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Of Mice And Men - Hopes And Dr
Number of Words: 381 / Number of Pages: 2
... the man, defending the deal. Candy explains that he hasn’t much time left before he’s ‘canned’ and he has no place to go. Candy offers a large sum of money to the two, and asks only to live there until he dies. George accepts and Candy is grateful.
“Went out to the Riverside Dance Palace his this guy. He said he worked for the pitchers, he said I was a natural, he was gonna put me in a movie” [Curly’s wife, p. 89] Curly’s wife, the symbol of temptation in the novel, has dreams of her own. She wanted badly to become an actress, or work in show business. But, because of a cruel mother, she never met ...
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The Prince And The Pauper
Number of Words: 1506 / Number of Pages: 6
... Hendon, a man who saves him many different times, befriends him.
The “true” Prince spends a short amount of time in jail in which he must witness as innocent people have limbs cut off, and are burned at the stake. He remembers it all though, and promises himself when he is returned to his rightful position he will rule mercifully and correct unjust laws. Due to his persistent claim that he is king, he is sentenced to twelve lashings in which Miles takes for him. Edward is greatly moved that he could be so generous. It is within; these prison walls, in my opinion, that Twain uses the most intense sat ...
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Religion In Jane Eyre
Number of Words: 1328 / Number of Pages: 5
... mama's
expense"(12).
She receives no love or approval from her family. The only form of love
that she does have is the doll she clings to at night when she sleeps. Mrs. Reed
is a conventional woman who believes that her class standing sets her to be
superior, and therefore better than a member of her own family. As a result of
Jane's tantrums, quick temper, and lack of self-control, society classifies her
as an immoral person. She speaks up for her herself when she knows she is not
supposed to, and her family believes that she acts more like a "rebel" than a
young woman. Her spontaneous and vi ...
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A Grain Of Wheat And Jomo Keny
Number of Words: 1052 / Number of Pages: 4
... betrayal. This is a tragic situation, where there can be no winners. It does not have heroes, heroes do not exist in tragedies- rather it has real people with real feelings, who due to the nature of the system, and their beliefs brought about by years of conditioning must come face to face with brutal realities. The book painfully traces the genesis of the conflict, and as demonstrated with Mugo, everybody is affected, you cannot be a bystander, neither is the people necessarily evil, but rather is as a result of complex situations that comforts them. Though, we do not want to believe, its with the q ...
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The Crucible - Witch Trials
Number of Words: 2534 / Number of Pages: 10
... fly that there is witchcraft going on in the woods, and that the sick girl is bewitched. Once the girls talk to each other, they become more and more frightened of being accused as witches, so Abigail starts accusing others of practicing witchcraft. The other girls all join in so that the blame will not be placed on them. In The Crucible, Abigail starts the accusations by saying, "I go back to Jesus; I kiss his hand. I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!" Another girl, Betty, continues the cry with, "I saw George Jacobs with the ...
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The Concrete Dangers Of Abstra
Number of Words: 2728 / Number of Pages: 10
... of the main character, the prevalence of this theme can already be noticed in the first scene, through the obscure and deranging apparition of the three witches. In effect, the three “Weird Sisters” are the generators of Macbeth’s illusions, and it can already be seen that the source of these predictions cannot be entrusted. More specifically, we first see the witches preparing “to meet Macbeth” in the midst of a stormy weather. This ambiance, further emphasized by such expressions as “Fair is foul, and foul is fair”, already creates a supernatural mood and ...
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An Analysis Of Why Jimmy Doyle Will Never Succeed In Life Due To His Father
Number of Words: 665 / Number of Pages: 3
... he spent more time socializing than he did
studying. "Jimmy did not study very earnestly and took to bad courses for
awhile. He had money and he was popular; ..."(p.25). Jimmy liked better
to be in the company of peers rather than study, and his father condoned it.
When Jimmy was not doing well at Dublin University, his father let him go
off to Cambridge where he could "see life a little". While there he seemed
to run the bills a little high, and his father took care of all the
expenses because he wanted to show off the money that he had acquired. The
way Jimmy's dad just gave him money and only ...
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Scout's Development
Number of Words: 377 / Number of Pages: 2
... other living things.
The main event of the novel is a trial, in which Atticus is the defendant's
lawyer, against a black man who has been falsely accused of raping a white
woman. Atticus does his best to prove Tom Robinson's innocence, to a degree
where any objective jury would surely have found him not guilty, but it
sentences him to death, as it is expected to do by the general populace. Prior
to the trial, Scout and Jem are mocked by other children at school, which have
been told by their parents that Atticus will defend the offending black man.
Simply bearing this, as Atticus tells them to, in ...
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A Critique Of "Gone To Soldiers" By Marge Piercy
Number of Words: 497 / Number of Pages: 2
... return to
her ex-husband Oscar even though they both still loved each other, because she
was strong enough to resist him and his womanizing ways. Piercy gave me a much
better understanding of the cultural and social issues of the World War two era.
I learned about the little struggles of working American women, such as the
unavailability of stockings and society's negative attitude towards women
wearing pants. These issues were ones that I had never thought about before.
It amazes me that only fifty years ago a woman could not wear pants to work.
Ruthie's friend was sent home to change for wear ...
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Joy Luck Club
Number of Words: 559 / Number of Pages: 3
... receive educations that will prepare them for the high paying jobs of a professional. The women in China are known for taking orders from their husbands.
Another feature that is found to be different in China from America is the different roles women take in the home. The author explains that a Chinese woman is expected to be a good wife for her chosen husband. Girls are promised at an early age to a man. The story “The Red Candle” shows an arranged marriage where the author sacrificed her life to fulfill her parents’ promise of marriage when she was only two years old. At the marriage ceremony ...
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