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Odysseus: Summary
Number of Words: 1163 / Number of Pages: 5
... start until later that afternoon (Ward 41). Odysseus'
mouth was so arid he needed water immediately. He left the hotel and
started strolling down the streets of Havana, when he decided to rob a
store to get water. Odysseus entered the next store he approached, grabbed
a bottle of water and ran out. Seconds later an alarm went off. Hearing
sirens he ran as fast as cheetah onto a side street where he hid behind a
dumpster. After Odysseus waited there for a hour he realized he was safe,
and he came out from behind the dumpster.
After he left the dumpster Odysseus walked on until he reached the
rain ...
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The Pit And The Pendulum
Number of Words: 647 / Number of Pages: 3
... the plot is subtle and complex as well as a struggle between and all-good hero and an all-bad villain. The prisoner is being tortured by a person that seems to be all-bad because of the suffering he inflicts on other people. The story is suspenseful because all through the reading you think he is going to die but he seems to overcome every obstacle that he comes across.
The character doesn't seem realistic because it doesn't seem possible that a human could survive the constant torture that he endured couldn't last as long as he did. The torturer's motives at first seem to be to cause death o ...
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Emma 2
Number of Words: 792 / Number of Pages: 3
... that her neighbors have a high opinion of her that her own vanity will not even allow her to think of her daughters love and happiness. This is best shown with the case of Elizabeth Bennet s proposed marriage to the esteemed Mr. Collins, a man she did not love. Mrs. Bennet was so upset when her daughter refused Mr. Collins offer that she would not speak to her for passing up such an opportunity. We can see an example of pride for imaginary qualities in Mary Bennet who was herself the speaker of this passage. To the embarrassment of her family, Mary would take every chance she could to put on a show wh ...
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Inherit The Wind: Creationism And Evolution
Number of Words: 714 / Number of Pages: 3
... teeth, and bones of the earliest form of a human being, apes, and modern humans have been compared. It is that over millions of years the skull for example has more then tripled in size. The earliest tracing back of a human fossil is called austalopithecines; it dates back to about 5 million years ago. Evolution is a slow process and one could learn a lot from it. Evolution is connectable with creationism.
Creationism is the belief that the universe was created in seven days, by G-d. There is a strong belief in the bible if one follows this. G-d created the heaven and earth, then there was light. That ...
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The Legendary King Arthur
Number of Words: 364 / Number of Pages: 2
... and Sir Kay. From that point on, he is referred to as Wart. The first the reader hears of the sword in the anvil is when Ector, Kay, and Arthur hear of Uther's death form King Pellinore. The similarities and differences evident in a variety of tellings of the Arthurian legend combine to prove that, across the centuries, the tale has remained alive and well and continues to prove that, across the centuries, the tale has remaine alive and well and continues to thrive in the late twentieth century. Although the various version differ in some of their details of the making of a king, each version dep ...
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Shaping A Nation
Number of Words: 395 / Number of Pages: 2
... before becoming president. The Civil War had the power to divide this nation. Lincoln pulled these two sides together and helped them unite. He abolished slavery with the thirteenth amendment and managed to keep the southern states from seceding from the Union.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the president that brought the United States out of the great depression and positioned it as a superpower. His most significant contribution was introducing the New Deal. He also was the president to create social security. Roosevelt helped the Allies in World War II with the Lend-Lease Act, which allowed ...
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The Changing Of The America Through Literature
Number of Words: 1401 / Number of Pages: 6
... to get the point across. During that time the people were basically divided into three groups, rich white folks, poor white folks, and black slaves and plantation workers. There were no respected Negro people in any of the communities throughout the South. They were mostly slaves serving and working for the white people. Twain showed mostly the negative effects of that time period but also added in a few positive effects like having Jim freed at the end. He hoped this would show the reader that change was possible but only would work if they were willing to help make it work.
Twain wanted to ...
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Gawain And Roland
Number of Words: 869 / Number of Pages: 4
... have been honorable, but it doesn't strike
me as particularly bright. Roland had the same type of problem. His honor
also got him to into trouble. One perfect example of this was when Roland
made his Uncle Ganelon so angry by antagonizing him that Ganelon used
Roland's concept of honor to make Roland take the rear guard and be
slaughtered. Roland antagonized Ganelon by saying: "Quoth Roland: ‘
Ganelon my step she is the man" (SOR, ln.229) Roland also felt honor bound
not to call for reinforcements against the pagan horde until almost every
single one of the knights were dead. "Companion Rola ...
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Loneliness And Friendship In Of Mice And Men
Number of Words: 774 / Number of Pages: 3
... got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us.” What that quote means is George and Lennie are not alone; they got each other to care for one another. Next, when George was talking to Slim, a person working at the ranch, he said, “ ‘Course Lennie’s a God damn nuisance most of the time, but you get used to goin’ around with a guy an’ you can’t get rid of him.” What that quote is saying is that even though George doesn’t like Lennie a lot he can’t get rid of him because they spent so much time together that they became very close.
My next example is a character named Candy. Candy is an old jani ...
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The Catbird Seat: Mr. Martin
Number of Words: 580 / Number of Pages: 3
... never falling under the category of fallible. Mrs. Barrows also found it hard to believe, she quoted, “If you weren’t such a drab, ordinary little man, I’d think you planned it all.”
The most vivid quality Mr. Martin depicts within the story is his psychological attributes. Mr. Martin had a head for dates when reviewing past events, which would suggest that he was quite organized. Another trait that may suggest that he was organized is how he followed a daily routine. The author follows many of his tasks with “as always” or “as usual”, to show the reader how organized Mr. Martin was. “He ...
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