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Papers on Book Reports
Wuthering Heights Summary
Number of words: 1119 | Number of pages: 5.... until the day of
her appointment with Linton. Edgar tells her to go, even though she doesn’
t want to leave him. Linton once again acts cold and ignores her, and
Cathy demands to be told why he keeps begging her to come if he doesn’t
really want to see her. He confesses that he is a traitor, and that
Heathcliff will kill him if she leaves. He refuses to tell her anything
more, in fear of what his father will do to him. Heathcliff comes into the
room, and asks Nelly about Edgar’s condition. She tells him that he is
dying, and Heathcliff hopes that Edgar will die before Linton. Heathcliff
locks Cathy and Nelly inside Wut .....
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Critique Of "Death Of The Author"
Number of words: 777 | Number of pages: 3.... in a more simple, to the point modern style I
would have read the story, absorbed its content, and would not have
given it a second look. The story could be summarized into 3 lines and
thus reduce the amount of paper it is replicated on the amount of
bandwidth required to transmit it, the space it takes, and the time it
takes to read it. I came to this conclusion after reading "The Death of an
Author" for the fourth or fifth time. I began to wonder why does this man
write this way? What caused him to have so much distrust toward the
critics? Those are the thoughts he was trying to persuade us not to think.
Barthes wanted the au .....
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Comparison Of Herbert's "Dune" And Asimov's "Foundation Series": Effects Of Technology And Belief Systems On The Individual
Number of words: 1722 | Number of pages: 7.... Religion is the main idea in the book Dune. The author states the
different types of religions that come to pass since the beginning of this
age. Before the coming of Muad'Dib (a savior), the desert people on the
planet of Arrakis practiced a religion whose roots came from an
undetermined source. Many scholars have traced the extensive borrowing of
this religion from other religions. Many people were confused to find that
so many ideas in one religion easily reflected another. From this confusion,
the people of Arrakis formed a committee known as the Orange Catholic
Liturgical Church. This church was the first to introduce a .....
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The Fifth Child
Number of words: 536 | Number of pages: 2.... At eight months she went into labor. Although she
had never gone to the hospital before for her other deliveries, this time she
insisted. This shocked everyone, especially her husband David.
Ben was not your typical baby. "A real little wrestler," said Dr. Brett.
"He came out fighting the whole world." (p. 48) Ben was eleven pounds at birth.
None of the other children were more than seven. He was heavy-shouldered and
hunched over. His forehead sloped from his eyebrows to his crown. Even his
hair pattern was erratic. His hands were thick and heavy and contained pads of
muscle. His piercing eyes were greeny-yellow .....
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The Catcher In The Rye: Holden's Thoughts And Feelings
Number of words: 720 | Number of pages: 3.... are not typical of most
adolescents. His near obsession with death might come from having
experienced two deaths in his early life. He constantly dwells on Allie,
his brother's, death. From Holden's thoughts, it is obvious that he loves
and misses Allie. In order to hold on to his brother and to minimize the
pain of his loss, Holden brings Allie's baseball mitt along with him where
ever he goes. The mitt has additional meaning and significance for Holden
because Allie had written poetry, which Holden reads, on the baseball mitt.
Holden's preoccupation with death can be seen in his contemplation of a
dead classmate, James Cas .....
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Humor In Shakespeares The Temp
Number of words: 968 | Number of pages: 4.... she comes off s being too perfect. Perfect to the point of annoyance. Perfect to the point of being sterile. despite her assets , she’s no more then a china doll. Throw Ferdinad , our handsome prince, into the mix , ND she becomes much more interesting. Gone is the virtuous maiden, replaced by a goggly eyed , puppy headed, hormone stricken teenager, smitten with love. She is so ga-ga over Ferdinad that she refers to him as a ‘noble creature’. He is so perfect to Miranda that she insists that “ nothing ill can dwell within such a temple” (Act I, sc ii ) . She dotes on him s if he were a Conrad Birdie. It’s a wo .....
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Jude The Obscure
Number of words: 1958 | Number of pages: 8.... Phillotson felt this way. One of the
major reasons that causes Hardy to have these views is that he feels religion
leads to hypocrisy. He feels that man has many desires that go against the laws
of religion, and these desires lead man to feel very hypocritical. These
feelings of hypocrisy then cause man to have many inner conflicts that lead to
many problems. This negativity towards religion is seen both through symbols in
the book and in the plot itself. The symbols that convey this message are the
name Jude, which is an allusion to Judas Iscariot who was a traitor to Jesus.
The name Jude can also be a reference to the wandering .....
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Crime And Punishment--is Rasko
Number of words: 781 | Number of pages: 3.... value has the life of that sickly, stupid, ill-natured old woman in the balance of existence? (63)
Raskolnikov reasoned that it would be honorable to kill Alyona since it would supposedly benefit humanity, but the fact that “ordinary” men had the same idea should have immediately put a stop to any thoughts that he was extraordinary.
During Raskolnikov’s visit to the police station to retrieve his pledges, he and Porfiry become engaged in conversation involving the theory. Porfiry voiced concerns about ordinary people mistaking themselves as extra-ordinary. Raskolnikov responded with, “...[Ordinary p .....
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The Awakening: Public Controversy
Number of words: 592 | Number of pages: 3.... and stay faithful. [ In fact, ] " the nineteenth century's message of the
supremacy of motherhood was so strong and so intense that it was absorbed into
the systems of it's women - even women like Edna [ ,a character in Chopin's book,
] who were not maternally inclined." ( ? ) You could almost say that women were
considered symbols of everything that is pure in the society in which they lived.
Anything short of that was considered unacceptable.
Because of the time that Chopin lived in: " The Appearance in print of
her most recent work had brought her harsh criticism and condemnation, as well
as ostracism from many of those who h .....
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The Great Gatsby: “The Love Of Money Is The Root Of All Evil"
Number of words: 647 | Number of pages: 3.... be ruined by money. It is extremely hard for a person to spend time with another who has grown up with everything that they ever wanted. While the more fortunate person may not be thinking about it, the less fortunate person feels inferior. The backgrounds of the people are so different that they just cannot comprehend how the other’s life works. If this barrier was not there, a friendship could have easily blossomed.
Greed is something that seems to come along wherever money is. Some people just cannot get enough money and they do not care who they hurt as they try to obtain it. This corruption because of money is a fo .....
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