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Lucky Winner
Number of Words: 1081 / Number of Pages: 4
... her husband and her children. She always wants more, and more. However, she does not think about what she needs to learn that will allow her to earn that extra money. In addition, if she has more knowledge and experience in the business environment then maybe she could earn the same amount as her co-worker. For instance, she racks her brains, and tries this thing and the other, but she can not find any success.
Buying expensive things is a good example of materialistic gain in this family because the parents always want to buy more and more expensive things when they don’t have enough money. Accord ...
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Tom Sawyer
Number of Words: 1772 / Number of Pages: 7
... grave yard trying to get rid of warts, when they witnessed a
murder by Injun Joe. At the time Muff Potter was drunk and asleep so Injun Joe
blamed the murder him (Muff Potter). They knew if crazy Injun Joe found out they
knew, he would for sure kill them. Tom wrote on a wooden board "Huck Finn and
Tom Sawyer swear to keep mum about this and they wish they may drop down dead in
their tracks if they ever tell and rot", then in their own blood they signed
their initials TS and HF.
A few days after that incident Tom, Huck and Joe decided to go and
become pirates because no one cared for their ...
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Catcher In The Ryes Holden Cau
Number of Words: 445 / Number of Pages: 2
... and corruption, keeping them safe. Holden has an ephiphany during the novel as he passes the elementary school halls and notices the obscenities scribbled on the walls. His attempt to efface them is unsuccessful, and he realizes that he can't make them go away. This symbolizes Holden's need to protect, and realization that he can't be the savior of society's corruption.
Although the scene in the elementary school halls hint to Holden that he can't make the imperfections of the world disappear, nothing provides the determining insight better than his little sister, Phoebe. Upon his departure, Holden g ...
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Is Gimpel A Fool?
Number of Words: 550 / Number of Pages: 2
... with her. He loves her for her good and not her flaws.
When Elka had her children, Gimpel loves them like his own. He knows that they are not his, obviously, but he doesn’t let that child grow up without love. He probably knows what it’s like to not be loved because he is an orphan. He doesn’t want that child to go through the pains he went through just because his mother wasn’t perfect. He is an extremely strong person for not hating this child or neglecting it. Most people would hate the child knowing it was not theirs, but Gimpel is different. He has compassion for all people, and it do ...
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The Stranger 2
Number of Words: 596 / Number of Pages: 3
... to Meursault if he was stated as a friend of Raymond’s or not. The way that Meursault does not contribute to the conversation and that it is just “fine with [him]” to be friends creates an image of indifference. This image continues to grow as Raymond continues to talk to Meursault. Raymond goes on to tell of his problems with women, and Meursault still remains silent. After his Raymond’s confessions are over he once again thanks Meursault for being a pal: “I didn’t mind being his pal, and he seemed set on it.” (Camus, 33) Once again, Meursault’s a ...
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A Farewell To Arms
Number of Words: 522 / Number of Pages: 2
... war front. During this period, Hemmingway heavily indicates the love Frederic has for Catherine. It is evident that Frederic is distracted by his love for Catherine.
During a massive retreat from the Austrians and the Germans, the Italian forces become disordered and chaotic. Frederic is forced to shoot an engineer sergeant under his command, and in the confusion is arrested by the Italian military police for the crime of not being Italian. Disgusted with the Army and facing death, Frederic decides he has had enough of the war; he dives in to the river to escape.
After swimming to safety, Frederic ...
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The Prince And The Pauper
Number of Words: 851 / Number of Pages: 4
... novel takes place in the sixteenth century the dialogue and narration is written in the language style of that time. “Oh, prithee, no more, my lord, I cannot bear it! I beseech your good lordship that order be taken to change this law...” is an example of the style within the novel. Not only the does the dialogue and narration make this novel unique but also the construction of the novel itself. The story has two different stories happening at the same time. One scene is that of Prince Edward and the other of Tom Canty. Mark Twain set up the chapters so that with every chapter the scene was ch ...
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Animal Farm - Elements Of Lite
Number of Words: 1042 / Number of Pages: 4
... the protagonist and Napoleon is the antagonist. Snowball was the likeable person among the animals also very admirable. The other animals looked up to him and not only because he was the leader. He put effort into the ideas that he and all the other animals came up with. He also worked with the animals and did not slack off because he was the leader. Napoleon on the other hand took advantage of his rank. He did not work with the other animals and broke all the rules. When this happened he made an excuse or changed the rule. For example the original commandment stated that “No animal shall drink alcoho ...
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Don Quixote
Number of Words: 486 / Number of Pages: 2
... upon following his calling, but at the end of the first part of the book they make him return to his home by means of a sly stratagem. In the second part the hidalgo leaves for the third time and alternately gives indication of folly and of wisdom in a dazzling array of artistic inventions. But now even his enemies force him to abandon his endeavors. finally recognizes that romances of chivalry are mere lying inventions, but upon recovering the clarity of his mind, he loses his life.
This idea is very realistic because of its modern day implications. It tells who becomes bored with his life and ...
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Crime Of Passion By Barbara Hu
Number of Words: 426 / Number of Pages: 2
... in a blue uniform with his gun and walkie-talkie enters the mind. When the man had been diagnosed with lung cancer he was described as a sixty pound skeleton being kept alive by liquid food poured down a tube.
The code blues were described horrifically. He stopped breathing two to three times a day, and every time he stopped he was resuscitated. “The nurses stayed to wipe away the saliva that drooled from his mouth, irrigate the big craters of bedsores that covered his hips, suction the lung fluids that threatened to drown him, clean the feces that burned his skin…” He was going through an agonizin ...
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