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The Count Of Monte Cristo
Number of Words: 1265 / Number of Pages: 5
... it is the basis for his arrest and inevitable captivity in the Chateau D'If..
Basic Plot:
The Count of Monte Cristo is a story about a sailor, Edmond Dantes, who was betrayed during the prime of his life and career by the jealousy of his friends. His shipmate, Danglars, coveted his designation as the captain of the mighty Pharon. Ferdinand Mondego wished to wed Mercedes, who was affianced to Edmond.
Danglars and Ferdinand wrote a letter accusing Edmond of carrying a letter from Elba to the Bonapartist committee in Paris. Caderousse, a neighbor, learned of the plot ...
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Heart Of Darkness: Feelings Of Characters And Uncertainties Of The Congo
Number of Words: 893 / Number of Pages: 4
... he were writing about himself. "Every novel contains an element of autobiography-and this can hardly be denied, since the creator can only explain himself in his creations."(Kimbrough,158)
The story is written as seen through Marlow's eyes. Marlow is a follower of the sea. His voyage up the Congo is his first experience in freshwater navigation. He is used as a tool, so to speak, in order for Conrad to enter the story and tell it out of his own philosophical mind. He longs to see Kurtz, in the hope's of appreciating all that Kurtz finds endearing in the African jungle. Marlow does not get the ...
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Thematic Analysis Of Things Fa
Number of Words: 1221 / Number of Pages: 5
... for a person challenging his own chi since his desperate desire to succeed his chi, does not let him go any further than failure, destruction and death.
Chi is simultaneously a destiny and an internal commitment that cannot be denied.
The Igbo religion has a tendency to symbolize numerous amounts of divine gods. They have a god for every different natural phenomonum that occurred. These things of worship were things such as trees, pieces of wood, hills, caves etc. For every symbolic god there was a being in the clan that represented it. Ezeani the priestess of the goddess of the earth represent ...
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Walking Across Egypt
Number of Words: 655 / Number of Pages: 3
... old woman to be. They talk about how she needs to get rest because she is slowing down and can't keep going as steady as she seems to think. When she decided to try and help a young juvenile, Wesley Benfield, become a better person by taking him to church and offering him to stay the night with her, Robert thought that Mattie was sick.
Pearl Turnage, Mattie's older sister, has given in to the stereotypes that are now plaguing Mattie, and insists that she do the same. In fact, she invites Mattie to accompany her to the funeral home where they will each pick out a casket that they are to be buried in. P ...
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Stephen Crane's "The Open Book": Determinism, Objectivity, And Pessimism
Number of Words: 643 / Number of Pages: 3
... a sense that man is totally not important to the
natural forces controlling his fate. “When it occurs to man that nature
does not regard him as important, and that she feels she would not maim the
universe by disposing of him, he at first wishes to throw bricks at the
temple, and he hates deeply that there are no bricks and no temples.”
(pg156) The one character who perishes, the oiler, is of course a victim of
determinism. Even as he was so close to land and no longer out in the open
sea, nature still takes its role in determining his fate.
Objectivity refers to how the author describes reality as ...
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Lord Of The Flies: Man's Nature And Characteristics Of Simon
Number of Words: 653 / Number of Pages: 3
... believes in a totalitarian government.
To me the most interesting dialogue is when Ralph and Piggy are
discussing the boys that went to be with Jack. I believe that Ralph is
scared, and I find it interesting that Piggy successfully helped him in
settling his fears about that matter.
The most crucial part so far was when Jack asked who wanted Ralph
not to be chief, and no one agreed with Jack. Then Jack became an outcast
and started his own culture away from Ralph and the other boys.
I believe that we can say that man by nature is good, and only
corrupted by society. This is true because only s ...
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The Hobbit: Overview & Review
Number of Words: 1529 / Number of Pages: 6
... enemy of orcs, he becomes friends with Bilbo and Gandalf. He has th e ability to change forms from human to bear. It is he who determines the outco me of the battle of five Armies.
STORY SUMMARY
The book begins with Bilbo Baggins enjoying a pipe after breakfast. Th is is one of his favorite pleasures and he feels quite content in doing so. He is middle-aged, and resides in a clean warm burrow in the ground.
One morning Gandalf, a wizard stops by to chat with Bilbo. He informs Bilbo that he is looking for someone to go on an adventure with him. Although Bilbo is tempted he declines, but not before inv ...
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Jane Eyre 2
Number of Words: 1667 / Number of Pages: 7
... criticizing and punishing her. In one example Jane was keeping to herself, reading a book when her cousin John Reed decided to annoy her. John then grabbed the book and threw it at her knocking her down and cutting her on the head, which bled and was very painful. Mrs. Reed then punished Jane by sending her into the red room, the room her uncle died in, for the entire night. While in the red room Jane became terrified and thought she saw or heard the flapping of wings. The treatment Jane received caused her to become bitter and to truly dislike Mrs. Reed.
Jane then goes on to live at Lowood ...
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East Of Eden
Number of Words: 277 / Number of Pages: 2
... never go away. Cathy was rejected as a child and then she grew up with
resentment in her creating evil. The resentment never went away so the evil
just built up. This is a step in the direction of crime and guilt.
Revenge is pursued when a person is rejected by others. With revenge
comes more evil and crime. "I am sure my self that there would be fewer
jails"(Steinbeck p.355) Revenge causes people to do bad things which gets them
into trouble. When revenge takes over the person becomes obsessed and they tend
to go physco." I think that if rejection could be amputated, the human would not
b ...
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An Analysis Of The Mayor Of Casterbridge
Number of Words: 1066 / Number of Pages: 4
... her daughter Elizabeth-Jane come
back to the fair, seeking news about Henchard. The sailor has been lost at sea,
and Susan is returning to her "rightful" husband. At the infamous furmity tent,
they learn Henchard has moved to Casterbridge, where he has become a prosperous
grain merchant and even mayor. When Henchard learns that his family has returned,
he is determined to right his old wrong. He devises a plan for courting and
marrying Susan again, and for adopting her daughter.
A young Scotsman named Donald Farfrae enters Casterbridge on the same
day as Susan and Elizabeth-Jane. Henchard takes an ...
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