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Franklins Preface To Poor Rich
Number of Words: 458 / Number of Pages: 2
... nice, expensive things all work just as well as the generic ones. Another proverb that a person
with no frugality should abide by is, "Women and Wine, Game and Deceit, Make the Wealth small, and the Wants great." This is one I can definitely relate to. Women, wine, and playing around all do put a dent in your pocket book.
"Early to Bed, and Early to rise, makes a Man healthy, wealthy, and wise", is another I can relate to. This maxim is directed to all slothful people. My constant tardiness proves my laziness and my need to abide by this one. Another similar adage is, "Plough deep, While S ...
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The Western Formula
Number of Words: 1326 / Number of Pages: 5
... insignificant. He is standardizing the black and white of the West. There is an unequivocal struggle between good and evil—and guns and violence can only solve that. Jane Tompkins standpoint on a Western seems to be a middle ground between Cawelti and Crane. She recognizes that violence is a central theme to a Western, but as well explains how we think of violence. In this day of age, we as a society have prohibited violence as a means of solving problems—Crane does not directly follow this in his stories, but definitely questions it. Cawelti on the other hand marks violence as the on ...
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Dream Deferred
Number of Words: 542 / Number of Pages: 2
... one are similes. In lines four and five, the statement, "Or fester like a sore--And then run?" is extremely symbolic. The visual picture of a sore festering and then finally breaking open and running is again equal to the broken dream of racial equality. The dream of racial equality grows in the body like a sore. When the dream fails, it breaks open and could fall prey to outside poisons. These poisons can lead to destruction. Racial riots and other such instances are examples of this destruction. Hughes even furthers his use of symbolism in line six, "Does it stink like rotten meat?" A drea ...
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Tom Swayer
Number of Words: 920 / Number of Pages: 4
... Sawyer skipped school and went swimming. When he got back Aunt Polly asked him “ Didn’t you want to go swimming?” Tom tried to get out of this one but he couldn’t because of his half brother Sid. Aunt Polly forgave Tom but made him work on Saturdays. Tom hated working on Saturdays, while the other boys had a holiday. When she ever hit him her heart would almost break and when she lets him off her conscience hurts.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
When Huck had found a dead cat he told Tom. So they both agreed to meet in the graveyard at midnight. When midnight came they w ...
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William Faulkner
Number of Words: 2796 / Number of Pages: 11
... replied, "I want to be a writer just like my great granddaddy"(Minter 18). Faulkner took interest in poetry around 1910, but no one in Oxford, Mississippi, could tell him hat to do with his poems. Faulkner, who was very talkative, would always entertain Estelle Oldham by telling her vividly imaginary stories. Eventually, Faulkner grew very fond of Estelle. She became the sole inspirer and recipient of Faulkner's earlier poems. Not long after Faulkner began seeing Estelle regularly, he met a man named Phil Stone who was dating one of Estelle's friends, Katrina. Katrina had told Stone about Faulkner and ...
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Fahrenheit51 4 7
Number of Words: 668 / Number of Pages: 3
... first encounters with the mechanical hound (a robotic dog that is programmed to find books). The dog growls, which are what Montag dislikes. The growling alerts him of his unhappiness. Montag thinks that the dog knows that he had snuck some books from the home of their last burning.
Montag doesn't talk to Mildred about his unhappiness with his job. But Beatty knows of Montag's unhappiness, and makes a visit to his house. He gives Montag a pep talk about his curiosity about books. He tells him that all firemen have a curiosity about books sometime. He says that books are merely stories, only fiction. ...
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Kafkas The Metamorphosis
Number of Words: 478 / Number of Pages: 2
... was rather bland, there was nothing unusual about it or the way people treated him. after the transformation, however, his mother feared him, and his insensitive father despised him. they thought of him as a burden, not as a son, and began to consider him a despicable monster, and eventually to hate him. here, the poor gregor and his relations with his ineffectual parents demonstrates how we are perceived by others. kafka's beetle shows that our society, past and present, focuses too much on our outside characteritics. whoever a person may be on the inside and however great and wonderful he may b ...
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Antigone Essay
Number of Words: 555 / Number of Pages: 3
... very apparent in the prologue when Ismêne tried to talk the former out of burying Polyneicês because the former would be killed. Of course, as head strong as Antigone is, she wouldn’t be talked out of breaking the law that Creon passed. Even though Antigone knows the consequences, she buries her brother. She has done this because Antigone would rather die in honor than live a life of shame. This tragic flaw, Antigone’s obstinancy influence many of her choices through life while also blocking many opportunities she has.
Antigones stubborness throughout the play not only influenced her cho ...
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Grandpa
Number of Words: 1000 / Number of Pages: 4
... coffee he always had in his hand. The coffee provided him with warmth and comfort. In the same way, was my source of warmth and comfort. He was always there for me in little ways. The days when Dad forgot me at volleyball practice he was there to take me home. He was there to take me shopping when I desperately needed a new outfit. He did not like to shop, but he went for me. Small things such as these gave me comfort. I knew would always be there to help me if I was in a jam. This stability I felt was one of the most comforting thing in my life. My thoughts travel deeper into the subject ...
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Narcissim
Number of Words: 4614 / Number of Pages: 17
... However, the narcissist’s extremely fragile sense of self worth does not allow him or her to risk any criticism. Therefore, meaningful emotional interactions with others are avoided. By simultaneously seeking the admiration of others and keeping them at a distance the narcissist is usually able to maintain the illusion of grandiosity no matter how people respond. Thus, when people praise the narcissist his or her grandiosity will increase, but when criticized the grandiosity will usually remain unaffected because the narcissist will devalue the criticizing person. Akhtar (1989) [as cited in Carso ...
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