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Papers on English
Silas Marner
Number of words: 787 | Number of pages: 3.... knew that he could marry Nancy now beacuse his old wife had died. This also showed how shallow he was. Godfrey thought he could throw money at Silas and he would be very compliant to give Eppie back to her ‘rightful’ father. Yet at the final moments of ths confrontation Eppie’s arrival unleashed a side of Silas not seen for fifteen years. He became a caring human being again. Silas took great steps to
insure Eppie’s happiness even going to church again and associating with the other villagers. While the Church part was somewhat bewildering to him, the villagers were much worse. It took him months to understand what t .....
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The Client
Number of words: 1469 | Number of pages: 6.... Reggie escape unharmed from the Mafia, and strike a deal with the district attorney. It is that they will tell them where the body is, if they agree to put them in a witness protection program, which is what they end up doing. Mark and his family move to Arizona, and everything ends up being okay.
One of the main characters in this book is Mark Sway, a little ten-year-old boy. He is strong willed, you can tell this because he keeps on going through all of this turmoil. He also seems to be really smart, and he speaks like someone who's a lot older than ten-years-old.
Another main character is Roy Foltrigg. He is the district atto .....
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Discourse On The Origin Of Inequality
Number of words: 2258 | Number of pages: 9.... which means precisely that for the establishment of society, men must have used enlightenment which develops only with great difficulty and by a very small number of people within the society itself.’ (854) Primitive man could not have been in this ‘state of nature’ if it takes a civilized mind to even conceive of it.
Man then, according to Rousseau, began with only two motivations: an ‘ardent[] interest[] in our wellbeing and our self preservation, and … a natural repugnance to seeing any sentient being, especially our fellow man, perish or suffer.’(855) The principles of ‘natural right and wrong’ then fl .....
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Gods In The Iliad
Number of words: 829 | Number of pages: 4.... the Greeks in the fight. He felt that he was somewhat Zeus's equal as his brother, but recognizing Zeus's authority and experience, he looked to Zeus as an elder. Some Gods favored the Trojan side of the conflict. Both Apollo and Artemis gave aid to the city of Troy. Although Artemis takes a minor role, Apollo, perhaps angered by Agamemnon's refusal to ransom Khryseis, was constantly changing the course of the war in favor of the Trojans. Responsible for sending plague to the Greeks, he was the first god to make an appearance in the Iliad. Their mother, Leto, also helped the Trojans. Aphrodite sided with the Trojans. Although sh .....
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Hamlet 2
Number of words: 811 | Number of pages: 3.... and Laertes share a different but deep love and concern for Ophelia. Before his departure for France Laertes provides lengthy advice to Ophelia pertaining to her relationship with Hamlet. Laertes voices his concern of Hamlet’s true intentions towards Ophelia and advices her to be wary of Hamlet’s love. Laertes impresses upon Ophelia, Hamlet is a prince who most likely will have an arranged marriage. Hamlet’s strong love for Ophelia withers after she rejects his affinity. Hamlet’s extensive love for Ophelia resulted in grave suffering for Hamlet once his affection was rejected. Hamlet’s appearance de .....
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Obasan Book Report
Number of words: 741 | Number of pages: 3.... was unable to get the documentation for the entire family which included her sister children, who she was taking care of. The novel discuses the camps that the Japanese families were sent to in Hastings Park during the war. It described the treatment the families received while there, including the lack of food and the smell of manure. Naomi during this time was being sexually molested by her next door neighbor and did not tell anybody about this. Naomi seems resentful during the novel, as she comes across as a quiet little girl, who does not seem to interact with many people. Aunt Emily finally finds a place in Slocan for the .....
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The Tempest And Hierarchial So
Number of words: 1176 | Number of pages: 5.... how the less, That burn by day and night; and then I lov'd thee, And show'd thee all the qualities o' th' isle,... For I am all the subjects you have, which first was mine own king."(I,ii,334-354). We see he is treated as a lesser being because he is not of the same race as Prospero and Miranda. Prospero describes him as "A freckled whelp hag-born - not honour'd with a human shape."(I,ii,282-283) Clearly, the people of different races were treated as inferior human beings in Shakespeare's time. In this culture, because someone is different, they are less of a human.
Financial status also plays a major role in social classific .....
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Prometheus
Number of words: 1156 | Number of pages: 5.... who was named Atlas. (Encyclopedia Americana, 576) (Picture taken from Microsoft Encarta, 1998)
isn’t really in charge of anything, except bringing fire to mankind and creation on man. When responsibilities were handed out, was left out, possibly because he was a Titan, no one really knows.)
is recognized by his nudity, the stalk of fennel that he carried fire to mankind in, and the crown of sticks and leaves that sits atop his head. (Tripp, 439)
A giant, roaring fire symbolizes , most people understand why, and that is because he gave the gift of fire to mankind.
Prometheus has few unique characteristics. He isn’t a ma .....
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Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
Number of words: 1539 | Number of pages: 6.... his wife unable to have any more children. It would be rather absurd to
think that a rational man would want to both propose this and partake in
the eating of another human being. Therefore, before an analyzation can
continue, one has to make the assumption that this is strictly a fictional
work and Swift had no intention of pursuing his proposal any further.
One of the other voices that is present throughout the entire story is that
of sarcasm. In order to understand this further, a reader has to comprehend
that Swift, becoming infamous after Gullivers Travels, was a member of the
upper-class. Right from the first paragraph Sw .....
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After The Bomb
Number of words: 746 | Number of pages: 3.... struggle to keep his family alive, and the conflict between the nature
of a nuclear bomb against the Los Angeles area. When the bomb hits he
is playing around in a playroom shelter with his brother and his
girlfriend. They go out to find out what had happened and found
burning houses, their house only left with one wall, rubble on the
ground, debris all over the place, and people running frantically for
shelter. Philip's brother became sick after finding his mother and
bringing her back down to the shelter, and found that his mother had
been burnt severely and needed immediate medical attention. P .....
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