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Prejudice: Looking Through The Window
Number of Words: 564 / Number of Pages: 3
... is during Tom Robinsons trial. Tom was a black man accused
of raping a white woman, a crime that is punishable by the death penalty.
Even though all the facts proved that he didn't do it, the jury still found
him guilty "beyond a reasonable doubt". Tom's life has been sacrificed to
racism by the people who were there to protect him. The justice system
didn't allow this man to have a fair trial because of the color of his skin.
They disregarded his credibility or that of the other witnesses, all they
could focus on was his race because that was all the window let them see.
Prejudice can be overco ...
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The Jordan Rules By Sam Smith
Number of Words: 395 / Number of Pages: 2
... the "bigmen"
enough. Sam Smith also says that Jordan is known throughout the Bull's
organization for not getting along very good with fellow players. Even
with all of the problems inside the club they still looked good on the
court and were good enough to win. The Jordan Rules did a very good job of
describing a whole year of basketball in one book. It had good, in depth,
logs of exactly what the players do on off days and before their games.
Although it tells that Jordan was very involved with community service he
had problems with the ballclub. He led the team to victory and he got what
he wanted ...
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The Will To Believe: James Defends Freely Embraced Faith
Number of Words: 1667 / Number of Pages: 7
... is in the position to choose or act on something when it is the person’s only opportunity to do so. It is trivial when what the person has decided on will not have a great effect on the person if there were or were not any losses from the decision. It is trivial when it does not matter whether something is decided now or later or if the decision is changed afterward. James defines a genuine option as a forced living momentous option.
James begins by pointing out that we cannot will something to life. We cannot will something into existence or fact. Here, he differentiates between intellect and emotio ...
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The Adventures Of Huck
Number of Words: 623 / Number of Pages: 3
... satisfied." Freedom not only in the beginning of the novel in this point was evident, but the end reinstated Huck’s desire for sovereignty. The novel ended with Huck planning "to light out" for a different territory because Aunt Sally wants to "sivilize" him. The thought of burden from individual guilt and sin did not connect with the story. Considering the concept of religion is attacked by Twain throughout the novel. Basically, a society which required its slaves to become practicing Christians is a contradiction of the tenants of Christianity. Another intent to leave, was the escape form ...
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The Gift
Number of Words: 317 / Number of Pages: 2
... what the child
is really doing is calling for someone to help him because he is ill. But yet
all he does is become peace-fully sicker. And the mom is praying for him to
get better and hopes that one day true health will come back to this youth. Or
in shorter terms, The Gift of life.
Those were my guesses, or hypothesis of what the real meaning to The
Gift were. And I don't care how silly they may have sounded but those are what I
think the meanings were. ...
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Character Relations In The Awa
Number of Words: 510 / Number of Pages: 2
... human being, and to recognize her relations as an individual to the world within and about her” she does just that—she realizes the world within her, not without her. That is to say, she does this entire “awakening” on her own. She does not directly receive any outside influence.
Edna Pontellier, as a whole, is a woman completely different from any other in the novel. She stands alone and thinks alone and speaks alone. Her ideas and thoughts are completely hers. It would be wrong to say that Madame Ratignolle and Mademoiselle Reisz are embodiments of two different Ednas. ...
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Alvarez Shows Language Is A Tremendous Difference In Everyone's Lives In His Story
Number of Words: 1292 / Number of Pages: 5
... values. This conformity kept her at bay. She
couldn't experience the things necessary to become a whole person.
Rudolf B. Elmhurst was a young man from a liberal family in the United
States. His parents were easy-going people, with thoughts of letting Rudy
develop on his own. He learned English much the same way Yolanda learned Spanish.
He was taught by his parents. He also absorbed the culture around him and he
learned the American way of doing things. Rudy had quite a bit of freedom. He
could have come and gone as he pleased. He had no restrictions, and was allowed
to grow freely. With that op ...
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Symbolism In The Lottery
Number of Words: 1352 / Number of Pages: 5
... throughout the short story. She functions as a friend to Tessie Hutchinson, the woman ultimately selected for the sacrifice, but turns on her at the end along with the rest of the townspeople. Delacroix is not angry with Hutchinson, but helps kill her because of the tradition. The symbolism here is apparent. The church, usually seen as a positive influence, can sometimes turn on a person in the name of ritual and tradition.
Mr. Adams, another character, is the first to draw from the lottery box. His name, Adams, coupled with the fact that he is the first man to draw from the lottery box,
ind ...
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The Summary Of Grisham's "The Client"
Number of Words: 570 / Number of Pages: 3
... by the man and dragged into the car to die
with him. In the car Mark learned the mans story. He was a Mafia layer who
represented the biggest and meanest Mafia man in the country “Barry the
Blade Mulando.” His client had killed a senator and buried the body so no
evidence would be found, only this lawyer and his client and now Mark knew
where it was buried. After a long while of being trapped in the man car
Mark escaped and ran from the man who ends up shooting him self in the
head when both Ricky and Mark where watching. Days later back in New
Orleans Barry hears of the kid and about his dead lawyer ...
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Controversial Issues
Number of Words: 1230 / Number of Pages: 5
... people of
Maycomb only know Boo Radley and Tom Robinson by what others say about them.
Both of these characters do not really have their own "song" in a sense,
and therefore, are characterized by other people's viewpoints.
Throughout the novel, Scout, Jem, and Dill are curious about the
"mysterious" Boo Radley because he never comes outside of his house or
associates with anyone in the neighborhood. The children are, in fact,
afraid of him because of all the stories they hear about him from the
people in Maycomb. For example, Miss Stephanie tells the children that
while Boo was sitting in the living ...
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