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The Chosen By Chaim Potok
Number of Words: 773 / Number of Pages: 3
... wears the traditional side curls and is educated in Yiddish. At first the two boys cannot stand each other, many times Danny refers to Rueven as "apikorsim," (32) which basically translates to... someone who is not true to their religion. These differences between the two soon become obsolete with one unfortunate accident, and make them realize they could use each other to get through some hard times. "Silence is all we dread. There's ransom in a voice--But Silence is infinity."-Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson's quote can be related to the novel in several ways. "Silence is all we dread," can relate ...
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Animal Farm: The Corruption In Humans And The Character Napoleon
Number of Words: 836 / Number of Pages: 4
... his moral character. His tactics for deception were his
cunning ways. An example of this is when the pigs milked the cows and
someone asked what was going to happen to all that milk, Napoleon
receptively shrugged it off by saying: “ ‘ Never mind the milk, comrades!'
cried Napoleon, placing himself in front of the buckets. ‘That will be
attended to.' “ Napoleon is using a communist term when referring to the
other animals as comrades. A Utilitarian is one who believes all things
should be done with the greater good in mind. This is very effective
because it gives the other farm animals the illusio ...
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Beowolf
Number of Words: 411 / Number of Pages: 2
... and attacked. Beowulf came and was ready to fight but Grendel’s mother fled. Disregarding his own safety Beowulf persistently tracks Grendel’s mother to her cave, where the head of the chieftain was found. Despite how colossal Grendel’s mother was Beowulf stuck it out till the end and eventually stabbed Grendel’s mother leading to her death.
The third time the reader experiences Beowulf heroism is when he fights and kills the dragon, the worm. Once again Beowulf completely disregards his safety and decided to fight this monster. This time Beowulf ended up need some assistance fr ...
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To Kill A Mockingbird
Number of Words: 1473 / Number of Pages: 6
... Scouts father, Atticus, tells Scout and Jem, “I’d rather you shoot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit them, but remember it’s a sin .” (Lee 69). This passage is where she got the name for her book. During the 1950’s in the small county of Maycomb, the mentality of most southern people reflected that of the nation. Most of the people were racist. In the novel, these ideas are explored through a young girl by the name of Scout. The readers see the events that occur through her eye ...
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Response To Civil Disobedience
Number of Words: 932 / Number of Pages: 4
... own unique, unmatched writing style. Most ordinary and banal writers start their essays with long, tedious descriptions of the point they are trying to convey. But like all great writers and thinkers, Thoreau begins his essay with a strong, captivating sentence: "That government is best which governs least" (222). Thoreau's opening line grabs and lets the reader know what topic(s) the essay will be discussing. As it turns out, this opening sentence is the basis for the rest of his essay as he encourages individuals to take responsibility for keeping the government in constant check. He believes t ...
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Lassie
Number of Words: 330 / Number of Pages: 2
... in Scotland. Poor Lassie misses Joe so much he decides to go home. Lassie gets out of his cage and starts on the long journey home.
Resolution
On Lassie's journey home he meets a lot of people and some are very nice and help him if it wasn't for them Lassie would have never made it. He did though one afternoon when Joe Carraclough was coming out of school there he was waiting as before. Joe saw him and ran out and hugged him real tight he had never been more happy in his entire life. That night every thing was back to normal. LASSIE HAD COME HOME. ...
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Theme John Steinbacks Of Mice
Number of Words: 1092 / Number of Pages: 4
... as well when they look into the future and try to make plans. Others as well, find that their planning might be futile and fruitless as time goes on.
George and Lennie both fit into the category of wanting to carry out their dreams and be different than everyone else by taking care and looking out for one another. Although, many of their individual pipe dreams followed a different view, but there were still some in which they shared. George was the “base” of his and Lennies friendship and loyalty. He was the “root” or “leader” so to speak. George wou ...
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1984: Control Is Power
Number of Words: 814 / Number of Pages: 3
... obey by them. The
party controlled Oceania people's life in such ways as a gang sometimes
does. “Our control over matter is absolute (pg. 218).” The plot shows
many aspects of the nazi party also. Hitler brain-washed many people into
believing that there was a master race and all others had to follow under
certain rules or be punished. The only thing that could stop Hitler was a
more dominant party of different beliefs. Orwell's new that power is
everything in the way that society is ran. As you can see 1984, is not far
from reality in many ways. It's main plot is control is power.
The set ...
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Life On The Farm
Number of Words: 4394 / Number of Pages: 16
... himself. Snowball is a better speaker; he has a lot of ideas and is very vivid. Together with another pig called Squealer, who is a very good speaker, they work out the theory of “Animalism.”
The rebellion starts some months later, when Mr. Jones comes home drunken one night, and forgets to feed the animals. They break out of the barns and run to the house, where the food is stored. When Mr. Jones recognizes this he takes out his shotgun, but it is too late for him, all the animals fall over him and drive him off the farm. The animals destroy all whips, nose rings, reins, and all ...
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The Natural
Number of Words: 2432 / Number of Pages: 9
... passengers get off for a break and go to a local carnival where Roy and the big leaguer clash in a contest of talent, a David-and-Goliath-type confrontation (Solotaroff 9). Roy strikes out the batter with three blistering pitches, each of which make Harriet pay more and more attention to him. As they arrive in Chicago, Harriet stays at the hotel at which Roy has booked a room. She gives him a call and provocatively invites him to her room. Succumbing to her invitation, and making his way to her room, he enters and sees her wearing nothing but a silk nightgown. After a short conversation, she pulls ...
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