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Playing With The Younger: Emotional Development Of Children In Playgrounds
Number of words: 651 | Number of pages: 3.... with adults who take care of them. Thereby older children who now play by themselves naturally encounter situations where people help small children. This is a great opportunity for older children to learn tenderness in human relationship because they learn by observing others’ behavior. According to Suzanne C Lennard and Henry L. Lennard, “children who have observed others take responsibility and care for each other, learn to experience positive emotions towards their fellow human beings” (99). Thus when both young and old children occupy playgrounds, school children have opportunity to learn how to express tenderness to t .....
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Haroun And The Sea Of Stories
Number of words: 1084 | Number of pages: 4.... and the terrible land of Chup (where it is always dark). And, perhaps most important, it has P2C2E. Processes Too Complicated To Explain.
Salman Rushdie was awarded a Writer's Guild award for .
Haroun as a children's book a review by Jon Shemitz
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Micro-review: "Haroun and the Sea of Stories"
by Salman Rushdie
Miscellaneous / General Education / Micro Reviews
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Candide
Number of words: 1456 | Number of pages: 6.... Rene Pomeau, "Voltaire-...have made him [] acquainted with the bad and the good side of human existence. The moral of is born out of its style; it is the art of extracting happiness from the desolate hopping-about of the human insect" (Adams; Pomeau p.137). Pomeau explains that shows both sides of humanity; how both great and terrible events are standard in a human life. Also according to Pomeau, the whole point of the story is to debate between good and bad; for example, as becomes more independent, he starts to doubt that only good comes out of life. Pangloss is a very hopeful character in the story because he refuses to acce .....
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Emily Dickinson
Number of words: 649 | Number of pages: 3.... Many critics believe she did not title most of her poetry because she was not planning on publishing her work. As Socrates said, “the knowledge of things is not devised from names… no man would like to put himself or the education of his mind in the power of names”(Watts 130). Dickinson said that the speaker in all her poems is not herself. She incorporates her emotions, feelings, and hints at the facts about her life although she is not the speaker. ’s poetry is short but meaningful and full of imagery on everyday subjects (Juhasz 73).
Throughout most of Dickinson poetry she uses partial, slant or .....
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Young Goodman Brown
Number of words: 794 | Number of pages: 3.... associate the purity of "Faith" and the "pink ribbons" as a sign of the innocence and goodness of the town he is leaving behind (211). As he continues "on his present evil purpose" he sets off at sunset to enter the forest (212). A place "darkened by all the gloomiest trees," unknown territory, and a place where "there may be a devilish Indian behind every tree," with this we know the forest represents evil and sinfulness (212). His decision to enter the forest and leave his "Faith" behind is the first decision, of many, between good and evil that he must make.
After entering the forest he meets a traveler whom he l .....
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Hamlet Research Paper
Number of words: 2900 | Number of pages: 11.... himself
about the fact that he has done nothing yet to avenge his father. Hamlet
says ' But am I Pigeon-livered and lack gall To make oppression
bitter, or ere this I should ha' fatted all the region kites With
this slave's offal. Bloody, bawdy villain! ( Act II scene 2 page 84
line 577- 580 ). During the play Hamlet watches is uncle Claudius to
see his reaction when the actors perform the murder scene. Hamlet plan
works his uncle throws a fit and runs out the room, where Hamlet goes
after him. When Hamlet catches up to his uncle his uncle is kneeling
down praying, and Hamlet pulls out his sword a .....
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Huckleberry Finn - Satirical Plot
Number of words: 876 | Number of pages: 4.... question about whether or not anyone is hurt Huck answers, "no mum, just killed a nigger."(Twain 213) This is the one and only acceptable way to talk about black people in the "white" society. In addition to this, not only is the black people treated differently from the white, they are also considered to be one's property. "He is the only property I have," (Twain 122) Huck is perforced to say in order to save Jim. This is the only way to get through without the essence of suspicions. Though Huck shows racism in public as society teaches him, deep inside he understands that Jim is a great person. Through the eyes of Huck Finn, .....
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Colours Of The Great Gatsby
Number of words: 994 | Number of pages: 4.... "a valley of ashes... where
ashes take to form of houses and chimneys... a line of gray cars crawls along... the ash-gray men..." (Fitzgerald, 23) The author describes the part of the region in which Myrtle lives, as well as the other people of the lower class as this very hideous place full of pollution. Her life with Wilson is very colourless, she does not attended any parties with him like the rich people do. Myrtle wants colour and joy in her life and that is why she has a romance with Tom who is part of the upper class. Once she is with Tom she begins to
act and dress differently. The clothes she wears are glamorous. .....
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A Story About WWF
Number of words: 620 | Number of pages: 3.... the force of the impact. When he awoke, he was in an ambulance.
"Where am I? Somebody please tell me where I am," Sting pleaded. The paramedic treated him to calm down. "I can't move! I can't move" he would say.
It took about half an hour to Sharp Hospital. Two doctors were waiting for him when he arrived. The immediately took him to the operating room. It was here that Sting found out that he had suffered a broken spine. The doctor ordered an experimental operation. It was a highly dangerous operation. One mess up could kill the superstar. It took five hours to complete the difficult operation. Sting was wheeled into his pri .....
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Epic Of Gilgamesh
Number of words: 1530 | Number of pages: 6.... find ways to combat the problems associated with living in a racist culture. Slavery is still fresh in the minds of many blacks and whites during the ‘30s and so are many harsh feelings. Berniece and Boy Willie tackle the racism of their time in the same way their parents did. Bernice’s personality is very similar to her mother’s, Mama Ola. She chooses to avoid conflicts over racism whenever possible, even if it means keeping quiet about subjects that should be addressed. She finds it easier to " lay low" than to create a situation. Berniece views the history of the piano with the same disdain and sorrow that he .....
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