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The Catcher In The Rye: Book Review
Number of Words: 830 / Number of Pages: 4
... couple of days until his parents will be expecting him home for
Christmas vacation. Holden goes to bars and meets with friends during this time.
On the third night, Holden decides to go and visit his sister, Phoebe. Phoebe
is one of the only people that Holden actually loves. Holden talks to Phoebe
about his life being a failure. He is trying to understand life and his place
in the world. Holden decides that he wants to go see Mr. Antolini, an old
teacher, to help him get a better understanding of his life. At Mr. Antolini's
home, Holden discusses many of the problems that he is facing. Mr. A ...
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The Sun Also Rises : Moral And Social Values
Number of Words: 522 / Number of Pages: 2
... he loves her
unconditionally and is willing to overlook everything she does. Jake¹s
willingness to endure and forgive Brett¹s promiscuity and infidelity is an
indication of the skewed values of the age. It was an ³anything goes² era
right after the first war, and Jake¹s message to Brett seems to be the
same: anything goes as long as you eventually come back to me.
Jake is forced to accept living in this seemingly terrible way for
more than one reason. He a weak person socially, but he is also
physically disabled because of an injury that he suffered during the war.
He suffered an injury ...
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Themes In Ellen Foster
Number of Words: 412 / Number of Pages: 2
... like she had kept the microscope.
Two themes can be discussed in the novel Ellen Foster. The first
theme mentioned is self-reliance. Throughout the whole novel Ellen had to
rely on her self to make it through life. After her mother died she had to
survive on her own with the threat of her alcoholic father always in her
way. She had to survive at her grandma’s by picking cotton and doing
things of a lower status. She even got kicked out by her own aunt, and had
the courage to go to a strangers house and ask them to accept her. I
believe that this is the most valid theme used. The second would b ...
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Herman Wouk's The Winds Of War
Number of Words: 660 / Number of Pages: 3
... advice from another on how to read literature,
since the best advice is no advice at all. Woolf expresses the conception
that when one begins to read literature he begins to enter different stages
of interpretation that will ultimately improve his pleasure and
satisfaction. It was obvious to me that I had in fact indulged in forms of
interpretation when reading literature, but it had never dawned on me until
reading Woolf's essay. Whenever I am subjected to something in literature
that is not fully comprehensive, I begin to engage in several different
forms of interpretation. The first stage would ...
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Animal Farm: Utopia
Number of Words: 1090 / Number of Pages: 4
... to my joyful tidings,
Of the golden future time.
Soon or late the day is coming,
Tyrant Man shall be o'erthrown,
And the fruitful fields of England,
Shall be trod by beasts alone.
Rings shall vanish from our noses,
And the harness from our back,
Bit and spur shall rust forever,
Cruel whips no more shall crack.
Riches more than mind can picture,
Wheat and barley, oats and hay,
Clover, beans, and mangel-wurzels
Shall be ours upon the day...(p.22-23)
After the song the animals were even more excited ...
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Compare And Contrast Dystopian
Number of Words: 3737 / Number of Pages: 14
... A world state would necessitate a single political ideology and a single point of view, which is the motto of Brave New World "Community, Identity, Stability". To achieve the first objective Community Brave New World satirises Christianity encouraging people to reach solidarity through sexual orgy in a service that mimics mass. Life is organised so that a person is almost never alone. Identity is in large part the result of genetic engineering, sleep teaching and various processes undertaken during decanting. It is also achieved by teaching everyone to conform so that anyone who feels slightly diffe ...
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The Jungle: The Appeal Of Socialism
Number of Words: 438 / Number of Pages: 2
... conditions, they worked for nominal wages, inflexible and long hours, in
an atmosphere where worker safety had no persuasion. Early on, there was no one
for these immigrants to turn to, so many suffered immensely. Jurgis would later
learn of worker unions and other groups to support the labor force, but the
early years of his Americanized life were filled, with sliced fingers,
unemployment and overall a depressing and painful "new start".
Sinclair, has shown in a dramatic style the hardships and obastacles
which Jurgis and fellow workers had to endure. He made the workers sound so
helpless ...
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A Comparison Of "The Handmaid's Tale" And "Anthem"
Number of Words: 783 / Number of Pages: 3
... project alone. The society
in this book is also strict and authoritarian to the point of dictating what
your job will be, to whom you will have children with.
In The Handmaid's Tale the story takes place sometime in the near future
after some kind environmental catastrophe that makes it impossible for most
women to have children. To solve this problem some radicals set off a nuclear
bomb in Washington during a full session of congress and then declare marshal
law. They then systematically took all rights away from women and forced the
ones that could have children into camps where they would be co ...
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Crucible
Number of Words: 636 / Number of Pages: 3
... completely out of proportion. Soon after this happens, trials dates are set.
The church has a great deal of influence over the government in The . Sins and crimes are very closely connected; whereas, if one is committed, the other is likewise. Since the authority of the church, such as reverends are looked at as “high and mighty” these “sinless” people are also often the heads of, or have a lot of say in the town’s government. At one point in the book, Reverend Hale declares: “…in my ignorance I find it hard to draw a clear opinion of them that come accused before the court…God forbid such a on ...
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The Real Thing
Number of Words: 753 / Number of Pages: 3
... Monarch’s are portrayed as people who have a lot of self-respect and dignity, but do not have a lot of ego. The Monarchs are people who will not steal or beg because of their high standards, but will try other means of earning their living in an honest manner, such as cleaning, doing dishes, or other chores. They are exhibited as smart people who make very wise choices. An example of this is when the painter requested them to leave, but they came back three days later, and started doing servant jobs around the house.
" " portrays the Monarchs as people who have lost their wealth, but have not yet l ...
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