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Papers on Book Reports
Perspective In As For Me And M
Number of words: 1405 | Number of pages: 6.... and stayed home to finish putting in the garden.h (45) This clearly displays the beginning of Mrs. Bentleys resentment towards Philip, and the relationship that he and Steve share. She desires such a relationship for herself and Philip, only to be faced with the realization that it will never transpire. This hinders the legitimacy of what she sees, as it is now biased; influenced by her resentment. gAbout a horse for Steve, then about Steve himself. He likes Steve, and as we talked I saw Philipfs mouth get a little contentious.h (85) As her resentment grows, so does her unreliability to present to events clearly as th .....
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Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird
Number of words: 343 | Number of pages: 2.... novel is, this uneven characterization happens throughout. Scout repeatedly discovers ideas that are more suited to someone much older. She would act like a normal child, break off into a philosophical reverie, then revert to her childhood persona once again. Harper Lee is so determined to get her point across that she interjects her points at the expense of character. She manages the job so skillfully that usually the reader is not aware of what is happening at first-read. It is only after putting the book away that the reader recognizes the deception, throwing all the considerations reached by the reader into doubt. Since the r .....
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry
Number of words: 898 | Number of pages: 4.... Huck was taught at home and in school that slavery was a part of the natural order. He never found anything wrong with the way slaves were treated. In the beginning of Huck and Jim’s journey Huck treats Jim in a prejudice manor (according to our standards) in the way that Jim is different from him. “When we was ready to shove off we was a quarter of a mile below the island, and it was pretty broad day; so I made Jim Lay down in the canoe and cover up with a quilt, because if he set up people could tell he was a nigger a
good ways off” (Twain 58). This shows that Huck incorrectly assumes that people can spot a .....
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The Scarlet Letter
Number of words: 719 | Number of pages: 3.... is Pearl and she is Hester's daughter. Pearl is not a well-developed character and could be considered controversial.
Another character is Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale is a young man and is the town's minister. Dimmesdale has a good personality and plays a very important role in how the book turns out at the end. The last major character is Roger Chillingworth. He is Hester's legal husband and Hester assumed he was dead because he was gone for a long time. He to plays an important role in how it turns out. Hawthorne did a very good job in character development, which is what makes this novel a classic.
This novel .....
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All Quiet On The Western Front
Number of words: 1059 | Number of pages: 4.... to be taken off at the next stop, Paul went off with him. After this stop they were sent to a hospital to be treated for their wounds. Paul after a few weeks ended up healing fine, the opposite was true for Albert. An infection spread through his leg leading for the need for it to be amputated at the thigh. When Paul returned to the war these two friends parted, never to see each other again.
Josef Behm
Josef Behm was described as a plump fellow who, at first, did not want to join the war efforts. Later, after being called a coward, he was convinced by his schoolmaster and fellow students to join the army. He was the .....
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William Fualkner - A Rose For
Number of words: 584 | Number of pages: 3.... buggy. The town hoped that this would be Emily’s opportunity to wed. Time passed, and the town no longer saw Homer come around any more. The last time the town saw Homer, he had gone into Emily’s home through the kitchen door for supper.
Never the less, it finally came time for Emily to pay taxes. The older town people from her father’s generation were all gone, and her family’s reputation had no merit with the newer generation of authorities. These authorities started to trouble Emily. If it was not a letter of collection that the mayor sent to Emily, it was a complaint of a foul smell coming from Emi .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird
Number of words: 430 | Number of pages: 2.... there for people.
Another argument about Boo is that he killed someone. I have many sides to this topic. It’s possible that Boo killed Mr. Ewell out of hate. Killed him because he was a petty drunk, and none the less, just a horrible man. Then again, Boo could have killed Mr. Ewell for the children’s sake. Some people may say, “Oh well! He killed someone and that’s that! It’s a horrible thing to do!” I on the other hand really don’t care, what’s done is done, and what Boo did was for the better. Mr. Ewell was a horrible man, and he paid for all of his crimes.
What it comes down to in my eyes is that Boo .....
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Love Vs. Passion In Madame Bov
Number of words: 669 | Number of pages: 3.... As for Emma’s part in the marriage, she has no say whatsoever. She is given to Charles by her father in exchange for a dowry. So, before she is even married, she is already treated like chattel by the men in her life.
Their treatment of her by men lend in part to her misery. The monotony of daily life as well as her own idealistic demeanor lead to her considering taking a lover. Leon, a young villager, catches her fancy and takes an interest in her as well. But she does not give in to her desires, perhaps out of loyalty to her husband, even though she obviously does not love him. In fact, she “detes .....
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Gullivers Travels And Robinson Crusoe: Characters Resemble Trained Soldiers
Number of words: 1402 | Number of pages: 6.... this period the Catholic Church was fighting back against the effects of the Renaissance. The people of the Renaissance society started to question their beliefs in the church and tried to rationally explain the world around them. Several crusades were fought throughout this period and in the end England and France became "Christianized." Robinson Crusoe was published during the Baroque Era and it contained a great amount of Catholicism. Crusoe becomes a good Christian during his lonely stay on the deserted island and converts his companion Friday when he arrives on the island from cannibalism to Christianity. Crusoe has bee .....
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Analysis Of Pearl In Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"
Number of words: 1256 | Number of pages: 5.... begins, Hester Prynne gives birth to Pearl after
having an affair with Arthur Dimmesdale, a Puritan minister. Pearl's birth
proves that Hester cheated on her husband Roger Chillingworth provoking the
stories action. The novel opens with the people of Boston staring and
laughing at Hester holding Pearl while standing on the town's scaffold. At
this time, Pearl is three months old. Years later Hester gets released from
jail and lives with Pearl in the outskirts of town. Since Hester becomes
alienated from Boston, Pearl turns into "her mother's only treasure!"
(Hawthorne 76). Hester makes bright red clothes for Pearl that parall .....
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