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Life On Land Compared To Life
Number of words: 750 | Number of pages: 3.... me pretty tight, mostly, but before the cold weather I used to slide out and sleep in the woods, sometimes, and so that was a rest to me. I liked the old ways best, but I was getting so I liked the new ones, too, a little bit." (Clemens 1211) Then Huck's father kidnapped him and took Huck to live in a cabin with him. Huck thought that it was fun, but he started to get sick of being locked up for long periods of time. He began to get sick of his father getting drunk and beating him. He says, "But by-and-by pap got too handy with his hick'ry, and I couldn't stand it. I was all over welts. He got to going away so much, too, an .....
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A Night To Remember
Number of words: 737 | Number of pages: 3.... of the ship. All but a few cared about it - if they even heard it. The ship's reputation would hold up to some grinding noise any day. So after a while the word got around that they had, in fact, stuck an iceberg. Surprisingly no one cared and everyone went back to bed. The captain of the Titanic could if in emergency hit a electric button and many air-tight doors sealed off special rooms that could keep the ship afloat even if it had a hole in its double reinforced hull.
As word soon spread that the collision was a lot worse than before expected, the captain and the crew members went to go check the damage. The blow caused a two .....
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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 Changed Man
Number of words: 993 | Number of pages: 4.... for which they had been setting aside. Kumalo is somewhat angered by the fact that he now must suffer for those who left and no longer send any letters, and seems to believe that they are at fault for the weakening of his family and of his tribe. Still, he knows that the fate of these family units lies in his hands now, and with the urgency of the situation in mind, the journey begins with the
...fear of the unknown, the fear of the great city where boys are
killed crossing the street, the fear of Gertrude’s sickness. Deep
down the fear for his son. Deep down the fear of a man who
lives in a world not made for him, whose ow .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: The Unfairness Of Life
Number of words: 835 | Number of pages: 4.... shamin' him, Miss
Caroline. Walter hasn't got a quarter at home to bring you, and you can't
use any stovewood." (21) When Miss Caroline offers the money to Walter,
Scout quickly steps in, trying to save her from an embarrassing moment.
The Cunningham's financial situation is hard enough for Walter. He no
doubt feels as if it's his fault, he has let the family down. "We brought
him home for dinner one time..." (154) This quote may seem offensive to
Walter, saying he can't provide enough food so his son has to go else where
for dinner. All these things are difficult, and the only way Walter
Cunningham knows how to deal with the .....
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The Crucible: Hidden Darkness
Number of words: 948 | Number of pages: 4.... 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 and grow until the jails .....
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Critical Analysis Of The Jungl
Number of words: 894 | Number of pages: 4.... researcher. The novel itself, containing over Three hundred pages, is rather long and tediously boring.
Sinclair’s central purpose in writing The Jungle was to persuade people to join the socialist party and to adopt the view that socialism is the only way to conquer the capitalistic empires that abuse the working class. The socialist ethic is that the general public will have joint ownership of the factory. Thus, they will finally be able to eliminate the undesirable working conditions and to advocate new, more comfortable working conditions. Sinclair uses many clever devices in order to get his readers to agree wit .....
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Windflower
Number of words: 538 | Number of pages: 2.... her own life to herself.
Although Jimmy is a joy and a blessing to Elsa, he also creates a
conflict for her. She does not know whether she should raise him as an Eskimo
like herself, or white like the father. Elsa takes advice from a lady she once
worked for, named Madame Beaulieu, the only white woman she knew. Elsa is soon
dressing Jimmy as the white do, and is keeping her hut clean and tidy. The
people from the Eskimo society are in awe at the beautiful baby with blond,
curly hair, and the ways in which Elsa is raising him. They always want to
borrow Jimmy and they even start to bathe their children as Elsa does, at th .....
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Official Netscape Guide To Internet Research, Second Edition
Number of words: 975 | Number of pages: 4.... Research had Ms. Calishain's byline, the second edition differs because it talks to readers in the "we" collective voice, instead of first-person "I". It's pretty much the same information, except rewritten. Ms. Calishain's sense of humor is fortunately preserved throughout the book.
If you enjoyed the original Official Netscape Guide to Internet Research, I doubt that you will need to run to the stores to buy this 2nd Edition. However, if you know of someone who is new to Internet research and would benefit from a general overview of the Internet and Net tools (including how to configure Netscape Communicator (whereas the ori .....
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The Odyssey 2
Number of words: 682 | Number of pages: 3.... dying one by one. Odysseus learns that bragging can have ill effects and uses this knowledge on the island of
the Phaecians and Ithaca when he does not openly boast of his deeds and his journeys.
Odysseus also learns to pay close attention to the instructions of the gods,
or he might have to face a terrible price. When Odysseus and his crew landed
at the island of Aeolus, they were given a parting gift that would have
helped them greatly if they had paid heed to the warnings of Aeolus. He gave
Odysseus a bag full of the bad winds that would keep them from their home of Ithaca. Odysseus and his crew were in sight of .....
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