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Papers on Book Reports
Inman
Number of words: 596 | Number of pages: 3.... the war. He was trying not to listen to the voices in
his head, but he couldn't avoid them. They told him that it was possible
to be lost in bitterness and anger that you are no longer able to find your
way out. Inman finally got up from his slumber and continued on his
journey. Inman would never have been able to follow the track if it
weren't for the tracing in the old snow. He came across a black pool of
water. There was a lone drake in the center of it. Inman thought the
drake's world constricting and that the drake would float there until the
ice clenched the webbing in its feet. The drake would flap to try and free
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The Mysterious Stranger: Dependence On Others
Number of words: 733 | Number of pages: 3.... only know what is religiously virtuous so this is how they define Moral Sense. The people think that their freewill is what separates them from the "beasts" but they do not have enough understanding of reality outside their village to utilize their freewill. All the decisions they make are based on their belief of God's will for them and are not really their own.
Satan's visit demonstrates to the people the effects of Moral Sense on their community. By interacting with different citizens like Marget, Ursula and the boys he unearths numerous facets of human weakness like, "foolish little feelings and foolish little vanities and i .....
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Call Of The Wild - Character S
Number of words: 924 | Number of pages: 4.... if not completely wiped out by men who used tools to restrain him. No matter how many times Buck tried to lunge, he would just be choked into submission at the end. When Buck arrived at his destination, there was snow everywhere, not to mention the masses of Husky and wolf dogs. Buck was thrown into a pen with a man who had a club. This is where Buck would learn one of the two most important laws that a dog could know in the Klondike. The law of club is quite simple, if there is a man with a club, a dog would be better off not to challenge that man. Buck learned this law after he was beaten half to death by the man who had the .....
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The Crucible By Arthur Miller
Number of words: 932 | Number of pages: 4.... 6). This belief originated in ancient Egypt where the cat was considered sacred and to kill one was sacrilege. It is believed that the folklore surrounding the black cat began in the Middle Ages when it was associated with witches. It is likely that a black cat was the pet of some women accused of being a witch. Rumors began that the cat was able to change shape and help the witch cast spells. Since then, black cats have been associated with luck, both good and bad (Customs and Superstitions and their Romantic Origins 7).
Another popular superstition is that a person who walks under a ladder will have bad luck to come. Some belie .....
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No Longer An Indian
Number of words: 313 | Number of pages: 2.... aspects of Indian culture, were severed. “I stood alone, once more, but this time naked--stripped of my identity and banished into a world of alienation and discrimination” (73). That, however, did not stop her to become educated, strong woman, highly respected in her community. The author emphasizes on her materially poor childhood but very wealthy in values and meaningfulness of life. As a conclusion it would be more valuable to quote the author herself: “I have nothing against either religion or education. These have their place in serving people’s needs... It was the method used that I find most cruel and morally w .....
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The Hobbit: A Review
Number of words: 1122 | Number of pages: 5.... &
goblins)) and this reduces its effectiveness. After the climax there is the long
return home. It is quite boring since there is nothing to expect to and the
reader knows that the hobbit would get home safely. In my opinion it should
have been shorter.
Character Development
The creation of the characters is done by their dialogues and monologues,
actions and things noted by the narrator (the author in this case) himself. An
example for dialogue: “All the same, I should like it all plain and clear, also
I should like to know about risks, out-of-pocket expenses...” (by Bilbo, page
22, it shows that he is not ready to jum .....
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The Bell Jar
Number of words: 572 | Number of pages: 3.... she went to see a doctor who gave her
shock treatments. This made Esther even worse an so she slipped even deeper
into her depressed state. She knew the bell jar was almost completely apon her
and there was nothing she could do to prevent the suffocation of her own life.
She knew there was something very wrong and neither her family or herself had no
idea how to help prevent this and it made her wish for death. Finally she did
it, she plotted a scheme to end the torture of her insanity. "The silence drew
off, baring the pebbles and shells and all the tatty wreckage of my life."
This way she thought she could escape the madness .....
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The Subtle Humor Of Pride And Prejudice
Number of words: 1135 | Number of pages: 5.... an action is exaggerated on stage by an actor, it becomes all the
more noticeable to the audience. An author can exaggerate a character in order
to make fun of them. Austen exaggerates many of her characters and therefore
makes caricatures of them in order to emphasize their ridiculousness. Mrs.
Bennet is such a character. Her extremely unpleasant manner and reactions
causes readers to delight in the situations which Mrs. Bennet places herself
into. Mrs. Bennet's harsh tongue and simple mind causes the reader to laugh,
because it is so exaggerated that the reader thinks that such a person cannot
exist. Mr. Collins .....
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Animal Farm And A Tale Of Two Cities: Their Authors' Disenchantment With Human Nature
Number of words: 1459 | Number of pages: 6.... both describe how, even with the best of intentions, our ambitions get the best of us. Both authors also demonstrate that violence and the Machiavellian attitude of "the ends justifying the means" are deplorable.
George Orwell wrote Animal Farm, ". . . to discredit the Soviet system by showing its inhumanity and its back-sliding from ideals [he] valued . . ."(Gardner, 106) Orwell noted that " there exists in England almost no literature of disillusionment with the Soviet Union.' Instead, that country is viewed either with ignorant disapproval' or with uncritical admiration.'"(Gardner, 96) The basic synopsis is this: Old Majo .....
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"The Loons"
Number of words: 850 | Number of pages: 4.... loved the summer at Diamond Lake because she loved to listen to the loons all night. She also loved because she would go swimming in the lake. Vanessa also loved to go there because she could spent more time with her father. For example; they would go at night to the lake to listen to the loons carefully because some day they can just disappear. She also loved it because she got to see her best friend Marvis.
Piquette wasn't actually interested in the surrounding and the loons or the lake. Most of her time she spent on the cottage with Beth helping to do the dishes or with Roddie. Every time when Vanessa asked her about th .....
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