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Papers on Book Reports
1984 Big Brother Is Watching Y
Number of words: 1160 | Number of pages: 5.... that do the jobs of the government. In this world, never has anyone thought any different of his or her place in society. Due to this authority that attempts to control the human train of thought, paranoia among the people became common. Nobody would talk to each other. Bonds between one another were broken, and it was never thought to be any different than before. To hold on to what makes you human - emotions and the ability to speak freely - was considered a crime against Big Brother. Of course, with authority comes punishment. To break from traditional views essentially asks for some form of retribution. For Winston, thi .....
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Othello 2
Number of words: 423 | Number of pages: 2.... most unscrupulous component of his plan. It produces sympathy for the other characters because they are oblivious to Iago’s actions and the part they play in the scheme of things. At the same time, it produces a feeling of repugnance toward Iago for his scheming and calculating ways.
As we become more familiar with Iago’s character, his motives become more apparent. Once we learn of Cassio’s promotion, Iago’s jealousy and his resentfulness toward Cassio become unmistakable. At the beginning, the motive for Iago’s focus on Othello is vague, but later we learn of Iago’s belief that Othello h .....
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Preface To Short Story Selection - The Matisse Stories
Number of words: 1046 | Number of pages: 4.... is an artist with his studio upstairs in the house. There was a lot of tension between Robin and Mrs Brown, the housekeeper because Robin was often impatient. He hated the way that Mrs Brown dressed because her colours often clashed and she wore wild homemade outfits. Robin lectured her on colour and would fuss if she moved things in his studio when she cleaned. One day, a woman who ran a local art gallery stopped by the house to view Robin’s art and convince him to put on a show. She wasn’t that much ‘moved’ by his work and she left. Mrs Brown left at the same time to go home and she spoke to the lady as they walked down .....
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Theme John Steinbacks Of Mice
Number of words: 1092 | Number of pages: 4.... to make plans. Others as well, find that their planning might be futile and fruitless as time goes on.
George and Lennie both fit into the category of wanting to carry out their dreams and be different than everyone else by taking care and looking out for one another. Although, many of their individual pipe dreams followed a different view, but there were still some in which they shared. George was the “base” of his and Lennies friendship and loyalty. He was the “root” or “leader” so to speak. George would be the one who would keep things going on properly and more in order, to an e .....
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Is Gimpel A Fool?
Number of words: 550 | Number of pages: 2.... her good and not her flaws.
When Elka had her children, Gimpel loves them like his own. He knows that they are not his, obviously, but he doesn’t let that child grow up without love. He probably knows what it’s like to not be loved because he is an orphan. He doesn’t want that child to go through the pains he went through just because his mother wasn’t perfect. He is an extremely strong person for not hating this child or neglecting it. Most people would hate the child knowing it was not theirs, but Gimpel is different. He has compassion for all people, and it doesn’t matter how others perceive them.
When Gimp .....
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A&P And The Bridge Comes To Yellow Sky: Don’t Believe Everything You See
Number of words: 582 | Number of pages: 3.... with them. He says that the girls need to leave the store and are not allowed to come in again unless they are appropriately dressed. The cashier automatically assumes that the girl, queeny, is going to react in a powerful way, but instead she blushes and looks very embarrassed about the situation. This shocks the cashier, because what he had thought about her appearance from the outside was very deceiving from her true appearance on the inside. She was not the powerful, self-confident woman he thought she was.
In the story “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky,” appearances are also very deceiving. The town sheriff leaves hi .....
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The Hobbit ]
Number of words: 583 | Number of pages: 3.... dark caves below the Misty Mountains. Gollum is clammy and slimy and he refers to his ring as my precious. Bilbo even manages to discover Smaug's weak spot, the bare area under his ear, which allows the dragon to be killed and the treasure divided. However, the dwarves cannot enjoy the gold alone, since it lures humans and elves, some of whom have a just claim to a portion of it. Thorin's unwillingness to share the treasure almost leads to war between the dwarves and the elves and humans, but instead war is forced upon all of them by the goblins and wargs (wild wolves). All the good races(dwarfs, men, elves, eagles, and Dain's s .....
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The Study Of Violence In Ernes
Number of words: 1079 | Number of pages: 4.... in Paris. While there, he was encouraged in creative work by the American ex-patriot writers.
“Today is the first time any have lit on the ground. I watched the way they sailed very carefully at first in case I ever wanted to use them in a story. That’s funny now.” (Hemingway, 3)
Ernest Hemingway constantly used real people and situations in his fiction. He also liked to write “personal” books about bullfighting in Spain and hunting in Africa. As he liked to write about wars he had seen and made pronouncements about other writers. He was always a legend, and liked to write about hi .....
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George Orwell Wrote 1984 As A Political Statement Against Totalitarianism
Number of words: 2930 | Number of pages: 11.... The second novel is 1984, a story of dictators who are in complete control of a large part of the world after the Allies lost in World War II. The government in this novel gives no freedoms to its citizens. They live in fear because they are afraid of having bad thoughts about the government of Oceania, a crime punishable by death. This is the gem in Orwell's collection of novels against totalitarianism. This paper will show how George Orwell wrote 1984 as a political statement against totalitarianism.
1984 is about life in a world where no personal freedoms exist. The main character, Winston, is a man of 39 who is not ex .....
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Like Water For Chocolate And Master Harold: Oppression
Number of words: 1346 | Number of pages: 5.... people have certain rights over black people.
Hally owns a cafe and he has got two black men working for him, one of which is
Sam. Hally walks in one morning and finds Willie and Sam dancing, preparing for
a dance contest. "Hally- Think you stand a chance. Act your bloody age! (Hurls
the rag at Willie) Cut out the nonsense now and get on with your work. And you
too, Sam. Sop fooling around " (Athol Fugard, Master Harold and the boys 18).
Hally criticizes Sam by asking him sarcastically if he really thinks that he is
good enough to win a dancing contest. Hally screams at Willie and Sam for making
a mistake, this is ironic becaus .....
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