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Native Son: Various Personality Elements Of Bigger
Number of Words: 2196 / Number of Pages: 8
... the act of doing something socially
unacceptable and being the subject of punishment. Although he later admits
to Max that Mary Dalton's behavior toward him made him hate her, it is not
that hate which causes him to smother her to death, but a feeble attempt to
evade the detection of her mother. The fear of being caught with a white
woman overwhelmed his common sense and dictated his actions. When he
attempted to murder Bessie, his motivation came from intense fear of the
consequences of "letting" her live. Bigger realized that he could not take
Bessie with him or leave her behind and concluded that k ...
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The Cat In The Rain: Self Control And Communication
Number of Words: 1148 / Number of Pages: 5
... was his daughter because she was hysterically crying, begging her father to slow down.
The drama was quick and the speed boat continued to skip along the waves. I watched as there heads bounced to the rhythm of the river. The little girl in the back still crying and her father still willfully riding his enjoyment to the maximum.
As a child growing up my parents taught me that self control is key to a balanced life. This self control lies in everything that you do and must be frequently be assessed and revised. In order to revise your self control you must be able to communicate honestly with yourse ...
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: Symbols
Number of Words: 1543 / Number of Pages: 6
... in the real world. The very fact that the story takes place in a
mental asylum is in itself a commentary on society. In the asylum, it
becomes highly evident that a great deal of oppression takes place.
Although a considerable amount of abuse is in the physical form, most of it
manifests itself in subtle psychological torture. The abuse that
specifically takes place is the suppression of individualism. One cannot
help but notice the same suppression of individualism to exist in society
as well. Inside the hospital, the men are expected to not only act within
strict guidelines, but to also s ...
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A Night To Remember By Walter Lord
Number of Words: 426 / Number of Pages: 2
... to turn out to be a horrifying nightmare.
Walter Lord writes, "I cannot imagine any condition which would cause a ship to founder. I cannot conceive of any vital disaster happening to this vessel. Modern ship building has gone beyond that." (Pg.21) I chose this excerpt said by Captain Smith because it proves how people can be so ignorant when it comes to dealing with mother nature. The "Unsinkable" Titanic met its match when trying to go through a massive iceberg. This gruesome event in history makes people realize nowadays that mother nature is horrifying.
I believe the setting of the story is ...
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Comparison Of Lord Of The Flies And All Quiet On The Western Front
Number of Words: 1264 / Number of Pages: 5
... is his first killing of a pig. There is a description of a
great celebration. The boys chant "Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill
her blood." It is clear from Golding's description of the revelry that
followed the killing that the act of the hunt provided the boys with more
than food. The action of killing another living thing gives them pleasure.
The last stage in Jack's metamorphosis is demonstrated by the murder of the
sow. Golding describes the killing almost as a rape. He says, "Jack was
on top of the sow, stabbing downward wherever pig flesh appeared ... Jack
found the thr ...
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Rhetorical Analysis Of The Sha
Number of Words: 802 / Number of Pages: 3
... the physical settings and scenery were terribly dark, dreary and depressing. One good example of this is the scene where Andy was helping the guards with their taxes. There was upbeat and cheerful music but the room and the surroundings were dark and gloomy. This hint of happiness represents how Andy’s hope was unexpectedly surviving inside the prison walls.
Andy distracted himself from his life in prison by staying occupied with physical and mental activities. The first distraction for Andy was the rock hammer, which allowed him to keep physically occupied. The rock hammer allowed Andy to s ...
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The Plague
Number of Words: 1359 / Number of Pages: 5
... and the main characters all represent this belief.
Camus could not have created a better setting for the novel.The story takes place in the desert town of Oran, Algeria, in northern Africa.The city suffers from extremes of weather conditions; in the summer and the heat forces the inhabitants "to spend those days of fire indoors, behind closed shutters." The people much like the shutters are closed off from their neighbors, and usually devote themselves to “cultivating habits” 4 . For the most part everyone in Oran is an individual; they do not care their fellow man. However, change ...
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Kahlil Gibran
Number of Words: 920 / Number of Pages: 4
... hate etc.. The book also contains
a series of illustrations created by the author himself. The book is based
slightly on fiction, but the topics discussed in the poetry are all very
realistic. If a person read the poetry today it would still be relative to the
things happening around us. The poetry is in composition form, and a major part
of the book contains dialogue.
Summary
In the first Chapter the location and story line is shown. A prophet; by the
name of Al-Mustafa, has been stranded in the city of Orphalese for twelve years,
and has been awaiting the arrival of his ship. During this time i ...
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Assassination At Sarajevo
Number of Words: 581 / Number of Pages: 3
... his wife was killed by an anarchist, and his son had either committed suicide or was murdered along with his mistress. As if this wasn’t enough on Sunday June 28,1914 Francis Joseph’s nephew and heir was assassinated along with his wife in Sarajevo. The assassin at Sarajevo was a 19-year-old man named Gavrilo Princip, a member of Narodna Obrandna, which was a secret Serbian patriotic-terrorist group. This groups goal was to restore Serbia back to the way it used to be and becoming free of Austrian rule. In April of 1914 Narodna Obrandna received a piece of paper saying that Francis Ferdinand will ...
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The Last Of The Mohicans
Number of Words: 613 / Number of Pages: 3
... a
big head and narrow shoulders. His arms are long and skinny and he has small
hands. He also has thin legs which are very long. Hawkeye is much like a Metis
Because he is white and educated but raised an Indian.
Hawkeye at first does not want to get involved in the war he only wants to
go and trap and make some money. He only wants to take them to the fort but then
he falls in love and he stays.
In the book Hawkeye faces a big challenge. Munro's daughters are taken
hostage by a ruthless Indian chief named Magua. Hawkeye tries saving them but
Cora is killed. During the battle his adopted ...
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