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Beowulf And His Virtues
Number of Words: 455 / Number of Pages: 2
... people and his word. Loyalty to his father remained throughout the epic. On numerous occasions he boasted of his father, Ecgtheow, who “was famous in many a folk-land,” (195) thus immortalizing his name. Promises made by Beowulf were worth their weight in gold. His reputation grew as an honest and loyal man. After Beowulf’s promise to slay mother Grendel, Hrothgard “gave thanks to God/ for the heartening words the hero had spoken.” (910) Beowulf had yet to kill mother Grendel, but Hrothgar knew Beowulf would fulfill his promise.
Acceptance of death, and care for the welfare of his people were B ...
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Grapes Of Wrath - California
Number of Words: 1213 / Number of Pages: 5
... their houses because of the crisis. They also knew the more pickers they had the lower they could make their prices. The number of handbills sent out far out numbered the number of jobs available. Many people in the dust bowl were constructing a view of California that was devastatingly false. However most of the people had to go somewhere, and all they knew was agriculture, so the natural thing was to go to the only place in the country at that time that was in peak agricultural condition. This was all true in the case of the Joads. They had no experience with any other kind of lifestyle. They wer ...
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Lord Of The Flies 5 -----
Number of Words: 878 / Number of Pages: 4
... he had done something Jack did not like. Other comparisons are Simon, who represents heroes and philanthropists because he wanted to always help others, and Piggy, who represents the scientists and advisers for his ideas and the advice, which he gives to Ralph. Roger represents the criminals and sadists because he abuses and wants to kill others and does not feel any remorse for what he does. These groups of people are evident in life and in most stories. Most people in life can be compared to one of these characters on the island world.
Not only are the characters in the island world simi ...
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Summary - Habibi
Number of Words: 325 / Number of Pages: 2
... and play with the hens. One of the hens flies away and a kid named Khaled captures it. This character, along with his sister Nadine, is the Abboud’s new friend.
RESPONSE: Liyana and Rafik seem to feel more at home now that they are settled in their new house and have met friends. Rafik has completely adapted to Jerusalem while Liyana is just beginning to. They are both scared of the Israeli tanks and other forces that crowd around her neighborhood because she did not have this experience in America. The overall mood of this section was quite happy which added to the story by addin ...
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The Cask Of Amontillado: The Dangers Of Pride
Number of Words: 1087 / Number of Pages: 4
... that his death with be due to something as petty as a cold. Rather, he believes that his life will end as a result of some courageous act and he will die a noble death. However, Montressor can only laugh at this thought because he knows Fortunato's death will be far from noble and his pride will be soon is shattered in the dark depths of the catacomb.
Another instance of foreshadowing comes with the trowel scene. At one point in their journey, Fortunato makes a movement that is a secret sign of the Masons, an exclusive, fraternity-like organization. Montressor does not recognize this hand signal, bu ...
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"Shame": Ignorance Of Reality
Number of Words: 426 / Number of Pages: 2
... It's a shame that he didn't realize everyone felt sorry for him.
It was Gregory's ignorance that caused him to feel humility, but it
was his teacher that made him realize it. As far as Gregory was concerned,
the day of collection for the needy was his time to shine. In front of
the whole class, including the girl of his dreams, he was going to lie and
show how proud he was of his dad for donating a lot of money. With only a
few words from his teacher, all of Gregory's innocence and high self-esteem
was stripped from himself. All of the unrealistic thoughts that Gregory
had felt towards pe ...
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Jane Eyre 3
Number of Words: 360 / Number of Pages: 2
... it. Finally, there is the characterization of Bertha. From the way Rochester talks about Bertha at first she seems pretty normal, but he says how she become after they get married. She turned into someone he did not know, a crazy psychopath, mad woman. Rochester wanted to hide this from everyone even Jane, Bertha cares for no one but herself. She does not care who she hurts, she proved this when she hurt Mr. Mason her own brother. At last, the end of the novel, The suspense, mystery, and characterization are all told. The person that this all revolved around was Bertha. It was Charlotte Bronte s c ...
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Creative Writing
Number of Words: 2820 / Number of Pages: 11
... really showed any interest in short, chubby Martin, but I can’t break that news to him. I lie and tell him that we’re in, when what I mean is, I’m in. Really, Anna with her tall beanpole-like figure isn’t anything to get too excited about. Her shoulder length brown hair is always pulled back so tightly it looks as if her forehead is about to crack.
"So, how do you want to do it?" Martin asks me.
"Well, seeing as how neither one of us has a car, we’re gonna have to meet somewhere close to their house since they got what we want," I tell him.
"Okay, you sneak out about ...
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Persuasive Speaking
Number of Words: 448 / Number of Pages: 2
... you have to talk in language that they understand, and find a
compromise between shouting at them and quietly asking for attention.
After you get an audiences attention and are able to keep their
attention, you're home free. People are gullible. You can make them do
whatever you want with the power of your voice; you just have to make them
think that they'll like it or gain something from it. There are countless
examples of this that are spoken and written. Almost all chain letters use
this principle. The masters of this little technique are those pesky
salespeople who call you and wa ...
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Beowulf
Number of Words: 1010 / Number of Pages: 4
... than loyal to his king. In fact, it was considered noble to be loyal to anything that was significant to humanity. In , is loyal to Higlac. "Higlac is my cousin and my king…(142)" says in his preparation to do battle with the threatening monster, Grendel. Loyalty to the Anglo-Saxons was heroic; however, the tale of has lived on so many years for a greater reason than being a loyal individual. Heroes today, as well as heroes of yesterday, such as , all share the characteristic of their willingness to die in their attempt to accomplish their heroic act, thus making the act in itself heroic ...
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