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Papers on Book Reports
Understanding Holden Caulfield
Number of words: 1720 | Number of pages: 7.... himself - the Holden who can be willful, contrary, often impossible, yet in a manner insistently of his own making and at odds with whatever he deems dull or conformist” (Lee 102). “Ambivalence is, in fact, characteristic of Holden, the surest evidence of his mental instability" (Furst 76). He is not what he and many readers assume he is: "an anti-establish figure whose
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disgust is directed at other people” (Edwards 557). “Holden does not turn his face into the sunrise … expressing his determination to overthrow the bourgeois capitalistic society in favor of socialist utopia. Indeed, the whole thrust of the .....
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Oedipus The King 2
Number of words: 468 | Number of pages: 2.... that if Oedipus’ claim against him were true, then let him not live out the rest of his days. Later, in a conversation with Oedipus, he justifies his denial of the charge that Oedipus had placed against him by illustrating the irrelevance of attempting to dethrone the king. When Jocasta enters, she sides with Creon and respects his oath to the gods. But later, when Oedipus says the claim against him is based on prophecy, she reasons with him since she does not believe in prophetic power. She explains how the prophecy of Laius’ son killing him never came true. Then Oedipus realizes that it was he that had slain Laius an .....
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Machiavelli's View Of Human Nature
Number of words: 1086 | Number of pages: 4.... of adversity,
when the state is in need of it's citizens there are few to be found."5
Machiavelli further goes on to question the loyalty of the citizens and advises
the Prince that "...because men a wretched creatures who would not keep their
word to you, you need keep your word to them."6 However, Machiavelli did not
feel that a Prince should mistreat the citizens. This suggestion once again to
serve the Prince's best interests.
If a prince can not be both feared and loved, Machiavelli suggests, it would be
better for him to be feared bey the citizens within his own principality. He
makes the generalization that men are, "...u .....
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Hucks Relationship With Pap (h
Number of words: 0 | Number of pages: 0.... .....
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The Hound Of Baskerville
Number of words: 996 | Number of pages: 4.... He pays great attention to the slightest detail. He is a tall, slightly athletic man who smokes a pipe. He will do anything to solve a case. He can change cases and focus intently from one to another quickly showing his great ability to brain storm about subjects. Dr. Watson is an inch or two shorter than sherlock, and a little bit less in shape than him, he as well smokes tobacco but in a ciggarette form. Dr. watson yearns for holmes' approval and to gain the talents holmes possesses.
One person who helps them is james mortimer. He is the person responsible for showing holmes and watson the manuscript which states the c .....
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The Call Of The Wild
Number of words: 373 | Number of pages: 2.... the wild. His long-
time lost instincts given to him by his ancestors from generations ago
started to come to him. In the end of the story, Buck is leading a pack of
wolves through the forest and stops at the top of a cliff and howls,along
with his other companions, to a silvery full moon.
I think that the point of this story, is that you learn from life
and you can never forget or change who you really are deep inside. Buck,
who's ancestors were of the wild and untamed, and after generations, Buck
was able to become what he was in the first place generations ago. A wolf,
not a rich dog. In a way, it made me understand more the .....
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Odysseus A Hero
Number of words: 1214 | Number of pages: 5.... of mine. In 6th grade a teacher that I had know for my whole schooling showed a movie every week. One week we watched “Jason and the Argonaughts”. Ever since then I could never get enough Greek mythology. In freshman year of high school we read the annotated text book version of The Odyssey. Lucky for me, I transferred English classes at the semester and I was able to read The Odyssey twice. And since then Odysseus has been a hero to me.
The story starts in book 9, Odysseus telling his story to the King of Phaeaica. They sacked a city then sailed away when faced with opposing force. Next, they landed on the i .....
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A Raisin In The Sun
Number of words: 852 | Number of pages: 4.... had finished her argument, Lena slapped her across her face and made Beneatha say, "In my mother's house there is still God". Lena stressed out her points that she will not tolerate any ideas like that in her house, or as long as she's around. Black families have a huge sense of pride of where they come from. For example, Asagai always talked about Africa and how it will be good for him if he goes there. He even asked Beneatha if she would go with him. ''Asagai: Nigeria. Home. (Coming to her with genuine romantic flippancy) I will show you our mountains and our stars; and nice you cool drinks from gourds and teach you the old son .....
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Ellison's "Battle Royal"
Number of words: 1067 | Number of pages: 4.... somewhat immune to the blows after awhile.
My battle royal was a little bit different from the boys in the story.
I did not really suffer from outside torment. The battle I faced was mostly
inside myself. People didn't have to say anything and I would be judging myself
and putting myself down. Like the boys in the boxing ring fighting one another,
I would have to fight with my own feelings to overcome things. Each time I made
a decision I had to be critical about what was good and bad for myself. Even if
I didn't do anything wrong I blamed myself for things that would go wrong.
My battle with low self esteem was an ongoi .....
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“The Jilting Of Granny Weatherall” By Katherine Anne Porter
Number of words: 409 | Number of pages: 2.... a white cake.
However, even though the movie and the story differ to a certain extent, they both have the two jiltings that happen to Granny Weatherall. The first one happens when Granny Weatherall is on her deathbed surrounded by her children, the doctor and priest. When a memory of 60 years ago, the day she was jilted by her husband-to-be, could no longer be repressed by Granny Weatherall—“the thought of him was a smoky cloud from hell that moved and crept in her head . . ..” The second one is when the final sign she has been waiting for from Jesus never appears. “For a second time there was no sign. Again no brid .....
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