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Papers on Book Reports
The Secret Sharer: A Summary
Number of words: 2669 | Number of pages: 10.... that of a person who
shares in secrecy, therefore becoming a secret sharer, if the word secret
is taken for an adjective. This could be an image of a miser, who
generally does not share his wealth, but does so only in secrecy. A secret
sharer could also be an imaginary friend. It would be a person who is
secretive, and you share your thoughts with them. A Biblical
interpretation of the secret sharer could be that of the snake in the
garden of Eden. Since the snake shares the ultimate secret of knowledge
with Adam and Eve, it could be considered a secret sharer. The
connotations of the two main words in the title show a cont .....
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Juanita Platero's "Chee's Daughter": Character's Environment Reveals A Great Deal About Personality
Number of words: 511 | Number of pages: 2.... care of you."(81) Chee cared and respected the land and in
turn the land gave him food for which he would to barter back Little One
from Old Man Fat. Chee treats the land as an equal. "he felt so strongly
that just now this was something between himself and the land."(82) Chee
treats the land as an equal, respects it and it respects him by giving him
the food he needs. Where he lives is pure and real, like the earth.
The setting Old Man Fat chooses to live in reflects his
personality and values. Old Man Fat owns a small store one the side of the
highway that disregards some Navaho customs and beliefs. He does this by
flaunting ".. .....
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1984: Lack Of Humanity
Number of words: 1303 | Number of pages: 5.... its freedom, and its identity if that human being allows a society like Oceania to rule him; therefore, anyone should never allow it to happen.
The Party controls people’s emotions by instilling basic codes of moral. It is insinuated that you should not feel emotions; and, if you do feel them, then you are a criminal. Therefore, the people of Oceania disregard their emotions. Every citizen has been emotionally crippled and they are incapable of having, expressing, or understanding their feelings. In Oceania, emotional love is a treacherous crime. Marriages are based on hate. The state wants sex to be only as proc .....
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The Great Gatsby
Number of words: 806 | Number of pages: 3.... taken baggage with them.
Therefore, Nike Carroway's analysis was right by these clear observation.
However, Nike Carroway is a good narrator, he sees everything happen and does not trust everybody easily. So during the people discuss about something at a time, he does not believe it is true. After he proves it, he will accept the truth.
Moreover, when Nike went to Gatsby's party, there is a drunk lady telling everyone Gatsby killed a man before.
Somebody told me they thought he killed a man once.
Also, there is one more lady said that Gatsby was a German spy:
It is m .....
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Comparison: Mary Reilly And The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
Number of words: 2813 | Number of pages: 11.... moving novel. It takes the story Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde, and gives a fresh take on the distinguished Dr. Henry Jekyll and the nefarious Mr. Edward Hyde. It is told through the psyche of a Victorian servant named Mary Reilly. The book's structure purports to be Mary Reilly's diary. The entries articulate Mary Reilly's feelings and experiences while in service for Dr. Henry Jekyll, and how she often empathizes with Dr. Jekyll on his afflictions which she cannot comprehend. As the book progresses Mary Reilly continuously comments on her Masters every changing state of health. Towards the end of the book her mother passes away leaving .....
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Jane Eyre: A Critical Evaluation With References By McFadden-Gerber
Number of words: 557 | Number of pages: 3.... Jane disciplined
and developed herself in the course of the novel. Setting changes varied
vastly from section to section, but McFadden-Gerber noted the constant
stability of Jane's character the exemplified fortified morals made by her
own constant and stagnant conscience.
Margaret McFadden-Gerber claims that Jane has little mental
mobility, though she is self-reliant as well as strong willed. There
appears to be a slight contrasting difference distinguishing the emotional
and mental development of Jane. I believe that the two go hand in hand as
the character's "feminist qualities" are the main theme and the reasoning
to her .....
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Antigone 2
Number of words: 622 | Number of pages: 3.... a plan to bury here brother Polynices and that she wants Ismene to help her. Ismene is scared to do this because the new king, Creon, has issued a decree that says that any person that attempts to bury the body will be sentenced to death. The fact that Antigone is going to attempt to bury the body creates fear in the reader. They are fearful as to what will happen to
Antigone if she is caught. As the play moves on there is a building of this fear and pity that is felt for many of the characters that finally is resolved at the catastrophe. At that point the reader learns that Creon, the king, has lost his wife, his son, and his n .....
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"The Miller's Tale" And "The Reve's Tale": Similarities
Number of words: 1117 | Number of pages: 5.... since
the two boys are "Headstrong…and eager for a joke" (110), Alan proceeds to
rape the Miller's daughter, while John sleeps with the Miller's wife. It is
apparent that these situations are very similar, in that the scholars are
having adulterous sexual intercourse with both the Carpenter's and the
Miller's wives. This similarity shows how the Miller and the Reeve are
preoccupied with sex and adultery which is a sign of their dishonesty.
The two tales also share common traits in the fields of immorality
and sexuality. For instance, "The Miller's Tale" contains several different
occasions of lying and cheating, including .....
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Dante 2
Number of words: 1633 | Number of pages: 6.... The Sicilian School, a refinement of the Provencal, had "significant linguistic effect upon his contemporaries" (Smith 20). Giacomo Lentini, inventor of the sonnet, was a prominent poet in this school along with Cecco Angiolieri and Cino da Pistoia who heavily influenced Dante. These two contemporaries, like Dante, wrote about female idolatry. They gave special attention "to gracefulness of expression"(Smith 20), as displayed in Vita Nuova where "Dolce stil nuovo"(Smith 20). Smith defines Dolce stil nuovo as being the will that directs the lover's intellect towards the true adoration of beauty that resides the lover's happi .....
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Great Gatsby 5
Number of words: 521 | Number of pages: 2.... in The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald’s description of Gatsby’s mansion is a perfect example of this. “The one on my right was a colossal affair by any standard- it was a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool and more than forty acres of lawn and garden. It was Gatsby’s mansion.” Throughout the novel Fitzgerald uses this type of description to put the reader into the story and give them a realistic sense of the time period.
Not only do the words themselves paint pictures, but also the structure .....
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