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The Adventures Of Huckleberry
Number of Words: 739 / Number of Pages: 3
... uncivilized person. Pap is an alcoholic, a dead
beat and a racist. Nevertheless, society also considered Huck
"uncivilized" because he did not wear shoes, did not always attend school
and he smoked. Society criticized Huck as uncivilized due to physical
appearance when really Huck turned out to be more civilized than any
other character in the novel because he learns how to respect Jim.
Through the ironic critizims of society trying to civilize Huck, Huck
teaches us a lesson on being civilized.
In the novel, Jim runs away from his slave owner Miss Watson. By
doing a thing like t ...
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Summer Of The Monkeys: Summary
Number of Words: 347 / Number of Pages: 2
... sent a telegram to the circus.
They they came and gave Jay Berry the money. Then he asked his
grandpa about a pony. The next day he went to pick from 2 ponies. The one
he wanted to buy was wounded so he would not buy it.
Instead he went home and gave the money to his parents for the
operation on his sisters old twisted leg.
After everyone left for the operation but Jay Berry and papa
everything got quiet. Papa got deprest and so did Jay Berry.
Then they wrote a note saying they were coming back.
They went to the rail station and Daisy and mama came out of the
train. They went home and they were al ...
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Report On Book Titled Black Li
Number of Words: 1747 / Number of Pages: 7
... are species together. We embrace it, but yet use it to discriminate, separate, and emotionally destroy others.
In Black Like Me, John was a white man that stepped into the dark dismal life of a black man in the Southern region of the United States. He thought that he had prepared for it but nothing could prepare him for the hard life of desperation, lewd and ludicrous comments, aw well as hate stares that had no basis for even existing except for pure ignorance.
When contemplating over what I would do in the various situations that he encountered in his travels throughout the south, I realized th ...
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Beloved: Sethe And Her Daughter
Number of Words: 1468 / Number of Pages: 6
... Does Sethe kill her baby girl
because she wants to save the baby from slavery or does Sethe end her
daughter's life because of a selfish refusal to reenter a life of slavery?
It can be said that she is a woman who chooses to love her children
and not herself. Sethe kills her baby because her children are the only
good and pure part of who she is and must be protected from the cruelty and
the "dirtiness" of slavery(Morrison 251). In this respect, her act is that
of love for her children. The selfishness of Sethe's act lies in her
refusal to accept personal responsibility for her baby's death. Sethe ...
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The Canterbury Tales Handout
Number of Words: 478 / Number of Pages: 2
... to forgive sins more than a priest. The Friar should have been very poor, perhaps worse off than the people he helped, however he was eating healthy and living large. He spends much time at bars and inns, rather than living with and aiding the destitute.
This man of God, hero of the poor and mediator between God and men, turns out to be as fraudulent as his claims of giving penance. He is more consumed with winning support to build a shelter for the poor. He is too busy scheming to do illegal business rather than to serve the poor. His character, dignity and nobility all lack sincerity. The ...
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So Long A Letter And A Raisin In The Sun: Love And Wealth
Number of Words: 1306 / Number of Pages: 5
... a black family from Chicago receives money from Walter Younger’s death and his wife wants to buy a house in an all white neighborhood. The Younger family consist of Lena, the mother Walter Lee and Beneatha her children, Walter Lee’s wife, Ruth, and their son Travis. This story takes place in the 1950’s when there were many racial discriminations occurring, segregations, and the Civil Rights movement.
So Long a Letter takes place where the Islamic culture and tradition is very important. In the Islamic culture a very looked upon when he has many wives, because it is a sign of wealth and power th ...
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Analysis Of Children's Fairy Tales
Number of Words: 4150 / Number of Pages: 16
... palaces, and Kingdoms, mystical forests or
a witches castle. One story was of a lonely cabin located in a mystical
forest. I suppose places like these were used to provoke the children
imagination.
Many of the themes I found to be quite common. I quite often found them
to be about a boy and a girl and them getting together. There was also
usually some sort of a competition were the protagonist would win and get
the girl. The boy and the girl were often a prince and a princess. In
almost all fairy tales the protagonist was put in a situation where there
was a problem. In Cinderellas case she had n ...
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The Murder Of Art From The Sou
Number of Words: 419 / Number of Pages: 2
... and after murdering Hallward, the creator of the evil painting, he decides to get rid of this dreaded piece of art once and for all. Dorian takes the same knife that he killed Hallward with, and stabs the portrait of his older self. A sudden scream echo’s, leading the servants to his room a short time later. There, dead on the floor, is an old unrecognizable man who they find out is Dorian. The only evidence that this thing was once Dorian Gray was by the rings on his hands. He lay there, dead on the floor, with a knife stabbed through his heart. Hanging on the wall was a portrait of his, but it ...
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Innocence To Experience
Number of Words: 1393 / Number of Pages: 6
... the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember
it's a sin to kill a mockingbird," he is referring to the notion that a
mockingbird is a harmless creature and does nothing but sing and bring
happiness to the world. Harper Lee takes the title for her novel from this
passage because the imagery of the mockingbird is comparable to the
characters of both Boo Radley and Tom Robinson. These two characters are
"harmless songbirds" who are sinfully destroyed. This statement also
definitely shows that the kids (Jem and Scout) have respect for Atticus.
The building of a snowman by Jem and Scout one win ...
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Of Mice And Men: George, Lennie, And Crooks
Number of Words: 1511 / Number of Pages: 6
... of them all is to watch his simple-minded friend, Lennie. George has to speak for Lennie, lest he slip away and give the reason why they ran out of weed. In the beginning of the book, the first impression is that George is harsh with Lennie, but in terms of the entire novel, we might say that he was, if anything, not strict enough.
George and Lennie have created a dream of their having a place someday, and a reason for that, since they don’t wasn’t to be bossed around by anyone else except for themselves. However, the crux of the dream is that, once there, no one can harm Lennie. George then is anxi ...
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