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Catcher In The Rye 6
Number of Words: 720 / Number of Pages: 3
... easy till Wednesday."
Holden's excessive thoughts on death are not typical of most
adolescents. His near obsession with death might come from having
experienced two deaths in his early life. He constantly dwells on
Allie, his brother's, death. From Holden's thoughts, it is obvious
that he loves and misses Allie. In order to hold on to his brother
and to minimize the pain of his loss, Holden brings Allie's
baseball mitt along with him where ever he goes. The mitt has
additional meaning and significance for Holden because Allie had
written poetry, which Holden reads, on the base ...
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Expectations Of Authority Figures In "Two Kinds" And "Girl"
Number of Words: 713 / Number of Pages: 3
... to be a great beauty
with unmatched dance abilities, an untapped wealth of useless information,
and piano-playing skills like no other. In "Girl", the expectations are
much lower, but just as stringent. The girl is expected to do a myriad of
chores and to become a "lady". She is advised on how she should act and
how she can avoid being a "slut".
In "Two Kinds", the mother has high hopes; she believes a person
can be anything they want in America and she wants a daughter who excels
in some area. All of the mother's hopes lay on the daughter. Her hopes
are bolstered by stories about remark ...
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The Tempest: Review
Number of Words: 1043 / Number of Pages: 4
... At this period of history and country the English language was quite different from what it is today in many ways. First, standard, formal vocabulary was different at this time. An great expample is found in the line "...you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog!" (act 1 sc. 1, p. 9). In this line, the word incharitable is the modern equivalent of the word uncharitable. The standard dictionary word has changed prefixes somewhere througout the centuries. Another thing that would have made a further gap between the vernacular in the play and modern English is Shakespeare's deployment of common lang ...
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All Quiet On The Western Front
Number of Words: 386 / Number of Pages: 2
... and parents especially wanted him to enlist. Paul even says, "at one time even on's parets were ready with the word 'coward'"
When Paul finally gets home, he seems overjoyed to be back, but soon he feels the discomfort of being worlds apart from his mother and father. When he first gets back, he can only cry, but when he tries to speak with his mother, he can't bring up the right words. The separation he felt was a result of his feeling about how horrible the war was and how he didn't want his mother to know how miserable it was. The war was so bad for Paul that he cannot even put it into words. ...
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Cheap Amusements
Number of Words: 524 / Number of Pages: 2
... their sons and daughters into the labor force to supplement the earnings of the father, while the mother cooked, cleaned, cared for the children and manufactured goods in the home. The typical wage-earning woman of 1900 was young and single.
The young single working women experienced time and labor similar to men’s rather than married women’s. They needed to, as Peiss puts, “carve a sphere of pleasure”, out of daily life in the harsh conditions of the shop floor and the tenement. These young women found pleasure in dance halls, amusement parks, and movie theaters. The young ...
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Shakespeares Macbeth
Number of Words: 2200 / Number of Pages: 8
... is somewhat successful, as Banquo is killed but Fleance manages to escape. In the last few scenes of this act, Macbeth is plagued by the ghost of Banquo. People start to suspect something suspicious of Macbeth. The fourth act starts off, once again, with Macbeth visiting the witches. They tell him that he will not be harmed by a woman, and that he will not be vanquished until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane Hill. Macbeth has Lady Macduff and her son killed. When Macduff learns about this news, he vows to kill Macbeth when he meets him on the field of battle. He and Malcolm start to conjure up plans t ...
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Respect And Responsibility
Number of Words: 613 / Number of Pages: 3
... tries to use people's lives (Madden, 194). Burns has dedicated his life
to his writings that is why he is a good example of respect for something.
A poem in a Literature book named "To an Athlete Dying Young" the
people of the town show respect by caring the athlete down the main street
in there town. People loved the athlete so much they had to shut there
eyes as he passed by before he died(Housman,850). The athlete never
thought he was to good for the people of the town that is why they had so
much respect for him.
A article in Ebony Man March, 1995 issue tells us about "10 Points
Men Shoul ...
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Beowulf 15
Number of Words: 604 / Number of Pages: 3
... Grendel came crashing through the great doors of the mead hall he grabbed one of Beowulf's men who he let be devoured by Grendel. When Grendel came to Beowulf he immediately saw who he was and before Grendel could grab him Beowulf got hold of him. Beowulf fought honestly without weapon because Grendel did not have a weapon either therefore Beowulf would be shamed if he slew Grendel with a sword. After pulverizing Grendel he finished him off by tearing off his arm which Grendel then fled and died. The great arm of Grendel was hung above the mead hall. This lesson teaches us that if you fight fair you a ...
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Philocetes
Number of Words: 665 / Number of Pages: 3
... to take him back with him, and to just not leave him on the island all alone. Neoptolemus agrees to take Philoctetes back with him, and he is overjoyed once again.
A sailor disguised as a trader then enters the scene and tells a tale to Neoptolemus of how he is in great danger and must be very careful. Philoctetes believes that Neoptolemus is actually in great danger so he suggests that they leave as soon as possible. He tells them the few things that he owns, including the bow. Philoctetes is greatly impressed by the bow, and when he admires it, Philoctetes tells him that anything of ...
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Edgar Allen Poe
Number of Words: 3420 / Number of Pages: 13
... readers a satirical spoof, a literary Bronx cheer to writers of moralistic fiction, and to critics who expressed disapprobation at finding no discernible moral in his works. The tale "Never Bet the Devil Your Head: A Tale with a Moral" presents Poe's "way of staying execution" (Poe 487) for his transgressions against the didactics. The story's main character is Toby Dammit, who from infanthood, had been flogged left-handed, which since the world revolves right to left, causes evil propensities to be driven home rather than driven out. The narrator relates that by the age of seven months, Toby was ch ...
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