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The Chocolate War
Number of Words: 967 / Number of Pages: 4
... chocolate sale when Jerry was supposed to start selling the chocolates but he didn’t.
As a result of Jerry not selling any chocolates, the other students’ sales began to plummet during the falling action of the story. Brother Leon began to feel nervous and had to go to Archie and the Vigils for help. Incredibly, the Vigils turned the whole school against Jerry and made selling chocolates the "cool" thing. Students began to look down upon Jerry for not conforming to the chocolate sale tradition. Someone even vandalized Jerry’s locker and cut up his gym sneakers. A group of boys, includin ...
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The Stories Of A People
Number of Words: 2437 / Number of Pages: 9
... of myths. Myths are different from fairy tales in that they refer to a time that is different from ordinary time. The time sequence of myth takes place usually in; an other time, the time before the world came into being, long before there was man, or long ago in a far away galaxy. Because myths refer to strange times and places, and to gods and other supernatural beings, they have usually been seen as aspects of religion. In the following paragraphs I, Scott Huan, will briefly illustrate some of the most important/common aspects of myths. Such as the Creation of things myth, the Warning and bet ...
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American Gulag The Death Of Bu
Number of Words: 987 / Number of Pages: 4
... in vain to calm the panic stricken crowd by waving his free hand around in placating manner and repeatedly saying, "No." After only a few seconds the room quieted and the man said, "Please leave the room if this will offend you." He then said, "Please stay back, this will hurt someone.", and without any further hesitation he placed the gun into his mouth and pulled the trigger. There was a hollow "pop", no louder than a Fourth of July firecracker as the mans body slumped to the floor. At first, the only signs that he had been shot were the little wisps of gray hair that had suddenly just stood up as ...
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Analysis Of The Chosen By Chai
Number of Words: 885 / Number of Pages: 4
... father, who thinks a Jewish state can only be created when the Messiah comes, forbids Danny to speak to Reuven. This goes on for a while before Danny's father accepts that a Jewish states is in the best interest of Jews everywhere and allows them to be friends again.
In an emotional lecture, Danny's father finally acknowledges Danny's dream and allows him to pursue a career of being a psychologist.
B. Thematic Discussion
In The Chosen, Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders form a deep, if unlikely, friendship. This relationship develops over time and also greatly affects the young men's developm ...
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The Pearl Essay
Number of Words: 390 / Number of Pages: 2
... which was actually poison. He came back an hour later. The doctor
said he cured the baby but really he poisoned the baby then he cured him
so he could get money.
Kino took the pearl to town to cash it in. He went to a lot of
jewelers to see who would offer him the most amount of money. "Well let me
see your pearl, we will give you the best price."(48) All the jewelers in
town got together and talked about Kino and they decided to give Kino the
same price. They all said - "This pearl is fools gold. It's too large. Who
would buy it? It's only a curiosity."(49)
In closing, materialism can corrup ...
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A Child Called It
Number of Words: 694 / Number of Pages: 3
... and he would not receive the most severe option of the abuse. When his mother attempted to make him eat his brother’s stool, he held his head away just long enough to get it taken away at the last second as his father drove up from work.
The games that his mother would make him play would turn deadly. He had to fortunately thank God that she was a former nurse. For example, she told him that she was going to kill him, and played with a knife as if she was going to. The knife slipped out of her hands and struck him around the chest area. He bled profusely and she bandaged him up and nurtured him ...
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Gilgamesh, The Epic Of
Number of Words: 830 / Number of Pages: 4
... makes great reference to these conquests when he says "My friend, my younger brother who seized and killed the Bull of Heaven, and overthrew Humbaba in the cedar forest, my friend who was very dear to me, and who endured dangers beside me".(p.101) After the death of Enkidu, Gilgamesh begins to fear his fate of dying and journeys to find everlasting life. As Gilgamesh will soon find out, man cannot have everlasting life. The Gods decided to create mankind, but mankind allowed the clamour of their existence to enable the Gods to sleep. The God Enlil then went to the council of the Gods and sa ...
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The Scarrlet Letter
Number of Words: 537 / Number of Pages: 2
... as the
close minded colonial eyes stare at her and the baby in her arms. Many
women during this era of American history would look for a way to run.
Hester shows little sign of uneasiness, with exception to her firm hold on the
infant. At the conclusion of this scene the reader knows that this is a strong
woman trying to maintain dignity in a land were a woman’s independence
ranked right above blasphemy on the hierarchy of values.
Throughout the novel Hester demonstrates her independence of living.
Her husband never comes forward, and her lover does the same. ...
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Le Cid (french)
Number of Words: 2611 / Number of Pages: 10
... le risque de mauvaise répercussions. Ceci est appelé le conflit cornélien. Le conflit cornélien consistait dans le Cid consistait d'une décision entre l'amour et le devoir/l'honneur. Après la première mise-en scène du Cid, il y avait plusieurs critiques. L'une d'elle venait des Espagnols, ils accusaient Corneille du plagiat d'une pièce écrite par un écrivain espagnol célèbre. Corneille avoua qu'il avait raison, mais il affirma qu'il l'avait seulement fait parce qu'il car il avait une grande admiration pour la pièce. Une autre critique qui portait sur l'élément de temps que déroula l'action de l ...
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Great Gatsby
Number of Words: 896 / Number of Pages: 4
... Gatsby has had his eye on Daisy and has been in love with her, but this does not. Gatsby has always gazed at the green light on Daisy’s porch. Jordan Baker says,"Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be across the bay."(page 79). The color green is traditionally a symbol of hop and youth and that is what Gatsby is hoping to find beyond it. When Gatsby and Daisy meet, he tells her about how he has watched the green light that burns at the end of her dock. For so long that light has been a symbol of his dream, of something he has wanted more than life itself. Gazing at it so much, Ga ...
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