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Mythological Heroes: Achilles And Hercules
Number of Words: 1384 / Number of Pages: 6
... him to join the Greek army.
After many years of battle with the Trojan forces, Achilles ended up in
a famed duel with Trojan hero Hector, over the slaying of Achilles close friend
Patroclus. After killing Hector, Achilles tied his dead body behind a chariot
and dragged around the walls of Troy seven times to show his hatred and anger
towards the Trojans and their hero. Shortly after the famed battle, Achilles
was killed when he was struck, with a poisonous arrow, in the one small spot on
his heel which was vulnerable. The arrow was fired by the Trojan prince Paris
and was guided by the ...
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Kubla Khan
Number of Words: 1147 / Number of Pages: 5
... complete the poem because his access to the dream was lost. The unfinished work was not published for three decades. Much mystery has enshrouded “” and it’s meaning due to the circumstances of it’s creation. The poem itself is as mystical and interesting as the story behind its creation.
The poem begins with a mythical tone, “In Xanadu did / A stately pleasure dome decree.” The poem does not give specifics to nature of the construction of the palace. It just states that Khan decreed the palace be built and then begins describing the palace. The poem’s method of creating a vision of the “pleasure ...
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The Great Gatsby - Analysis Of
Number of Words: 1109 / Number of Pages: 5
... reach its limit. Nick is very partial in his way of telling the story about several characters.
He admits early into the story that he makes an exception of judging Gatsby, for whom he is prepared to suspend both the moral code of his upbringing and the limit of intolerance, because Gatsby had an "extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness.” This inspired him to a level of friendship and loyalty that Nick seems unprepared to extend towards others in the novel. Nick overlooks the moral implications of Gatsby's bootlegging, his association with speakeasies, and with Meyer Wolfsheim, the man rumor ...
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To Build A Fire
Number of Words: 580 / Number of Pages: 3
... to get the bunch between the heels of his mittened hands. In this fashion he carried it to his mouth...” At this point, the man’s hands are so cold that he can no longer grasp objects, such as matches. In order to get the matches he has to use the heels of his hands just like paws. This also shows his increasing relationship to the bestial characteristics.
As the story, proceeds it is also obvious that the dog is picking up more characteristics that are human. These characteristics such as sense allow the dog to steer clear of the man’s fate. “But the dog knew; all it ...
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The Little Black Boy
Number of Words: 601 / Number of Pages: 3
... child will love him. In hopes of changing his view of himself and his skin color, the boy’s mother tells him that there is an advantage to having black skin. The mother implies that black skin can bear more of the beams of God’s love than the white skin. “For when our souls have learn’d the heat to bear, the cloud will vanish; we shall hear his voice, saying: ‘Come out from the grove, my love and care, and round my golden tent like lambs rejoice.’” (Blake v.17-20). In telling her son this, the mother tries to express to him that God knows no color, an ...
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Alice Walkers Everyday Use
Number of Words: 791 / Number of Pages: 3
... shot her in the eye. This blinded her and made her feel like
she was unpleasant to look at. She secluded herself and felt ashamed. These events led to the other, non-social activities.
Alice Walker, after being blinded by the BB gun, turns to reading stories and writing poetry. Many of her writings are related to her life as a young black woman. In “Everyday Use”, Alice uses the character of Maggie to express her own internal struggles. Maggie is taught by her grandmother to make quilts, and quilts are made to
put to everyday use. The opposing character in the story, Dee, only ...
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Knowledge And Technology In A
Number of Words: 1284 / Number of Pages: 5
... Hank becomes “the boss” of Camelot, and begins his plans to free the serfs and establish a republic. However his plans are destined to fail because he is incapable of understanding values that are different from his own; he is the ultimate know-it all, and sets out to remake the world in his own image. He is given “the choicest suite of apartments in the castle, after the king’s”(Twain 31), but he criticizes them because they lack the conveniences of the nineteenth century, such as “a three-color God-Bless-Our-Home over the door”(Twain 32). His lack of acceptance of the local culture is al ...
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Johnny Tremain 2
Number of Words: 1079 / Number of Pages: 4
... if you were to lose a
talent how you would feel about it and act upon it, it made me feel
thankful.
Another interesting part of the book was when Johnny went to
look for a job. Johnny was so persistent when trying to find another
apprentice job. He didn’t really care about what kind of job it was he
just wanted a job, he went from place to place trying as hard as he
could to hid his crippled hand.
When Johnny started his job with the Sons of Liberty as a news
paper route boy it came to be a very interesting section of the book. It
was interesting because, he was giving a co ...
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Courage Shown In The Book To K
Number of Words: 464 / Number of Pages: 2
... He also read for one of the meanest people in Maycomb,
Mrs. Dubose. Even though it was a punishment to make him read to her, he
could have been miserable about it. After a while though he thought it wasn’t
to bad. He was reading to the meanest person, and doing it with no
complaints, after a little. He also shows a lot of courage by going to the trial
of Tom Robinson with Scout and Dill. He knew that he wasn’t supposed to
go to it but did anyway, because he wanted to see what it was like.
Finally, Boo Radley showed the most courage, in my point of view.
When he went out that night to ...
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Great Expectations 2
Number of Words: 1118 / Number of Pages: 5
... "When she had exhausted a torrent of such inquiries, she threw a
candlestick at Joe, burst into a loud sobbing, got out the dustpan --
which was always a very bad sign -- put on her coarse apron, and began
cleaning up to a terrible extent. Not satisfied with a dry cleaning,
she took to a pail and scrubbing-brush, and cleaned us out of house
and home,..." Truly, a frightening creature is that that may destroy a
household by cleaning when anger besets her. Third, the comedy also
has a serious side, though, as we remember our mothers exerting their
great frustrations upon ...
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