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Dandelion Wine
Number of Words: 540 / Number of Pages: 2
... knew each other like a big family.
In this story many problems confronted Douglas. There were many deaths,
Great-Grandma, Helen Loomis, Colonel Freeleigh and Elizabeth Ramsal, which were
friends and neighbors of Douglas. A good friend of Douglas, named John Huff,
moved away to Milwaukee because of a job opportunity for his father. Also,
Douglas got extremely sick and was dieing and there was no information on what
kind of illness he had. Douglas took these problems hard. To many things where
going bad in too short of a time. His family was always there for him. He got
well and soon for ...
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Heart Of Darkness 5
Number of Words: 725 / Number of Pages: 3
... greed overcomes him and he uses his intelligence and violence to accomplish his passionate desire. “ He is an emissary of pity and science and progress; and devil knows what else.” (Conrad, 92). It is believed that there is evil in everyone and it can be triggered by mere stupidity of man. The evil in Kurtz is unleashed because he choose his deep desires for ivory and did not look ahead in the future of what will become of him. Consequently, his soul is consumed for eternal damnation. "The improper use of knowledge is another example that symbolizes the Heart of Darkness. One of Kurt ...
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David Burn's Feeling Good: Depression
Number of Words: 2565 / Number of Pages: 10
... of committing a
suicide; other academics have agreed with the same findings. However these
academics have not specifically stated that depression is the only risk factor
of committing a suicide. They did not even suggest that depression is the
heighest weighted risk factor in committing a suicide. The impression the
reader gets after reading the introductory paragraph of the Feeling Good book is
that severe depression will inevitably result in suicide unless it is cured.
Implying that if a person has a depressive disorder, it will lead to a suicide
can be dangerous and counterproductive for a ...
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The Lord Of The Flies
Number of Words: 804 / Number of Pages: 3
... stuck on the island and showing their violent attributes. However, these children were saved, only to be exposed to the exact same situation on a greater level. The entire time the boys were stuck on that terrifying island they were wishing for an adult to come and release them from it. Who then will rescue this individual and save him from the terrors of the world?
There is also a political system on the island just as there is in our society. Ralph is the children’s elected representative. He appoints hunters (or an army in our case) and a leader to this group on the island. He also appoints p ...
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Matilda
Number of Words: 666 / Number of Pages: 3
... for constantly denouncing her. For instance, she replaced his hair tonic with her mother’s hair dye, causing Mr. Wormwood’s hair to be turned a platinum blonde. On her first day of school, ’s teacher Miss Honey becomes very interested in her abilities, wondering where the child picked up such an ability to solve complicated mathematical equations and read such great novels for a child her age. Miss Honey is a petite woman. She is timid towards her aunt, Miss Trunchbull, but can handle the first semester kids very well. Miss Trunchbull, a large intimidating woman, is very cold at heart. She was suspe ...
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An Analysis Of Maya Angelou's "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings"
Number of Words: 813 / Number of Pages: 3
... encouraged Maya to emerge and assisted her
in finding her strongest defense and force, her love of literature, to open this
barrier and allow Maya to end the silence. By doing this, it enhanced Maya's
courage and willingness to conquer other barriers and fortresses. Maya's love of
literature expanded and opened her horizons. One of Maya's favorite pieces of
literature is The Tale of Two Cities. She enjoyed it because it was a tale of
her life, although in different cities, now being St. Louis and Stamps, it
seemed as if she was reading her own autobiography, which is, in fact, rather
portentous and ...
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The Influence Of Realism In Tolstoy's The Death Of Ivan Ilyich
Number of Words: 870 / Number of Pages: 4
... they “
should” or “have to” go and comfort the widow. Their real reasoning behind
everything was to see who would take Ivan's position at work. Another
example of illusion of reality is when Ivan is lying down in excruciating
pain and his wife, daughter, and son-in-law enter. Ivan sits and watches
as they ignore the pain he is enduring to argue about something as petty as
opera glasses. This seemed true to life because people cannot address a
situation as big as death, so they talk around it. Ivan is dumbfounded by
their apathy in the presence of his impending death. They then said, if
they we ...
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God And Heaven In A Lesson Bef
Number of Words: 953 / Number of Pages: 4
... to stand and reach salvation. Grant becomes responsible to help Jefferson walk towards death like a man, and does not have to do anything about his soul. It is through the close relationship that Grant and Jefferson develop through their conversations that finally deep down in their hearts they believe in heaven and God’s promise about heaven. They learn about the world and its difficulties and how many people are anxious to reach heaven because they have nothing here, in this world, to grasp to.
There are many things that show, neither Jefferson nor Grant care about religion. For exam ...
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: Superstition
Number of Words: 739 / Number of Pages: 3
... that is the size of a fist that he took from an ox's stomach. Jim asks the hair-ball; Why is Pap here? But the hair-ball won't answer. Jim says it needs money, so Huck gives Jim a counterfeit quarter. Jim puts the quarter under the hair-ball. The hair-ball talks to Jim and Jim tells Huck that it says. "Yo'ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he spec he'll go 'way, en den ag'in he spec he'll stay. De bes' way is tores' easy en let de ole man take his own way. Dey's two angles hoverin' roun' 'bout him. One uv'em is white en shiny, en t'other one is black. De wh ...
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Contrasting Marlow And Kurtz And The Theme Of Evil In "Heart Of Darkness"
Number of Words: 2608 / Number of Pages: 10
... the
absolute evil, we can see the two products of an inner evil which has
emerged. Marlow, who defeats his evil, and gains self-knowledge, and Kurtz,
who is defeated by his darkness and falls prey to its wrath. In William
Golding's Lord of the Flies the author points out how easily people can be
over taken by the darkness, how the potential for good can be destroyed by
the evil, but ideally how good will triumph. Through an examination of
these two works we can see how the darkness within, given the correct
environment will surface. The circumstances which eventually cause the
appearance ...
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