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Hound Of The Baskervilles
Number of Words: 1100 / Number of Pages: 4
... is very likely a reflection of what Doyle thought, or knew, about his own family. Another thing that is evident in the book is Arthur Conan Doyle's chivalrous side. The characters of Sir Henry Baskerville and Sir Charles Baskerville continually show that they are honorable men. "Being himself [Sir Charles] childless, it was his openly expressed desire that the whole countryside should within his own lifetime, profit from his good fortune." (Doyle 20) By providing for his neighbors and friends, Sir Charles showed that he was willing to put others first and that he genuinely cared for others. The h ...
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Crime In The Great Gatsby
Number of Words: 347 / Number of Pages: 2
... fellow had it coming to him. He threw dust into your
eyes just like he did Daisy's but he was a tough one. He ran
over Myrtle just like you'd a dog and never ever stopped his
car. (187)
Tom only wanted Daisy back because she wasn't interested in him any more. So in the end he threw Gatsby to the lions, Gatsby's death was Tom's fault, he told George Wilson that the car that hit Myrtle was Gatsby's. That was just as bad as pulling the trigger that killed Gatsby. The worst part is he felt no remorse for his actions.
It makes me sick to even acknowledge the fact that people like Tom ...
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Bookreport, The Canterbury Tal
Number of Words: 1220 / Number of Pages: 5
... to never again see Emily, his broken heart causes him sickness as he’s weakened by
love. It is only after he comes up with the plan of returning to Athens under an assumed name that he starts to get better.
Meanwhile, Palamon remains back in captivity, rendered helpless due to his lifelong punishment in prison. He knows that he will never be able to talk to Emily and certainly not marry her because of his plight. All he can do is watch her from a distance and admire her beauty. Arcite believes that this is a better punishment
than his, though, as he says:
“O dere cosin Palamon, quod he,
Thyn ...
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Comparing And Contrasting Rouse And Hamilton's Books On Greek Mythology
Number of Words: 461 / Number of Pages: 2
... said she had none.
Hamilton said she was the inventor of the bridle. Rouse said nothing about
that.
Meleagros was a fighting god who killed the wild boar in Calydon
with the help of Atlanta. Atlanta shot the boar with an arrow. At the time
it was wounded, Meleagros went to the boar and stabbed it in the heart. He
gave the boar's skin to Atlanta. Both authors also said he was in love
with Atlanta. He killed his mother's brothers. At that time his mother
found out that if the brand wasn't lit he would die. She quickly put it out
and hid the brand.
Hamilton spells his name a whole different way ...
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Noras Pride
Number of Words: 499 / Number of Pages: 2
... truth has been discovered about Nora she makes a very courageous decision. It was not heard of for a woman to leave her family , but Nora did. She did this because she knew if she stayed with the children it would not be fair for them. She was not best mother for her children even though she loved them like ant mother loves her children.
When we learn that the model for Nora was intelligent and ambitious everything falls in to place. There is no need to wonder about motivation or changes of character sudden revelations (Hardwick). Nora is very wise in many of her ways. She planned to perform a danc ...
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Prized Possessions
Number of Words: 538 / Number of Pages: 2
... at the exquisite interior that could only be compared to the Palace at Versailles. Supple brown leather encompasses the cabin and provides the occupants with pure extravagance. The climate control keeps the occupants comfortable so that they might enjoy their surroundings. Power windows allow the inhabitants to enjoy the fresh breeze without having to do meager peasant work such as rolling the windows down manually. The stereo system is of the highest quality. It provides rich, deep bass that rattles your insides when the speakers hit. What makes this system so amazing is how it mixes the low ba ...
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Lord Of The Flies
Number of Words: 266 / Number of Pages: 1
... and the savages, between the boys and the terrifying «beast», and the conflict between Jack’s band on the one hand and Ralph and Simon on the other.
This theme is mostly revealed through symbolism. Ralph is the symbol of good, while Jack is the symbol of evil. This can be seen, for example, by the fact that Ralph is the one providing law and order, and he is constantly involved in several projects for welfare and safety, which he tries to carry through the best he can. Ralph and Simon, who are both good, build shelters and maintain the fire only to preserve a good situation and health for their fellow ...
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The Raisin In The Sun
Number of Words: 1213 / Number of Pages: 5
... member, and feels that she and Walter will only bring the baby into a world of fighting. Beneatha also has influence on Ruth’s decision by asking, “… where is he going to live? On the roof?”(58). Beneatha feels that if Ruth has another baby it would just complicate the living situation, which is strenuous enough as it is. Later, even with all of this negative energy, Ruth comes to realize that she should not take the life of her baby and decides to keep it. One of her reasons for this change of heart is that her and Walter have been getting along much better, and their constant fighting was one o ...
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Shampoo Planets - Book Report
Number of Words: 413 / Number of Pages: 2
... in 1986. He has won many awards through out his life, but the two Canadian National Awards for Excellence in Industrial Design stand out from the rest.
Mr. Coupland has written five novels. He started out with Generation X, and then came Life After God and then came Microserfs. His last book was Poaroids From the Dead, but before that was Shampoo Planet. Life After God and Polaroid From the Dead are not really novels but just compilations of short stories and anecdotes, some from his own life.
I think that this book, about a guys life. The cover has a picture of the top part of a person ...
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All Quiet On The Western Front
Number of Words: 878 / Number of Pages: 4
... and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow.” This sums up his entire disposition towards himself at the end of the novel. He was taken into the army, willfully, but still taken, in the prime of his youth, to a place where death and destruction were facts of life. Remarque depicts a transition in the value systems of Paul and his comrades. Kemmerich’s boots, symbolic of a horizontal value system, can be seen to have considerable influence over those in the novel. However, Bäumer comments, “…Müller would rather go bare-foot over barbed wire than scheme how to get ...
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