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Papers on Book Reports
Hobbit
Number of words: 577 | Number of pages: 3.... the Misty Mountains. Gollum is clammy and slimy and he refers to his ring as my precious. Bilbo even manages to discover Smaug's weak spot, the bare area under his ear, which allows the dragon to be killed and the treasure divided. However, the dwarves cannot enjoy the gold alone, since it lures humans and elves, some of whom have a just claim to a portion of it. Thorin's unwillingness to share the treasure almost leads to war between the dwarves and the elves and humans, but instead war is forced upon all of them by the goblins and wargs (wild wolves). All the good races(dwarfs, men, elves, eagles, and Dain's soldiers) are thus .....
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Jem's Journal: Chapter Summary
Number of words: 1820 | Number of pages: 7.... me since I know I could have stopped her from getting sick. I
think I yelled at her and said that isn't she supposed to know that she isn't
allowed even near those trees. We all know about that weird guy Boo Radley and
we know that property is off limits. I told her that she would probably get
killed if she were caught. She said in defense that I touched the house once.
This was a clear reference to Boo Radley's house but I ignored her comment and
told her that it was different. I also ordered her to go and use some mouth
wash to get rid of the germs that she collected from that stick of gum she just
spit out. She wasn't .....
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Subject: Giovanni & Lusanna-by Gene Brucker
Number of words: 591 | Number of pages: 3.... example of why today¦s
society is so much different from how it was when they lived. Another
strange thing about their society is the open humiliation that people were
subjected to. It was said that Lusanna first husband was called a ¦cuckold
¦ to his face. People who were said to earn money in a dirty fashion often
had blood or paint thrown on their steps. These kinds of things are just
not normal or permitted in today¦s world. It is true that they do
sometimes occur, but the responsible party often ends up looking worse
that the person they were trying to hurt.
Lusanna was said to have had several lovers. She was not .....
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Kim Kim
Number of words: 1689 | Number of pages: 7.... by all possibility for an exciting adventure, Kim attached himself to the lama as his chela. His adventures began almost at once. That night, at the edge of Lahore, Mahubub Ali, a horse trader, gave Kim a cryptic message to deliver to a British author in Umballa. What Kim did not know was that Mahbub was a member of the British Secret Service. He delivered the message as directed, and then lay in the grass and watched and listened until he learned that his message meant that eight thousand men would go to war. Out on the big road the lama and Kim encountered many people of all sorts. Conversation was easy. One group in particul .....
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Huck Finn 3
Number of words: 1427 | Number of pages: 6.... of the gang so that they don’t get caught, but Tom insists on playing a trick on Jim. So he lifts Jim's hat from his head and hangs it on a nearby limb. Huck tells us that Jim later turned this incident into an elaborate tale of being visited by witches while he slept. At this point in the story, Huck doesn’t have feelings for Jim one way or the other. Huck just doesn’t care much for Jim and sees nothing wrong with the prank that has just been played by Tom.
After staying with his drunken and unreasonable father for a short period of time, Huck grows tired of his current living conditions and see no other way .....
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Albert Camus' The Stranger: Meursault Is Aloof, Detached, And Unemotional
Number of words: 837 | Number of pages: 4.... he never cries. He is, further,
depicted enjoying a cup of coffee with milk during the vigil, and having a
smoke with a caretaker at the nursing home in which his mother died. The
following day, after his mother's funeral, he goes to the beach and meets a
former colleague named Marie Cardona. They swim, go to a movie, and then spend
the night together. Later in their relationship, Marie asks Meursault if he
wants to marry her. He responds that it doesn't matter to him, and if she
wants to get married, he would agree. She then asks him if he loves her. To
that question he responds that he probably doesn't, and explain .....
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Emily Bronte's Life And Wuthering Heights
Number of words: 1268 | Number of pages: 5.... him in seeking restitution for the injustices against him as a young boy. Edgar Linton is well-mannered, considerate, financially secure gentleman who sought only the love of Catherine. Many of those who read this novel would support the blatant obvious; Edgar Linton as the unsung hero of the story. That though is the blatant obvious and the easiest choice to consider within the novel. But the true hero of the novel is Heathcliff, due to the misfortune and bleakness of his past.
When examining Heathcliff’s youth, it is very apparent to see why he has turned to seek vengeance against the world. Discovered in the streets of .....
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Brave New World And Dubliners
Number of words: 1523 | Number of pages: 6.... class is conditioned from birth to be completely happy at their station
in life and especially glad that they aren’t of a different class. Aside from the fact that there is no moral basis behind this, for there to actually be discrimination, those being discriminated against would have to know that it was happening and in Brave New World such realizations do not occur. Due to this same fact, there is no gender or racial discrimination either, not even the mention of a nationality; all people in the civilization are simply people. That Huxley created this world of equality may have been an ironic stab at the time in whi .....
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Huck Finn Essay
Number of words: 806 | Number of pages: 3.... with. This insight that Twain gives to the reader is further expanded with the introduction of Huck’s Pap into the story. After leaving Huck for a little over a year, Pap comes back for Huck, figuring he may have something to gain. “That’s why I come. You git me that money tomorrow- I want it.” [29] are Pap’s words to Huck when they first reunite. Pap, the person most responsiable for Huck’s welfare, is the person who abuses Huck the most. Even though Huck is outside of the civilized world’s grasp when he lives with Pap, this is not the freedom Huck is looking for. Pap is in every respect the exact opposite of J .....
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The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe: Love And Attraction
Number of words: 720 | Number of pages: 3.... unlawful
ways to win Miss Amelia's love. Rather than robbing houses he begins attending
church services on Sunday mornings. In an effort to court Miss Amelia, he
learns proper etiquette, such as "rising and giving his chair to a lady, and
abstaining from swearing and fighting". Two years after Marvin's reformation,
he asks Miss Amelia to marry him. Miss Amelia does not love him but agrees to
the marriage in order to satisfy her great-aunt. Once married, Miss Amelia is
very aloof towards her husband and refuses to engage in marital relations with
him. After ten days, Miss Amelia ends the marriage because she finds that she
is .....
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