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The Killer Angels
Number of Words: 676 / Number of Pages: 3
... of the tragedy of
war, like in the part when Armistead races into battle, even though he is
fighting his best friend (Hancock), and they both get shot. It really shows the
views of each side, and what each character felt.
The Killer Angels' will satisfy both the history buff and the Civil War
buff. But, the sense of duty, honor, and the appalling loss of life as well as
the unbelievable heroism displayed by both sides in the battle will move many
readers.
The Killer Angels Summary
This outstanding historical novel depicts four days at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania which occur during summer of 1 ...
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Critical Analysis Of The Jungl
Number of Words: 894 / Number of Pages: 4
... probably would not be much of an aid to a historical researcher. The novel itself, containing over Three hundred pages, is rather long and tediously boring.
Sinclair’s central purpose in writing The Jungle was to persuade people to join the socialist party and to adopt the view that socialism is the only way to conquer the capitalistic empires that abuse the working class. The socialist ethic is that the general public will have joint ownership of the factory. Thus, they will finally be able to eliminate the undesirable working conditions and to advocate new, more comfortable working conditi ...
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Once And Future King Essay
Number of Words: 667 / Number of Pages: 3
... marriage to Igraine, her mother. Mordred himself plotted the war against the King because he was the King's illegitimate child. It is evident that characters in the novel were constantly working against Arthur, although he was always trying to be fair and just to everyone. However, Arthur was not alone as the object for others' revenge. Lancelot was hated intensely by Agravaine, who had gone to tell Arthur of his treason with the Queen. Lancelot is warned by Gareth, " 'They hate you. They won't try a combat this time, not after Meliagrance. They are too cunning. They will do something to trap ...
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The Scarlet Letter: Use Of Romanticism In Development Of Characters
Number of Words: 1925 / Number of Pages: 7
... that she has done such a
thing, but also because she won't reveal the name of the father of the
child. Although the usual penalty for adultery is death, the Puritan
magistrates have decided to be merciful to her declaring that Hester's
punishment will be to stand for several hours on the scaffold, in full view
of everyone. In this "powerful but painful story," (Chorley 184) Hester
realizes her sin, and acknowledges that she must pay the price for her
crimes. She might, Hawthorne tells us, have left the narrow-minded colony
to start life all over again in a place where no one knew her story. The
se ...
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Old Man And The Sea
Number of Words: 1458 / Number of Pages: 6
... A similar story tells about a tidal
pool with life called `Cannery Road'.
This part of the story has to deal with figures of Christ. It
mainly deals with Santiago as being a figure of Christ and other
characters as props, that is, characters which carry out the form of
biblical themes. On the day before he leaves when he wakes up, Manolin,
his helper, comes to his aid with food and drink. Also a point that
might be good is that he has had bad luck with his goal for a great
period of time and is sure it will work this time. Later, though, when
Santiago needs him for the ques ...
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Candide's Constant Search For Satisfaction
Number of Words: 720 / Number of Pages: 3
... many times, Dr. Pangloss was made a beggar and then hung, the Baron went from a man of great standing to a slave, and Cunégonde was forced into slavery as well. Candide's search for freedom ends up getting him in a great deal of trouble everywhere he goes. From Lisbon to Cadiz to Eldorado to Surinam to Bordeaux to Portsmouth to Venice and many other unknown lands, Candide finds nothing but trouble. At the conclusion of Candide's adventures, he is reunited with his close friends whom he never thought he would see again. They end up living together, despite many misfortunes, and prospered only af ...
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12 Angry Men
Number of Words: 332 / Number of Pages: 2
... community and would like to see a boy who he does not even
know die by his own hands Eight does not think highly of Three for what he says
about killing the boy and shouts "your a sadist."(17) which is the absolute
truth about Three.
The emotional make-up of a juror can change his desicision on wther or
not to let a man live or die. When someone is asked judge someone else, shoud
not you look at al the facts to be sure beyond a shoadow of a doubt that the man
who cimmitted the crime is guilty? Yes, a juror should look at all the facts but
some do not, they just judge the person on how that pers ...
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Book Report, Reinventing Government
Number of Words: 1244 / Number of Pages: 5
... The new problems grew out of the focus on internal processes and not, necessarily, effective outputs. The slower pace of society, technologies, and information availability allowed bureaucracies to be basically successful as it was still be able to handle the fundamental problems and services that the public wanted addressed.
Osborne and Gaebler point out a variety of reasons that government cannot be “run like a business.” They do, however, advocate that government can borrow and tailor many of the management approaches that have proven successful in business to make government more efficie ...
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Pride In The Crucible
Number of Words: 672 / Number of Pages: 3
... “You will not judge me more, Elizabeth….Let you look to your own improvement before you judge your husband anymore”(act 2). The act of the accusation will prove to Elizabeth the affair is over. Elizabeth has a strong sense that she is the only one safe in the issue, for she has done no wrong, who is to accuse her or anything? But Elizabeth’s immunity to the trials cause her to get taken to court for owning poppets, which in fact, are owned by her servant, Mary Warren.
John Procter is a strong man, who thrives at the chance to be right and known. But by the end of the play he questions himself sayin ...
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Diary Of Hatchet
Number of Words: 1094 / Number of Pages: 4
... know how to land so he flew the plane into a lake. This part of the book
was hard to believe, there was a lot of "coincidents." Brian showed his
intellectual side when he realized that when Jake was suffering from his heart
attack he turned the plane to the left. That could greatly increase the time it
would take for a search party to find him. I have to admit, so far this is one
of the best opening parts I have ever read. No dull pages. 10/08
After Brian crashed he was hurt pretty badly. He ad no energy so he just
slept on the shore. I consider him very luckily that he did not blow up ...
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