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Citizen Kane By Orson Wells
Number of Words: 790 / Number of Pages: 3
... tycoon Charles Foster Kane, becomes apparent. He spends most of his life in solitude. Although he was married twice, he always stayed alone. This was because of his incapacity of felling love, which was caused by his insecure childhood. Kane was unwillingly taken away from his mother as a young child; this single event molded Kane into the narcissistic man he became. The only time Kane felt safe was when he was under the care of his mother. She was the only person he ever was able to show feelings for. This hugely affected his relationships with women, as well as people in general. All of th ...
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The Old Man And The Sea-change
Number of Words: 757 / Number of Pages: 3
... to eat in the presence of the boy when there isn't a freshly caught fish in a 10 mile radius of the dilapidated shack. It's hard to accept that the fishing glories from the past are but a memory for Santiago as he welcomes poverty with humble hands.
The phrase "Nobody loves you when you're down and out" depicts the relationship regarding Santiago with the town perfectly. When he was catching great fish and winning arm wrestling matches at local pubs the town could do nothing but respect him. But even knowing of his destitution, bad luck, and old-fashioned ways, the townspeople just scowl and taun ...
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Night, By Elie Wiesel
Number of Words: 1334 / Number of Pages: 5
... his time studying the Talmud. Eventually he comes across Moshe the Beadle, who would take him under his wing and instruct him more in depth of the ways of the Talmud and cabbala. Through Moshe’s instruction, he is taught to question God for answers. Later Moshe is sent away to a camp and upon his return to Sighet presents the reader with a foreshadowing of what will soon come in the book. Elie recalls, “Moshe had changed….He no longer talked to me of God or the cabbala, but only of what he had seen.”(4) Thus right away the reader is exposed a loss of religious faith in Moshe, the same loss that w ...
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Gylfaginning: Creation And Odin
Number of Words: 2306 / Number of Pages: 9
... Bestla as his wife, Bor had three sons: Odin Vili, and Ve. From here, things started taking a different direction. These three sons went off and killed Ymir, and from Ymir’s blood, death came to all but one of the giants. They took Ymir’s body to Ginnungagap, and from Ymir’s blood and body parts, the physical parts of the world came about: seas, lakes, mountains, trees, and the sky. Time is created and the gods enjoy a golden age. After this, people were created from wood that floated along the sea shore. From an ash log came the first man, Ask, and from an elm log came the first woman, Emb ...
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Achilles As Hero
Number of Words: 480 / Number of Pages: 2
... calm the raging Achilles and urge him not to fight Agamemnon. Not able to act against the will of the gods, Achilles sheathed his sword and only verbally badgered Agamemnon. After the verbal abuse continued for a while, Agamemnon finally got fed up and ordered Briseis to be taken from Achilles. Achilles lets the two messengers take Briseis away; although he mourns every step she takes away from him, he reluctantly lets her go. Before Briseis was taken away, Achilles states that
“But let them both bear witness to my loss…in the face of that unbending, ruthless king-if the day should come when the ar ...
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Haroun And The Sea Of Stories
Number of Words: 599 / Number of Pages: 3
... as this use of allegories, even in novel's title. The hell and repercussions that censorship has visited upon Rashid, the author's fictional counterpart, are clearly meant to reflect Rushdie’s real world after writing The Satanic Verses. McDannald rightly identifies the extreme characteristics of the city of endless sunshine, the Land of Gup, and the Land of Chup, the city stuck in the middle of the night, as being allegorical. Gup and Chup are opposite sides of the moon, and through them, Rushdie
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hopes to define a middle ground, a compromise. Rushdie makes it apparent that neither ci ...
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Touch Wood By Renée Roth-Hano
Number of Words: 847 / Number of Pages: 4
... trouble all over again. First, seven synagogues were blown up. Then, the Germans created a curfew prohibiting Jews to go during certain hours. Any Jew caught in the street after curfew would be taken as hostage. Also, all Jewish people must wear a Star of David on their shirts. An ordinance is created requiring all Jewish firms to be registered. Then the Jewish are forbidden to go to most public places, and they are only allowed an hour to grocery shop.
Suddenly, their family¹s Jewish neighbors are being taken away one by one. Renée¹s family becomes fearful. At one point, they have to hide from t ...
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Living The Dream
Number of Words: 601 / Number of Pages: 3
... he was voted the number one nicest
actor on and off the set. This would be a great title to be given. I would
be honored if I was voted this. He is an inspiring actor because of this.
He is a great role model for young children and they look up to him. I
think when children sees what Will Smith has accomplished they imagine
themselves accomplishing the same goals. I believe that Will Smith stands
out from the rest. Not because he is the best actor, because he is not, and
not because he has millions of dollars, but because he is a role model for
younger children. Children see that Will Smith is li ...
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Heart Of Darkness
Number of Words: 1399 / Number of Pages: 6
... a man-of-war shelling the continent, which is quickly clarified, by a pilgrim, to be a front against "a camp of natives - he called them enemies! - hidden out of sight somewhere" (Conrad 78) Marlow felt a "touch of insanity" in the whole concept of shelling the natives, who had done nothing to be considered enemies or criminals and had very likely fled the area a long time ago. Yet the Europeans feel that the natives are truly a threat and must be controlled. Further along, Marlow meets a pilgrim who is called the brick-maker, yet promptly notices that there is "not a scrap of ...
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Edna Pontellier S Character In
Number of Words: 763 / Number of Pages: 3
... and individual and in control of her own self. For example she states how Robert's encouragement while she is painting is very innocent in the beginning but eventually lead's to the awakening of her passions of her body and her falling in love with Robert. The fact that Edna falls for Robert goes against those societal roles which where followed by some many women of the 1800's. Robert plays a big role in Edna's self-development through artistry and love by being a huge source of imaginative power. Stone then goes on making references to the scene in which she grows tired during Mass and leaves w ...
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