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Lord Of The Flies: The Setting
Number of Words: 428 / Number of Pages: 2
... type of government will shape their behaviors and the
respect from the others. Their rules of civilization change the way people
feel about each other. For example, Jack does not like Ralph because Ralph
is the leader of the group and makes the decisions, but Jack doesn't like
the way Ralph leads them.
Another reason Golding put the setting on an island is that the
environment is different from the conditions that they're used to. The
environment and vegetation of the island is a big influence on their daily
life. Their life basically revolves around the things that live and grow
on the is ...
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Siddhartha's Journey
Number of Words: 887 / Number of Pages: 4
... which one aims unflinchingly."(8)
It was after meditating with Govinda that he realized what he had
to do. In an attempt to reach the arrow's goal, he would leave his father
to join the Samanas who he thought had the secrets to finding the "self".
While with the Samanas Siddhartha learned many ways to escape the
"self". He would do this through meditation, abandonment of the body,
fasting, and the holding of breath. He abandoned his body through these
ways many times but would still always come back to being Self and
Siddhartha. He would come back to feel the torment of that life cycle.
Siddharth ...
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Compare Two Biographies Of Wayne Gretzky
Number of Words: 991 / Number of Pages: 4
... coach. He was not only coach, but also trainer and
chauffeur. Gretzky called him dad, his name was Walter. However, in the
book "Gretzky and Taylor", it did not show anything in Gretzky's childhood.
It was started when Gretzky became the NHL player, a member of Edmonton
Oiler's rookie. How he became the hall of the frame. The description of
this book was very interesting. The writer show the thing through the game.
For example the first chapter was talking about the 1984 Stanley Cup final
between the Edmonton Oilers and New York Islander.
"Wayne," he said, "don't worry about not scoring so ...
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One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich: Summary
Number of Words: 1248 / Number of Pages: 5
... pass him through when,
for safety's sake, he crushed the mitten
that Shukhov held out to him - the empty one. (Solzhenitsyn, Pg.
107)
The smart move that he does is to place the empty mitten on top and take
the risk that the guard will only search the empty one. Shukhov was lucky.
Another example of having to be smarter is after they find the wood panels,
they want to carry them back to make the place where they work warmer.
Shukhov knows that if they carry it flatways, it will be easily noticed by
others, so, they hold it upright in between them and set off. If they are
seen by the su ...
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The Great Gatsby And The American Dream
Number of Words: 444 / Number of Pages: 2
... Gatsby being frustrated and disillusioned by failing to be satisfied in
his long sought position, tries to escape the American dream in favor of
the soft values in life. Daisy becomes his obsession in life and the
disappointment when he realizes her lack of affection for him is fatal.
By introducing Nick as a narrator, who is also partially supporting
Gatsby's principles regarding the pursuit of happiness, Fitzgerald lets the
reader start out with a biased mind. However, throughout the book, his
opinions become less influential on the development of the plot. This way,
the criticism of the Am ...
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A Separate Peace: Gene And Finny's Relationship
Number of Words: 573 / Number of Pages: 3
... on a greater meaning; from that point on they are emotionally attached. After Finny's first accident, the relationship grows stronger. "Listen, pal, if I can't play sports, you're going to play them for me,' and I lost part of myself to him then, and a soaring sense of freedom revealed that this must have been my purpose from the first: to become a part of Phineas."
Gene begins to feel that Phineas is part of him. "Finny had deliberately set out to wreck my studies...that way he, the great athlete, would be way ahead of me." In Chapter four, Gene's doubts of Finny's loyalty and concern for him surf ...
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Tolkiens's Lord Of The Rings
Number of Words: 988 / Number of Pages: 4
... about. The language, in English is not exactly incorrect but
it is odd, strange, and different, which matches the theme and plot.
Tolkien, like mostly every other author has one main, specific goal
during the exposition of the story, which is to capture the reader's
attention. In the beginning of "The Lord of the Rings," Tolkien presents
events of happiness, mystery, tales of power, chase, by evil riders,
battles, and strange encounters. Through this process, Tolkien has created
a grasp upon the reader's attention, although, in the beginning, there is
not much of a sort or understanding of the c ...
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A Time Of Prejudice
Number of Words: 919 / Number of Pages: 4
... story after Scout already realizes it through all her adventures.
Every summer, the boy next door comes to visit his aunt. His name is Dill. Jem, Scout and Dill, as children, find their daily childish pleasure in harassing the most mysterious character in the book Boo Radley. As Scout would say, “He went out at night when the moon was down and peeped into peoples’ windows.” Later they found out that that was obviously untrue; they were just uneducated about Boo.
In the book, Atticus, whom I might add is a well-respected lawyer in Maycomb, defends the case of a black man; Tom Robinson who is no do ...
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Huckleberry Finn Essay
Number of Words: 713 / Number of Pages: 3
... that he believed that society was too much for him. Also that they would try to make him civilized again, which he didn't want, so he goes off alone to finally be truly free of his troubles and restraints.
This is also seen in the character Jim. While Jim is with Miss Watson, he is a slave. She isn't the one who made him that way, it was society. She was good to him and never did him any harm, but the fact is that no matter how good she was to him, he still was only a slave. When Jim runs away, he finally sees that there was a way to be truly free and that was to not live within society. When Jim is i ...
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The Great Gatsby 4
Number of Words: 1253 / Number of Pages: 5
... no longer structured by traditional values that had sent young men to war, that inspires him to go east to New York, where he endeavors to learn about the bond market. Nick settles in West Egg as a young, impressionable man hoping to rise with the times. Speaking as the narrator, he establishes himself as a hardworking American with ‘advantages’ with a strong family history and a belief in good moral values. It quickly becomes evident that the ‘American values’ that Nick was raised with do not run parallel to the American dream desired by so many, yet attained by so few. Nick ...
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