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Fallen Angels: Richie Perry
Number of Words: 620 / Number of Pages: 3
... minutes he had to wipe his right hand on his fatigues at least a dozen times. He kept imagining VC popping up and him not being ready to fire. By him wiping his hand on his fatigues shows how incredibly apprehensive and nervous he was. After one of Richie’s fellow platoon members got killed, the entire company was in mourning. Richie was going over to one of the men and saw him crying. When he saw this he decided not to talk to him and turned around and walked away. The reason for this was because Richie didn’t want to insult his friend by seeing him cry. This is an example showing how respectf ...
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The Story Of An Hour: Irony
Number of Words: 480 / Number of Pages: 2
... blue sky...." All these are beautiful images of life , the reader is quite confused by this most unusual foreshadowing until Louise's reaction is explained.
The widow whispers "Free, free, free!" Louise realizes that her husband had loved her, but she goes on to explain that as men and women often inhibit eachother, even if it is done with the best of intentions, they exert their own wills upon eachother. She realized that although at times she had loved him, she has regained her freedom, a state of beeing that all of G-d's creatures strive for.
Although this reaction is completely unexpe ...
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The Realization Of Passion In Jane Eyre
Number of Words: 1219 / Number of Pages: 5
... of a Victorian woman was somewhat limited in it's
direction and expression of individuality. Jane Eyre strongly adheres to
the Victorian morality which was dominated by the Anglican party of the
Church of England in which passion and emotion were kept concealed. Jane's
instinct for asserting herself was stifled at an early age and could only
be expressed through defiance. The defiant declaration of independence from
Mrs. Reed , “You are deceitful”,(v.i.37) gives Jane the power of freedom
and opens up a life of “unhoped-for liberty”,(v.i.37).
Through the preceding years Jane develops into a high ...
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Rheingold's Virtual Reality: Summary
Number of Words: 711 / Number of Pages: 3
... some of the
pioneers like Doug Englebart of ARC(Augmentation Research Center). This is
the place that invented the mouse and hypertext. His history lesson
included the evolution of the technology used in virtual reality from
television screen to the head mounted display to the virtual environment
display which used the glove to a laser microscanner to paint images on
your retina. He seemed to cover just about every aspect of virtual reality
and many of its potential uses. The book gives you a very good background
of virtual reality without getting into heavy jargon and this makes it
easier for us to ...
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Bram Stoker's Dracula: Anti-Christianity
Number of Words: 1515 / Number of Pages: 6
... out and to keep Mina safe in the (Holy circle). Another time when the Host is used as a deterrence of vampires is at the time Van Helsing and the other men are going to leave Mina alone in the house. Van Helsing touches a Host to Mina’s forehead and it burns into her head since she, herself, was unclean. Another abstruction of the Christian religion would be the fact that Dracula sleeps in a coffin and especially because the dirt in his coffin is consecrated and Dracula, being evil, uses this ground to rest in. Dracula has several of the powers that Christians believe no one but God could ...
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Catcher In The Rye: Summary
Number of Words: 1703 / Number of Pages: 7
... young boy's full
name is Holden Caulfield. He is twelve years old, and attends a school
called Pencey. Holden starts off this story by telling his story about the
last Christmas. He starts off by saying that he was at Thomson Hill
watching a football game. He returned from New York with the fencing team.
He was the manager of the team. Holden went to his room located at Pencey.
Holden was very bored; so he took out a hunting hat that he had
bought at New York. His next door neighbor came in to bother Holden. His
neighbors name is Robert Ackley. He is a tall kid that never brushes his
teeth. They were ...
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A Farewell To Arms: The Chaotic And Brutal World Of War
Number of Words: 848 / Number of Pages: 4
... yet found it bitter in the end. Many critics have strong feelings about Henry as an individual because of his outlook on life in response to the many experiences that he faces with war, love, and death. However, many agree as a result of war, the character of Lieutenant Frederick Henry experiences a change in his morals and values.
In the novel, Lieutenant Frederick Henry volunteers as an army ambulance driver in World War I. There Lieutenant Frederick Henry learns to deal with his comrades and begins to see eye to eye with them. They discuss how Henry and his four partners take cover in a d ...
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Grapes Of Wrath In Times Of De
Number of Words: 598 / Number of Pages: 3
... strength. I think his character represents the strength and knowledge. Shown through his psyichal fights and hard crop work in the novel. Also because he had the strength to push on for his family. To keep goin through the hardest times, and overcome his obstacles. He also represents knowledge from his experiences with fixing the truck, and keeping things under control at the government camps. Another example of personal and mental strength, as well as knowledge is the courage it took to leave his family behind at the boxcar farm. He knew he had to leave his family behind for the better of the whole gr ...
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Alice In Wonderland: Summary
Number of Words: 926 / Number of Pages: 4
... bottle and a gold key. The bottle is marked “drink me”, being as thirsty as she was she took a sip of it. The room seemed to be getting bigger to her all of the sudden, but that wasn’t the case, she was getting smaller. She tried the little door that the rabbit had gone through but it was locked. She had forgotten the key that was on the table.
Alice starts to cry and a box with a cake in it appears. She eats the cake and becomes big again. Now when she is a giant, and cant fit through the door she starts to cry again. Now the room is filled with a sea of tears. The bottle is found floating ...
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The Lord Of The Flies
Number of Words: 1287 / Number of Pages: 5
... for criticism.
The struggle between darkness and light is a major theme in all the works of William Golding. Strong examples of this are found throughout Lord of the Flies. The most obvious is the struggle between Ralph and Jack. The characters themselves have been heavily influenced by the war. Ralph is the representative of Democracy. Elected as the leader he and Piggy his companion keep order and maintain a civilized government. The strength of Ralph's character was supported by the power of World War II. Jack, on the other hand, represents authoritarianism. He rules as a dictator and is ...
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