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Across Five Aprils- Summary
Number of Words: 602 / Number of Pages: 3
... and is bed ridden. Jethro now has to become the man of the house. With the help of his sister, Jethro farms the fields and provides for his family and his brother John's wife and two children. After receiving a few letters from Tom, the family is notified of his death. Eb comes back after a while because he abandoned his post and was being hunted by the government for desertion. Jethro then writes to the president regarding his cousin's dilemma. He then received a letter back form Abe Lincoln himself telling him what his cousin can do to return to his position. Soon after that incident, the f ...
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Maturity In The Book To Kill A
Number of Words: 1363 / Number of Pages: 5
... to control his temper and lack of respect when he destroys Miss Dubose’s camellias. There is no doubt that Jem was immature at the start of this book but as the book progresses we see a drastic change in him.
Jem begins to mature, or understand life more, after Scout, Dill and himself enter the Radley’s yard and attempt to peek through the shutters. He loses his pants and decides to go back for them he justifies doing this by saying, “Atticus ain’t never whipped me since I can remember. I wanna keep it that way.” There is an understanding or maturity in what he says there. Atticus would whip ...
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Othello
Number of Words: 1625 / Number of Pages: 6
... nature of evil
that he suceeds but also in the weaknesses of the other characters. Iago uses the
weaknesses of Othello, specifically jealousy and his devotion to things as they seem,
to conquer his opposite in Desdemona. From the start of the play, Iago's scheming
ability is shown when he convinces Roderigo to tell about Othello and
Desdemonda's elopement to Desdemona's father, Brabantio. Confidentally Iago
continues his plot successfully, making fools of others, and himself bei ...
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The Journey Of Odysseus And Te
Number of Words: 2541 / Number of Pages: 10
... a immense role in the way the story is set up, stemming from the purpose of each character’s journey, their personal challenges, and the difficulties that surround them.
The story commences when Odysseus, a valiant hero of the Trojan war, journeys back home. Together with his courageous comrades, and a several vessels, he set sail for his homeland Ithaca. Fated to wander for a full ten years, Odysseus’s ships were immediately blown to Thrace by a powerful storm. The expedition had begun.
Upon this misfortune, he and his men started a raid on the land of the Cicones. However, this only provided them ...
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Two Powers
Number of Words: 1085 / Number of Pages: 4
... government the rulers make
prohibit or manipulated elation’s in a way that makes them win. This
governments may not only restrict individual freedom , but also limit the
power of those who represent the people . govermets such as , absolute
monarchy , dictatorship, and totalitarianism are also under the same
government. People that live under an authoritarian set of rules are many
times treated with unjust and cruel power . Those who tried to go against the
ideas of the government are punish , put in jail , and many times killed. As a
result, in an authoritarian government all people ...
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Beloved
Number of Words: 581 / Number of Pages: 3
... she also had to make the decision whether or not to kill her daughter or let her suffer through a life of slavery. She made the decision to have her daughter killed. This also created some detachment from herself. Perhaps she felt as if her mind had deceived because she had her daughter killed. But yet, she knew that it was in the best interest for the child for she couldn’t bare to see her child be born into a life of slavery. Whenever I do something bad I feel separated from myself as if there is someone evil inside of me informing me what to do. Sethe however goes through many instances where t ...
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Romeo And Juliet 9
Number of Words: 1415 / Number of Pages: 6
... marriage OR that he is to excited.
Shortly after this, he changes back to serious when he is talking to Nurse about the marriage.
· He still is joyful towards the marriage scene and at the marriage scene he takes the extreme again - he acts like he has not seen Juliet for years, they can’t wait to get there hands on each other – kissing, Friar Laurence had to separate them.
Once they are married, he visits Tybalt and Mercutio in the square; he is misunderstood by Tybalt when he says how he loves him. Mercutio reacts with laughing thinking that it is a wind-up and Tybalt is annoyed and ...
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Lord Of The Flies - Savagry
Number of Words: 688 / Number of Pages: 3
... the death of all intellectual and civilized manner left in the boys. Not even civilization could help Roger because of his incorrigible attitude. Jack attempts to maintain a civilized life style when he arrives on the island, but his ferocity overcomes him with the thoughts of killing. Jack's savagery begins to come out when he breaks Piggy's glasses in the fight. Piggy's glasses being broken symbolizes how the boys are losing sight of what civilization has taught them. In addition, the fight shows that Jack is slowing losing self-control of his emotions. Jack loathes Ralph so much that he puts t ...
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David Copperfield
Number of Words: 1222 / Number of Pages: 5
... (Which he never meant to published on any account.) This complete title strongly suggests that this is one man's story written for himself. It was also supposed to 'never have been published on any account.' Later in chap 42 this condition is repeated: 'this manuscript is intended for no eyes but mine.' Of course this is part of the fiction, after all we are reading David's story ourselves when we reach this sentence. What is about? I pose myself this question to help illustrate how much of an autobiography this book really is, the simplest answer is of course that it is about himself and his ...
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Madame Bovary 4
Number of Words: 271 / Number of Pages: 1
... states that Flaubert make Emma’s dreams seem important and gives it “dignity” but at the same time ridicules her fantasies. Bersani also writes that Flaubert detaches himself entirely from the community that he writes about. Although there are parts of the book that displays the narrator as a member of the society. For example in the start of the novel the introduction of Charles seem to me made by a person who was involved in the action. There are other parts when Flaubert seems to know all the innermost thought of the characters. In other word Flaubert portrays his narrator a ...
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