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Tom Clancy
Number of Words: 1083 / Number of Pages: 4
... his books on his desk and walked out of the small town of Ghazni and into the hills. A week later he'd returned to the town after dark with three other men and proved that he was worthy of his heritage by killing three Soviet soldiers and taking their arms." The Archer later goes on to pronounce, "I still carry the knife that once belonged to my first sacrificial Russian…" this quote shows that The Archer is almost ritualistic in his dealings, and that he feels all Russians are contemptible primates not worthy of the term "human being." The Archer, although by modern western standards a vi ...
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The Hobbit: Bilbo's Journey
Number of Words: 751 / Number of Pages: 3
... in
the side of the mountain, only to get lost deep within the massive walls of
the dark and dreary caverns!!!
The next barrier Bilbo has to overcome is his confrontation with
Gollum, Whom he meets after he escapes from the goblins. Way down deep in
the caverns of misty mountain, Bilbo finds himself telling riddles in pitch
darkness for his freedom. Now you may ask why was he telling riddles?
Well, Gollum loves riddles, and he promises Bilbo, that if he tells a
riddle that Gollum can't answer, then he will show him the way out. So they
go back and forth telling each other different riddles, ...
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Mcmurphy Is A Tragic Hero
Number of Words: 891 / Number of Pages: 4
... with the Big Nurse but she is simply waiting for the right time, awaiting her opportunity. The Big Nurse has ultimate power over the patients and this is what makes McMurphy lose to the Big Nurse. McMurphy find out the reason why the other patients are in the ward when they say to him
"Mr. McMurphy…my friend…I'm not a chicken, I'm a rabbit. The doctor is a rabbit. Cheswick there is a rabbit. Billy Bibbit is a rabbit. All of us in here are rabbits of varying ages and degrees, hippity-hopping through our Walt Disney world. Oh, don't misunderstand me, we're not in here because we are rabbits-we'd be ra ...
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The Crucible By Arthur Miller
Number of Words: 932 / Number of Pages: 4
... backwards to ward off the bad luck (cat-report 6). This belief originated in ancient Egypt where the cat was considered sacred and to kill one was sacrilege. It is believed that the folklore surrounding the black cat began in the Middle Ages when it was associated with witches. It is likely that a black cat was the pet of some women accused of being a witch. Rumors began that the cat was able to change shape and help the witch cast spells. Since then, black cats have been associated with luck, both good and bad (Customs and Superstitions and their Romantic Origins 7).
Another popular superstition i ...
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John Gardner's "Grendel": Good Vs. Evil
Number of Words: 870 / Number of Pages: 4
... by clicks." (ch.2, pp.24) The thanes do not
understand what Grendel is and are very uneasy about the whole situation.
Like animals they are frightened of anything that is different from what
they are used to. When Grendel attempts to communicate they show their
ignorance and simple-mindedness. Instead of taking the time to understand
the anomaly in their world they panic and decide to destroy it. Without
being able to view the story from Grendel's point of view the reader might
assume that the humans had every right to attack. Another example of the
same type of simple-mindedness is their second ...
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Drawing Names In The Lottery
Number of Words: 441 / Number of Pages: 2
... sure to change. Dunbar only goes out because he wants to see the frontier, or land that hasn’t been settled. This just so happens to be Indian land. As the story progresses, Dunbar befriends the tribe, turns against his Northern army, and goes to live with the Sioux. The tone here is a more warm and friendly environment, because Dunbar realizes that his new friends are more civil than men of his own kind.
Things really start to turn around when Dunbar’s troops find out that he has joined the Sioux. They trap him and beat him, then make him serve as a slave. Dunbar never ends up going back ...
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Prejudice And The Pain And Suffering It Has Caused
Number of Words: 753 / Number of Pages: 3
... (p.17)." Scout is treated like
it is her fault that she knows more than the average child did. She
learned earlier than others so she gets punished unjustly. Tom Robinson is
also one who is discriminated by a biased community. Tom is found guilty
by the jury in his case against the Ewells (p.211). The guilty verdict is
a direct result of a racist community. Tom was never given a fair chance
in the trial, even though that the evidence was proving him innocent.
People that are born differently often get mistreated and are discriminated
against.
Another group that is treated poorly in the soci ...
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Epic Heros In Beowulf And Roland
Number of Words: 572 / Number of Pages: 3
... described by the laws of the Church and Emperor". Although elements of 'the miraculous' appear in the epic, they result in no more than a heightening or aggrandizement of reality.
The epic heroes of Beowulf … [and] of Roland go down to defeat and in some sense are responsible for their defeat ....However, we know that even in defeat partially of their own doing. they are heroes nevertheless—men above the common, above the average, whose drive for glory whether heavenly or earthly, raises them beyond the ordinary and the average. They are big persons who are semi-divine, larger than ...
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Tom Sawyer
Number of Words: 962 / Number of Pages: 4
... with his new neighbor, Becky Thatcher. Eventually the two become engaged but the engagement falls through when Tom accidentally mentions his former love while talking with Becky. The two fued and do not speak. Meanwhile, the whole town is gossiping of the murder of Dr. Robinson and the prosecution of Muff Potter. A trail quickly forms and Muff is put on the stand. Tom knows he can not let the innocent Muff go to jail so as the trial comes to a close Tom testifies, proving Injun Joe guilty. This is the climax of the story. After the trial ends, the man hunt for Injun Joe begins. Tom is treated like ...
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Ambushed Tradition
Number of Words: 2626 / Number of Pages: 10
... the oppressing white man, because the Indians were nearing extinction. Eventually, for survival, the tribe agreed to sell their land to the whites. The Indians were forced to live on reservations.
Indians, in the United States of America today, are in a constant battle with the duality of their lives. This duality is a struggle between their traditional culture and the modern day society that surrounds them. In the collection of short stories The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, Sherman Alexie expresses the dual sides of reservation life, where the Indians' desire to succeed is often ...
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