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The Chosen By Chaim Potok
Number of Words: 767 / Number of Pages: 3
... all of his free time, studies Talmud and goes to college. Reuven truly grows because he leans, as his father says, what it is to be a friend. Another way that Reuven grows is that he learns to appreciate different people and their ideas. He starts out hating Hasidim because it’s the “pious” thing to do, even though his father (who I see as the Atticus Finch of this novel) keeps telling him that it’s okay to disagree with ideas, but hating a person because of them is intolerable. Through his friendship with Danny, studies with Reb Saunders, brief crush on Danny’s sister (who was never given a name), ...
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Zinn's A People's History Of The United States: The Oppressed
Number of Words: 2109 / Number of Pages: 8
... and racial struggles in America that Zinn correctly credits as being the
root of many of the problems that we as a nation have today. It is refreshing to
see a book that spends space based proportionately around the people that lived
this history. When Columbus arrived on the Island of Haiti, there were 39 men on
board his ships compared to the 250,000 Indians on Haiti. If the white race
accounts for less than two hundredths of one percent of the island's population,
it is only fair that the natives get more than the two or three sentences that
they get in most history books. Zinn cites population fi ...
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Eliezer Wiesel's Night
Number of Words: 536 / Number of Pages: 2
... to give up all their possessions. Moshe was right, it did happen. All
the people of Sighet were jammed into train cars and shipped to the
concentration camp of Aushcwitz. At that point Eliezer was separated from
his family forever with the exception of his father. There was a large
crematory in Aushcwitz. You could smell the burning flesh in the air.
Eliezer was ordered to the crematory. He came within two paces of it, but
then was ordered to the barracks. He was saved for that night only. After
that incident, he lived with fear of when was he going to die.
Eliezer later went to other con ...
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The Scarlet Letter: The Scaffold's Power
Number of Words: 595 / Number of Pages: 3
... few years later the event is again repeated. It is very similar to the
other and helps us understand the torment of Dimmesdale. As before the
tortured Reverend Dimmesdale goes first on to the platform. He seeks a
confession of his sins a second time by calling out into the night. He then
sees Hester and Pearl coming down the street from the governor's house. As
before, they are asked to go up on the scaffold and be with the minister. At
this time Pearl questions the minister if he will do this at noontide and he
answers no. He once again is too much of a coward to confess out in the open.
The si ...
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A Separate Peace
Number of Words: 998 / Number of Pages: 4
... friendship is based on mutual need, Finny and Gene are best friends. Finny has things that Gene needs and Gene has things Finny needs. I am going to explain the meaning of to Leper Lepellier, Phineas, and Gene Forrester.
When we first meet Leper, he is one of the boys standing at the base of the jumping tree. He is refusing to jump from the tree into the river. He is bidding, "Bidding for an ally." Leper would like to fit in by jumping from the tree, but Leper has his own separate peace so he doesn’t need to jump from the tree. He says he will make the initiation jump to join the Sup ...
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Interpretation Of Rushdie And Kazantzakis' Stories
Number of Words: 1131 / Number of Pages: 5
... deluge of spiritual dynamism with my own. This
produced an ethical conflict in my mind that fought to distinguish what
prominence God had maintained in my lifetime. I could scarcely believe that
such literature would not have a profound effect on an individual who
possessed strong religious background (this assimilates the decision of the
exodus Rushdie has maintained contrary to the threats of the Islamic
community) Never have I encountered such literature that treads upon on
line between celestial religion versus oppresive regime Therefore, in
analyzing and interpreting each piece of fiction, I was a ...
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A Critique Of Tuesdays With Mo
Number of Words: 741 / Number of Pages: 3
... he wanted to teach others and share his ideas so that they could be passed on to future generations.
Mitch Albom is an alumnus of Brandeis University, where Morrie Schwartz taught for many years. Morrie left a lasting impression on Mitch and that impression is what eventually motivated Mitch to return to his wise professor. Mitch rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man’s life. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch every Tuesday in his study, just as they had done in college days. Morrie taught Mitch his final lesson: how to live.
Morrie and Mitch’s relation ...
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A Freudian Turn Of The Screw
Number of Words: 950 / Number of Pages: 4
... argue that Peter Quint and Miss Jessel are ghosts, where as a more logical thinker with a literal sense of mind would probably search out the explanation in psychopathology. The decision is really left up to the reader.
Henry James use of symbolism in The Turn of the Screw seems to be the easiest way to sway the reader’s opinion toward the psychological theory. There are several types of symbolism used throughout the story but the three that seem to be the most prevalent are: mirror symbolism, name symbolism and space symbolism. These symbolisms are easily overlooked, but when they are discove ...
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In Search Of Excellence
Number of Words: 1835 / Number of Pages: 7
... would reduce its commitment to service The analysts are right, Frito would save money. However, analysts can not begin to predict the impact of service unreliability on the sales force, retailers, and eventually on the market share loss. The successful companies limited themselves to a handful of themes that were intense and repetitive, and highly successful in helping employees buy into themes. Quality and service were the hallmarks of these companies. In addition, everyone's cooperation was required; they demanded extraordinary performance from average employees. Productivity through people was a ...
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: A Satirical View Of The Old South
Number of Words: 805 / Number of Pages: 3
... We also see at many times during the novel that Huck and Jim have a
true friendship. The go out of their way at many times for the welfare of
eachother and they develop a relationship to which they both contribute. Huck
teaches Jim about diversity, priests and rulers in chapter fourteen when he
reads to him about Solomon and Frenchmen. Jim also teaches Huck an important
lesson on how people should be treated individually.
Another example Twain uses to show the hypocrisies of society is racism.
Twain is not attacking the whole issue of race as much as the role race plays in
society. Twain us ...
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