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To His Coy Mistress
Number of words: 435 | Number of pages: 2.... would go to the worms. The point he is trying to make here is that why should she wait to have sex. That she should give it up to him since saving it could end up a waste.
At the end of the poem he tries to reason with her. Being still alive and young, the speaker is saying that they should put all their feeling and love together, to strengthen what they have between them and take her virginity, because times does not stand still and they can eat up time making love. “ Let us roll all our strength, and all our sweetness, up into one ball; and tear our pleasures with rough strife thorough the iron gates of life. Thus, though .....
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House Of The Seven Gables
Number of words: 776 | Number of pages: 3.... of the ‘experience’ or ‘story’ that is being written about.
Although Nathaniel Hawthorne’s allegory, The House of Seven Gables, was not entirely true, the incomparable part of it had to do with his personal history and his cultural background. His relation to the house was from his cousin Phoebe and the ideas about the witch trials were because he was living in the very time they were taking place. Therefore, I do think that the personal history and cultural background affect what the author writes about whether the book be fiction or non-fiction, but most of the time, non-fiction.
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Bless Me Ultima 2
Number of words: 1665 | Number of pages: 7.... in, as Anaya shows that one strict religion isn’t always the right way or the only way.
The first step in Tony’s spiritual journey is when he questions his family’s long-standing belief in the Catholic religion and his own destiny to follow their dreams of him becoming a priest. Tony doubts his abilities as a priest, even though he is not one, because his mother dreams for him to become a priest. Subsequently, he believes that he should have been able to save Lupito’s soul from wandering the river, because he will one day be required to. Whereas, “A priest could have saved Lupito.” (23) .....
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The Great Gatsby: Tragedy From Lies
Number of words: 671 | Number of pages: 3.... and Daisy really wanted
to be with Tom, but not really because she only did it because she thought she
had to. Daisy was really in love with Jay but because she felt like she had to
be in love with Tom she would make up lies to keep them together. Tom pretty
much felt the same way or he thought Daisy really liked him so he didn't want to
break her heart. But for them it didn't really work out well. If they would of
told each other their feelings and wouldn't of held them back from each other
they could of discussed their personnal situations and they might of had a nice
seperation. But since they chose to keep things back from e .....
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Beowolf
Number of words: 411 | Number of pages: 2.... but Grendel’s mother fled. Disregarding his own safety Beowulf persistently tracks Grendel’s mother to her cave, where the head of the chieftain was found. Despite how colossal Grendel’s mother was Beowulf stuck it out till the end and eventually stabbed Grendel’s mother leading to her death.
The third time the reader experiences Beowulf heroism is when he fights and kills the dragon, the worm. Once again Beowulf completely disregards his safety and decided to fight this monster. This time Beowulf ended up need some assistance from Wiglaf. Fortunately the worm was killed. However, Beowulf too was injured and .....
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HAMLET
Number of words: 4728 | Number of pages: 18.... in a brightly lit court, with the new king, Claudius, celebrating his recent wedding to his new wife, Gertrude. Everyone in the court appears happy and joyful, except one character who is sitting off to the side. He is dressed in black, the colour of mourning, and does not like what he sees. The lone figure is , the main character of the play. He is wearing black because it has been only two months since his father, senior the ghost on the battlements, died and he still is mourning his father's death. To further upset , Claudius' new bride is 's mother, Gertrude. is upset because his mother married Claudius so soon after becomin .....
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One Hundred Years Of Solitude
Number of words: 561 | Number of pages: 3.... involved within itself. Much of this is Spanish culture. In Spanish-speaking countries, it is not uncommon to find many generations of the same family living in one house. The Buendia house always has various relatives within it. Yet, this is not the only explanation. The incest of the family is a theme throughout the novel, and is a significant factor in the solitude of this family. If a family rarely turns to others to branch out, it eventually becomes completely turned in upon itself: isolated and detached.
Occasionally, the family poisoned with the fate of solitude does reach out. Those who interact with this famil .....
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Irving's The World According To Garp: Analysis
Number of words: 1050 | Number of pages: 4.... what John Irving uses to
create such a wonderful story, that keeps the reader both interested and
entertained.
One of the most interesting ironic circles in this book deals with
the death of the main character, Garp. Garp is shot and killed by a woman
wearing a Jenny Fields original, Garp's mothers brand of clothing. Garp's
mother was one of the first feminist in the 60's to get a lot of publicity,
and become an icon to the community. Many splinter movements and groups
came to her for support, one of these such groups were the Ellen Jamisons.
Garp's killer, Pooh Percey, happened to be a member of the Ellen Jamisons a
group of .....
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The Jungle
Number of words: 598 | Number of pages: 3.... Second the workers who used knife lost or had hardly any fingers left especially the tumb. Third workers who worked in chilling rooms had rheumatism. And finally those workers who made tin for the cans had badly cut hands and, chances of getting blood poisoning. This proved that bosses did not care if workers were sick our had chances of dying as long as there work was cheap. Another problem for workers was the political system. In the labor industry it was ran illegally. In Jurgis’s case his boss Mike Scully was in an organization called War Whoop League, who’s main purpose was to go out and buy votes. Seeing that votes could .....
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Old Man And The Sea
Number of words: 1458 | Number of pages: 6.... life called `Cannery Road'.
This part of the story has to deal with figures of Christ. It
mainly deals with Santiago as being a figure of Christ and other
characters as props, that is, characters which carry out the form of
biblical themes. On the day before he leaves when he wakes up, Manolin,
his helper, comes to his aid with food and drink. Also a point that
might be good is that he has had bad luck with his goal for a great
period of time and is sure it will work this time. Later, though, when
Santiago needs him for the quest he sets out to do, Manolin deserts
him, although he may not have wanted to a .....
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