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Papers on Book Reports
When The Legends Die
Number of words: 771 | Number of pages: 3.... like an everlasting circle. This is where we developed the term cyclical. is full of references to this key term. In fact, the whole book is cyclical. In the beginning, Tom lives in the traditional ways of his people, and is enjoying it. As he matures, he finds himself faced with new challenges and opportunities. In the end though, Tom finds himself coming back around to become a clout Indian to complete himself fully in a circle. Beside these examples of cyclical life in the book, there are many quotes also. When Bessie states "I want a lodge that is round"(18), this is direct evidence of cyclical life philosophy in the .....
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Absalom: Using The Three Narratives To Understand Sutpen
Number of words: 949 | Number of pages: 4.... impression is somewhat old fashioned. This romanticism is seen in her when she becomes involved with the engagement of Charles and Judith and later with her personal involvement with Sutpen. Miss Rosa put all of her dreams into this marriage and when the relationship failed, she felt destroyed herself. When Sutpen did finally propose to Rosa, she sought this as a final chance to live out her romantic dreams. But Sutpen came to her with a request to try and have a baby boy before marriage. This ended their relationship and shattered her dreams once again. From these conclusions, she blamed Sutpen with the downfall of the .....
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Animal
Number of words: 794 | Number of pages: 3.... main who got the rebellion started even though he died before it actually began. Old Major's role compares to Lenin and Marx whose ideas would spark the communist revolution. Lenin became the leader and teacher of the working class in Russia, and their determination to struggle against capitalism. Like Old Major, Lenin and Marx wrote essays and gave speeches to the working class poor. The working class in Russia, as compared with the barnyard s in Farm, were a laboring class of people that received low wages for their work. Old major tells the s that the source of the problem is man, they must overthrow man to abolish tyranny an .....
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Gatsbys Dream
Number of words: 1327 | Number of pages: 5.... the middle-west-all dead now. I was brought up in America but educated at Oxford because all my ancestors have been educated there for many years. It is a family tradition."(69) Lastly, he spends his money like pouring water. He held expensive parties, owns a huge mansion, a Rolls Royce, two motor boats, aquaplanes, a swimming pool (ironically that he has never used it except the day he has died), and a flashy wardrobe including a pink suit. Gatsby's materialism is not something to praise about. However, all of his amoral actions are caused by one purpose, which is to fulfill his dream. Gatsby has committed crime in order to gain .....
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Summary Of The Canterbury Tales
Number of words: 1364 | Number of pages: 5.... romance about noble love, the Miller interrupts
with a deliciously bawdy story of seduction aimed at the Reeve (an
officer or steward of a manor); the Reeve takes revenge with a tale about
the seduction of a miller's wife and daughter. Thus, the tales develop the
personalities, quarrels, and diverse opinions of their tellers.
After the Knight's tale, the Miller, who was so drunk that he could
barely sit on his horse, began screaming," I know a tale that can cap the
Knight's tale off!" "But first, said the Miller, "I admit that I am drunk;
I know it by the my voice. And therefore if I speak as I shouldn't, blame
it on the .....
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Ethan Frome: Ethan's Failures
Number of words: 656 | Number of pages: 3.... a
bright light upon his dismal day. He seemed to have found someone that cared for
him, was always happy and could share his youth, unlike his sickly wife who
always nagged him. He longed to be with Mattie, however he had loyalty to his
wife. Being married to the wrong person proved to be Ethan's first failure.
Ethan's second failure was not being able to stand up against his wife. His wife
claimed that a new doctor said that she was extremely sick, and needed more help
around the house. She told him without any discussion that Mattie had to go.
Ethan could not find the words to make her alter her decision. His wife also
dec .....
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Barbara Kingsolver's "Animal Dreams": Alice
Number of words: 594 | Number of pages: 3.... childhood for Hallie and Codi. Homero was more
of a child mechanic than a father. Retaining only his technical aptitude after
Alice died all he could do was provide his kids with orthopedic shoes and the
correct medicine. When not fixing Codi or Hallie's present or future ailments
Homero took photographs of natural objects and slyly transformed them into man-
made devices by doing what he seemed to be best at, distorting images.
Codi, similar to her father mentally blocked out her past. Her
childhood remained within her as only a series of stained and misplaced memories.
Codi attempted to follow in her father's emulsi .....
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Evaluation Of The Lord Of The Flies
Number of words: 1774 | Number of pages: 7.... the use of Piggy's glasses. After Jack goes off to hunt and
comes back, Ralph discusses the problems of people not working with Jack. Simon
goes into the jungle alone and contemplates. The boys become used to the daily
tasks on the island. The small children play all the time while the older ones
do most of the work. The first flash of Jack's future warrior/hunter position as
leader is shown as he comes back to camp with his face painted. A ship is
spotted, but they find that the signal fire on the mountain has gone out, and
the ship passes them by. Jack finally kills a pig, but Piggy criticizes him. In
return, Jack slaps Piggy an .....
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Romeo And Juliet Vs. West Side
Number of words: 521 | Number of pages: 2.... information. She had a haircut like a boy's and wore boy clothes. This could be a prejudice beyond having a girl in a gang, it could be that they have a prejudice against homosexuals, the fact that the stereotype of lesbians play a role in the character of Anybody's.
There were little prejudices passed around in West Side Story. Some people saw through that, some people tried to stop that foolish behavior. Glad Hand, the administrator of the dance, he tried to get everybody to stop acting that way. Glad Hand made everybody split up across the room, and then whoever was directly across from each other danced together. Doc tri .....
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Glass Menagerie
Number of words: 655 | Number of pages: 3.... a job and make money for the family.
Laura is much like the unicorn that sits on her shelf. The unicorn is different from all the other horses in that it has a single horn on its head. The unicorn is Laura's favorite, and is also the first glass piece she made. i think this represents how she looks at herself as an individual. She is set apart by her indiffrence, and cannot change the wayshe looks at herself. She want to feel like she is special, but never gets acceptance from her classmates. In Laura's the unicorn is looked to as special and better than all the rest. This is how she really wants it to be in real life. S .....
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