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Lord Of The Flies: Golding Reduces The Power Of His Message
Number of Words: 401 / Number of Pages: 2
... way the wind picks up after Simon
has let him down from the trees and carries him out to sea, so that the
other boys cannot see that it wasn't a beast. The author uses the boy's
fear against them, and although this could possibly happen in the situation,
Golding uses it as a weapon against them, their morale and their
companionship. I think that the boys split up and go to Jack because of the
fear - he can kill the beast, he can get them meat, and if they ever get
upset, he can start a dance and all will be fine.
The whole message of the story is about the `darkness of man's heart',
which exists in e ...
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Go Ask Alice
Number of Words: 2428 / Number of Pages: 9
... her life. She does not enjoy her teachers, subjects and school.
She thinks everything is losing interest and everything's dull. I think she just
is going through the "teenager blues".
Julie Brown had a party but she didn't go because she gained seven whole
pounds. I don't think that seven pounds is a big deal.
On September 30th her father was invited to be the "Dean of Political
Science at --------- ". She says that she is gonna become a new person by time
she gets her new house and that it is gonna be so great. Good maybe now she will
quit crying about her dull life. She says that she is gonna exe ...
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Review Of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights
Number of Words: 642 / Number of Pages: 3
... streets at a very young age. Neither of his foster
siblings cared much for him at first. Eventually, his sister grew to like
him and his brother grew to hate him. As the years passed, Heathcliff's
brother Hindley continued to scar him emotionally and his sister Cathy grew
to love him with such a passion that when Cathy and Hindley died in their
middle ages, Heathcliff vowed to take revenge on Hindley's son and to not
rest until he lay in the ground beside Cathy. There were many instances in
the story where one was compelled to feel sorry for the way Heathcliff was
constantly barraged by Hindley's ...
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Crime And Punishment: Protagonist And Antagonist Essay
Number of Words: 1691 / Number of Pages: 7
... situation as we read
the long letter from Raskolnikov's mother. Then we witness the murder as it is
graphically described by Doestoevsky. After reading this graphic description of
the murder, how can the reader be sympathetic towards Raskolnikov? How can the
reader believe that a murderer is the protagonist? It is, in fact, not hard to
accept this murderer as the protagonist. Raskolnikov believed that by murdering
the pawnbroker, he rid society of a pest. We realize that if the victim would
have been someone other than an evil old pawnbroker the crime would never had
taken place. He could ...
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BAG OF BONES
Number of Words: 751 / Number of Pages: 3
... Kyra wouldn’t. She was the hood ornament in all of this, doomed to go where ever the car took her”(360). Both being millionaires, they battle it out through court, and Mattie and Mike win the case. But in the meantime, Mike is being mysteriously haunted through his dreams by Sarah, the owner of the lodge (named after her) at the beginning of the century, who was gruesomely raped and murdered by Max Devore’s Father. While having a party to celebrate their victory, the deceased Max Devore (he had died near the end of the trial) had hired hit men to kill them all (Mattie, Mike, the lawyer, and their P. ...
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The Pearl: Selfishness And Greed
Number of Words: 723 / Number of Pages: 3
... of greed comes from the dealer that Kino was going to
sell the pearl to. The dealer tells Kino that his pearl is large and
clumsy, and that no one would buy it. Then he offers Kino one thousand
pesos, but Kino knows that the pearl is worth fifty thousand pesos. When
Kino doesn't agree to sell the pearl for a thousand pesos the dealer tells
his servant to go find three other dealers. When the other dealers get
there, two of them say that they wouldn't give Kino anything for it and the
third one offers him five hundred pesos for it. It is obvious that the
dealers had pre arranged this so they cou ...
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A Farewell To Arms
Number of Words: 1248 / Number of Pages: 5
... many decisions that Frederick Henry has to make. That is in regards to the war and his relationship with Catherine, he has an inner conflict with himself with external forces pulling him in opposite directions which the protagonist must sort out which is more important to follow.
Frederick Henry is an American who serves as a lieutenant in the Italian army to a group of ambulance drivers, whom is portrayed by Hemmingway as a 'lost man' searching for order and value in his life.
The fear and suffering the Frederick Henry has in his life which he experiences by the war, shows him how pointless the war ...
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A Comparison Of Hamlet And McMurphy In "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"
Number of Words: 2424 / Number of Pages: 9
... pieces
comparable for study.
To examine the aspect of anti-heroes in tragedy, and how this
relates to the characters of R.P.McMurphy and Hamlet, an analysis of the
motivation of each is necessary. Motivation is the source of all action,
and only in this area these two characters similar to a traditional
protagonist. As the character himself evolves through the course of the
plot, so do their motives. Hamlet and McMurphy begin at different points
with different purposes, but soon meet with a common incentive. For Hamlet,
this initial impulse is derived from his embitterment towards his mother
for ...
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In What Way Is Lizzy Newberry A Highly Unusual Woman For Her Time?
Number of Words: 938 / Number of Pages: 4
... realises that Mr.Stockdale is very surprised, and tries to
defend herself by saying ‘’Smuggling is carried on here by some of the
people,’’ and ‘’It has been their practice for generations, and they think
of it as no harm.’’ Then to astonish Mr.Stockdale even more, she begins to
show him how to extract the liquor from the barrels, by tapping one of the
hoops around the barrel, forward using an awl, then making a small hole in
the part that was once covered by the hoop. Then Lizzy shows Mr.Stockdale
that she has to replace the liquor taken with water, other wise the buyers
will know that some has been t ...
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Things Fall Apart: Okonkwo's Life
Number of Words: 1115 / Number of Pages: 5
... his father Unoka. He would become everything that Unoka was not.
Unoka was a peace loving man, who hated the sight of blood. Unoka never stood for any unnecessary killing, and was reputed for being "weak with his machete" (18). He would rather wield away his time playing on the flute than watch a battle or wrestling match. Because of this, Okonkwo loved to fight. He had a quick temper and was always ready to pounce on anyone at the slightest hint of an insult. By the time he was a teenager, "Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond" (1) as the best wrestler ever to fight ...
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