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The Silence Of The Lambs
Number of Words: 782 / Number of Pages: 3
... that he knows who Buffalo Bill is. He tells Clarice that Buffalo Bill was a former patient of his and that his name is James Gumb. Dr.Lecter also told her that James had a storeroom in Baltimore. Clarice contacts the manger of the storage depot and goes inside Gumb’s space. While inside Clarice finds a car, after rearranging a few things she goes inside the car and discovers a decapitated head in a jar. After examining the head she notices a moth in the mouth of the head and takes it to the entomology lab of a local museum. The technicians there tell her that it is a rare moth from Asia. Later Clar ...
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Anthony Vs Octavian
Number of Words: 1279 / Number of Pages: 5
... absent in the provinces to collect taxes and appease veteran soldiers. Lepidus (Antony's ally) was allocated Africa to put him at a distance from Antony and Octavius who divided the European empire between them. Division of the Empire. Octavius received the two Spanish provinces, and Sicily and Sardinia. He settled many of his veterans in Italy, giving him significant influence over the government in the capital. He was also responsible for defeating Sextius Pompey who was causing havoc in Sicily, and a major threat to Rome.
40 Triumvirate strengthened. Antony marries Octavia, sister of the similar ...
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Woman On The Edge Of Time: Mother To The Tribe
Number of Words: 2287 / Number of Pages: 9
... a novel about Connie. There's a lot about social injustice in it,
and about how a woman stops hating herself and becomes able to love herself
enough to fight for her own survival" (66). In Marge Piercy's Woman on the
Edge of Time the motif of mothering is the basis of the story; she uses a
mother as the protagonist and creates a utopian society based on the
strength of the nurturing.
To see how the mother theme is woven throughout the story one must
observe how Connie is in the present, as well as the future. In the
present Connie is considered a degenerate. She has grown to be a woman
tha ...
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The Tomorrow City By Monica City
Number of Words: 583 / Number of Pages: 3
... it was supposed to be a perfect
solution to the city's problems, yet it made a grave error in calculations,
the author is saying that many problems faced by man cannot be solved by
the use of technology.
iii) Technology played a negative role in this book. The computer, the
major aspect of technology used in this book, used its capabilities to
immorally rule the citizens and the city of Thompsonville. The computer
transmitted hypnotic signals through peoples T.V. sets and would use them
to carry out it's will to ultimately control the city. It then discarded
anything or anyone who were useless to ...
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Sweat By Zora Hurston
Number of Words: 497 / Number of Pages: 2
... had the courage to stand up to him, Sykes got into to bed and threatened that, “[he] oughter mash [her] in [her] mouf fuh drawing dat skillet [on him].” After they been married only a short few months he gave her the first beating. Others in town knew of the abuse Delia suffered from. One gentlemen from town made the comment one day, “[Sykes] done beat [Delia] ‘nough tuh kill three women.” Many people in the town had little to no respect for Sykes because he beat Delia and Sykes even tried making offers with presents to some of the other mens’ wives.
Besides ...
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Breakfast Of Champions- Kurt V
Number of Words: 646 / Number of Pages: 3
... as, “[agree] with friends to express friendliness” and everyone else follows. He sees that people feel the need to conform for acceptance and this annoys him. In his story he also cites the time of which “Earthlings discovered tools”, referring to guns. Trout points out that the “tools” only purpose is “to make holes in human beings”, this seeming extremely ridiculous to him. Realizing all of this bothers Trout immensely and puts him in a bitter state.
Kilgore Trout proceeds in watching the actions of humans. He realizes that he is no longer innocent, & ...
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Summary Of "Ceremony"
Number of Words: 871 / Number of Pages: 4
... it made his path split like a silk
string to a spider's web, it went out in all directions. His mind snapped at
that exact moment and went into "shell-shock".
Tayo started very early trying to find his path, but yet his path
paralleled Rocky's until the time when Rocky died. Tayo's path paralleled but
was always a step behind, because he was trying to retain his heritage and still
keep with the new ways. Tayo walked a thin line trying to keep his path and
Rocky's close together because he loved Rocky, and yet could not understand
Rocky wanting so badly to leave the old ways. Rocky believed in the ...
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Gardner's Grendel: Significantly Different Picture Of Grendel Than In Beowulf
Number of Words: 929 / Number of Pages: 4
... this point lacks development. Rather Grendel
is portrayed as a confused creature passing through life looking for
answers. Surprisingly Grendel walks the forest in harmony with the animals.
He does not act like the blood hungry beast he is seen as in Beowulf. In
the novel -- Grendel is walking the forest and comes across a doe. He
notices that the doe is staring in fright and suddenly runs away. One would
assume from the ideas hinted in Beowulf that Grendel would have attacked
the deer. However Grendel appears upset with the deer's actions. He says; “
Blind Prejudice” (Gardner 7) “Ah, the unfairne ...
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Allegory Of The Cave
Number of Words: 448 / Number of Pages: 2
... and ridicule the
enlightened one, for the only reality they have ever known is
a fuzzy shadow on a wall. They could not possibly
comprehend another dimension without beholdin! g it
themselves, therefore, they label the enlightened man mad.
For instance, the exact thing happened to Charles Darwin.
In 1837, Darwin was traveling aboard the H.M.S. Beagle in
the Eastern Pacific and dropped anchor on the Galapagos
Islands. Darwin found a wide array of animals. These
differences in animals sparked Darwin on research, which
lasted well up to his death, culminating in the publishing of
The Origin of Species i ...
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The Chosen
Number of Words: 504 / Number of Pages: 2
... and religious attitudes causes friction between the Chasidim and the modern orthodox Jews. The Chasidim believe that the modern orthodox are corrupt in their beliefs- they should be studying the Gemara a lot more, and be much more religious in everything they do, such as praying to G-d. It is not expected to find a modern orthodox boy playing with a Chasidic boy. The two boys were playing a baseball game against each other- the Chasidim, against the modern orthodox Jews. There are obvious feelings of hate between the two teams. Towards the end of the game, Danny hits Reuven in the eye with the b ...
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