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Portfolio Piece
Number of Words: 451 / Number of Pages: 2
... Atticus believes they may win on the appeal, Tom doesn't think so. So when he was being transferred to another prison out of town Tom ties to escape. He attempts his unsuccessful. It results in his death. At this point in the story Atticus accepts that he has lost and breaks the news to Toms family. Atticus saying true to his connection of is a flat character doesn't show much emotion, even though he lost something that was in reach of winning. This shows that Atticus is a very courageous person.
Another Book that expresses the quote is the short story, '???'. The main character is a lady who lose ...
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Death Of A Salesman
Number of Words: 1260 / Number of Pages: 5
... I'll look for a job in construction is Biff's reply. I'll start at the bottom and I'll gradually raise my position. Someday maybe architecture or engineering. By god I'm gonna do something with my life weather it's to my families approval or not.
Charley looks at Biff and says. Biff I don't know if this is the right time for this. It's sounds like a good idea to me but I honestly don't think this is the time to talk about it.
I'm sorry Charley you're right I'm going to bed now I'll see you all tomorrow. Biff stands up stretches his arms and back and goes off to bed.
Biff wakes up early the next mor ...
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The Theme Of Isolation In Various Literature
Number of Words: 2526 / Number of Pages: 10
... of their language and
how they conveyed "news" over great distances. He found out the meaning
behind the Eskimo saying, "the wolf keeps the caribou strong." Mowat
observed strong family ties among wolves and he finished his long
assignment by having great compassion for them. And he concluded with the
realization that the wolf in fact is very different from the wolf of a
legend.
When the book was published there was no more than 1200 wolves
existing. Compare this to the 2000 the year before. I hope there is still
time to prevent another human error against nature. "the elimination from
thi ...
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Huck Finn 3
Number of Words: 4279 / Number of Pages: 16
... their family would be killed also. At first glance while reading this page, it would seem as though Huck Finn was a boy who was a killer and one with no conscience, but it is mearly describing a boy who was in the beginning of a great adventure, yet to take place.
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," takes place during a period in a young boys life, when he is trying to find out who he really is and trying to find a place that he can call home. Mark Twain is thought of, by some critics, as being an author who is describing the adventures of a boy, in a racist sort of way. One critic states: ...
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Identity In Metamorphasis And
Number of Words: 896 / Number of Pages: 4
... left untouched. His wife scoffs at the fact that the majority of the attenders of the party do not even grasp the concept of galoshes, a 'neccesity' of life that has not filtered down to the less fortunate. Gabriel's shame for his famile is readily apparent. He speaks down to them, refuses to learn their common language, and prefers to escape away from their land as much as possible. When he is asked about this shame and it is brought to the forefront, he becomes very upset and even lashes back at his family. "O to tell you the truth, retorted Gabriel suddenly, I'm sick of my own country, sick of ...
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Julius Caesar
Number of Words: 543 / Number of Pages: 2
... when he saw Caesar with a fever and he started to shake. All this tells us that Cassius thinks he is just as good or even better than Caesar.
Cassius first shows his character of deceit when he put false notes from people in the window of Brutus. This was so Brutus would think a lot of people would be with him if he killed Caesar. He also tries to make Brutus jealous of Caesar. Cassius says to Brutus (act 1,scene 2,line 43), “ “Brutus” and “Caesar”. What should be in that “Caesar?” Cassius continues to flatter Brutus but that didn’t work on Brutus’ honorable soul.
Cassius knew that the people ...
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Lives Of The Saints
Number of Words: 1527 / Number of Pages: 6
... a wealth of distractions. The golden sun was shining down on him that day, or so it seemed, for as he was drifting off to sleep the muffled shout of a man shattered what would appear to be his last enjoyable day; at least for a long time.
Childhood can be a fragile thing. It is commonly believed that children see the world through different eyes. Everything seems fresh and interesting to them, where we become saturated with the details of our everyday lives. The eyes of Vittorio Innocente act as a safeguard, seemingly protecting him from truth and danger that he cannot see. Since the incident wi ...
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The Glass Menagerie
Number of Words: 903 / Number of Pages: 4
... that her daughter is "crippled" and then she resorts back to denial. She doesn't perceive anything realistically. She believes that this gentleman caller, Jim, is going to be the man to rescue Laura and she hasn't even met him yet. She tells Laura when Laura is nervous about the gentleman caller, "You couldn't be satisfied with just sitting home," when, in fact, Laura had preferred that (Williams 85). Amanda cannot distinguish reality from illusion. When Jim arrives, Amanda is dressed in the same girlish frock she wore on the day that she met their father and she regresses to her childish, giddy da ...
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Does King Lear Play The Tragic
Number of Words: 874 / Number of Pages: 4
... in a controlled situation, the spectators own anxieties are directed outward, and, through sympathetic identification was the protagonist, his insight and outlook are enlarged.
Also, as importantly and significantly, Aristotle introduced the term hamartia, the tragic flaw, or an inherent defect or shortcoming in the hero of a tragedy. Aristotle casually described the tragic hero as a man of noble rank and nature whose misfortune is not brought upon him by villainy or corruption, but by some error of judgement. This imperfection later became known, or interpreted as a moral flaw, although most g ...
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Sex And Lies In Arabian Nights
Number of Words: 1048 / Number of Pages: 4
... both there by cutting them into two. Here is an example of sex promoting violence in the story. When King Zamon arrives in his brother’s kingdom he is overcome with grief however he does not tell his brother of what occurred in his home. The act of violence has sparked the need to lie about his actions and therefore continues the chain of sex, lies, and violence.
Again in the same story a discovery of sex is made. While King Shahryar is on a hunting expedition, Shah Zamon discovers his brother wife involved in an orgy wife a black slave, several white slaves, and the King’s concubine ...
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