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Anne Hutchinson
Number of Words: 4838 / Number of Pages: 18
... was put in jail for one year. Undaunted, Francis Marbury continued to voice his radical opinions, including that many ministers were appointed haphazardly by high church officials to preach in any manner they wanted. Eventually, Anne's father did restrain his verbal attacks on the Church of England, choosing conformity with an imperfect church over constant arrests and inquisitions. (D. Crawford, Four Women in a Violent Time, pps. 11-15.) Being educated at home, Anne read many of her father's books on theology and religion. Much of Anne's later independence and willingness to speak out was due to her f ...
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Great Expectations: Pip's Personality Change
Number of Words: 601 / Number of Pages: 3
... beauty had made Pip blind as to what was really important in a
person. No matter how coldly Pip was treated by Estella, he went on loving
her only because of her astounding beauty.
As Pip progressed in life, he became increasingly ungrateful to the
people that had raised and cared for him as a child. His disrespect was
most strongly shown towards Joe. Having not seen Joe for a number of years,
Pip shows that he would rather have continued his now prosperous life
without having anything to do with Joe, when he thinks, "Let me confess
with what feeling I looked forward to Joe's coming... Not with p ...
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Book Report On "The Lost World"
Number of Words: 1005 / Number of Pages: 4
... tell him about and the location of the island.
With his information Levine made a team of five people to take to the island
himself, Ian Malcolm Sarah Harding, Jack Thorne, and Eddie Carr, the top
employee of Thorne. They were going to leave in two weeks when Thorne finds out
that Levine has left for the island early wanting to be the first one to “
officially” find it. He and the small crew of people he took with him were
attacked and all but Levine were killed. He would be found later. The team
left for the island soon after to try and find him. Unknown to anyone, two of
Levine's students at ...
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The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner: Nature
Number of Words: 635 / Number of Pages: 3
... When "the mariner begins to find
his salvation when he begins to look on the 'slimy things' as creatures of
strange beauty" (Fraser 203), he understands the Albatross was a symbol of
nature and he realized what he had done wrong. The mariner is forgiven
after sufficient penance - "We could not speak" - is performed by Nature.
Nature shows us more strength as we realize that people of today often can
not forgive someone who has shot or killed another person.
At a spiritual level, Nature's power can decide if we will live, or be
condemned. Nature is capable of presenting "innermost suffering" ...
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Gathering Of Old Men
Number of Words: 424 / Number of Pages: 2
... of the men even more because this shows them how they are not superior to the black men anymore. As time goes on the sheriff is starting to worry even more; because he knows the men have been drinking excessively. When night falls the sheriff and his men go home, praying that nothing will happen. By this time the white men are very drunk and want revenge. To the white men’s surprise when they arrive to Mathu’s house they are out numbered at least two to one. The white men realize that they are going to loose once again. When the white men start to shoot this shows how childish people are when they a ...
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The Chrysanthemums 2
Number of Words: 1629 / Number of Pages: 6
... However, Elisa needs something more in her life than a neat house and a good garden. Their marriage is childless and conventional and she has begun to sense that an important part of her is dying and that her future will be predictable and mundane. Elisa is a barren woman who has transferred her maternal impulses to her garden, a garden full of unborn seedlings.
On the other hand, Elisa would never consider a lurid affair, when a dark mysterious stranger appears at their quiet farm dwelling looking for work. A complete contrast from her husband, an adventurer who lives spontaneously, a man ...
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Stephen Kings's The Stand
Number of Words: 532 / Number of Pages: 2
... is always a “Dark Man.” He is always there lurking, waiting to attack.
Harold admits to him himself that he is in love with Fran and goes crazy when he realizes how serious Fran has become with Stuart Redman, one of the newcomers to their traveling group. Harold becomes insanely jealous and plots to separate them, even if it means murder.
Harold doesn’t admit it to any of them, but his dreams are different from theirs. In his dreams the “Dark Man” offers Harold power and respect, something Harold could never imagine in the past. Harold knows his destiny is to go to Las Vegas.
The group arrives in Bou ...
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Stephen Coonts' "Flight Of The Intruder": Summary
Number of Words: 591 / Number of Pages: 3
... of unauthorized bombings
anywhere in North and South Vietnam. Grafton and Cole fly their next mission
with a EA-6B for SAM (surface-to-air missiles) suppression. This plane only
carried antiradiation missiles to destroy the SAMs and their radar. But, as they
were approximating (approaching, advancing on) the first SAM surface gun
destroyed most of the plane. The crew ejected within the midst of the night;
Grafton landing safely, but Cole's back broke. Eventually, they were rescued by
a helicopter, but an A-1 Skyraider pilot who was killing off the Vietnamese that
were trying to shoot the crew.
The s ...
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The Sword In The Stone
Number of Words: 886 / Number of Pages: 4
... into a hawk, he soars into the castle's
mews. All the birds in the mews have a military rank. Their leader is an
old falcon, who Sir Ector keeps for show. The birds who rank below the
falcon, hold her in highest regard because of her age. She applies her
power over the other birds with no concern for their lives. In one
instance, Wart is ordered to stand next to the cage of a crazy hawk who
almost kills him. On the other hand, her seasoned age brings respect,
since she had not been released once she outlived her usefulness as a
huntress. This allows her to maintain a powerful grip over all the ...
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1984: Some Prophecies Have Come True
Number of Words: 552 / Number of Pages: 3
... to the normal
society by loving Big Brother. The brainwashing in the book might be a
little exaggerated but it is still the same concept.
Yet another example is how people are tagged with numbers. People
today are identified by a social security number same as in 1984. Many of
Orwells predictions became true but many didn't.
Despite the truths, there were many untruths prevalent in 1984.
Many concepts expressed in the book such as banned sex, thought police,
food shortages from the past were all predictions that never became true.
Orwell made the prediction that sex would be ille ...
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