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The Grapes Of Wrath 3
Number of words: 467 | Number of pages: 2.... the long tedious
journey of a land turtle across a desolate highway. From the onset of
his journey, the turtle encounters many set backs. All along the way
he is hindered by ants, hills, and oak seeds under his shell. The
turtles determination to reach his destination is most apparent when a
truck driven by a young man swerves to hit the turtle. The turtle's
shell was clipped and he went flying off the highway, but stop the
turtle did not. He struggled back to his belly and kept driving toward
his goal, just as the Joads kept driving toward their goal.
Much like the turtle from chapter three, .....
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Foreshadowing And Foretelling
Number of words: 1119 | Number of pages: 5.... organize the novel. "Luckily the clock took this moment to tilt dangerously at the pressure of his head, whereupon he turned and caught it with trembling fingers and set it back in place. 'I'm sorry about the clock,' he said. 'It's an old clock,' I told him idiotically." (Fitzgerald, pg. 92) This quote is the first use of foreshadowing which is in chapter five. It pertains to all of the trouble Gatsby causes as he tries to win Daisy back. The past is represented by the clock and how Gatsby wants to repeat it with Daisy. (Eble, pg. 963) This quote foreshadows to the end of the novel when Nick is left to tell the story of the dream .....
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Brave New World
Number of words: 1075 | Number of pages: 4.... carded into the main card index and stored. It is here that they are "sexed". Thirty percent of the female embryos are allowed to develop normally (to maintain the supply of initial ova). The rest of the female embryos are given a large dose of male hormone that renders them structurally female in all ways, but sterile.
It is also here that their caste designation determines how much oxygen they will receive in their bottle. "The lower the caste, the shorter the oxygen." The lower caste Epsilons are oxygen deprived because for the labours they are destined to perform, they will not need human intelligence.
The "Bokanovski .....
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Death Of A Salesman 2
Number of words: 1028 | Number of pages: 4.... themselves up so that they are able to deal with the problems they encounter, but Willy Lowman takes it one step further. His refusal to accept reality is so strong that in his mind he is transported back in time to relive one of the happier days of his life. It was a time when no one argued, Willy and Linda were younger, the financial situation was less of a burden, and Biff and Happy enthusiastically welcomed their father back home from a long road trip. Willy's need for the "drug" is satiated and he is reassured that everything will turn out okay, and the family will soon be as happy as it was in the good old days.
The nex .....
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Death Of A Salesman 5
Number of words: 1641 | Number of pages: 6.... and what he has become, which is, for the most part, a bum. After failing to deal adequately with his feelings, he escapes into a time when things were better for his family. It is not uncommon for one to think of better times at low points in their life in order to cheer themselves up so that they are able to deal with the problems they encounter, but Willy takes it one step further. His refusal to accept reality is so strong that in his mind he is transported back in time to relive one of the happier days of his life. It was a time when no one argued, Willy and Linda were younger the financial situation was less of a burden, and .....
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Macbeth - GUILTY
Number of words: 797 | Number of pages: 3.... three assassins to murder his long-time friend Banquo, in order to protect his crown. It was after the murder of Banquo that Macbeth then turned into an unmerciful, non-repentant tyrant. This man, once heralded a hero, became the bane of Scotland and his people.
The defense has tried to manipulate facts to persuade you that Macbeth is not to blame for these murders and has placed responsibility for these deaths on everyone from Lady Macbeth to the witches, who occasionally conversed with the accused. You have heard testimonies of the three witches, who told us of their encounters with Macbeth. What sort of man would associate with .....
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White Fang
Number of words: 488 | Number of pages: 2.... didn't make me feel any special way, books never make me feel a certain way. Otherwise it reminded me of my Dogs (not that are like but the bond we have together.) When Weedon saved made me feel like I'm the same way. Also when protected the Scott's reminded me of how my dogs would probably do the same thing because they are very protective. My dogs are very important to me just like was to Weedon.
The book was very descriptive and it involved dogs and dogfights and cool stuff like that. On the bad side the book was long (25 chapters long) and very, very boring in some parts. is for people with a lot of time on their h .....
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Macbeth - Kingship
Number of words: 1627 | Number of pages: 6.... murdered. Scotland greatly suffers under his reign, this turns Lady Macbeth mad, and she eventually commits suicide. Macduff, eventually goes to England to ask for the help of the noble king Edward, who is highly respected for help to overthrow the leadership of Macbeth, and so the Anglo-Scottish revolt sees Macbeth to his death and Malcolm the son of Duncan is proclaimed king of Scotland.
Macbeth is the main character in the play and starts the play as a very hard fighting, loyal soldier whose bravery had just led the way to a victory over the Norwegians. It could be an essay in its own right to talk about how the character of Ma .....
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Comparison Of The Film Beloved
Number of words: 731 | Number of pages: 3.... Unfortunately, we don’t have the benefit of his mother’s memories of her affections towards her son. We only have one child’s point of view.
In Beloved, Sethe also remembers seeing her mother only a few times. The difference between Sethe and Frederick Douglass is, Sethe talked of having a genuine affection for her mother.
Sethe gets to play the roles of both child and mother. The audience gets to see her love for her own children and her distress of being separated from them. She loves her children so much she would rather kill them than submit them to the horrors of “Sweet Home”.
The difference .....
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Lifetime Of Choices
Number of words: 324 | Number of pages: 2.... aspect to this job. Lawyers generally have a very unpredictable work schedule. They are often required to put in long hours of overtime on cases making it harder to raise a family.
My mother wants me to be a lawyer. She wanted to be a lawyer, but her parents persuaded her to be a teacher. She has recently begun taking law classes and insists that “I would be a great lawyer and should pursue it”. My grandparents on the other hand think that I should be a teacher. My mother and my grandparents are both important to me, which would makes it harder to pick either side. .....
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