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The Odessey Paper
Number of Words: 1223 / Number of Pages: 5
... on Troy's wide seaboard? O Zeus, what do you hold against him now?
Homer, very early in the epic, defines Athena as having a strong role in the story. I believe this passage is a very powerful point in the poem because it demonstrates strength in a female character. I think her question "What do you hold against him now?" proves how she will stand up to her father and challenges his authority as lord of the gods.
During Homer's lifetime, a woman's primary role was that of a mother and housewife. Men gave orders to women and they obeyed. Right or wrong, this was the way of the world, yet Hom ...
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Robinson Crusoe
Number of Words: 1022 / Number of Pages: 4
... he realized what had happened and became scared of dying, because without food or clothes he could not survive. Not knowing what to do, he made a small shack and settled on the island for that night. The very next morning he made a choice to build a raft and go out to the broken boat and explore for items he could find. He was hardworking and smart even in a bad situation. His decision to go back to the boat and risk a chance of being killed by sharks changed his life span. It also proved that he was smart. By making smart decision and thinking wisely, it proved that he was a smart man. "I at ...
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The Crucible 6
Number of Words: 965 / Number of Pages: 4
... wild jumping and screaming. One girl feels the urge to get naked and dance around. By now the governor has entered the scene. The maidens see him and recognize him. They all frantically run away, except two. One is screaming because of what she has seen. She claims to not be able to move. The other one is holding her staring off into an endless gaze.
Aside from the audio and visual points, there are various camera angles used. When everyone is circled around the boiling pot the camera man uses a stedicam shot to circle around and show everyone’s face. When the viewer is seeing a girl t ...
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Home Is Where The Heart Is
Number of Words: 1126 / Number of Pages: 5
... told me recently of the time
when he returned from World War II. He said when he returned home not only
did he kiss my Grandmother, but he also kissed the floor of his humble home.
He said the old rhyme he it for so humble their is no place like home,
really meant something to him.
I guess that a dorm room would be described as a home because it is
just a temporary shelter. But my dorm room is trying to be the exception
to this rule. Within the walls of my dorm room there is full carpeted
floor, with a stereo system and personal computer. But these things are
not the things that make my dorm ...
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Love And Acceptance
Number of Words: 622 / Number of Pages: 3
... the mother tells us that "Dee is lighter than Maggie, with nicer hair and a fuller figure." She Fahning -2-speaks of the fire that burned and scarred Maggie. She tells us how Maggie is not bright, how she shuffles when she walks. Comparing her with Dee whose feet vwere always neat-looking, as if God himself had shaped them." We also learn of Dee's "style" and the way she awes the other girls at school with it.
The mother in I Stand Here Ironing speaks of Susan, "quick and articulate and assured, everything in appearance and manner Emily was not." Emily "thin and dark and foreign-looking at a time when ...
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Macbeth Critique
Number of Words: 420 / Number of Pages: 2
... it would be quite historically accurate.
The next point is that of the setting. It is seen in the setting that this is a dark movie. The sets are dark and brooding to show the feeling that a tragedy such as Macbeth should exude. The background setting, meaning the castles and sets, were done to the period very well. They showed of the medieval feudal society method of doing things. The kings and serfs and acting was good in that respect.
The last point to be brought up is the acting over all. The acting did its job in getting the theme and plot off to the viewer of the movie, but it was not the ...
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Catcher In The Rye
Number of Words: 474 / Number of Pages: 2
... you some idea of whether he thinks they are
"phony" or normal. A few of his accounts make it more obvious than others to
discover how he classifies each family member.
From the very first page of the novel, Holden begins to refer to his parents as distant
and generalizes both his father and mother frequently throughout his chronicle. One
example is: "…my parents would have about two hemorrhages apiece if I told anything
perso ...
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Cathedral 2
Number of Words: 607 / Number of Pages: 3
... him that Robert will be visiting for the weekend. Once Robert arrives at their home, the narrator is shocked to find out that Robert doesn’t wear dark glasses, carry a cane, and is wearing a full beard. Throughout the story some of the narrator’s stereotypes are erased. However, the jealousy that the narrator possesses, still remains.
When the narrator’s wife informs him that her blind friend, Robert will be visiting for the weekend, the narrator becomes jealous. The narrator’s wife had worked for Robert as a summer job, many years back. The two had kept in contact with ...
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Lord Of The Flies - Civilized
Number of Words: 625 / Number of Pages: 3
... the ability to take all force associated with savagery and to use it to create and maintain a certain order.
At the beginning of this novel, the boys make an attempt at order and civilized behaviour but they fail to the uncooperative nature of the 'little-uns'. The boys elect a leader and make different groups, each with a purpose of accomplishing something constructive: The Hunters, Water-fetchers and Fire-tenders. The boys find a conch and view it as a symbol of order. This shell grants any one person power, as long as they have it in their possession.
The boys in the novel begin as civilized ...
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Working Together
Number of Words: 505 / Number of Pages: 2
... or ok, or whatever. Both people or all the people in the group would have to be willing to openly hear the other person's side and give an honest judgement of it. Even though someone might not want to give an opinion usually everyone leans toward one direction or another on any topic.
The cons are the disagreements, well that could also be a plus. When you work with a group it is a free ride. Everyone needs to participate for an effective collaboration.
It is always better to work by yourself. This is an error because an individual opinion is one sided and close minded. I certainly agree that pe ...
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