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Cannery Row
Number of Words: 437 / Number of Pages: 2
... experiences loneliness. However, after he becomes used to the idea of being alone, Henri "felt a sense of relief." By eating what he wants and "free of the endless biologic functions for awhile," Henri shows that it is unhealthy to need constant companionship and being alone can help a person rejuvinate.
Frankie is all alone in the world except for Doc who accepts him although "he couldn't learn and there was something wrong with his coordination." Noone in the world including his parents cared about him except Doc. The closeness he has with Doc drives him to rob Jacob's Jewelry Store. Wanting to do so ...
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Sonnet 18
Number of Words: 540 / Number of Pages: 2
... natural nuisances such as windy days that "…shake the darling buds of May," hot weather magnified because it is coming from heaven, and changing seasons. Shakespeare has taken the idea of a warm breezy summer day and twisted it into a sweltering day with the sun beating down on us.
However, in the lines after the destruction of a nice day, he makes us smile by the comments he showers on his love. He tells us that his love’s beauty shall remain the same at all times. "…thy…shall not fade." He places an exclamation on that line by using the word eternal. It gives us the feeling ...
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A Pair Of Tickets By Amy Tan
Number of Words: 686 / Number of Pages: 3
... to flee from the Japanese.
Some people have no opportunity to get to know their heritage and their long lost family members. Jandale however, had almost waited her entire life to connect with her heritage and her family. She was willing to visit China and meet with her two half-sisters only in recognition to her mother's wishes. Jandale should have been delighted to have the opportunity to visit China and get to know her roots and her family. The theme to this story was effectively treated in that the reader could see the reunion of the sisters, but yet could feel pain and sorrow inside of themse ...
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"And Thus While I Listened, Th
Number of Words: 1540 / Number of Pages: 6
... He felt that he was too good to be taught by Herr Keller, when in fact it was because he felt belittled by him. This arrogance is shown when herr Keller finally lets him play the piano on their 8th lesson.
"He fossicked among his own music for a few moments, finally emerging with a copy of "The Children's Bach".
"I played that years ago," I protested.
"You are too proud to play it again?"
"It's easy."
"...Bach is never easy."
The fact that Paul felt that Bach was "too easy" shos his arrogance, but with Herr Keller's response, he is put in his place and must re-evaluate himself.
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The Sun Also Rises 5
Number of Words: 1306 / Number of Pages: 5
... as if on a leash, “sniveling and squealing as if he were swine” (58). While Brett saunters around on her sexual escapades, she does not take into account the feelings of Jake, the man who truly loves her, because he is unable to meet her sexual needs. Brett does bother with Jake’s frustrations; she uses him only as an emotional support to fall back on when the flings leave her emotionally unsatisfied. “Brett’s bitchery is fully revealed by her treatment of Jake. . . he truly loves her but she uses Jake to get the emotional fix she cannot find is sexual union . . . thi ...
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Santa Claus
Number of Words: 499 / Number of Pages: 2
... brothers, sisters, and of course elves and reindeer. Reindeer play
an important role in the scheme of things. Without the famous Dasher, Dancer,
Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen or Rudolph, Santa would not have
any transportation. They fly faster than a speeding bullet, yet never seem to
miss a single home. Together, Santa, the elves, and the reindeer work to make
the Miracles of Christmas happen.
St. Nick not only showers children with gifts, he also instills in them
that giving is far more important than receiving. By setting this example, the
feeling of Christmas be ...
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Great Expectations 3
Number of Words: 1075 / Number of Pages: 4
... and making him act in a way that the women find socially 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 ...
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Jack Kerouac-On The Road
Number of Words: 1686 / Number of Pages: 7
... the footsteps of Dean and his friend Carlo Marx. Instead of making use of the money he has earned he takes to the road on foot and hitch hikes his way across America from New York to Denver, his ultimate goal.
Upon arriving at his destination and reuniting with Dean he realizes Dean's madness, his inability to control his emotions, his vagueness, his incoherence can only imply one thing, Dean's inner genius. Dean and Carlo flee again off towards Texas. Sal Paradise follows looking for 'America.'
Their travels takes them all over the United States on escapades full of sex, drugs, and swing music ...
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Pruning Trees
Number of Words: 659 / Number of Pages: 3
... some trash talking from someone. Who can beat whom at a video game or at grubbing? Grubbing is a pruner’s term for wrestling; it’s what we do when we have a dispute instead of really fighting. Once in a while someone will be arguing about something and throw down their knives and go at it, in which case everyone in the field runs to watch. It’s the best entertainment we can find on a long day out in a tree field.
One day we were all sitting around eating lunch and decided we should have a two-on-two match up and somehow I got put on one of the teams. Someone said go and we started. I held off m ...
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Reading The Light
Number of Words: 510 / Number of Pages: 2
... wild imaginations, it did not occur to me that a child in kindergarten would tell such an elaborate lie. When I looked back in the story, I found the spot where I think that Laurie first started to tell his lie. "The teacher spanked a boy, though, ... For being fresh" was Laurie’s replay to his mother asking him what happened in school. "Laurie thought. "It was Charles"" (14) When I reread this I thought that this was where Laurie decided to put on his act. I know that young children are capable of a lot of things, and some times they go unnoticed, like Laurie’s charad ...
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