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Papers on Book Reports
The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
Number of words: 1000 | Number of pages: 4.... right and give Jim up; would you felt better than you do now? No, says
I, I'd feel bad…" (p.127). Only a few weeks with Jim and still feeling
great ambivalence, Huck returns to the river to think. Twain tries here to
tell the reader how strong the "mob" really is, and only when totally alone
is Huck able to make the morally correct decision. The natural flowing and
calm of the river cause this deep-thought, showing how unnatural the
collective thought of a society can be.
The largest and most obvious test of Huck's character is his
relationship with Jim. The friendship and assistance which he gives to Jim
go completely agai .....
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Inferno
Number of words: 303 | Number of pages: 2.... This beast is the symbol of all the cravings such as sex, food and money. However, the first beast that Dante sees is a leopard. His spots on the body are very meaningful; they have ability to change if we look at baby deer, for example. Therefore, the leopard is the symbol of trickery, betrayal. The by Dante as a pure piece of art intensifies our experience of life. For me, it is a chance to examine my own experiences, some outer source that fulfill my inner need of thoughts.
Word Count: 301 .....
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The Pearl Book Report
Number of words: 1423 | Number of pages: 6.... than Kino himself. In the canoe she was like a strong man.
She always took Coyotito out of his hanging box and cleaned him and hammocked him in her shawl in a loop that placed him close to her breast. She sang softly an ancient song that had only three notes though endless variety of interval.
Coyotito: their baby -son , slept in a hanging box , was stung by a scorpion one morning.
Juan Toma's: Kino´s brother
Apolonia: His fat wife. They both had four children.
The doctor: he never came to the cluster of brush houses. Why should he, when he had more than he could do to take care of the rich people who lived in the ston .....
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Prejudice: Looking Through The Window
Number of words: 564 | Number of pages: 3.... man accused
of raping a white woman, a crime that is punishable by the death penalty.
Even though all the facts proved that he didn't do it, the jury still found
him guilty "beyond a reasonable doubt". Tom's life has been sacrificed to
racism by the people who were there to protect him. The justice system
didn't allow this man to have a fair trial because of the color of his skin.
They disregarded his credibility or that of the other witnesses, all they
could focus on was his race because that was all the window let them see.
Prejudice can be overcome if you let it. There are many people out
there that are willing to lose ev .....
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The Crucible By Arthur Miller
Number of words: 651 | Number of pages: 3.... Samuel Parris, the town’s minister. Two of the girls are related to him. Abigail is his niece and Betty is his daughter. When Betty gets sick, rumors start to spread that there is witchcraft involved in her illness because they were out in the woods all by themselves. Salem is a very tightly sheltered town that is pretty much run by the church, which is against the devil and all forms of the devil such as witches , and it is also against enjoyable acts such as dancing. Not only that but in the book the town is described as the following, “They had no novelists--and would not have permitted anyone to read a novel if .....
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Fahreheit 451
Number of words: 1734 | Number of pages: 7.... they talk for a while. He finds out that this girl lives upstairs from him. He returns to his home after talking to Clarisse, and finds his wife lying on the bed with an empty bottle of sleeping pills next to her. He calls the emergency hospital and an ambulance comes, pumps her stomach, and replaces her blood with clean blood. The next day Mildred remembers nothing about overdosing on the sleeping pills. After breakfast, Montag goes to work at the fire station. Over the next seven days, Montag talks to Clarisse more and more. On the eighth day, Montag doesn’t see Clarisse. He goes to work that day, and the alarm sou .....
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A Journey Into The Heart Of Da
Number of words: 692 | Number of pages: 3.... lied, and in part loses all the respect he ever had for Kurtz. However, Marlow still continues to pursue him. Marlow continues his journey up the Congo River, penetrating further and further into the heart of darkness. In the process, Marlow reverts back to his innate state to survive, whether or not that means going against his principles. Finally, 200 miles later, Marlow meets Kurtz, who is the object of his psychological desire, only to find him very ill. After Kurtz's death, Marlow finds himself transformed into a person he thought he would never become, a liar. Marlow lies to Kurtz's intended about Kurtz's last word .....
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The Theme Of Coming Of Age In Literature
Number of words: 1844 | Number of pages: 7.... life which is often ignored. The coming of age is
an event which is often celebrated in many different cultures, through rituals
or ceremonies. The rituals, also known as passage rites, mark the passing of a
person from one stage of life to the next: birth, infancy, childhood, adulthood,
old age, and death. The coming of age is celebrated along with birth, and death
because it is known as a universal life crises. Evoking anxiety, these crises
often elicit passage rites. Arnold Van Gennep stated that "Passage rituals have
three steps: separation from society; inculcation-transformation; and return to
society in the new statu .....
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Similarities In Conrad's "The Secret Sharer" And "Heart Of Darkness"
Number of words: 1306 | Number of pages: 5.... saves a murderer from almost certain death without knowing what the
man has done. Later, The Captain has a discussion with the man and finds
out his name is Leggatt. Leggatt tells his story and the Captain becomes
more enthralled with Leggatt ever so more. When Leggatt tells the Captain
he has committed a murder, the Captain does not throw him overboard.
Instead, the Captain harbors this criminal because he feels a connection
with Leggatt that he has never felt before. In both stories the hero
identifies with his evil counterpart to the point that they actually become
one in their own minds. Conrad wanted to show the evi .....
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The Giver: A Critique
Number of words: 667 | Number of pages: 3.... "Receiver of Memory". The Receiver holds all the memories of the
whole community so the community does not have to be bothered with feelings and
the emotional baggage that comes with them. Jonas's trainer the "Giver" is a
old man who passes the memories on to Jonas and eventually thinks of the plan to
escape. The Giver also adopts Jonas and Rosemary as his own kids in a way. He
had a previous "Receiver" named Rosemary who applied for and received release.
Release is the term for death in this community. So when Rosemary was released
her memories went back to the community. Jonas and the Giver were talking about
this when t .....
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