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Heart Of Darkness 8
Number of words: 1211 | Number of pages: 5.... business sensibility. He mentions that Mr. Kurtz may be ill at his station upriver and that it is fundamental to reach him as soon as possible. Marlow learns a great deal about Kurtz in the time spent waiting for his steamer to be repaired. At one point he talks to a brick maker, who feels that Kurtz is admirable, yet he is resentful towards him because of his many talents which make him a likely candidate for promotion. On another occasion, Marlow overhears a conversation between the manager and his uncle, an explorer. The manager despises Kurtz because of his principles as well as his abilities. After three months of repairs, M .....
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The Awakening Of Women
Number of words: 510 | Number of pages: 2.... which suppress her sexuality, individuality and rights.
Choked by the cloistering, moralistic garb of the Victorian era, yet willing to give up everything--even her own life--for the freedom of unencumbered individuality, Edna Pontellier epitomizes the consummate New Woman of the late nineteenth century. She embodies the social ideals for which women of that era were striving, and are still striving for today. She is individualistic--a maverick. She is passionate. She is courageous and intrepid. She is the definitive persona which thousands of women during the late nineteenth century exalted as a role model.
Leonce Ponte .....
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The Book Of Sand
Number of words: 1124 | Number of pages: 5.... name, and the same address as he does. When Borges asks the man what year it is, the man answers 1918, even though it is 1969. It is then that the narrator figures out he is talking to the person whom he was fifty-one years earlier. He then tells "the other" him of the future, after which they part, knowing they will never meet like this again.
This story deals with time. The author is very nostalgic and lives for his memories. It also is a philosophical story where Borges expresses his doubt that we all may "just be an image of a greater being".
The Mirror and the Mask is the story of an Irish king who tells a poet to write .....
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Romeo And Juliet - Friar Laurence Always Intended The Best
Number of words: 1277 | Number of pages: 5.... to the hastiness of the wedding;
These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumphs die, like fire and powder
Which as they kiss, consume. The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in its own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite
Therefor love moderately, long love doth so;
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. (II, VI)
These words aimed directly at Romeo mean that with the metaphor "The sweetest honey/Is loathsome in its own deliciousness" is that something so sweet can become sickly and you could quickly lose your appetite for it. Initially the Friar is trying to convince Romeo that Julie .....
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Of Mice And Men
Number of words: 2056 | Number of pages: 8.... example of how opposites attract.
The two of them have spent the majority of their adult lives together and know each other better than they know anybody else in the entire world. They share their hard times and the good, their victories and their defeats, but most importantly they share a common dream. That dream is of having "a little house and a couple of acres an' a cow and some pigs an' live off the fatta the lan'"(14), where Lennie can take care of the rabbits just as George has been taking care of him over the years. This is Lennie's chance to pay George back for all of the kindness that he has had bestowed upon him out o .....
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Persuasive Speaking
Number of words: 448 | Number of pages: 2.... understand, and find a
compromise between shouting at them and quietly asking for attention.
After you get an audiences attention and are able to keep their
attention, you're home free. People are gullible. You can make them do
whatever you want with the power of your voice; you just have to make them
think that they'll like it or gain something from it. There are countless
examples of this that are spoken and written. Almost all chain letters use
this principle. The masters of this little technique are those pesky
salespeople who call you and want you to change long distance carriers or
buy some carpet cleaner, and we can't .....
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Antigone 6
Number of words: 621 | Number of pages: 3.... that if someone were not given a proper burial, that person would not be accepted into heaven. Antigone was a very religious person and the acceptance of her brother by the Gods was very important to her. Creons order was personal to Antigone and his edict invaded her family life as well as the Gods. An important ideal in Ancient Greece was the belief that the government was to have no control in matters concerning religious beliefs. In
Antigone’s eyes, Creon betrayed that ideal by not allowing her to properly bury her brother, Polyneices. She believed that the burial was a religious ceremony, and Creon did not have .....
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Robinson Crusoe
Number of words: 657 | Number of pages: 3.... he can. He keeps track of the days by writing in his journal. He also wonders why he was chosen by god to be the only survivor of the wreck and why he was put on this island alone. He soon finds other humans but with more bad luck he also finds out they are cannibals. He rescues some savages who were held captive by the cannibals and makes plans to leave the island by means of a man made boat. This is when he spots a ship offshore. The go out to the ship and find out there is a mutiny on board. They soon take control of the ship. The caption is so happy that takes Crusoe and his men back to England where he sells his plantain whi .....
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The Color Of Water - A Search For Identity
Number of words: 1008 | Number of pages: 4.... confused about his own color and uncomfortable with the fact that his mother was white. He wanted to be accepted by others, and he thought that life "would be easier if [his family was] just one color, black or white" (103). McBride became aware of his race at a younger age than most children. While he was comparing skin color with others, I was unconcerned about my race because people of similar skin color surrounded me. I was aware of black people, but, because most people that were around me were white, I never felt alienated because of my race. Also, my family was made up of one race, so I did not share McBride's co .....
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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sing
Number of words: 373 | Number of pages: 2.... mind set on becoming a streetcar driver. Even though her mother warned her that they didn’t hire coloreds, she was determined just as well. When she went to apply for the job, the white receptionist put great effort into discouraging her, mainly because she was black. However, this did not discourage Maya. She was even more determined to get the job, and swore “I would have the job. I would a conductorette and sling a full money changer from my belt.” (pg 268, line 3)
With persistence she was able to get the job and overcome the opposition her status as a black female threw her way. I think that the ̶ .....
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