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Odyssey 2
Number of words: 1787 | Number of pages: 7.... this and was angered. He screamed out for the Water and started getting more and more mad. He told his men they had to start leaving anyhow. They were sailing for five years when they came on to an island that they thought they might be able to find food there. They found this humongous cave with this humongous bed and humongous pieces of cheese. They all started to eat the cheese and laying down in the bed. Then suddenly they heard footsteps coming towards them. Very loud ones as if it was an aftershock from an earthquake. Then Odysseus told his men to stand still and not to make a move. Next thing that happened was a On .....
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Filial Piety
Number of words: 4332 | Number of pages: 16.... of the ruler; it is completed by the establishment of character.
"It is said in the Major Odes of the Kingdom:
Ever think of your ancestor,
Cultivating your virtue."4
Notes
1. This is the zi or "style" of Confucius.
2. Zeng Zi speaks in fourteen sayings in the Analects, e.g., 1.4. He names himself a bit later by his ming or "given name," Shen. His name is traditionally associated with the virtue of filial piety; see, for example, Analects 1.9 & 19.17 & 18.
3. "All virtue" means the five virtuous principles, the constituents of humanity: benevolence, righteousness, propriety, kno .....
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A Knights Purpose
Number of words: 1381 | Number of pages: 6.... who came back from the war. Bursting with excitement, Lance, who was the son of Kain, was a young rambunctious little brat. He never did what he was told, and when he gets into fights, the other person usually comes out with a broken limb of some sort. Kain, the father of Lance, was a man of his word. Very stern, extremely loyal to his friends but he's also kind of paranoid. He had a medium build, blond hair, and was fairly tall. His face was scared with the years of battle that he participated in.
Lance ran up and jumped on his poor father's back. Kain being the paranoid man he is, threw Lance to the ground and punched him .....
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J.D. Salinger
Number of words: 2227 | Number of pages: 9.... Our subject later belonged to the Valley Forge Military Academy Glee Club, and Mask and Spur (a dramatic organization).
In 1934 Salinger enrolled in Valley Forge Military Academy. There his IQ was tested at 115 points, an above average score for his age. Salinger scored well in his classes, averaging a B in his studies. Our author found a place for himself as a literary editor for the academy yearbook his senior year. "While it cannot how much was contributed anonymously to this book, Salinger signed a three-stanza poetic tribute that has since been set to music and is still sung by the cadets at their last formation bef .....
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Doll House
Number of words: 1196 | Number of pages: 5.... the maid would usually take care of them. Speaking stereotypically she was your everyday housewife. She never left the house, mostly because her husband was afraid of the way people "would talk." In my opinion not too many people knew of their marriage, and that was they way Torvald wanted it to be. It really wasn't her fault she was the way she was. It was mostly Torvald's for spoiling her.
Ibsen uses creative, but effective, animal imagery to develop Nora's character throughout the play. He has Torvald call his wife "his little lark" or "sulky squirrel" or other animal names throughout the play. He uses a lot of 'bird' imagery- .....
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The Crucible--comparing Play A
Number of words: 982 | Number of pages: 4.... than did the group in the play, left the church meeting at the beginning of the movie to see about Betty's condition. Betty seemed to be much more violent in the movie and she tried to jump out of the window, which did not occur in the play. These details were most likely added to augment the idea of "mass hysteria." A scene was added in the movie, showing the hangings and cheers of the crowd watching, also to add to that effect.
Next, Tituba was not whipped into confession in the play, whereas she was in the movie. This was most indefinitely added to show that the profession was typically not made willingly. One had to be force .....
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Lord Of The Flies
Number of words: 950 | Number of pages: 4.... and way of talk. Jack is jealous, and when Ralph is elected Chief, Jack forms a bit of hatred in his heart, not revealing it even unto himself until time passes. He is head hunter, and likes fun more than work, and eventually wins the favor of the children, claiming Ralph as a coward, and a person who just dreams about being rescued.
II The Conflict...
The main conflict in Lord of the Flies is that a fairly large group of boys have been stranded on an island in the Pacific with no adults around to lead and guide them. They do set up a leadership consisting of a chief, and then workers who carry out the chiefs .....
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Basketball
Number of words: 1494 | Number of pages: 6.... consistently outplay much more talented opponents. There is a growing problem in the NBA, and it is evident in the "Pop Warner" leagues also. is not the same game it was ten years ago, and ESPN's Sportcenter, the lack of fundamentals, and the influx of teenagers into the professional ranks. "Vince Carter on the baseline… He raises up… Boo-ya, all in Alonzo Mourning's grill!" States an exited Stuart Scott. Every day ESPN gathers the most amazing highlights from the games the night before, and creates a visually appealing collage. As a religious viewer I am fed a steady diet of no look passes, monstrous slam-dunks, and impos .....
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Fallen Souls In "The Inferno"
Number of words: 772 | Number of pages: 3.... locked in Canto V, Circle
Two: The Carnal. This man, Jason, became king of Cornith by committing
adultery against his wife, Medea, with the king of Cornith's daughter,
Glauce. Jason returns to Medea and tells her that she and their three
children are to leave his home immediately so he and Glauce can move in.
The following day Medea sends Glauce a poisoned robe which kills her. This
causes Jason to come to Medea for revenge, where he finds his three
children murdered by their mother's hand. Jason grief stricken falls upon
his own sword and dies there with his sons. Jason is reputed to the Carnal
a place where souls who g .....
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The Cathedral
Number of words: 1295 | Number of pages: 5.... seeing the blind man as an individual.
The narrator’s reaction to Robert’s individuality shows his stereotypical views. The narrator assumed Robert did not do certain things, just because he was blind. When he first saw Robert his reaction was simple: "This blind man, feature this, he was wearing a full beard! A beard on a blind man! Too much, I say." When Robert sat down on the couch, he thinks, "I…read somewhere that the blind didn’t smoke because, as speculation had it, they couldn’t see the smoke they exhaled…But this blind man smoked his cigarette down to the nubbin and then lit another o .....
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