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Indians Of The United States
Number of Words: 284 / Number of Pages: 2
... to the natural instinct of man to explore, the explorers just that to figure out the mysterious Indians. The explorers later theorized that the Indians came from Siberia through a land bridge in the Bering Strait during the time when the water levels were not high. They also realized that it was difficult to predict the times when things happened to the Indians since they did not keep written records. Then they figured out by use of imagination that the Indians crossed over the land bridge to Alaska finding wild game. And following rivers and bodies of water, they moved south covering most of Americ ...
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Juror 10
Number of Words: 491 / Number of Pages: 2
... If that is not enough, starting on page 62 begins a speech lasting 2 pages in which he spews out his views of people like the defendant: “Human life doesn’t mean as much to them as it does to us…And they are-wild animals.”
is an impatient and uncaring/unconcerned person. It is made clear by viewing his lines that does not take his part on the jury seriously and only wants to reach a consensus as quickly as possible. His reason is quickly found on page 22 when he states, “I got three garages of mine going to pot while your talking. Let’s get done and get out ...
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Lord Of The Flies
Number of Words: 1200 / Number of Pages: 5
... Near the end of their journey, they encounter a wild pig. Jack tries to kill it, but is unsuccessful.
When the explorers get back, a meeting is held. The explorers explain that the island is deserted but there is enough food to keep them alive. Jack and the hunters promise to supply meat. Ralph makes a rule that whoever is in possession of the conch shell is allowed to speak. Ralph proposes the idea of a signal fire to alert passing ships of their presence. All the boys agree and everybody rushes to the hilltop to start a fire. The fire sparks the gathered wood into a blaze. One of the bo ...
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The Heart Of Darkness: Two Revolving Desires
Number of Words: 374 / Number of Pages: 2
... obtaining all the ivory. People envy Kurtz for his ivory as well as hate him for it. Kurtz is the man who fascinates Marlow. Kurtz can be one with the natives. Kurtz has every grounds for being the main character. Everyone in the novel is in one way or another affected by Kurtz and his concepts. The fact that Marlow's story revolves around Kurtz is basis for Kurtz being the main character.
Both Marlow and Kurtz can be defined as main characters. The book is based on Marlow's journey, but Marlow's journey is based on Kurtz. Kurtz rules the ivory and blends with the natives. Marlow rules the C ...
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Rustlers Of Panther Gap
Number of Words: 363 / Number of Pages: 2
... for about an hour or so, Barney spotted something, he couldn’t really get a good view so he decided to move in for a closer look. That was all he needed! He spotted the criminals, it was the S******, Barney was shocked! Right when he was about to turn around a bullet ripped through the Solarcycles wing. It was too late; the Solarcycle was spinning dangerously towards the ground. He hit the ground and was knocked out. The next thing he knew he woke up laying down and the s****** leaning over him. Suddenly the s****** was pointing a gun at his head and said he was going to kill him for spying on him. Wh ...
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Catcher In The Rye: Holden's Insight About Life And The World Around Him
Number of Words: 920 / Number of Pages: 4
... drunk as a bastard. I could hardly see
straight." (pg. 150) Holden tried all he could to fit in. He drank, cursed and
criticized life in general to make it seem he was very knowing of these habits.
I myself have found me doing this at times, also. I, at times, feel the need to
fit in to a group and do things similar to what others do in order to gain
acceptance by them. I smoked a cigar once with two friends of mine because they
kept going on and on about how great cigars were, but that was only once.
Holden and I both place people on levels other than our own for amount of
knowledge and like ...
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The Good Earth: Summary
Number of Words: 1143 / Number of Pages: 5
... dollars over and above what they needed” (32). Soon later they had another son and a daughter. During this time, Wang Lung purchases some land from the House of Hwang, where O-lan was once a slave. With this extra land, he would be able to make enough silver from his next harvest to join both pieces of his land.
All hope ends once famine drives the family from their home and they end up on the streets in a city of southern China where they had to beg for just enough to feed themselves. His two sons are raised away from the land and exposed to life on this streets. The sons had less value fo ...
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The Theme Of Brave New World
Number of Words: 659 / Number of Pages: 3
... and shows one of the stronger conflicts between the old and new worlds. Another time where the conflict of promiscuity comes up is between John and Lenina who tries to have relations with John. Though John is attracted is to her he strictly believes that marriage must come before sex and when he finally gets the nerve up to suggest such a proposition to Lenina she is appalled and laughs at the idea.
When John and Linda are brought back to London John becomes a freak show exhibit in a way. He is a rarity and Bernard uses him as a shield so that he can finally state is political opinions, which ...
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Bolt's "A Man For All Seasons": Reasons For A Person's Actions
Number of Words: 780 / Number of Pages: 3
... More's decision was asinine. The reader may believe that life is
the greatest value to man, and to place anything above it would be asinine.
More's behavior was bizarre even to his own time period. His daughter,
Margaret, pleaded for him to sign the oath, "Then say the words of the
oath and in your heart think otherwise"(81). Her father could not morally
be satisfied by this. More believed that when an oath is taken, one is
placing his pledging his self and soul. " When a man takes an oath, Meg,
he's holding his own self in his own hands. And if he opens his fingers
then- he needn't hope to find ...
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Antigone Vs. Billy Budd
Number of Words: 5012 / Number of Pages: 19
... enough of these flaws are evident to interpret Billy Budd as not a Greek tragedy. There are differences in the character, structure, theme, magnitude, tragic heroes, plot, as well as focus. However, it can be argued that these differences can also be similarities. It can be explained as a variant. Interpretation has been a key issue in these two works. The two works have been interpreted in many different ways. Each way could lead to a different comparison of these two works. Therefore, the reader must decide which interpretation is most "correct" and conclude whether the similarities are suffi ...
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