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Wuthering Heights: Use Of Atmospheric Conditions To Emphasize Events And Highlight The Mood Of The Characters
Number of Words: 462 / Number of Pages: 2
... the unfriendly
environment he is about to enter and the chaotic events that he is going to
witness through Nellie's story telling. When Nelly begins to tell the story
of the two neighbouring households, she describes Old Mr. Earnshaw setting
out to Liverpool on a "fine summer morning" (p.34). Yet, when Old Mr.
Earnshaw dies she relates that "A high wind blustered round the house, and
roared in the chimney; it sounded wild and stormy" (p. 41).
Emily Brontë often uses the weather to accentuate the personality
traits and moods of the characters throughout the novel. The countryside's
sometimes ...
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Book Report: The Hot Zone By Richard Preston
Number of Words: 666 / Number of Pages: 3
... hot viruses. That
means there are no vaccines and there are no cures for these killers.
In 1976 Ebola climbed out of its primordial hiding place in the jungles
of Africa, and in two outbreaks in Zaire and Sudan wiped out six hundred people.
But the virus had never been seen outside of Africa and the consequences of
having the virus in a busy suburb of Washington DC is too terrifying to
contemplate. Theoretically, an airborne strain of Ebola could emerge and circle
the world in about six weeks. Ebola virus victims usually "crash and bleed," a
military term which literally means the virus attack ...
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A&P And The Bridge Comes To Yellow Sky: Don’t Believe Everything You See
Number of Words: 582 / Number of Pages: 3
... of the store comes up to them and talks with them. He says that the girls need to leave the store and are not allowed to come in again unless they are appropriately dressed. The cashier automatically assumes that the girl, queeny, is going to react in a powerful way, but instead she blushes and looks very embarrassed about the situation. This shocks the cashier, because what he had thought about her appearance from the outside was very deceiving from her true appearance on the inside. She was not the powerful, self-confident woman he thought she was.
In the story “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky,” ...
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Black Rain
Number of Words: 1359 / Number of Pages: 5
... the house was on after the bomb to what his wife cooked for dinner with the food rationing. He even likes to write how people cured themselves of radiation sickness and what the burns and other injuries look and act like. These things are like myself in the fact that he does not like to forget what things are like, wants to see first hand what the effects are, and is very interested in finding information about new things that he has never seen before. He also likes to help people greatly such as his constant wanderings looking for coal for his community. If you were depended on would you help your ...
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Some Dreamers Of The Golden Dream: Imagery
Number of Words: 716 / Number of Pages: 3
... the dialing of a number. The usage of
religion as a money-making business defiles the sanctity of societys most sacred
and cherished belief. However, money is made so morals and ethics are ignored.
Another example of this immorality is Edward Foley, Lucilles Millers attorney.
He says, "We dont want to give away what we can sell," (p.27) referring to
information about Lucille Miller and the death of her husband. Edward Foley, a
man only looking to benefit himself, shows no respect or regard for the Lucille
Miller tragedy. Two people are killed and one person is sent to an institution
for life; y ...
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The Scarlet Letter: Symbolism Of The Forest In Puritan Society
Number of Words: 1001 / Number of Pages: 4
... of law and religion. It is a refuge where all humankind, can
open up and naturally be themselves, and here that Dimmesdale openly
acknowledges Hester and his undying love for her. In the forest, Hester
can also do the same for Dimmesdale, such as the time when she revealed
her actual relationship with Chillingworth to Dimmesdale- "O Arthur, cries
Hester, "forgive me! In all things else I have to be true!... That Old
man!- the physician- he whom they call Roger Chillingworth!- he was my
husband!" (Hawthorne, 177) Finally, in the forest the two characters can
openly engage in conversation ...
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Euclid: The Elements
Number of Words: 1120 / Number of Pages: 5
... there were two learned men called Euclid. In fact Euclid was a very common name around this period and this is one further difficulty that makes it hard to find information concerning Euclid of Alexandria since there are references to numerous men called Euclid in the history of this period.
There is nothing consistent in the dating given about when Euclid did all of his work but a person by the name of Itard said that situation is best summed up by the fowling three variables:
(i) Euclid was a historical character who wrote the Elements and the other works attributed to him.
(ii) Euclid was the l ...
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Their Eyes Were Watching God: Learning Process Of Life
Number of Words: 873 / Number of Pages: 4
... to stability and security.
Only after those first two criteria were satisfied then and only then could
one experience love. Nanny felt that a young girl like Janie was too young
to make decisions for herself, so when she caught Janie exploring her
womanhood Nanny felt that she needed to marry Janie as quickly as possible
so that she could find love in a safe a secure environment. Nanny has her
own ideals when it comes to marriage and Janie will soon learn that
everyone's are different.
Second, Janie sees Logan Killicks' perception of marriage. In the
beginning it appears to Janie that Loga ...
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Lord Of The Flies: Jack And Roger
Number of Words: 642 / Number of Pages: 3
... the Jack that could not kill
the pig but a much more blood-thirsty one that only wants to kill and not be
rescued. Although Jack is not satanic like Roger, he loses all sense of reason,
he is nevertheless a killer. Jack tries his best to do what is best for the
boys but his power hunger actually makes the situation much worse: "The chief
snatched one of the few remaining spears and poked Sam in the ribs" (P.182)
Jack's own name has even become a taboo, he has almost god-like power and uses
it for 'evil'. If it were not for the rescue of the boys, Jack's power-hunger
and bloodlust would have eventual ...
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"Master Harold ...And The Boys"
Number of Words: 605 / Number of Pages: 3
... without love and attention. His son was actually the lucky one compared to the way Willie treated his girlfriend.
Although Willie's son was neglected, the baby's mother was beat. Willie's father had more influence on his life than he wanted to. Willie treated his girlfriend as if she were beneath him, as his father did to him. On page (9) Willie shows his disrespect for women.
The best thing that could have happened to Willie was the accident his father was in, when Willie was eighteen years old. It killed his father. Willie refuses to talk about the incident. Few people actually know ...
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