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Papers on Book Reports
Themes Of Oliver Twist
Number of words: 1645 | Number of pages: 6.... as fairy tales, everything
will work out for the boy or girl who has a rough life as long as they do
what is right. This is fits Oliver perfectly, he almost wasn't even given
a name, and in the beginning it was almost inevitable that he would end up
a street rat, than as he went through life learning what was right or wrong
things feel into place for him, and it was a happy ending.
As the boy Oliver Twist was born his mother died, and he was left
with no family, and was sent to go through life “despised by all, and
pitied by none” (Dickens 22). As a young boy Twist is sent to a juvenile
home, and then to a workhouse. Dicke .....
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The Odyssey: Odysseus
Number of words: 2083 | Number of pages: 8.... a husband, father, and son. He takes on the very
human roles of athlete, warrior, sailor, storyteller, carpenter, beggar,
and lover. He vividly displays human qualities like brutality and boldness,
while being sensitive and shy at the same time. It is these human
qualities that people can relate to. While he is no doubt a hero, Odysseus
is also viewed as a modern man, the pragmatic survivor. He must struggle,
suffer, and deal with the inescapable fate handed down to him from the
great beings atop Mt. Olympus. The average human can relate to Odysseus'
human qualities, while admiring him for the heroic traits they can only
hop .....
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The English Patient: Caravaggio
Number of words: 1085 | Number of pages: 4.... she connects her father's death to the suffering of the English patient: "She [has] come across the English patient - some one who looked like a burned animal, taut and dark, a pool for her" (41). Hana decides to stay with the English patient after the war because she doesn't wants to abandon the English patient from her the same way her father had abandoned her. Furthermore, the English patient is different from Hana's other patients; "There [is] something about him she [wants] to learn, grow into, and hide in, where she could turn away from being an adult" (52). At this point, Hana portrays the characteristics of a .....
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Silent Spring: Abuse Of Pesticides
Number of words: 522 | Number of pages: 2.... Rachel talks about one case where the chemicals were caught in a storm drain, when they were flushed out, they mixed together and went into nearby streams, and contaminated the nearby lake and killed all the fish for 8 miles downstream. The government just didn’t have the research to realize that harmless chemicals when combined with other harmless chemicals had an equally disastrous effect on the environment.
Today the governmental regulatory agencies are trying the reduce the amount of pesticides applied, by monitoring the use. They have also banned the chemicals which do not break down quickly once in the envir .....
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I Stand Here Ironing Literary
Number of words: 1060 | Number of pages: 4.... home, but by then he was walking and talking some. I barely new him, just as Tillie barely knew her daughter when she got her back: "When she finally came home, I hardly knew her." Soon, I had another child (Kevin) and less time to spend with Charles. There were many times that I wished I had more time with both of them. I can remember a few different times when I would get up in the middle of the night and sit snuggling both of them in my lap, sneaking that quiet time. Tillie did something of the same sort when Emily had to stay home from school, "Sometimes, after Susan grew old enough, I would keep her home from school, .....
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The Lord Of The Flies: Themes
Number of words: 1287 | Number of pages: 5.... light is a major theme in all the
works of William Golding. Strong examples of this are found throughout Lord of
the Flies. The most obvious is the struggle between Ralph and Jack. The
characters themselves have been heavily influenced by the war. Ralph is the
representative of Democracy. Elected as the leader he and Piggy his companion
keep order and maintain a civilized government. The strength of Ralph's
character was supported by the power of World War II. Jack, on the other hand,
represents authoritarianism. He rules as a dictator and is the exact opposite
of Ralph. Jack is exemplifying the Hitler's and Mussolini's of .....
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Candide 2
Number of words: 1603 | Number of pages: 6.... were grown and his wife unable to have any more children. It would be rather absurd to think that a rational man would want to both propose this and partake in the eating of another human being. Therefore, before an analyzation can continue, one has to make the assumption that this is strictly a fictional work and Swift had no intention of pursuing his proposal any further. One of the other voices that is present throughout the entire story is that of sarcasm. In order to understand this further, a reader has to comprehend that Swift, becoming infamous after Gullivers Travels, was a member of the upper-class. Right from the f .....
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12 Angry Men: Influence Of Surroundings
Number of words: 334 | Number of pages: 2.... a boy who he does not even know die by his
own hands Eight does not think highly of Three for what he says about
killing the boy and shouts "your a sadist."(17) which is the absolute
truth about Three.
The emotional make-up of a juror can change his desicision on wther
or not to let a man live or die. When someone is asked judge someone else,
shoud not you look at al the facts to be sure beyond a shoadow of a doubt
that the man who cimmitted the crime is guilty? Yes, a juror should look at
all the facts but some do not, they just judge the person on how that
person feels. .....
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“William’s Wife”
Number of words: 521 | Number of pages: 2.... she was turning 15, she had to get married with Prince of Orange-William, and had left her family, moving to Hague. Mary wasn’t happy with her husband, she was afraid of him, their relationship didn’t include any trust and understanding, and she always felt unloved. Her sister and stepmother came to visit her very often and the father also. James needed a son to continue the empire, but Mary Beatrice was loosing her sons right after they were born. And James became mad. Mary also was pregnant several times but she lost her children too. They thought that it was a genetic problem.
Mary’s uncle-King Charles, who now had the .....
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Frankenstein: Good And Bad Choices
Number of words: 540 | Number of pages: 2.... the rest of his life. When Zeus finds
out that Prometheus has stolen his fire, he took Prometheus to a top of a
mountain and chains him to the mountain. Every day an eagle comes down and rips
him open and eats his insides. During the night Prometheus would recover during
the night.
After Victor Frankenstein created his being, he called it pure evil, but
in reality, Victor made his being evil. When Prometheus opens the box that his
bother sends to him (Pandora's box) he lets out all the evil things that corrupt
the world.
Frankenstein can be compared to Prometheus. Both Frankenstein and
Prometheus made things that undoughtil .....
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