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Papers on Book Reports
Lord Of The Flies: How Anyone Can Regress Into Savagery
Number of words: 518 | Number of pages: 2.... had finished blowing the conch the platform was crowded.” Which
shows how even early on, the group let the conch shell have power.
The assembly moved towards dictatorship when Jack started to
discredit Ralph and the conch. “And you shut up! Who are you anyway?
Sitting there - telling people what to do. You can't hunt, you can't sing-
.” I think that this statement stayed in the boys' heads throughout the
rest of the story. Jack finally broke off by himself and invited people to
join him. However, nobody went with him at first because they were worried
about what Ralph would think. Eventually everyone except fo .....
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A Book Report On Aldous Huxley's "A Brave New World"
Number of words: 1221 | Number of pages: 5.... the dirty jobs that
nobody else wants to do. The lower classes are multiplied by a budding
process that can create up to 96 identical clones and produce over 15,000
brothers and sisters from a single ovary.
All the babies are conditioned, physically and chemically in the
bottle, and psychologically after birth, to make them happy citizens of the
society with both a liking and an aptitude for the work they will do. One
psychological conditioning technique is hypnopaedia, or teaching people
while they sleep--not teaching facts or analysis, but planting suggestions
that will make people behave in certain ways. The Director also make .....
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Prince Henry And Dr. Faustus: The Trials Of Becoming A Hero
Number of words: 1205 | Number of pages: 5.... of stock (line 11)," but still has managed to gain a degree from the
University of Wittengberg, thus acquiring much respect from the professional
world. From the onset though, Faustus has his mind set on other things; such as
magic and necromancy. Hal, on the other hand was born to a high society. Even
though he does all of these mischievous things, he plans on repenting and
returning to his father.
The audience can see from Hal's soliloquy at the end of Act I, scene 2,
that no matter how unruly the individuals are that he hangs out with, they do
not have an influence on him:
Yet herein will I imitate the sun,
Who .....
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The Necklace: The Downfall Of Mathilde Loisel
Number of words: 882 | Number of pages: 4.... is reiterated throughout the story. "She had no dresses, no jewels,
nothing. And she loved nothing but that; she felt made for that. She would so
have liked to please, to be envied, to be charming, to be sought after"(900).
Mme. Loisel was envious of her friend and anyone else who had more than what she
had. She felt that she deserved these things.
The plot grows completely out of the personalities of the characters. As
the story opens, Mme. Loisel's husband comes home with an invitation to a ball
at the palace. He had hoped that this invitation would lift Mme. Loisel's
spirits but it had an opposite effect. She in .....
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Pride And Prejudice: Thoughts Of Marriage
Number of words: 501 | Number of pages: 2.... Mrs. Bennet encourages her daughter, Jane, to set her
sights on Mr. Bingley. Mr. Bennet's' sarcastic comments prove his
disconcert on the whole topic. When Jane is invited to meet with Mr.
Bingley and his sister, Mrs. Bennet suggests that she go by horseback in
hopes that she could probably get ill and extend her stay. Mrs. Bennet's'
mind is always thinking of ways to marry off her daughters. Her idea works
to perfection and Jane ends up staying longer.
Mrs. Bennet goes to work again at the arrival of Mr. Collins, Mr.
Bennet's' cousin. Mr. Collins stays at the Bennet's house for a short time.
He will inherit Longbour .....
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Anne Of Green Gables: Narcissism
Number of words: 717 | Number of pages: 3.... Anne identifies very closely with this heroine. Anne
substitutes her victimizing orphan situation for her imagination and
identification with heroines such as Cordelia.
Anne's first meeting with Mrs. Rachel Lynde lays the foundation for
a proper demonstration of vanity. Anne is offended by Mrs. Lynde's
comments about her appearance and this causes her to have a terrible
outburst of anger. Anne must subsequently apologize to Mrs. Lynde. She puts
forth a tremendous display of humility and is very pleased over the
thoroughness of her own apology. Marilla sees Anne “... reveling in the
thoroughness of her abasement.” (p74) Anne .....
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Animal Farm By George Orwell
Number of words: 754 | Number of pages: 3.... one hundred
percent in Old Majors ideals. He wanted all the things Old Major wanted,
such as the welfare of the animals. In the Russian Revolution his
counterpart would be Trotsky. Trotsky believed and wanted the same things
as Lenin, and wanted to continue what Lenin had started. Then comes
Napoleon. Napoleon was selfish and greedy. He did not want to share the
power or the decision making with any other individual. This was the same
for Stalin. At first Napoleon and Snowball shared the decision making and
had debates about what course of action they would take. This worked for
awhile. Then Napoleon grew weary of long deb .....
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Chronicle - Life And Times Of
Number of words: 1467 | Number of pages: 6.... in history and the mentality of the people in their immediate surroundings played an impressive part in the formulation of the friendship between Sula and Nel. When they first met at school, it was as if they were always destined to be friends. Each one complimented the other and it was as if they were two halves of one whole. Like many things in life, they each secretly enjoyed the immediate surroundings of the other. As much as Nel regarded the neatness of her house with dread, Sula felt the house to be comfortable and relished the neatness. On the same token, Sula disliked the disarray and lack of privacy in her house, but Nel .....
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The Crucible - Witch Trials
Number of words: 2534 | Number of pages: 10.... and that the sick girl is bewitched. Once the girls talk to each other, they become more and more frightened of being accused as witches, so Abigail starts accusing others of practicing witchcraft. The other girls all join in so that the blame will not be placed on them. In The Crucible, Abigail starts the accusations by saying, "I go back to Jesus; I kiss his hand. I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!" Another girl, Betty, continues the cry with, "I saw George Jacobs with the Devil! I saw Goody Howe with the Devil!" >From here on, the accusations grow a .....
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A Seperate Peace
Number of words: 838 | Number of pages: 4.... white sneakers with such unthinking unity of movement that “walk” didn’t describe it. When the novel begins, John Knowles leaves a subtle detail of Phineas’ character through his vivid descriptions of his movements. Phineas always represented an uninterrupted flow of strength and energy, like a river with nothing capable of changing its current speed. He represented tranquility in chaos, the calm before the storm. Not even rules were able to stop Finny’s consistent serenity. Even though Phineas was very fond of breaking the rules, he did it in a way that not even the Masters were able to resist sidi .....
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