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Papers on Book Reports
“Playing Solo Through Life”
Number of words: 1278 | Number of pages: 5.... a soloist, in which he is the only child and his parents are going to keep it that way so he can be the best at his talent. In school he was different from other kids because he loved music and he wasn’t that interested in playing sports, his mother forbidden him to play. She excluded him from contact with other children after he moved to Germany with Von Kempen. Renne was forced to be alone and that is all he knew. It must have been real rough to be alone constantly. He was scared to disobey his mother because he has been a soloist in the world and wouldn’t know how to handle other people. A good example of this fear .....
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Kafka's Metamorphosis: Existentialism
Number of words: 409 | Number of pages: 2.... and fails to look ahead into the future. By secluding himself like
this, Gregor's life becomes like the life of a cockroach. It is for this
reason that he transforms into this creature.
Gregor's life as a cockroach is no different than his life as a
human. Whenever Gregor tries to communicate with someone, the only thing
that comes out of his mouth are cockroach noises that scare his family, and
his appearance causes his family to not want be around him. His sister
tries to take care of him, but eventually she becomes weary of this never
ending task and forgets about him. Gregor is once again alienated from his
family and .....
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Zinn's A People's History Of The United States: The Oppressed
Number of words: 2109 | Number of pages: 8.... credits as being the
root of many of the problems that we as a nation have today. It is refreshing to
see a book that spends space based proportionately around the people that lived
this history. When Columbus arrived on the Island of Haiti, there were 39 men on
board his ships compared to the 250,000 Indians on Haiti. If the white race
accounts for less than two hundredths of one percent of the island's population,
it is only fair that the natives get more than the two or three sentences that
they get in most history books. Zinn cites population figures, first person
accounts, and his own interpretation of their effects to .....
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Young Goodman Brown's Apocalypse
Number of words: 1024 | Number of pages: 4.... out of
curiosity and a "deep need to see if the teachings of his childhood, his
religion, and his culture, have armed him sufficiently to look the devil in
the face and return unscathed" (Hodara 1). The symbol of the forest, late
at night, can be interpreted as the untamed regions of Brown's heart where
the devil roams freely as he roams in the forest. The forest is the devil's
domain. Brown finds, in the dark of the night, many of his daytime friends
share this domain with the devil. What he considers moral and "good" in his
life he finds in the forest. This torments his perception of practically
everything.
A good man .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Scout And Maturity
Number of words: 1138 | Number of pages: 5.... Although Scout may not have realized the connection of the gifts,
she later realized they must have came from Boo. This was the start of her
acceptance of Boo as a "nice" person.
When Miss Maudie's house caught on fire, Boo surprised Scout.
Atticus stated, "Boo Radley. You were so busy looking at the fire you
didn't know it when he put the blanket around you." (Lee, p. 72) Boo came
to Scouts rescue by putting a blanket around her. Scout began to think of
Boo as a kind man not a monster.
At the end of the novel Scout stated, "An' they chased him ‘n'
never could catch him ‘cause they didn't know what he .....
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Huck Finn 5
Number of words: 1034 | Number of pages: 4.... or just one slave.
The period in one’s life of innocence is a starting point for many heroes. This is the time prior to the adventure he is about to embark on. Huck’s childhood consisted of childish games with his best friend, Tom Sawyer. Huck’s days were filled with games of pretend that were supposed to be actual adventures. Most of these adventures were figments of Tom Sawyer’s imagination. This is important to know since it provided the preparation Huck needed to get through the journey on the river. It gave him the tools to survive and maintain his sense of moral well-being. It is ironic, however, t .....
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Eugene Ionesco's "Rhinoceros": True Means Resides In Action Not Words
Number of words: 753 | Number of pages: 3.... going to get the doctor because I don't want the
doctor. I can look after myself." (pp. 62) This refusal comes from his
arrogant view of himself as a "Master of [his] own thoughts," (pp. 61) and
"[Having] will-power!" (pp. 7) By seeing the doctor, Jean would have put
himself in the position of taking responsibility for his actions and seeing that
he wasn't always the "master of his own thoughts" and that his will-power was
actually quite weak. It would be admitting the meaninglessness in his futile
attempts to remain a human. He didn't want to see that he, in fact, was
becoming a rhinoceros.
Had Jean agreed to see a doctor, h .....
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Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
Number of words: 816 | Number of pages: 3.... down the door of the study to
find out if it really is Dr. Jekyll in that room. To their surprise it is Mr.
Hyde with a bottle of poison. He had committed suicide before they had a chance
to break down the door to the study.
The book ends when Mr. Utterson reads a letter which says "only to be
read when Dr. Jekyll is deceased" When he opened it, it had a precise
explanation of who Mr. Hyde really was and how everything happened.
R L Stevenson's novel is amazing. The reason being is the explanations
he uses like "the dreadful face of Hyde put shivers down my spine". Stevenson
really gave me a mental picture of a beast and h .....
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The Prediction Of 1984
Number of words: 1958 | Number of pages: 8.... of “the three slogans of the party
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH”2
By the totalitarian society , Oceania, being in a constant state of war, their economy never goes down for lack of demand on a supply. Furthermore, because the society is in a war the citizens assume that things like “the electric current was (being) cut off during the daylight hours,”3 arises from the state of war . Because the citizens make this assumptions, they do not revolt against their government for poor living conditions like they did in the French Revolution. The people are then at peace with their government b .....
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Antigone 3
Number of words: 639 | Number of pages: 3.... important to them. Therefore, the people of Thebes will not remember Creon because of his offensive deeds performed while he is on the throne.
Second, Creon will be forgotten because he decides to execute Antigone. Her punishment is to be locked in a blocked cave until she dies. Although later on in the story, Creon does decide to free her, it is too late. The people of Thebes are astounded at the fact that Creon would even conceive of such a horrible punishment. Antigone acted on family honor, which is understood. Therefore, his people will forget Creon.
Third, Antigone is a wonderful example of a martyr. Her legacy will li .....
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