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All Quite On The Western Front
Number of words: 546 | Number of pages: 2.... reason, for the same team and nothing even
crossed their minds that they might soon be those people in the
trees or maybe just laying on the ground, and other soldiers will
pass them and think nothing of it other than it is not their job
to help them out. Right after this situation Paul experiences
just this he is put in the middle of the gun fire with nowhere to
go expect to say in a shell hole, not knowing if he was going to
survive. Then another man is thrown into the same shell hole
and he just assumes that this guy is dead ,but then realizes that
he is not. Then finally he helps the guy. Why? Because .....
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Fahrenheit 451: The Meetings Between Montag And Clarisse
Number of words: 446 | Number of pages: 2.... If it rubs off, it means I'm in love "(22). Clarisse rubs the
dandelion under Montag's chin and Clarisse remarks "What a shame, you're
not in love with anyone " (22). Montag thinks that he is in love, but
realizes that he is not in love and not at all happy.
In the third meeting, Montag begins to feel that he has known
Clarisse forever. Montag states " You make me feel very old and very much
like a father " (28). Clarisse remarks " Now you explain why you haven't
any daughters like me, if you love children so much? " (28). Montag
realizes that it is a long time since anyone has cared enough to ask a good
question rather than s .....
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Great Gatsby
Number of words: 807 | Number of pages: 3.... Surprisingly, he devotes most of his adult life trying to recapture it and, finally, dies in its pursuit. In the past, Gatsby had a love affair with the affluent Daisy. Knowing he could not marry her because of the difference in their social status, he leaves her to amass wealth to reach her economic standards. Once he acquires wealth, he moves near to Daisy, "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay (p83)," and throws extravagant parties, hoping by chance she might show up at one of them. He, himself, does not attend his parties but watches them from a distance. When this dream does not happen, he asks .....
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Hemingway's "For Whom The Bell Tolls": War's Affect On Man And Importance Of Time
Number of words: 1165 | Number of pages: 5.... We both go in thee now. This I have promised
thee. Stand up. Thou art me now. Thou art all there will be of me.
Stand up." (Pg.462) By saying this Jordan reveals how man is never an
individual but instead is made up of all the influences, experiences, and
memories that we have shared with others.
Furthermore This change came upon Jordan as a consequence of
joining the war. Before the war had started he had no idea what it meant
to be an individual, or to truly fall in love. Jordan says to Maria "I
have never loved someone as thee. Before our cause I never new what it was
like to truly live. Or to love, as I do t .....
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The Last Of The Mohicans
Number of words: 1106 | Number of pages: 5.... of the setting in “The Historical Romance: Cooper’s ,” when he says:
At every step throughout the romance the reader finds himself in dim, mysterious forests that stretch on every side into the unknown. All of the nameless thrills of a wild life under the open sky sweeps over him. In some mysterious way Cooper makes us feel his environments, and catch to the full all that they hold of mystery and romance. It is a new world that he takes us into, with a language all its own. We are permitted to learn the alphabet of this language… We are taught to catch the sounds of wild life in the woods; and we tremble .....
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Old Man And The Sea 2
Number of words: 737 | Number of pages: 3.... the most he possibly can with his weathered and deteriorating body. The man going alone with no help from the boy is an important factor in the story which is based upon independence of spirit and the drive of one man against nature.
Life brings challenges and obstacles and seem to be a large problem to an individual at the time they occur, but in the reality of the big picture the problems are not that important. We see this demonstrated in the old man's past experiences. He shows that he is a humble man who has had greatness in the past through being El champion and through great fishing days of being the pride of the villag .....
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Critical Analysis Of Steinbeck
Number of words: 549 | Number of pages: 2.... is also used by George to shoot Lennie in the back of the head. Slim had said earlier that he wished "somebody'd shoot [him] if [he] got old an' a cripple" (p. 45) and he also acknowledges that George has to shoot Lennie, telling him that he "hadda" (p.107). Both Candy's dog and Lennie are killed out of love. Candy feels that his dog no longer needs to suffer and George never wants Lennie to suffer for a crime he did not mean to commit.
The parallels that exist between the outcasts and Lennie emphasize the harsh pain of loneliness. Crooks tries to shut out another outcast, telling Lennie that "[he] ain't wated in the bunkhou .....
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Amelia Earhart 20hrs. 40 Min
Number of words: 419 | Number of pages: 2.... Bad weather had delayed their leaving until June 18th, 1928. Flying through dense fog for most of their journey, they landed in South Wales and not in Ireland as had been planned and with very little fuel left. After her flight, she was overwhelmed by the press and fans because she was the first woman to cross the Atlantic. Amelia was distressed because the others on the plane were ignored by the reporters. Amelia said that she was only a passenger and didn’t understand why she was receiving so much attention. Amelia Earhart proved that if you set your mind to accomplishing a goal, it can happen. She determined at an ea .....
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Joshua (the Novel)
Number of words: 805 | Number of pages: 3.... him always, and will never abandon him: “No. I like being by myself… God is with us all the time” (72). Pat and Herm agree but still can not imagine living alone without any feeling of loneliness and this discussion of God leads to Herm’s question.
Joshua’s response is similar to a sermon or speech, and is over a page in length; he is firm in these beliefs and reiterates them several times throughout the book. He is very prepared for the question; before saying a word he asks, “the way it [religion] is or the way God intended it to be?” (73). And when he is sure of the latter, release .....
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Red Badge Of Courage-henry Fle
Number of words: 973 | Number of pages: 4.... government sending him on this deathmarch, then he realizes that he had enlisted voluntarily. Henry still had an idealistic thought of war and told himself that “a man became another thing in battle.”(Ch. 3) This fight proved to Henry that in battle he will stay and fight like a man. But, Henry sees soldiers retreating
and thinks to himself that maybe he has not seen the actual enemy yet. He believes that maybe the first fight was just a prelude to the one that lies ahead, and is once again scared that he will run from battle when his regiment needs him the most.
Henry is very pleased with himself that he had stood .....
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