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1984, George Orwell
Number of Words: 392 / Number of Pages: 2
... one day when he starts to have--gasp!--negative thoughts about the Party and its leader, Big Brother. He buys a diary, a crime considered worthy of death by the Party, and begins to record these thoughts daily.
By chance, Winston happens to meet a fellow Party-hater, Julia. They
believe that the Brotherhood (an organization against the Party) exists and that
their co-worker O’Brien is involved with it. They meet with O’Brien and confirm that yes, indeed, he is involved with the Brotherhood. O’Brien gives them a copy of “The Book” written by the Brotherhood’ ...
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A Bird In The House
Number of Words: 1396 / Number of Pages: 6
... with Grandfather Conner, this is when she noticed the trapped conditions that aunt Edna was living in and her mother was going to have to live in again. Vanessa always tried to free herself of the things that went on around her by writing exaggerated adventure stories. When Vanessa wrote, it was her chance to get away from the things that made her feel trapped. Vanessa is freed of Grandfather Conner's tyranny when he dies, at least one thinks so. However it is evident in the story "Jericho's Brick Battlements," that Vanessa will never be free of Grandfather Conner. The painful memories that she ...
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Macbeth 3
Number of Words: 1683 / Number of Pages: 7
... news 6. Bellona: Roman goddess of war
2. broil: struggle 7. Thane: title of nobility in Scotland
3. choke their art: make it impossible to swim
4. kerns and galloglasses: lightly armed soldiers and heavily armed soldiers
5. all's too weak: all his efforts were inadequate
IMPORTANT QUOTE FROM THE SCENE:
"No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive
Our bosom interest. Go pronounce his present death
And with his former title greet Macbeth." (Lines 63-65)
Act 1 Scene 3:
The Witches talk about the dreadful things they can do to men. As Macbeth and Banquo enter on ...
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The Catcher In The Rye - Fores
Number of Words: 572 / Number of Pages: 3
... him when he boards a bus holding a snowball. The driver refuses to believe that Holden won't throw the snowball so he draws the conclusion that "People never believe you." (p.37). He is also always placing labels upon people as being "phonies" which gives the reader the idea that Holden thinks that others are materialistic.
Holdens attempts to protect the innocence in the world is another early sign of his deteriorating state. When Holden goes to Pheobe's school to deliver his note he sees some swearing of the wall which he says "drove me damn near crazy" (p.201). He wipes the words from the wall in ...
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A Separate Peace
Number of Words: 2111 / Number of Pages: 8
... competition, and often hurtful remarks. Although this is the way children often act, it is in the teenage years realization, along with careful thought and consideration, brings each individual to understand wider prospects of human nature; that people coldly drive ahead for themselves alone. Man’s inhumanity1 to man is a way for people to protect themselves from having pain inflicted on them by fellow humans, and achieving their goals and desires free from interference of others.
The concept of man’s inhumanity to man is developed in John Knowles’ novel, . The primary conflict in this novel c ...
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Writing Analysis
Number of Words: 525 / Number of Pages: 2
... seek information on but are nonetheless intrigued by. The style lessens the formality of the subject, which makes it less scary to deal with. The descriptive language is effectively used. The expression of the author’s feeling and thoughts encourages empathy from the reader with the author.
BASICS TRAINING – Deborah Hope, The Australian Magazine 1999
This article is written in a more detached style than the previous one. It is more formal, very factual, and has a rather clinical feel. It tells the story like a newspaper article.
It is a narrative as well, although the style is very ...
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The Catcher In The Rye The Duc
Number of Words: 1049 / Number of Pages: 4
... of The Catcher in the Rye.
So why is this book so influential? Why do normal people have underlined copies in their personal library? Why is every book about whiney losers sitting around complaining about their lives, (where the major problem is that the damn author can't think of a plot) compared favorably to The Catcher in the Rye? Because it's one of the best fucking books ever written!
I read The Catcher in the Rye at the perfect age. I was 17, a frustrated freak of a high school student, seemingly doomed to perpetual virginity. To be exposed to Holden Caulfield in this condition is an epiphany ...
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Bouchards View Of Canadian His
Number of Words: 5793 / Number of Pages: 22
... grew up in a family of five children in a strict french catholic household. Their family was relatively poor, as were most of the Francophones in the area. Philippe Bouchard, Lucien's father, worked fourteen hour days delivering lumber. When the boys were old enough, they too had to work to support the family. One summer, Lucien was sent to the labour camps in the Laurentides forests. The camps were owned and operated by the English who ruled the major industries in the Saguenay. This was Lucien's first real taste of the division between the English and the French. Bouchard was a young in ...
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Much Ado About Nothing
Number of Words: 3722 / Number of Pages: 14
... (such as the trick played on Beatrice and Bene*censored* by Leonato, Hero and Claudio); they often observe and overhear one another, and consequently make a great deal out of very little. Author The political and cultural events of the 15 century had a large influence on Shakespeare’s work. In , Don Pedro, Prince of Arragon, Don John, his brother, Borachio his servant, Bene*censored*, a young lord, and Claudio his best friend are all returning from war, and have been invited to stay with Leonato for a month. Shakespeare's antagonist Don John, bears much resemblance to Don John of Austria, the ille ...
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The Dark Half
Number of Words: 1048 / Number of Pages: 4
... too. George Stark, the "villain" of the story, was Thad's penname come to life. Stephen King made that seem possible with his explanation that Thad had a brain tumor when he was a child. It was not, however, a normal brain tumor. The doctor removed an eye, some teeth, some fingernails, and parts of a nose. These pieces were what George Stark was. When Thad Beaumont stopped writing novels under the name George Stark, Something happened to the pieces and they began to grow into a person.
The part of the story that could have been better was the fact that it is exactly like every other book by him. ...
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