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Call Of The Wild
Number of Words: 431 / Number of Pages: 2
... traded
to a gold seeking family. They knew nothing, or hardly nothing, about managing
a sled team. There trip began with a very bad start. The family had loaded up
their wagon with too much unneeded baggage, and it was top heavy. As the dogs
began to pull away and pull around a curve, the baggage tipped over along with
the sled and thus the unnecessary baggage was discarded, and the trip was barely
completed because of harsh weather, wrong supplies, and poor management skills
of the dog handlers. All except a man that went by the name of John Thornton,
perhaps the only sane one in the group. Afte ...
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Courage
Number of Words: 355 / Number of Pages: 2
... courage was Mr. Cunnigham's constant payment of his debt
to Atticus; he had the courage to take something into this neighborhood. The
next display of moral courage was when Jem despite his misgivings constantly
went to Ms. Dubose's house and read to her. The next display of moral courage
was Atticus's decision to defend Tom Robinson in court and instead of just
walking in and walking out he tried his best to help him get out. There was
also Heck Tate's moral courage at the end of the book, his courage to keep
Arthur Radley from being a spectacle.
In short this book has many different displays of i ...
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The Hobbit: A Review
Number of Words: 467 / Number of Pages: 2
... gloomy enough to make up for the danger. There are many outstanding characteristics in this story.
With so many excellent attributes in The Hobbit, I found it difficult to find many things that were not good. Tolkien's choice of a conflict was not very creative. The plot of this novel is based upon the traditional "going out and taking back what is yours" story. The many kinks and side adventures made The Hobbit interesting, but the main plot of the story is still the dwarves attempting to reclaim their lost treasure from the dragon Smaug.
This book is full of adventure in a fantasy world. It shoul ...
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Heart Of Darkness: The Journey Into The Soul
Number of Words: 1525 / Number of Pages: 6
... The snake represents
all the twists and turns and being able to find one's inner-self is very
difficult and twisted. The snake represents some of the animal imagery in
the novel. Perhaps this is a sign that the jungle is something living and
not just an ordinary jungle.
Literature's imagery helps to show the main idea through a picture
painted in one's mind. Imagery is very insightful and in Conrad's novel
there is a lot of animal and hell imagery that branches together to form
the main theme of the novel, the journey in finding one's self; the soul.
The snake as mentioned before is an i ...
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The Fifth Child
Number of Words: 827 / Number of Pages: 4
... in the “nature” vs. “nurture” theory of personality.
From the time of birth, Harriet had conceived Ben as being a belligerent infant whose main purpose in the world was to harm. When he was in her womb, Ben would be “trying to tear its way out of her stomach (38),” in a rage of vigorous jabs and kicks. When Ben was born, he was a rebellious child, always trying to hurt something or someone. Only having been a couple months old, Ben broke Paul's arm. “...and Ben had grabbed the hand and pulled Paul hard against the bars, bending the arm deliberately backwards(58).” This deliberate action warned t ...
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Lord Of The Flies
Number of Words: 2319 / Number of Pages: 9
... understanding
of the cruelty possessed by some people. The ordeals of the three boys on
the island made them more aware of the evil inside themselves and in some
cases, made the false politeness that had clothed them dissipate. However,
the changes experienced by one boy differed from those endured by another.
This is attributable to the physical and mental dissimilarities between
them.
Jack was first described with an ugly sense of cruelty that made him
naturally unlikeable. As leader of the choir and one of the tallest boys
on the island, Jack's physical height and authority matched ...
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Courage In Individuals In "On Being Seventeen", "The Most Dangerous Game" And "Giving Blood"
Number of Words: 590 / Number of Pages: 3
... was....In
elementary school it was not easy....In high school I made honors and even won a
letter on the cross country team.Ó He put his fears aside to do what had to be
done. To learn the best he could in school for later life. The next story
deals with courage in another way. Physically.
Mr. Rainsford from The Most Dangerous Game is a sailor who is
shipwrecked on an island inhabited by only one person. A bestial hunter.
During Rainsford's stay he becomes the hunted. He has to put his life on the
line in order to escape. ÒHe stopped, held his breath. The baying of the
hounds stopped ab ...
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Huckleberry Finn Book Report
Number of Words: 1077 / Number of Pages: 4
... 21, 1910.
MAIN CHARACTERS
Huck Finn - the central character of the novel and the son of the town drunk.
Jim - Miss Watson’s runaway slave whom Huck helps to gain his freedom.
Pap - Huck’s father who comes back to town when he learns about the reward.
Tom Sawyer – Huck’s friend who is about his same age.
ELEMENTS OF PLOT
(1) Setting
The setting of Huckleberry Finn was in mid Eighteenth Century America. The first few chapters were set in St. Petersburg, Missouri. The town was patterned after Hannibal, Missouri, where Clemens spent his childhood. It is l ...
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Racism
Number of Words: 539 / Number of Pages: 2
... put onto a man solely due to his
color. Through a wise, just, man, Atticus, you learn that hate should
never be brought onto anyone. Prejudice is another example in which hate
should not be brought forth in.
To Kill a Mockingbird demonstrates prejudice through Boo Radley.
Boo shows us that thoughts can be brought onto a person, just because they
are different. People believe that he is a crazy man, due to the fact that
he never goes outside. The truth is that he is really a loving and caring
individual, who is just quiet and shy. He proved to us through the helping
of Scout and Jem that ever ...
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A Separate Peace: Adolescence
Number of Words: 2121 / Number of Pages: 8
... personality was gradually changed during the story by Phineas’ more outgoing personality.
While reading this story I was under the impression that Gene was a very smart person. Then once he began to spend time with Finny, the two boy’s personalities started to combine. Usually when this happened the boys did things that were against the rules. An example of this is when Finny talked Gene into skipping school and going to the beach. “The beach was hours away by bicycle, forbidden, completely out of all bounds. Going there risked expulsion, destroyed the studying I was going to do for ...
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