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A Jury Of Her Peers 2
Number of Words: 769 / Number of Pages: 3
... right even though it might be wrong, where else a thing that can be considered right, done by a women is shown to be wrong. This fact can be supported by the character of John Wright who is an abusive husband. Even though he treats his wife improperly, his actions are not condemned; where as Minnie’s character, who killing her husband just to stand up for herself is shows to be wrong. In this story men are given a bad role just to make a reader aware of that fact that how women were ones treated in our society.
Women in this story play a major role not just because they are more talked ...
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Jungle Night
Number of Words: 559 / Number of Pages: 3
... however we fail to realize that he actual adds a great deal of suspense with the way he taps the metal. In the first stanza he "…Strikes it softly like a bell-Tink-tink; tink-tink." (ll. 3-4) and in the second to last stanza "Strikes-twice; Strikes-twice" (l. 21) which gives a sense that something more is yet to come.
In the first stanza when the two men are first introduced, the author uses very soft words, which gives us a sense of peace and serenity. However in the second to last stanza he uses onomatopoeia again saying "Drip-drip; drip-drip"(l. 19) and ...
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The Great Gatsby Ending
Number of Words: 1445 / Number of Pages: 6
... the American dream. During Gatsby's life the dream was very much alive for him. He cared more for the dream than he did for truth. During his life while the dream was still very much alive, the grass was cared for attentively just as his goals were cared for
attentively. After his death, the grass had no one to care for it just like the dream.
The grass was just as long and uncared for as Nick's symbolic that Gatsby's
dream was just as dead to him now as the dream had been dead to Nick. Both the grass and the dream were just as alive as they were dead in that though
Gatsby could no longer care ...
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Winning Isn't The Most Important Thing
Number of Words: 467 / Number of Pages: 2
... in grueling
temperatures and humidity. Great Olympic and Boston Marathon runners have
dropped out of a 10K due to it's intense strain. I was on hand to witness the
race and saw many great athletes finish the race with great times. These are
runners who put every day into running and run every race. Soon after these
runners had crossed the finish line and been handed their trophies, the last
runner in the race came through the finish line with his hands in the air and to
thunderous applause. He was 87 years old, and had taken up the sport after his
doctors told him he had a cholesterol problem when ...
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The Bean Trees 2
Number of Words: 1052 / Number of Pages: 4
... named Mattie, a serene, big-hearted soul who shelters political refugees from Guatemala, and who gives Taylor a job. Taylor and Turtle find a room with Lou Ann Ruiz, a self-described "ordinary Kentuckian a long way from home," and her newborn baby Dwayne Ray. The relationship between these two single mothers, one never married, one divorcing, and their relationships with the people around them are the focus of the story. After a few months, Taylor needs to rent an apartment. She ends up sharing an apartment with Lou Ann and her son, Dwayne Ray. Together Taylor, Turtle, Mattie, two refugees, Lou Ann ...
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Othello Vs. Twelfth Night
Number of Words: 780 / Number of Pages: 3
... eyed monster.”
“O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on…” (Othello, III.iii 169-171) In his rage, Othello charges Iago with the killing of Cassio, his lieutenant who supposedly slept with his wife. Othello then plans to kill Desdemona. Even during the course of the killing, Othello maintains his love for Desdemona (although this might seem a contradiction.) He refuses to defile her body in any way. “Yet I'll not shed her blood; nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow, and smooth as monumental alabaster ...
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Escape Towards Death
Number of Words: 1578 / Number of Pages: 6
... positive, happy side of
life. A vain and spoiled person from her birth, Hagar never knew the problems of racism and poverty as other people in her small, midwestern
town knew and felt. Hagar's life was completely devoted to Milkman, her cousin and lover. "He is my home in this world." (pg. 137) Her
happiness, Milkman, would ultimately be her depression as "Ecclesiasties" finally turned her success into failure, though Hagar exaggerated the
loss and apparently was not aware of the Biblical promise that her life would eventually regain confidence and prosperity. After Milkman no
longer loved her, Ha ...
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Song Of Solomon
Number of Words: 799 / Number of Pages: 3
... fascinated. What happened then?
Well, as per the rules of reviewing a challenged book, the director of English for the school district, Deanna Norad, assembled a five person committee made up of two administrators, one teacher, and two parents. The comittee deliberated, and unanimously recommended to keep the book on the reading list. They also suggested some changes to the way the book was taught. From then on, they said, Song of Solomon should be taught during the regular school year so that more guidance could be given, if needed. By the same token, they recommended that the book be disc ...
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The Characterization Of Gilgam
Number of Words: 521 / Number of Pages: 2
... like that of no other man.
The poem begins by stating that Gilgamesh is an overbearing king. He never sleeps due to his over indulgence in life. Gilgamesh "keeps the city in disruption" ivolving anyone he pleases in his corrupt demands (Wolff 1). He sleeps with all the virgins before they are married, therefore, making them inpure before their husbands have a chance to sleep with them. If Gilgamesh were a mature king, he would see no reason to show he is the most powerful. He would lead his people with only good intentions and rule the land justly.
Even though Gilgamesh demonstrates great physi ...
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry
Number of Words: 1058 / Number of Pages: 4
... acceptable. Huck, who
has never had to follow many rules in his life, finds the demands the
women place upon him constraining and the life with them lonely. As
a result, soon after he first moves in with them, he runs away. He
soon comes back, but, even though he becomes somewhat comfortable with
his new life as the months go by, Huck never really enjoys the life of
manners, religion, and education that the Widow and her sister impose
upon him.
Huck believes he will find some freedom with Tom Sawyer. Tom is a
boy of Huck's age who promises Huck and other boys of the ...
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