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Solo: A Book Review
Number of Words: 884 / Number of Pages: 4
... His mother and father had been killed at sea, and the only people he had
left were his nanny and his aunt. The book gives an accurate description of
his life and times before his incredible hobby.
After the book describes Mikali's background, which itself is
filled with death, the book goes into the current life of Mikali and how
he got to where he is. Mikali discovered his great talent in music at a
very early age. His grand-father, who is the only blood relative he has
left, is committed to his grand-son. He gives his son the best schooling
in the form of music he loves the most: the Piano.
Th ...
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Dr. Jekyll And Mr Hyde
Number of Words: 2582 / Number of Pages: 10
... family.
Still, the strange man carried on, so Enfield chased him down and urged him
back. A doctor was called and Enfield and the doctor felt an odd hatred of
the man, warning the man that they would discredit him in every way
possible unless he compensated the girl. The strange man agreed to offer
100 British pounds.
Enfield notes that the man is like Satan in the way he seems emotionally
cold to the situation. The strange man presented a cheque signed by an
important person, which they together cashed the next morning. Enfield
states that he refers to the building as Black Mail House. Utterson asks ...
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"The Ministers Black Veil" And "The Scarlet Letter": Judgmentalality
Number of Words: 574 / Number of Pages: 3
... major examples where an object was used
as a sign or omen. The first is of course the letter, it meant evil,
shame, and sin to the townspeople. All it was, was a letter nothing more,
nothing less. The second object that people took as a prolific sign was
the weeds on a grave. They reasoned that the weeds were there because of
the sins of that person, and that the weeds grew because flowers could not.
People then and now take symbols too deeply and meaningful.
People often take events to be meaningful and supernatural. In The
Scarlet Letter the meteor meant some great act of God or the Devil ...
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The Lottery
Number of Words: 811 / Number of Pages: 3
... woman of the town are doing what all stereotypical females do, “exchang[ing] bits of gossip.” The men are being average males by chatting about boring day-to-day tasks like “planting and rain, tractors and taxes.”
Despite this comfortable and normal setting, there are hints of the town’s unusualness that foreshadow a surprise ending. For example, is being held “around ten o’clock” in the morning, which is an unusual time because in most towns all the adults would be working during mid-morning. In addition, the author mentions a bank and post office as key buildings surrounding the town square, bu ...
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Airframe
Number of Words: 542 / Number of Pages: 2
... The way Crichton writes gives the reader very detailed and vivid scenes, as seen in this random quote: “Mechanics in Melbourne noted that the fuel coupling was bent on the right wing, and the adjacent slats locking pin was slightly damaged. This was thought to have been caused by ground personnel in Java during the previous fuel stop.” (pg. 149).
As well as the writing, the characters were also a major factor in this novel. Unlike characters in most other novels, these actually seemed like real people. Crichton develops his characters giving them each individual attributes, emotions, ...
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A Wizard Of Eathsea
Number of Words: 961 / Number of Pages: 4
... struggles and becomes someone who is caring toward others. When he is a little older, he leaves his home. This is easy for him to do because he has no emotional ties to anyone in Ten Alders, and he has the will to learn. He has almost “a calling” to go with Ogion, and it is his fate to do so. He can feel it inside of him, an urge to go; He doesn’t know what but he needs to go.
Geds ego and impatience are always getting to the best of him, Ogion is trying to teach him important lessons, but Ged is still young and still has romantic fantasies about what being a wizar ...
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German World Of Disappointment
Number of Words: 1893 / Number of Pages: 7
... again and again all the pictures of her son. The final picture that was taken of the landlady’s son was of him at his job as a streetcar conductor. All the other occasions that the soldier had seen it he reminisced about his own time spent at that particular terminus. He remembers the pop stand, the trees, the villa with the golden lions, and especially a girl that he thought of often during the war that always boarded the streetcar at that terminus. The soldier never recognizes any of the people in the picture until he had been there for three weeks and then he sees the girl in the streetcar. The lan ...
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Analysis Of The Storm
Number of Words: 690 / Number of Pages: 3
... from a outdoor relax feel to an indoor tense feel. This also lead to the feelings of both characters towards each other, which was shown when the room was described, “ The door stood open, and the room with its white, monumental bed, its closed shutters, looked dim and mysterious.”
Soon after this, Calixta who is then feeling the situation gets up to look outside the window, as not to keep looking at Alcee for she knows what may come of it. Alcee then also gets up to look out the window so that he may stand close to Calixta, which shows how Alcee wants to be with her. While Calixta is ...
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David Copperfield: The Many Differences Between James Steerforth And Tommy Traddles
Number of Words: 579 / Number of Pages: 3
... puddings," (143).
Besides being different in appearance, Charles Dickens contrasts these two
characters through their personalities. From the beginning, James Steerforth
leads people to believe that he is a good person. There are many instances in
which he shows off his true colors. The first sign of his deceitful manner
occurs when David allows Steerforth to keep his money. Steerforth uses this
money to buy food for many of the students. Steerforth displays his selfishness
when he insults his schoolmaster, Mr. Mell, and gets him fired. Again,
Steerforth shows his stern personality agai ...
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The Beauty Myth
Number of Words: 573 / Number of Pages: 3
... terror of aging, and dread of lost control. (Wolf 10) Wolf’s research shows that there is an attack against feminism that uses images of female beauty to keep women “in their place”. Women today are more powerful than ever before, yet they are more self-conscience as well. The media has created a standard of beauty that is impossible to attain and women are developing obsessive behaviors trying to measure up to that standard. We are constantly surrounded by images of the “perfect” woman. She is tall, thin and beautiful. She rarely looks older than 25, has a flawless body, and her hair and clothes ...
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