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Learning To See: Summary
Number of Words: 456 / Number of Pages: 2
... Hours pasted, with no sign of the Professor. Samuel moved the fish closer to him this time, feeling the fish with his hands, turning it is he was able to see every angle of the specimen. This inabled him to take in the whole fish, seeing more then the first time that he looked. Samuel draw the fish, and saw more things about the fish that he missed time and time again. When Profsssor Agassiz returned, Scudder gave the Professor a rundown on the fish. the professor told him to go home and tell him more in the morning . After seeing the fish all night in his head, ...
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Literature And Life: Of Human Bondage And Beyond
Number of Words: 587 / Number of Pages: 3
... the faults in my erroneous
living. I finally realized, and truly not a moment too soon, that if I did not
start living for the present, my future would soon become my neglected present.
I would have wasted my life doing meaningless things and I would have no
experience to share with anyone who may be interested in the uneventful life I
had led. After I came to this startling revelation, I grew even more apathetic
in my depression. I truly felt that there was nothing I could do to remedy this
situation and was at a total loss for solutions. Soon enough, though, I
concluded that there was no alt ...
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The Grapes Of Wrath 3
Number of Words: 1050 / Number of Pages: 4
... strong man, it was very frightening to see him cry and once lay down for a while to rest, he went to the eternal rest as he passed away. It was thought by the ex-preacher, Casy, that Grandpa was dying since the day they left the home, that land was Him and without it he was dead. The death of Grandpa didn't fully hit the Joads. The only one who was effected severely by this tragic experience was Grandma. For now, after all, she was left alone. She went into fits of crying and just lying down and not saying a word. She longed for her husband, and her depression soon effected her health. Yet, the family ...
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Native Son
Number of Words: 2191 / Number of Pages: 8
... socially unacceptable and being the subject of punishment. Although he later admits to Max that Mary Dalton’s behavior toward him made him hate her, it is not that hate which causes him to smother her to death, but a feeble attempt to evade the detection of her mother. The fear of being caught with a white woman overwhelmed his common sense and dictated his actions. When he attempted to murder Bessie, his motivation came from intense fear of the consequences of "letting" her live. Bigger realized that he could not take Bessie with him or leave her behind and concluded that killing her could provi ...
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Young Goodman Brown / The Masque Of Red Death
Number of Words: 422 / Number of Pages: 2
... because he couldn't deal with reality. The dream that he had changes his mind and made him believe in things that were fake but when he woke he couldn't deal with the real world. He believed what happened in the dream was reality and what ever happens in reality goes against what he learned in his dreams. So whenever normal actions occurred in real life he questioned it and wondered what it really meant. In The Masque Of The Red Death Prince Prospero for some reason decorated his rooms in a bizarre way and with haunting furniture he had a eccentric yet August taste. He also wanted everyone around him t ...
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Great Expectations: True Goodness In A Person
Number of Words: 718 / Number of Pages: 3
... expectations of are what finally bring him to realize the importance and value of true goodness. He is brought to London where he was to become a gentleman. But he only finds that life there was even more unsatisfying. He grows deeper in debt, and starts loosing friends because he felt he was better than them. When he visited Pip was actually embarrassed by him, one of the few people who loved him most and cared for him so much when he was a child, and Pip just turned him away. He even did the same to Magwitch, a person who had dedicated his life toward helping. When Magwitch finally reveal ...
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The Pelican Breif
Number of Words: 923 / Number of Pages: 4
... and they are saying if the
FBI can not solve who killed the Justices then maybe they should get
someone else.
After a while they go back to Gray who is on the telephone, with
an unknown person at the time, and is talking about the murders and
the person on the telephone is saying that he knows who killed the
Justices. He traces the phone call to a pay phone and then goes
there and takes pictures of him, which comes in hand later in the
movie.
Then Thomas is going to met his friend Gavvin Verheek at a bar
which he gave him a copy of the Pelican Brief that he received earlier
from his girl ...
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The Great Gatsby: A Full Spectrum Of Character
Number of Words: 566 / Number of Pages: 3
... by material success, as when she is touring Gatsby's
mansion and seems deeply moved by his collection of fine, tailored shirts. It
would seem that Tom's relative wealth, also, had at one time impressed her
enough to win her in marriage. In contrast to that, Gatsby seems to not care a
bit about money itself, but rather only about the possibility that it can win
over Daisy. In fact, Gatsby's extreme generosity gives the reader the impression
that Gatsby would otherwise have never even worked at attaining wealth had it
not been for Daisy. For Gatsby, the only thing of real importance was his
pursu ...
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Wuthering Heights-storm And Ca
Number of Words: 759 / Number of Pages: 3
... Edgar Linton falls in love with Catherine, upsetting the balance between the relationship of Catherine and Heathcliff. Edgar’s love for Catherine is sincere, but the element of great passion which is strongly characterized does not compare to Heathcliff’s love. The difference between Catherine’s feeling for Heathcliff and the one she feels for Linton is that Heathcliff is a part of her nature, while Edgar is only a part of her superficial love. “For he (Heathcliff), like her, is a child of storm; and this makes a bond between them, which interweaves itself with the ...
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Anna Karenina: Characters And The Life Novel
Number of Words: 1697 / Number of Pages: 7
... and fullness. From the speech patterns the waiter uses to the
description of the fit of his uniform, one is presented with the details that
allow the waiter to contribute to the novel in means beyond simply the presence
of a minor character. His description and actions provide the novel with a
sense of "real life".
Another way in which Tolstoy gives the minor character a sense of life
is by making them unpredictable. One sees this in the character of Ryabinin.
When initially discussed, the reader is told that upon conclusion of business,
Ryabinin will always say "positively and finally" (p161). H ...
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