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A Worn Path
Number of Words: 1107 / Number of Pages: 5
... doing your appointed work. Never want to let folks pass”(Welty, p364), says Phoenix while taking her dress carefully out of the bush. When she has difficult times such as fatigue and the fall in the bush, she addresses to God by reaching her hand to Him, but nothing reached down to her. It is not her time to leave the Earth yet, so God sends her a hunter, instead, for help. With her belief in God, her goal to finish her journey and her love for her grandson, she conquers all obstacles on the way.
The most difficult obstacle on her way is a young white man who actually helps her stand up when she ...
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On The Games Of War
Number of Words: 534 / Number of Pages: 2
... is
decided by the number of territories he controls. He then proceeds to
attack neighboring countries and move his armies into those countries if
his attack is successful. A battle is simulated by the attacker rolling up
to three dice (depending on how large his army is) and the defender rolling
up to two. The dice are paired up (attackers highest with defenders
highest, etc.) and the higher die of each pair wins; ties are counted as a
defending victory. The loser(s) then removes one unit for each loss from
his army. At the end of a turn, the player may choose to make a strategic
move in which h ...
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To Kill A Mockingbird
Number of Words: 610 / Number of Pages: 3
... incident in the novel contributes something to Scout's perception of the world. Through her experiences she grows more tolerant of others, learning how to " climb into another person's skin and walk around in it." On her first day of school she finds that there are both social and poor classes in society, some are respectable and others not. She also learns that her father is an extra-ordinary man, fighting for a Negro's rights in court. At the trial of Tom Robinson Scout learns about equality and inequality, about justice and injustice and finally about racial prejudice.
Many times during the cou ...
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In The Time Of The Butterflies
Number of Words: 555 / Number of Pages: 3
... have that much power for very long. He knew he was in trouble because the OAS Peace Committee came so he figured he might as well kill people while he still can. I don’t understand why Mate did not tell the OAS Peace Committee what happened at La 40. She said she did not want to endanger Santiclo. That is understandable, but it seems that there was a very slim possibility that he would get in trouble. She should have been thinking of her own good as well as her fellow prisoners’. It was interesting how much the Mirabal sisters’ true personalities came out while they were in prison. Mate was weak. She ...
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Successful Relationships And Short Stories
Number of Words: 494 / Number of Pages: 2
... Dent is
coming from the angle that she cares for this person, and would like something
more from this affair. She articulates this to him later saying "All I wanted
was a little love." Had she addressed this in the beginning, it would have been
clear what her hopes were for this relationship. Mr. Blake however was coming
from the exact opposite angle: "She gave him a drink and said that she was going
to put on something more comfortable. He urged her to; that was he came for."
If these people were openly communicating their intentions to each other would
have been clear therefore enabling them t ...
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The Time Machine
Number of Words: 1027 / Number of Pages: 4
... sets the model on the table and throws the switch; the model then disappears and successfully travels into time. Filby is astonished, yet still somewhat disproving because the machine wasn't built to travel to a point were it could once again reappear. To Filby there still wasn't enough evidence to prove "the Time Traveler's" theory. "The Time Traveler" then confessed to the group that he had been diligently working on a life-size model of , which was nearing completion. After seeing this, the storyteller recalls, "None of us knew quite how to take it." next Thursday the group met once again at "T ...
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The Medea
Number of Words: 669 / Number of Pages: 3
... which leads to her miserable being.
Jason has a new bride now, "so Jason neglects his children" (62). This causes only more pain for Medea. Jason decided that he wanted to divorce Medea and marry the princess of Corinth, casting Medea aside as if they had never been married. Not only is Medea paying for the divorce, the two children are also effected by it. This sort of activity was acceptable for Greek standards, but not for Medea. Medea will not accept anything less until she feels Jason has felt the pain she herself has felt. "Medea questions herself, women and men after Jason dishonored her"
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Twelve Angry Men
Number of Words: 762 / Number of Pages: 3
... murder of his father, or is he merely being taken in as the most convenient suspect.
In the beginning of the book, the twelve jurors file out of the court room, giving last glances to the defendant. The scene shifts into the jury room, where they slowly settle into their seats under the direction of the over-organized foreman. At first, based on their conversation, it seems that it will be a unanimous conviction. But when they take a vote, a single man votes "not guilty."
In the furor that follows, the other jurors immediately begin questioning the man, not understanding how he could possibly think th ...
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Rocking The Boat
Number of Words: 1674 / Number of Pages: 7
... lives, similarly to their friend Adele, who idolizes her children and worships her husband. "In short, Mrs. Pontillier was not a mother-woman. This mother-woman seemed to prevail that summer at Grand Isle. It was easy to know them, fluttering about with extended, protecting wings when any harm, real or imaginary, threatened their precious broad. They were woman who idolized their children, worshiped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministering angels." (Chopin, 8) Furthermore proving her independence and self-re ...
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Exile 2
Number of Words: 1758 / Number of Pages: 7
... determined from this one verse. Later on, we see that some underground guerrilla forces were also left in Judah as they assassinated Gedaliah and fled to Egypt. Other than this, we know nothing from 2 Kings 25 about life in Judah during the Exile. The articles, however, give us much more light into life in Judah during these times. Graham illustrates that the people that worked in Jerusalem, Mozah, and Gibeon during the Exile were primarily vinedressers and plowmen. 2 Kings 25 does not give us enough information to have known that people worked in these three cities. Their work, however, was n ...
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