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The Giver
Number of Words: 1219 / Number of Pages: 5
... the bottle and began to fill the syringe with a clear liquid. Jonas winced sympathetically. He had forgotten that newchildren had to get shots. He hated shots himself, though he knew they were necessary. To his surprise, his father began very carefully to direct the needle into the top of the newchild’s forehead, puncturing the place where the fragile skin pulsed. The newborn squirmed and wailed faintly “Why’s he-“ “Shhh,” said sharply. His father was talking, and Jonas realized that he was hearing the answer to the question he had started to ask. Still in the special voice, his father was saying, ...
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Memory And Imagination: A Review
Number of Words: 733 / Number of Pages: 3
... because we want to but because it was something that affected as greatly. She says: “ We only store images of value... Pain likes to be vivid.” (245). Like if for instance as a child we missed out on something and we used to envy other kids who had it, we will never forget it. When she says pain likes to be vivid, she meant painful memories are always remembered. It’s like if pain wanted to always be there to remind you of your worst moments. You can’t forget them that easily. The older you get, the more you forget. That is because everyday you build a new memory; all the old ones becomes less and le ...
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An Essay On Ben Mikaelsens Cou
Number of Words: 1264 / Number of Pages: 5
... Junior Astronaut program. Elliott is chosen to become to first teenager in space and begins his nine month training along with his alternate, Mandy Jane Harris. This was it, the only chance that Elliott Andrew Schroeder was going to become a national hero and the only thing in his way was Mandy. Because of that he developed a disliking towards her which almost costed them their privilege to go to space. Then Elliott realized that his disliking had to reasonable justification and they became the best of friends for the last four months of training. Then the day came, when Elliott was really goin ...
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Great Expectations: Themes Of Love, Redemption And Isolation
Number of Words: 994 / Number of Pages: 4
... herself from the
world. Her only concession is in her adoption of Estella.
Miss Haversham has ulterior motives in adopting Estella, this is not a
loving action on her part, but a calculated manoeuvre to turn the child into a
haughty, heartless instrument of revenge against men. Estella is encouraged to
practice her disdain on Pip and to break his heart. Paradoxically, Miss
Havershams greatest sin, is against herself. By hardening her heart she loses
her generous, affectionate nature and becomes withered inside emotionally. Her
punishment is that the heartless young woman she has made, uses her ...
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: Twain's Development Of The Theme
Number of Words: 623 / Number of Pages: 3
... help to develop the major theme of the novel. The Duke and the King
take their cruelty to another level because they steal and lie to the
Wilkes girls, who are left all alone with no parents.
And not sell the rest o' the property? March off
like a passel of fools and leave eight or nine
thous'n' dollars' worth o' property layin' around
jest sufferin' to be scooped in?-and all good,
salable stuff, too. (170-171)
The Duke and the King are so inhumane that they will go as far as stealing
from three innocent girls. "And he said of course him and William would
take the girls home with t ...
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Comparison Between Novel And Film Version Of "Lord Of The Flies"
Number of Words: 555 / Number of Pages: 3
... they may puzzle viewers because the movie fails to distinguish their role. The cinema is unsuccessful in establishing Simon as a "Christ" figure and Roger's murderous nature. On the other hand, the novel installs all these ideas and allows the reader to use their creativity. Therefore, due to the film's inability to give audiences more information about the characters, their role and their emotions, the novel is much more informative.
Secondly, the novel is capable of giving readers more insight into the story with the use of symbols and hidden meanings. The novel is able to do this because it depicts ...
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Intolerance Within The Novel The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
Number of Words: 1140 / Number of Pages: 5
... of Huckleberry Finn Clemens states, "Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot."
There were many groups that Clemens contrasted in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The interaction of these different social groups is what makes up the main plot of the novel. For the objective of discussion they have been broken down into five main sets of antithetic parties: people with high levels of melanin and people with low levels of melanin, rednecks and ...
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Animal Farm Real World Example
Number of Words: 814 / Number of Pages: 3
... emotionally stable, and economically wealthy; a distorted reflection of our own world. This leads real people to attempt to create this imaginary world, only to fail; thus generating in themselves a sense of unworthiness, which in turn prompts them to try harder, to stop being individuals and become uniform.
Another controlling method that is diffused through television, radio and written publications; is any reported information about world politics and news. Powerful political groups narrow people’s views of what is going on around them by tainting and twisting information to their ow ...
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Kafka's The Trial
Number of Words: 1156 / Number of Pages: 5
... voice constantly accusing and criticizing him for being different. Joseph K is unsure of the correct action to be taken when he is first arrested and is influenced by those around him. Even though initially he does not see the need for an advocate, he allows himself to be persuaded by his uncle to engage one. No matter what he does to try and prove his innocence it seems to be a forgone conclusion the he will be found guilty. This is also true about his relationship with his father. The accusing court represents his inability to be what his father demands. The power of the court and the growing cont ...
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The Truth May Be Hidden In Reality, But Expressed In Fiction
Number of Words: 1336 / Number of Pages: 5
... similar to the life of Charles Dickens, his creator. It is evident that Charles Dickens drew on personal experiences in Great Expectations.
Pip and Dickens have numerous similarities beginning in their childhood and ending in their adulthood. Both appear to be unloved by their mothers. Both of their mothers died when they were young. Their fathers did not help the situations. They both were abandoned by their fathers. Pip’s father died also when he was young and Dickens’ father was imprisoned for debt in Marshalsea prison in 1824. Pip, however, had a more complex situation about being an orpha ...
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