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Billy Budd: Was Captain Vere Right?
Number of Words: 621 / Number of Pages: 3
... what will happen to them if they try to start a mutiny. After Billy's
death CaptainVere obviously feels regret for executing Billy. Captain Vere's
last words are “Billy Budd, Billy Budd” (p. 76) show an example of this. Those
last words might symbolize that Captain Vere killed Billy for the wrong reasons.
If CaptainVere uses Billy's death for an example to the rest of the crew then it
might not necessarily be the wrong reason. CaptainVere has to decide between
one life and the lives of the entire crew. No matter what Captain Vere's
reasons are he does make the right decision.
Another reason Capta ...
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Review Of The Great Gatsby
Number of Words: 439 / Number of Pages: 2
... It was also confusing figuring out the theme of this novel . At first I thought it was about wealthy people not being happy, but all the wealthy people were happy in sick ways. What I also found to be confusing was all the married couples and all of the mistresses. Everyone who was married seemed to be cheating with a dozen mistresses. This book was hard for me to understand.
My other reason for not liking this book was because of its realistic theme. In the beginning Jay Gatsby was seeing Daisy until he was sent to war. When he left for war, Daisy left for Tom Buchanan and his money. The re ...
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High Fidelity
Number of Words: 961 / Number of Pages: 4
... with his fear of commitment and finding unhappiness with his occupation, Rob has just crossed many boundaries in his life. He has taken on a sense of depression, which leads him to resort to anger all the time. The word “cross” in the title can also relate to Rob’s anger. He is constantly “cross” with his coworkers: If I have to listen to one more word of his useless, pathetic, meaningless babble in my entire life I will kill him. When I let him go I am shaking with anger. (56) When on the topic of Ian, the man Laura left him for, Rob goes of on a tangent about how he “never liked him then, and [h ...
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The Longest Day, By: Cornelius Ryan, Simon & Shuster, 1959
Number of Words: 643 / Number of Pages: 3
... mysterious ill-wrapped envelope which burst open in Chicago’s central post office dumping out the plans for D-Day and the decoding by an alert German intelligence officer of the actual Allied message to the French underground announcing the time of invasion.
The first half of The Longest Day is devoted to the allied preparations of attack and the German preparations for meeting it. This part of the novel is extremely informative. From the beginning of the novel a reader can learn things that for most people are not common knowledge, such as the weather deterrent that almost stopped the invasion befor ...
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The Odyssey: Odysseus
Number of Words: 2083 / Number of Pages: 8
... temper. We see him play
not only a hero but also a husband, father, and son. He takes on the very
human roles of athlete, warrior, sailor, storyteller, carpenter, beggar,
and lover. He vividly displays human qualities like brutality and boldness,
while being sensitive and shy at the same time. It is these human
qualities that people can relate to. While he is no doubt a hero, Odysseus
is also viewed as a modern man, the pragmatic survivor. He must struggle,
suffer, and deal with the inescapable fate handed down to him from the
great beings atop Mt. Olympus. The average human can relate to Odyss ...
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Homesteading By Percy Wollaston
Number of Words: 1442 / Number of Pages: 6
... seem a tragic episode in American history, but it tells it with artful reticence, withholding the tragedy, yet letting it impinge, by suggestion, on the narrative." This quote is very true. The book was very straight forward. There was not much humor, but it sure made the reader feel the frustrating times of the early twentieth century. Percy Wollaston was the main character in the book. It was written from his point-of -view, and his memories of his early life. Mr. Wollaston describes the hard life of pioneer families on the Great Plains. He describes how families, including his own, traveled we ...
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The Scarlet Letter: Hypocrisy Is A Sin
Number of Words: 1280 / Number of Pages: 5
... very well. Instead of running away from it, she lives with it and
accepts her punishment. However, while succumbing to the will of the court,
she does not for an instant truly believe that she sinned. Hester thinks
that she has not committed adultery because in her mind she wasn't really
married to Chillingworth. Hester believes that marriage is only valid when
there is love, and there is no love between Hester and Chillingworth. In
the prison, defending her actions against him, she declares, "Thou knowest,
thou knowest that I was frank with thee. I felt no love, nor feigned any"
(74). Then, ...
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To Kill A Mocking Bird: The Ewell Residence
Number of Words: 1062 / Number of Pages: 4
... refuse." This description paints a very vivid picture
of the cabin and also tells a little bit about the Ewells themselves. From
this we can infer that the Ewells took very little (if any at all) pride in
their home and it's appearance. Later in the passage Lee adds, "What
passed for a fence was bits of tree limbs, broomsticks and tool shafts, all
tipped with rusty hammer heads, shovels, axes and grubbing hoes, held on
with pieces of barbed wire." By now it is apparent that the only household
repairs the Ewells make are with things they find at the dump. The image
Lee is trying to form of these ...
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To Kill A Mockingbird: The Guilty Verdict And Consequences Of The Trial
Number of Words: 725 / Number of Pages: 3
... that she provided under questioning and cross examination. The
defendants lawyer, Atticus Finch, tried to capitalize on the contradictory
statements made by Ms. Ewell. He questioned the witness using a variety of
techniques and seemed to receive less than uniform answers to the same
questions that were asked in a different manner. At times the witness
appeared confused and became frustrated and emotional as Mr. Finch
continued to try and raise a reasonable doubt among the jurors concerning
the testimony that was being given by Ms. Ewell.
The Defenses' strongest witness was the accused himself, To ...
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Major Themes In Faulkner's "Light In August"
Number of Words: 1222 / Number of Pages: 5
... the simple-minded and determined
Lena as she travels, neither coming nor going, simply moving. Immediately
the book draws into her past, relating events leading up to this point,
explaining her motives. One gets a definite feel for her character, and
settles into her narrative, but as soon as this happens, the book switches
gears, turning instead to a vague character, Joe Christmas. With little
introduction, or warning, the book reels into Joe's past, catching the
reader totally unaware and throwing off the entire continuity of the book.
Faulkner's desire for unity and coherence in the pattern is no ...
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