Dog Canyon, both Brannon and the skull can rest. Brannon
starts to head home and is greeted by the police and his mother, who ask
for an explanation. Brannon explains the whole thing to them, and they
understand and appreciate him more. This book really explains the way that
the Apaches lived and how hard it was to be accepted by the tribe as a
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The Hobbit: Fantasy World Comparison To Our World
Number of words: 782 | Number of pages: 3.... previous events. All of these examples of happenings and objects found in Middle Earth are physically impossible in a world such as ours.
Several of the charecters in the book are not known to exist on Earth. Hobbits, of course, are fictional characters, as are dwarves, elves, goblins, and trolls. Many species of animals are able to talk with humans and dwarves in the book, which is not possible in real life. Beorn, a human who is able to change into other creatures at an instant, is an excellent example of such fiction. The dragon, Smaug, is the main adversary of the fourteen adventurers and is a type of creature that h .....
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Catch-22 2
Number of words: 1250 | Number of pages: 5.... Sea. (Heller) The squadron is thrown thoughtlessly into brutal combat situations and bombing runs on which it is more important for them to capture a good aerial photograph of an explosion than to destroy their target. Their colonels continually raise the number of missions they are required to fly before being sent home so that no one is ever sent home.
Heller's satire targets a variety of bureaucrats, the military-industrial complex, and the business ethic and economic arrangements of American society. Humor rising out of the crazy logic of modern warfare hits squarely on the mark. (Hicks 32). The following passage .....
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Gulliver's Travels: Summary
Number of words: 1358 | Number of pages: 5.... Instead of making his way across town, to the ocean, squashing the
people of Lilliput as he goes, Gulliver makes use of his urine to save the
palace. While this vulgar episode was a display of bravery, it infuriated the
emperor, causing revenge to be vowed on Gulliver. Rather then be happy that
both the emperor and the palace are not in ruin, the littleness of the
government and the people in general is displayed in this act. Another display
of this is the fact that Gulliver is used as the Emperor's absolute weapon, but
the emperor only uses him to conquer his world of two islands. This makes the
emperor's ambitio .....
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Ellen Foster
Number of words: 666 | Number of pages: 3.... from her drunken father. For a time, Ellen’s Art teacher, Julia, and her husband move Ellen into their home. She feels, for the first time, that she is apart of a loving family. She describes, in the book, “ the three of us could pass for a family on the street.” {P. 55} Unfortunately, the juvenile courts system must always intervene, and her mean old Grandmother takes over her life. Her grandmother treats her badly. She acts as if Ellen is to blame for her daughter's death. This is how Ellen describes the beginning of hers’ and her grandmother’s relationship, “My mama’s mama picked me up in her long car that .....
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Computer Ethics: A Review
Number of words: 1120 | Number of pages: 5.... group of dissimilar crimes. The only factor, which groups all of these crimes together is that they all involve the use of a computer. Computer Ethics includes a chapter dedicated to computer crimes and how broad the law is when it comes to computer crimes. This chapter defines computer crime and gives some real life examples of the computer crime that has gone on in the past. One of the largest computer crimes ever discovered is covered in the computer crime chapter. It occurred from 1965 to 1971 and involved an insurance company called Equity Funding Inc. Over this time, Equity Funding Inc. used computers to generate t .....
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Machiavelli's The Prince
Number of words: 754 | Number of pages: 3.... later Machiavelli was imprisoned and tortured, for suspect of conspiring against the new rulers, only later to be acquitted and released.
Later Machiavelli had a brief return to public life when he received a grant from Pope Clement of Rome, for writing his History of Florence. Machiavelli died in 1527, leaving his family, according to his son, in poverty.
In The Prince, Machiavelli offered a monarchical ruler advice designed to keep that ruler in power. It’s main theme is that princes should retain absolute control of their territories, and they should use any means of expediency to accomplish this end, including .....
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The Great Gatsby: Nick Carraway Fulfilling Whitman's Dream Of America
Number of words: 936 | Number of pages: 4.... every person maintains some semblence of truth in all they say and do. This idea contrsts with the American dream presented in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
The Great Gatsby examines an American dream based around material wealth and social status. His/her wardrobe, occupation, and income determine the value of one's life. The idea is that a person work endlessly to accrue a substantial sum of money for which houses, cars, and happiness may be purchased. The three characters around which the story revovlves would face much scrutiny from Walt Whitman were he to take a drive through "East Egg".
Daisy Buchanan does n .....
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Beowulfs Symbolism
Number of words: 543 | Number of pages: 2.... hears that Grendel does not use any weapons to fight and so Beowulf says that he will not use any weapons because he wants Higlac to think worthy of him. Beowulf shows this trait when he says, "I have heard, too, that the monster's scorn of men is so great that he needs no weapons and fears none. Now will I. My lord Higlac might think less of me if I let my sword go where my feet were afraid to, if I hid behind some broad linden shield: my hands alone shall fight for me, struggle for life against the monster." Third, the typical youth likes to brag about what they have done. Beowulf shows this third trait when he brags to Hrothgar .....
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The Catcher In The Rye: A Bridge From Innocence To Adulthood
Number of words: 2225 | Number of pages: 9.... act in itself sets the stage for his trial
and error attitude about adulthood in the sense he failed out of school,
which was a childish act. He tries to rectify his failing out of school by
leaving, which he views as an adult act. Holden's leaving school
represents his need for independence and he achieves this by leaving.
Another of Holden's failed attempts at adulthood is when he goes
down to he hotels club where he orders an alcoholic drink, but he is
refused because the waiter will not serve him because he is underage.
Holden tries to give the illusion that he is older because when he orders
the drink, he “Orders it fa .....
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