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Papers on Book Reports
The Not So Great Gatsby
Number of words: 1426 | Number of pages: 6.... and Albert Einstein. These are all people who affected the way we live and have changed our society as a whole for the better. My parents are great; my teachers are great, and my coaches are great. All of those people have a lot of influence directly over me and they are always changing me for the better. A truly great person has to make sacrifices and be very brave. Jackie Robinson was the first black person to enter the major leagues. To face the kind of racism that he faced and still perform the way he did is a feat hat I don’t think I could do. His bravery and grace under pressure has earned him a place among th .....
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Animal Farm: Notes
Number of words: 630 | Number of pages: 3.... so drunk at a bar that he did not get home until noon and then went
to sleep until late that evening. The animal had gone unfed that whole day.
Then one of the cows could not stand it any more and broke the door to the
store-shed. She and the rest of the cows started eating the feed in the
shed. This commotion awoke Jones, and he and his farm hands came at the
cows with whips. The other animals then began the attack by butting and
kicking the men. Jones and his men then retreated and the animals had won
the Manor Farm.
What happened next: The next thing that happened in this book was
that Snowball was chased out .....
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Snow Falling On Cedars: Ishmael And Hatsue
Number of words: 1004 | Number of pages: 4.... sense of the word, he loved Hatsue.
Hatsue was the second to think she fell in love. She reacted to Ishmael. When they kissed on the boat, she did not think as much of it as Ishmael. She did not realize he loved her until he told her. She then realized she liked being with him, and returned his love partially in spirit, but completely in word. Her initial intent was to extend friendship towards Ishmael. They were friends since their early childhood, and Hatsue saw nothing more of it on her own. Deep down, she just wanted to be really good friends, even if she did not realize it at the time.
The turning point in their lives w .....
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The Grapes Of Wrath: Symbolic Characters
Number of words: 2893 | Number of pages: 11.... was to appeal to the common Midwesterner at that
time. The best way to go about doing this was to focus on one of the two things
that nearly all migrants had in common, which was religion and hardships.
Steinbeck creates a story about the journey of a family and mirrors it to that
of biblical events. The entire family, in themselves, were like the Israelites.
"They too flee from oppression, wander through the wilderness of hardships,
seeking their own Promised Land" (Shockley, 91). Unfortunately, although the
Israelites were successful, the Joads never really found what they could
consider to be a promised land. They were neve .....
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The Killer Angels (Gettysburg)
Number of words: 816 | Number of pages: 3.... until I read The Killer Angels. From this book I learned many things. I learned that the Battle of Gettysburg was the turning point of the Civil War. Prior to Gettysburg, the South had won most major battles. At Gettysburg, however, the North gained it’s first major victory. From then on, the North continued to gain momentum, winning virtually every battle for the following two years of the war. The Battle of Gettysburg exhausted both armies; greatly decreasing their reserves of ammunition and soldiers. The North had more than twice as many men as the South, and since the North was industrialized, they could replenish the .....
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Comparing "The Adventures Of Huck Finn" And "The Catcher In The Rye"
Number of words: 1368 | Number of pages: 5.... Universal or correlates with any time period and any situation.
The Call to Adventure is the first of the Cosmogonic Cycle. It is the
actual "call to adventure" that one receives to begin the cycle. There are
many ways that this is found in literature including going by desire, by
chance, by abduction, and by being lured by an outside force. In The
Adventures of Huck Finn, Huck is forced with the dilemma of whether to stay
with his father and continue to be abused or to leave. Huck goes because
he desires to begin his journey. In The Catcher In The Rye, Holden
mentally is torn between experience and innocence, it .....
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All The King's Men: History's Importance
Number of words: 1236 | Number of pages: 5.... on it and made you and me and George Washington
and mankind blessed in faculty and apprehension. It all depends on what you
do with the dirt."1 In this case, Stark is referring to the past as dirt -
something to be used in many ways. The way he chooses to use it of course
is as blackmail; "Then he would lean suddenly forward, at the man, and say,
not slow and easy now, `God damn you, do you know what I can do to you?'
And he could too. For he had the goods."2 Thus history is important to
Stark as the device by which he maintains power.
Both Stark and Burden use history differently according to the way it
figures into their live .....
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The Ironies Of 1984
Number of words: 422 | Number of pages: 2.... watches
over every move a person makes keeping them controlled with fear.
The next type of irony is Situation irony, which is when a character or a
sequence of events appears to be headed one way, but it ends up as the opposite
of what was thought. One example of this is Winston's general health. From the
beginning of the book, it is shown how horrible his health is and is continually
getting worse and more difficult, but as Winston gets involved with Julia then
he begins a metamorphosis into a more healthy person. Another major example is
the betrayal of many of the people whom Winston thought were his friends, such
as Mr. .....
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A Review Of Lawrence E. Walsh’s Iran/Contra
Number of words: 851 | Number of pages: 4.... Association. Since Iran/Contra he has since gone on and wrote several more books on varying subjects. As the Independent Counsel investigating Iran/Contra, Walsh comes up with two distinct issues that Iran/Contra revolved around.
Two secret Reagan Administration policies that were coordinated by the National Security Council staff created the beginnings of Iran/Contra. The Iran operation involved efforts in 1985 and 1986 to obtain the release of Americans held hostage in the Middle East through the sale of U.S. weapons to Iran, eventhough there was an embargo on such sales. The contra operations from 1984 through most of 198 .....
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Mary Shelleys Frankenstein- Th
Number of words: 1127 | Number of pages: 5.... for others during his time spent observing Felix and Agatha while in the village. He wishes “to return to the cottagers, whose story excited in [him] such various feelings of indignation, delight, and wonder, but which all terminated in additional love and reverence for [his] protectors…” (106) Even though the monster had never actually met the De Lacey family, his ability to feel compassion is proven through his love of them only for their wonderful hearts and kind actions. In doing this, he shows more love for a family of strangers than Victor could ever have for his own family. He also demonstrates unconditi .....
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