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A Farewell To Arms - Love And
Number of Words: 868 / Number of Pages: 4
... therefore it "is his richest and most successful handling of human beings trying to come to terms with their vulnerability." As far as Stubbs is concerned, Hemingway is quite blatant in letting us know that role-playing is what is occurring. He tells that the role-playing begins during Henry and Catherine's third encounter, when Catherine directly dictates what is spoken by Henry. After this meeting the two become increasingly comfortable with their roles and easily adopt them whenever the other is nearby. This is apparent also in that they can only successfully play their roles when they are in pri ...
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The Hobbit: Summary
Number of Words: 2571 / Number of Pages: 10
... many perilous situations presented in the story. Finally, this
is also where the story ends.
b) The Valley of the Elves - although in this place, their main reason for
staying was to resupply on provitions, they also obtained information that
helped them later on their journey.
c) Misty Mountains - the Misty Mountains is where the action really begins.
The first obstacle of the journey is expossed here being it one of the most
difficult ones.
Two important events take place here: 1) The death of the goblin king. 2)
The encounter of Bilbo with Gollum.
d) The Moon Patch Clearing - in this place, a ...
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Beloved
Number of Words: 1513 / Number of Pages: 6
... is then brutally raped and severely beaten by the slave owners but Sethe does eventually manage to escape without Halle. Sethe makes it out of Kentucky and gave birth to “Denver” the night before she crosses the river to Ohio. For 28 days Sethe and her children happily live with Halle’s mother, Baby Suggs, but she is soon found by the slave-owner who had come to retrieve them. To avoid a return to slavery, Sethe decides to kill her children and herself. She is only able to kill her toddler, later known as “”. At the novel and films opening, which takes place after slavery has been abolished, the enti ...
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A Separate Peace
Number of Words: 759 / Number of Pages: 3
... this, perhaps he simply does not want to admit the truth. He has created an enemy
o protect himself from acknowledging that he is not completely satisfied with his character, or lack of character and individuality.
Gene soon realizes that Finny is not trying to be his rival. However, this realization only makes Gene angrier with Finny. He is irritated at the notion that he is "not of the same quality as Finny,” thus he cannot possibly compete with Finny. At this
int Gene already knows that his enemy is not Finny, but he is not yet mature enough to see who his true enemy is. In his subcons ...
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Animal Farm
Number of Words: 1566 / Number of Pages: 6
... will eventually be corrupted absolutely, and according to Locke, the purpose of the government will have been defeated. Locke believed that if a government is oppressive or corrupt, the people have the right to rebel. Through this book, Orwell demonstrates that violence and the Machiavellian attitude of "the ends justifies the means" are deplorable. Rather he believes in the ideas of Montesquie in which there should be checks and balances and not one main ruler, whose decisions are final (Smyer).
is a political satire of a totalitarian society ruled by a mighty dictatorship. The Animals of “ ...
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"Evolution Of A Naturalist": The Biography Of Charles Darwin
Number of Words: 355 / Number of Pages: 2
... seasickness almost everyday of the five year long voyage, Darwin would not turn around and go back to England.
Another and maybe the most important trait was the ability to work hard. If Darwin found something that interested him, he would be willing to spend years working on it and improving it. An event that shows this occurred between 1846 and 1854. Charles knew that his fellow scientists would not agree with his theory unless he mastered the details of a zoological group. He decided to devote eight, painstaking years to the study of barnacles. Also, later in his life, to prove and explai ...
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The Catcher In The Rye- A Stud
Number of Words: 2315 / Number of Pages: 9
... purgatory of Pency prep, and futilely escapes from one dark world into darker world of New York City. The second half of the novel raises the intriguing questions and incorporates the deeper meaning of the work (Geismar). Holden sits on the cusp of adulthood, tethering dangerously close to his fate and reality and The Catcher in the Rye is the story of his journey into the adult world. In addition, this novel is similar to other famous works of the same nature. Salinger emulates elements of Shakespeare's Hamlet and Twain's Huckleberry Finn. Like Huck Finn, The Catcher in the Rye is the story of a youn ...
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The Crucible 3
Number of Words: 985 / Number of Pages: 4
... this candle, that they believed they could use to expose the heretics and eventually remove them from their society. The darkness that supposedly befuddled good and evil would be eliminated, and everyone and everything in their society would be seen as it truly was. This was a very hopeful idea for most of the Puritans, for a rapid decline in church participation was simultaneously taking place. And as ministers tried as they could to convince “sinners” in New England to repent, they couldn’t, and believed the devil was behind the loss of religious fervor that was so important whe ...
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Biography Precis -- Black Boy
Number of Words: 991 / Number of Pages: 4
... kill a meowing kitten if that's the only way he can keep
it quiet, Richard has found a way to rebel without being punished. He takes his
father literally and hangs the kitten. But Richard's mother punishes him by
making him bury the kitten and by filling him with guilt. Another theme is seen
when his father deserts the family, and Richard faces severe hunger. For the
first time, Richard sees himself as different from others, because he must
assume some of the responsibilities of an adult. In contrast to his above
characteristics, Richard soon shows his ability in learning, even before he
starts school ...
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Fahrenheit 451: A Censored And Structured World
Number of Words: 452 / Number of Pages: 2
... Mildred is the epitome of laziness. The
most complex of all the characters is the fire chief Beatty. Beatty is a man who
once was educated but has now turned his back on education and works to destroy
it. Beatty knows what is in books but chooses not to care, not to do anything
but help the destruction of books.
The loss of the characters freedom to read and to think was not an act that
was forced on the people but, embraced by the people. The people loved the idea
of not having to think anymore. The desire to confront issues was gradually lost
by the people. Since the desire the desire to conf ...
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