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The Diary Of Anne Frank
Number of Words: 629 / Number of Pages: 3
... in this attic, there were other people such as the Van Daans. Mr. Frank let them stay because they needed a place to hide and since they had helped him out so much in the past by actually teaching Mr. Frank German, he felt it was the least he could do. The Van Daans had a son which Anne later became interested in. Peter was the only person who Anne could understand and knew that Anne could understand him. They could both talk to each other freely when they were together. Dussel soon joined the group. He was only supposed to be up in the attic for a short time, but he ended up staying till the end. ...
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The Price Of Objectivity (crit
Number of Words: 366 / Number of Pages: 2
... is simply moving from one place to the next, with no deep thought about the people he meets. Merely a simple statement of the facts.
Objectivity as a whole depends upon distancing a person from the events and simply watching with a clinical disattachment as Jake did. And as Jake is the narrator of The Sun Also Rises, this creates a definite lack of caring in the reader for the events that effect those outside of Jake’s circle. Just as when a tragedy is reported in a newspaper and the reader says “that’s a shame” then turns the page, so too does this book deal with li ...
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The Destruction Of The Human S
Number of Words: 754 / Number of Pages: 3
... the crimes that the monster commits, and becomes sick and sorrowful.For example, the monster kills Victor's youngest brother William, and he takes the blame and feels the guilt for it.Another example from the novel is when the monster starts to become familiar with the little beauties and simplicities of life, but begins to realize that society rejects him because of his revolting appearance.This is due to Victor's ignorance of the monster's feelings and knowledge, because Victor never told the monster what he was, a hideous and revolting creature.Victor blames himself for these innocent crimes committ ...
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Geoffrey Chaucer And The Canterbury Tales
Number of Words: 1066 / Number of Pages: 4
... but it can also be seen as he describes the personalities of his characters as well. Chaucer not only describes his characters with astounding detail, but he also creates a very individualized specific personality profile that allows the readers to see what goes on inside the characters. Chaucer allows the reader to see the story through an omniscient point of view. He makes it easy for the readers to see internal flaws within the characters. This quality gives the story-added life and is one of the reasons “The Canterbury Tales” has remained so popular through the centuries. When Chaucer ...
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Scarlet Letter
Number of Words: 1006 / Number of Pages: 4
... us shame”, for her sin brings them much grief (99). For this irrevocably harsh sin the town magistrates sentence Hester to wear the ‘A’ as a constant reminder of her sin, and for all to recognize her as an adulteress. Pearl is the incarnation of her mother’s sin. Pearl, her mother’s sole joy and at the same time a constant reminder of her sin, gives reference to Hester’s shameful badge. Pearl was not conceived out of sin, but rather brought up amidst defying associations. As a direct consequence of her sinful passions she conceives a child, Pearl. Not an evil ...
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The Impact And Outcome Of Pain
Number of Words: 1285 / Number of Pages: 5
... She writes about having mixed emotions that for people who have not had such an experience seems quit strange. For example on page 48 (I knew; with fury) she describes the first time making love to a woman. When she makes love to her the smell reminds her of her stepfather. She feels both desire and hatred. The desire was what scared her, but by making love to this woman it made her feel more comfortable with that emotion. The desire resulted in a process of healing, not thinking of her stepfather while having sex. It takes her a long time tough not to feel rage when she feels desire. Comparing a ...
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The Awakening: A Woman’s Fight For Independence
Number of Words: 824 / Number of Pages: 3
... what Edna is fighting against in this novel. She feels that, though many women agree with this “known” rule, it isn’t fair. For six years Edna conforms to these ideas by being a “proper” wife and mother, holding Tuesday socials and going to operas, following the same enduring schedule. It is only after her summer spent at Grand Isle that her “mechanical” lifestyle becomes apparent to her. She sees how much she is unhappy with the expectations, held by society, of her life and she wishes to erase them and live her life as she wants.
Edna has an independent, almost self centered, nature about her. ...
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Coming Of Age In Mississippi
Number of Words: 593 / Number of Pages: 3
... help. She also wanted to understand why blacks were being mistreated, beat, and even killed for no other reason but their color. The event in Anne’s childhood followed her into adolescence. Anne’s challenging spirit was growing. This caused a bad relationship with her mother; she wanted Anne to just follow those before her. She began to hear of blacks that were standing up for themselves and about the civil rights movement. By high school Anne was fed up and after graduation Anne went away to college, partly to get away from the increasing acts of racism, mostly to broaden her mind from the small ...
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To His Coy Mistress
Number of Words: 435 / Number of Pages: 2
... die a virgin, her virginity would go to the worms. The point he is trying to make here is that why should she wait to have sex. That she should give it up to him since saving it could end up a waste.
At the end of the poem he tries to reason with her. Being still alive and young, the speaker is saying that they should put all their feeling and love together, to strengthen what they have between them and take her virginity, because times does not stand still and they can eat up time making love. “ Let us roll all our strength, and all our sweetness, up into one ball; and tear our pleasures with roug ...
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