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Papers on Book Reports
Satires In Huckleberry Finn
Number of words: 862 | Number of pages: 4.... question about whether or not anyone is hurt Huck answers, "no mum, just killed a nigger."(Twain 213) This is the one and only acceptable way to talk about black people in the "white" society. In addition to this, not only is the black people treated differently from the white, they are also considered to be one's property. "He is the only property I have," (Twain 122) Huck is perforced to say in order to save Jim. This is the only way to get through without the essence of suspicions. Though Huck shows racism in public as society teaches him, deep inside he understands that Jim is a great person. Through the eyes of Huck Finn, .....
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Book Gullivers Travel
Number of words: 1461 | Number of pages: 6.... necessary to survive. After being on the island for several years Crusoe learns to adapt to his surroundings, an important feature in becoming a good soldier; and lives with what he has.
In the 17th century, the Catholic reform was sweeping through many parts of Europe. The period from 1600 to about 1750 is known as the Baroque Era. Robinson Crusoe was published during the Baroque Era. Crusoe becomes a good Christian during his lonely stay on the deserted island and converts his companion Friday when he arrives on the island from cannibalism to Christianity. Crusoe has been placed on this barren island as a punishment for his sins, .....
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The Great Gatsby: Moral Responsibility In Gatsby
Number of words: 637 | Number of pages: 3.... Tom can also be morally blamed for the
killing of Gatsby because of his affair with Myrtle. George killed Gatsby
not only because he thought he killed Myrtle, but also because he was under
the impression that Gatsby was the one having the affair with his wife.
Tom knew George was thinking this and when George talked to him, Tom seized
his opportunity to get off the hook for his sin and directed it to Gatsby,
making himself even more morally incorrect for doing it. It is clearly
justifiable to blame Tom for Gatsby's death.
Daisy can also be put morally responsible for Gatsby's death. Her
bad morals relating to Gatsby's death .....
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An Analysis Of Heart Of Darkne
Number of words: 11175 | Number of pages: 41.... interpret. Among these signs we can count the title of the novel, the contrasts made by the narrator throughout the story, the jungle, the ivory trade, the shadows of the jungle, pilgrims, Kurtz, the painting of Kurtz and the last words of Kurtz, and the lies of Marlow when he returns home. On the other hand, since for us all these signs were applied by Conrad for one thing; that is to uncover the evil side hidden in man by plunging deep into the darkness of his heart with great courage in order to find what was laying there and to take it out to the daylight. That is why, Heart of Darkness is a story of one man's journey throu .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Symbolism
Number of words: 1126 | Number of pages: 5.... “A” she wore. In time, Hester was subjected to so much ridicule from Pearl and others that she was forced into seclusion.
Pearl represents the sins of both Hester and Dimmesdale. Pearl is said to be the direct consequence of sin (Martin 108). Their sins include lying to the people about the affair that led to Pearl. Hester realizes what Pearl represents when she does not hold Pearl up in front of the “A.” She carries the child around because it is a direct reflection of her sin. Hester is, “wisely judging that one token of her shame would but poorly serve to hide another” (Hawthorne 48). Dimmesdale’s sin .....
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Forrest Gump
Number of words: 1013 | Number of pages: 4.... mainstream. When he was about sixteen, a guy stopped him on his way home from “nut school” and asked him why he had not seen him around before. The next week, he was taken out of that school and placed in a public high school so he could play football. He was six foot six and weighed 245 pounds. Forrest led his team to a state championship and made the All State Football team. In addition, Forrest always says, “I got to pee.” whenever he is in front of an audience such as at the All State banquet and in front of the President when he accepts his Congressional Medal of Honor. During his last year of high school, he w .....
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Twain's" A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court" Satire
Number of words: 734 | Number of pages: 3.... the story is filled with Twain's commentary on the absurdness of the
ideals of Chivalry. When Camelot is looked at from the standpoint of
twentieth century practicality, it looks so absurd that it is
funny(Robinson 184). An excellent example of this can be found in the
banquet which the Knights of the Round Table attend and at which Hank is
sentenced. The knights, supposed pillars of Chivalry, sit around the table
discussing their own deeds, drinking, and embellishing the facts of events
which had taken place. The Knights also partake in activities that we
would label as childish, such as the amusement over the dog chasing i .....
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Childhood’s Own World In The God Of Small Things
Number of words: 730 | Number of pages: 3.... one point in the novel (109), as many others, Rahel shows the reader how important her mother’s love is to her and how her mother’s indifference to her words hurt her. At a hotel, the night before the twin’s cousin Sophie Mol arrives, Rahel gets very sad because she thinks that her mother love her “a little less.” She ask for a punishment so her mother love her the same as before. Then Baby Kochamma, Ammu’s aunt, said: “Some things come with their own punishments.” Those words can be changed to: In order to love and be loved people must suffer. But Rahel can’t understand those words; she can’t understand .....
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: Early Influences On Huckleberry Finn
Number of words: 1065 | Number of pages: 4.... many rules in his life, finds the demands the women place
upon him constraining and the life with them lonely. As a result, soon after he
first moves in with them, he runs away. He soon comes back, but, even though he
becomes somewhat comfortable with his new life as the months go by, Huck never
really enjoys the life of manners, religion, and education that the Widow and
her sister impose upon him.
Huck believes he will find some freedom with Tom Sawyer. Tom is a
boy of Huck's age who promises Huck and other boys of the town a life of
adventure. Huck is eager to join Tom Sawyer's Gang because he feels that doing
so .....
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A Christmas Memory: Truman Capote
Number of words: 1027 | Number of pages: 4.... She allots Buddy ten cents to go to the picture show
each Saturday. Sook has never visited one before, but asks Buddy to go instead
to come back and tell she the stories of the picture show. After dinner, Sook
and Buddy retire to a room in a faraway part of the house where her sleep's at
night, to count their treasure. When finished counting, Buddy declares the
total was thirteen dollars. Sook, being a very superstitious person, throws a
penny out of the window. The next morning Sook and Buddy go to town to purchase
the necessary ingredients for the cakes. Whiskey, the most expensive and
hardest to obtain ingredient was n .....
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