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London's To Build A Fire: Naturalism In Modern Life
Number of Words: 1239 / Number of Pages: 5
... "did not lead him to meditate upon his frailty as a creature of temperature, and upon man's frailty in general, able only to live within certain narrow limits of heat and cold."(p.1745) At first when the man started his journey to the camp, he felt certain that he could make it back to camp before dinner. As the trip progressed, the man made mistake after mistake that sealed his fate. The man's first mistake was to step into a pool of water and soak his legs to the knees. This blunder forced the man to build a fire to dry his wet socks and shoes so his feet would not freeze and become frostbitten. Wh ...
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Great Gatsby Party Comparison
Number of Words: 762 / Number of Pages: 3
... 44), and elegant dinner is served: "On buffet tables, garnished with glistening hors d'oeuvre, spiced baked hams crowded against salads of harlequin designs and pastry pigs and turkeys..."(p. 44) A full scale orchestra provides music all night for the hundreds of guests, laughing and dancing.
A second variation between Myrtle and Gatsby, is their class of wealth. Myrtle is from the "valley of ashes," but she is continually trying to live the life of the rich. She is obsessed with money and admits to losing interest in her husband after learning "He borrowed somebody's best suit to get married in..."( ...
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"A Man For All Seasons" By Robert Bolt: More's Moral Dilemma
Number of Words: 1214 / Number of Pages: 5
... More has
to face, but he chooses to stick to his morals.
King Henry applies pressure on More to support the divorce through
Meg. While More is in jail for failing to take an oath supporting the
divorce, Meg tries to convince him to take the oath, and she says, "Say
the words of the oath and in your heart think otherwise," (page 81). More
responded to this by saying, "What is an oath then but words we say to
god?" (page 81). Meg is applying direct pressure on More by asking him to
say the oath and not believe in it, so he will get the benefits of
believing it and stick to his morals at the same t ...
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Life Lessons Of Jem And Scout
Number of Words: 304 / Number of Pages: 2
... that he should not defend a
black man. He did it because he knew it was the rite thing to do, and the
children knew that was the reason that he did it too.
There are many things that we all learn about life as we go on
through life this book showed us some of the things that people learn from
other people in your lifetime, it also showed us some life lessons and they
were some pretty good ones. ...
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The Cultural Gap In Joy Luck Club
Number of Words: 1085 / Number of Pages: 4
... of years, they lived a life not exposing themselves to the American culture. Once Wong started school, his surrounding influenced him, as in his friends who spoke "perfect" English and his teachers who taught and exposed him to the American culture.
"It was like I was bringing home the American culture to my parents everytime I learned something new in school," Wong recalls. "I remember bringing home the first permission slip to go on a field trip when I was in kindergarten. My parents couldn't get over the fact that field trips existed. They thought going to school meant staying at school and ...
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Comparison Of Alex From Clockw
Number of Words: 1666 / Number of Pages: 7
... of their lives. It is ironic that Alex starts as a savage and Jack as a civilized human being, But when their society’s and surroundings affect them each of them becomes what the other was. Alex becomes unable to commit evil and Jack assumes leadership of a savage group that commits acts of brutality.
Alex and his “droogs” set the town ablaze by committing horrific acts of violence. He loves doing what his society says is wrong. During one of their night rides, Alex and his droogs, ripped out an old man’s teeth. Then to show real malice crunched them under his boot. ...
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Les Miserables 2
Number of Words: 420 / Number of Pages: 2
... Cosette in his custody, he had already change his name to
Monsieur Madeleine. This character name change got me off track at a point in
the story. However, in the end it all came together to show how desperate he
tried to get away from his past. Hugo had a good way of showing the emotions
of the characters; not only by deep description , but by how they strive to live a normal life.
Hugo uses a great deal of description in his writing. For example, In Les Miserables, he describes "emeute" as
"A sort of waterspout in the social atmosphere which suddenly takes
form ...
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Red Badge Of Courage
Number of Words: 764 / Number of Pages: 3
... battles in a different way, a more close and experienced way, he started to become afraid that he might run from battle when duty calls. He felt like a servent doing whatever his superiors told him.
When the regement finally discovers a battle taking place, Jim gives Henry a little packet in a yellow envelope, telling Henry that this will be his first and last battle. The regiment managed to hold off the rebels for the first charge, but then the rebels came back like machines of steel with re-enforcements, driving the regement back. One man started to flee, then another, and another still. Henry was s ...
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Faust: Book Review
Number of Words: 586 / Number of Pages: 3
... and tries again
but doesn't gain his hand in this deed. After Faust calls on Mephisto they
make a deal. Mephisto would serve Faust in this life and when Faust would die he
would come to hell and help Mephisto in return for giving Faust all this power.
Faust agrees and this is the start of the deed. Mephisto would do anything in
his power for Faust. These things that Mephisto did was to try to get Lady
Gretchen (that Faust liked dearly) to notice him. Mephisto would give Gretchen
diamonds and other assortment of jewelry to tempt her. This did not work. Over
the years of Mephisto doing all these de ...
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Lord Of The Flies; Jack Is A Devil
Number of Words: 397 / Number of Pages: 2
... hunts, the rituals, sacrifices, and the
terrorist acts. Jack is evil because of him being always murderous. He is
always wanting to hunt things and not care what happens to the animal.
Once he gets incharge of his own group he paints his face and his red hair
make him look like the devil. He uses threating comments to get other
people join his group. And he goes on savage acts like going and beating
up Ralph and Piggy for Piggy's glasses. Jack is always bulling his way
through all the boys like he forces Piggy to give him Piggy's glasses.
Jack is evil like when he sees that it is beginning to get ...
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