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Candide
Number of Words: 1098 / Number of Pages: 4
... during army training, yet he continues to believe that there is a "cause and effect" for everything. is reunited with Cunegonde, and regains a life of prosperity, but soon all is taken away, including his beloved Cunegonde. He travels on, and years later he finds her again, but she is now fat and ugly. His wealth is all gone and so is his love for the Baron's daughter. Throughout , we see how accepting situations and not trying to change or overcome obstacles can be damaging. Life is full of struggles, but it would be nonproductive if people passively accepted whatever fate had in store for them, ...
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Antigone
Number of Words: 888 / Number of Pages: 4
... his father. Haimon says he respects Kreon’s ruling, but he feels, in this case, that Kreon was wrong. Haimon asks his father to take his advice and not have executed, but, because of Kreon’s hybris, Kreon gets furious and makes the situation worse then it already was. He was way too proud to take advice from someone younger, and in his anger he decided to kill right away in front of Haimon’s eyes. “’Just understand: You don’t insult me and go off laughing. Bring her here! Let him see her. Kill her here, beside her bridegroom’” (Sophocles 919-921). This was too much for Haimon to take, and he runs o ...
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Concentration Camps
Number of Words: 2107 / Number of Pages: 8
... Others died because of beatings and murder. were inhumane and immoral.
Concentration Camps have been a tool used by countries and armies for years. The earliest modern uses were not German but British. Other countries use camps are the Russians, the Canadians, the Spanish the Serbians of Bosnia and even the United States.
There are two main types of concentration camp, military and political. Both types of camp are different from each other in purpose, but are similar in how they were run and how the prisoners were treated. They both have many forms of cruelty such as torture, sodomy, and ...
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The Odyssey 4
Number of Words: 1777 / Number of Pages: 7
... Odysseus and his men land on Aiaia. They had just escaped destruction by the Laistrygonians when they made landfall here and are "worn out and sick at heart, tasting [their] grief" (153). Odysseus knows that he must take care of his men, so he decides to leave the ship and find food. It is interesting here that the crew sits on the beach for two days and none of the men make an effort to find food themselves. Instead, they wait helplessly for their captain to bring food to them. Shortly after replenishing their morale and sending a platoon to explore, Eurylokhos comes running in terror to expla ...
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Spotted Horses Vs. Mule In The
Number of Words: 972 / Number of Pages: 4
... of life. By using graphically realistic plots and endings, which are consistent to those in real life, interpretive literature achieves a higher literary value than escape literature. Interpretive literature allows its reader too step out of the fantasy world they might be living in and focus on what the world is really about. One might say an interpretive story provides insight to understanding. Not only understanding of ourselves, but our neighbors, friends, family or anyone else we might encounter.
Escape literature is the complete opposite of interpretive literature. Escape literature is writ ...
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The Common Hemingway Protagoni
Number of Words: 1147 / Number of Pages: 5
... less by the war than by the normal peacetime world which the war had made him to see too clearly to accept"
(Burhans 190). Krebs seeks refuge from this disillusion by withdrawing from society and engaging himself in individual activities.
A typical day for Krebs consists of going to the library for a book, which he would read until bored, practicing his clarinet, and
shooting pool in the middle of the day; this is common for a Hemingway protagonist. Hemingway realizes "that with the
disappearance of the transcendent and the absolute from man's consciousness, the universe becomes empty of m ...
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Julius Ceasar
Number of Words: 565 / Number of Pages: 3
... once. The fighting begins with the confrontation of the two sides, as Cassius' and Brutus' armies arrive. Antony and his partner challenge the assassins to fight, and the bloody battle begins. The armies of the conspirators fall into vulnerability many times, and their side does poorly, losing many men. Cassius hears mistakenly that one of his important soldiers has been captured, loses hope, and commits suicide, while Brutus feels that his army has been cornered, and throws himself onto another man's sword, killing himself also. They call off the rest of the battle, for Antony's army now had victory o ...
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Analysis Of Ethan Frome By Edi
Number of Words: 1005 / Number of Pages: 4
... are factors that will never allow him to leave Starkfield. Unable to find any solutions to this problem, Ethan and Mattie decide to commit suicide by sledding
into a tree. They figure it is the only way they can be together. The attempt fails, and the two are left paralyzed. Now Ethan's wife must care for the two for the rest of their lives.
There were many themes found in Ethan Frome, but the greatest of them all is loneliness and isolation. In college Ethan acquired the nickname "Old Stiff" because he rarely went out with the boys. Once he returned to the farm to care for his parents, he cou ...
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A Worn Path
Number of Words: 731 / Number of Pages: 3
... age and color also symbolizes the bind, a golden color ram underneath and the two knobs of her cheek were illuminated by a yellow burning under the dark. Her hair was a black but with an ordor like copper. Phoenix may also be portrayed as a mother bird going out to get nurturing for her baby. The reader may visualize her grandson ad a bird in the nest for his mother. He wears a little patch quilt and peeps out, holding his mouth open like a bird. Phoenix's death portarys her undying love for her grandson. On Phoenix's journey through life, she encountered spirited aspects that have an impact on her li ...
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The Lost World 2
Number of Words: 584 / Number of Pages: 3
... " (287). One may notice that or Ian Malcolm is almost constantly injuring himself. Although a brave and heroic figure he gets beat up a lot.
Dr. Levine is a wealthy scientist who goes around the world looking at bones and having adventures. Furthermore, Levine who was speaking to Malcolm says, "Would you be interested in helping me"(13). When he says this he is referring to helping with the trip to an island. Through the entire novel Levine is always trying to get people to do what he wants. In addition, to trying to control other people he has to be the man in charge. Also when Malcolm bring ...
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