|
|
|
» Browse Book Reports Term Papers
Catch-22 & One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest Black Humor; A Satirical View Of The Institution
Number of Words: 2609 / Number of Pages: 10
... for the reader. At first, the reader is entertained, but then they realize the seriousness of the situation, and the reader realizes that the joke is on them. The author knew that they would laugh, and the author knew that the reader would be disgusted with themselves because of it. Consequently, the very nature of this process and the sense of personal guilt that is involved invokes a sense of anger. This anger is directed towards the reason for the situation or absurdity. Therefore, the absurdities found in these novels is very effective and very poignant (Pratt 420).
Initially the sit ...
|
|
Ceremony By Leslie Silko
Number of Words: 505 / Number of Pages: 2
... on in the book, as compared with the perspective of Tayo.
There are two women in the book who put their perspective into the story, one of
them is the elderly mistress of Josiah and the other one is Helen Jean who went
on one of the many joyrides that Harley and the others went on. These women are
actually just a way for the author to explain how the rest of society viewed
Tayo. An example of this is when Helen Jean describes Tayo "Too quiet, and not
very friendly(161)". Another thing this allows the author to do is to show how
the War affected the young women from the reservations. She is able to sh ...
|
|
Alive Book Report
Number of Words: 961 / Number of Pages: 4
... their friends in the Andes. The setting in ALIVE gave you a real sense of how terrible it was for the Andes survivors. First of all, the Andes setting was basically what kept the survivors from being found by an airplane. The snow covered mountains blended to the roof of the Fairchild to a point where the plane was literally invisible from more than 50 ft. away. Secondly, the intense cold, which at night dropped to around 40 below zero, weakened many of the passengers. Since there was no proper protection against such extreme temperatures, many of the passengers who were already injured from the plane ...
|
|
Characters And Their Roles In The Great Gatsby
Number of Words: 1139 / Number of Pages: 5
... in what seems to be the fight of his life. He is one of Gatsby’s only confidants and is there whenever Daisy and Gatsby meet. He is a crucial character of the novel.
Tom Buchanan is one man that no one who reads this novel likes or has any feeling for. He is the antagonist and is the character in which much of the typical macho male aspects are placed upon. He went to school with Nick at Yale and eventually married Nick’s Cousin Daisy. He cam from a very wealthy family in which materialism and the love for money was rampant. Tom was very ungrateful for what he had in Daisy, and Nick as well as G ...
|
|
Fahrenheit 451: Criticizing The Modern World
Number of Words: 612 / Number of Pages: 3
... to do. Today, everything is happening just as The Hound is controlled. Programming is happening in our very world. Take schools for example. Consider Pavlov’s experiment with ringing bells to provoke an automatic response in dogs. He rang a bell; the dogs salivated expecting food. The school board rings a bell, and students rise to show respect for the American flag because ‘now is the designated time to be patriotic, and you will or face consequences”. The bell rings, students stand. The bell rings, the students sit, the student walks, the student is allowed to eat. We’re robots in the programmed ...
|
|
Reaching Up For Manhood
Number of Words: 2741 / Number of Pages: 10
... Not to state the obvious, but I was raised very different from what the novel describes as an African-American male. Considering I am a Caucasian female, I was not raised with the attitude that I need to fend for myself. I did not need to learn self-defense in order to stay safe on the playground. My mother did not coach me on which ways to walk home from school. I didn't have to worry about it since the schools were well equipped with buses and money was not a problem for any of the school districts in the area I call home. I could not imagine telling a child not to go to the playground and play afte ...
|
|
Delsohn's The Emmitt Zone: Summary
Number of Words: 328 / Number of Pages: 2
... quietly pursuing.
Emmitt proved to coach Jimmy Johnson that he had made the right pick by
setting a record, three straight NFL rushing titles. Not even the great Walter
Payton or Jim Brown had ever done this. This is what labeled Emmitt Smith as
one of the best football players ever to step onto a turf or grass field. He
was quoted by Jimmy Johnson saying, "Emmitt makes everyone around him a better
player just by his presence."
All in all, this was a good book. I learned all about the kind of
records Emmitt Smith set. I learned that not all people are as fortunate as
Emmitt to have a great ski ...
|
|
Yamileth Lopez
Number of Words: 1104 / Number of Pages: 5
... the treatment they receive from Penny and Mark was something that is more than what Yamileth expected. For all the modern appliances such as washer and dryer so forth, they are something that She had never seen before and never know how to operate them. She knows that she is suppose to be a worker and can't get used to the friendly treatment that Penny and Mark given them. The fact that Miguel get a better education in Oregon and the father kind of figure to Miguel which is something that Yamileth can't give to Miguel. Miguel learn English in much better environment in Oregon and with the baseball ...
|
|
Mania Dictator Of Inability Ha
Number of Words: 1104 / Number of Pages: 5
... becomes more and more inflated and exaggerated .In extreme cases (like Hamlet's) the manic person may become consistently wild or violent until he or she reaches the point of exhaustion. Manic depressives often function on little or no sleep during their episodes .(A.L.Smith &Weisman,1992)
At the opening of the play Hamlet is portrayed as a stable individual . He expresses disappointment in his mother for her seeming disregard for his father's death. His feelings are justified and his actions are rational at this point ,he describes himself as being genuine. As this scene progresses it is revealed ...
|
|
Catcher In The Rye Symbolism
Number of Words: 1029 / Number of Pages: 4
... the phonies and escape the hardships of adulthood. Or if they are dependent on a parental figure such as the truck that comes to their rescue and takes them away similar to the way Holden wants to stay a child and dependent. Also the idea that the ducks are saved by a truck suggests Holden wanting to be the Catcher in the Rye, saving children from the hardship of adulthood. The ducks, in whatever way, avoid the coldness and hardships of winter and are nowhere to be found during this time. This symbolizes Holden wanting to avoid adulthood and go away to some place where he won't have to face the ...
|
|
|
