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Truly, The Great Gatsby
Number of Words: 494 / Number of Pages: 2
... grace one of them. He bought clothes to show to her, and even died for her. "It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such--such beautiful shirts before."(pg.98) What made that gesture sweet was not because Gatsby displayed the beautiful shirts for Daisy, but because he bought the shirts just to show Daisy. His greatest deed for Daisy was taking the blame for Myrtle Wilson’s death. "But of course I’ll say I was."(pg.150) That was the ultimate sacrifice. His concern for others, and selfless giving, made him great.
It was sad how Gatsby tried to bring back his fantasy from five yea ...
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To Kill A MockingTo Kill A Moc
Number of Words: 757 / Number of Pages: 3
... faint distaste. (p.17)." Scout is treated like it is her fault that she knows more than the average child did. She learned earlier than others so she gets punished unjustly. Tom Robinson is also one who is discriminated by a biased community. Tom is found guilty by the jury in his case against the Ewells (p.211). The guilty verdict is a direct result of a racist community. Tom was never given a fair chance in the trial, even though that the evidence was proving him innocent. People that are born differently often get mistreated and are discriminated against. Another group that is treated poorly in th ...
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A Comparison And Contrast Of The Supernatural's Active Role In The Lives Of Mary Rowlandson And Benjamin Franklin
Number of Words: 921 / Number of Pages: 4
... home and husband, "all
was gone (except my life); and I knew not but the next moment that might go
too" (127).
Benjamin Franklin's The Autobiography is an account of his life and
begins with his boyhood life in Boston. He later flees to Philadelphia to
escape his brother's rule over him. He relates how he was "dirty",
"fatigu'd", and "Want of Rest" (222).
In these depictions we can see an analogy. These individuals are
removed from their homes and families. Although Benjamin Franklin's
removal was of his own free will. They each suffered as they no longer had
the comforts of which they were ...
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Pride And Prejudice
Number of Words: 1323 / Number of Pages: 5
... the ball and his obvious reluctance to talk to anyone. His pride was said to come from his extreme wealth.
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Our first introduction to pride and prejudice is at a ball Mr. Bingley throws. His sisters and a dear friend of his, Mr. Darcy, accompany him.. Eighteenth-century England was quite preoccupied with status, especially concerning wealth and reputation. Darcy’s reluctance to speak with anyone stemmed from his lack of respect for anyone outside his close-knit circle. His good breeding was obvious only to those whom he knew well. Elizabeth is prejudiced against Darcy for entirely differen ...
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Julus Caesar - Analysis Of Cae
Number of Words: 494 / Number of Pages: 2
... cause, then there is no need for an oath because the conspirators are self-righteous, and they are serving the romans. If the conspirators don't bind together, then each man will go his own way, become a weakling, and die when it suits the tyrants caprice. Brutus is advocates peace, freedom and liberty, for all romans, which shows that Brutus is an altruistic as well as an honorable man. Brutus also had a compassion for Caesar when he had killed Caesar. "If then that a friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more" (Shakespe ...
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Tess Of The Durbervilles
Number of Words: 824 / Number of Pages: 3
... in his work, despite the world's approval of him. Aschenbach is loved by the world through the "national honor"(Mann, 199) his supporters give him. His desire concerning his career being "intent from the start upon fame" (Mann, 200), Aschenbach recognizes himself as the subject of his own reputation. Despite his own knowledge of the love for him, Aschenbach is depicted as an unhappy character who deliberates his being alone during the summer. It is evident from the beginning that Aschenbach has no family contact- his wife being deceased and his daughter married.
Aschenbach is indeed "loved" by th ...
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Gregory
Number of Words: 861 / Number of Pages: 4
... Executioner mentioned his first experiences of killing the enemy-soldiers headquarters had handed down to him. He described them as "delicate assignments". The first time, he said he threw up. The second, he was ill for days, the third, drank a bottle of alcohol, the fourth, a few glasses of beer, the 5th he joked about it, and finally the sixth, remorse, for it was fe killed. As you can see, he was slowly desensitized to his job. That is, he comfortably adapted to it and as he eliminated each of the five soldiers before , the intensity of his honor towards headquarters had increased. We can assume ...
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The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kr
Number of Words: 548 / Number of Pages: 2
... and bitterness, but it works. If a student does something wrong and gets a whipping for it, he or she will cease doing the same erroneous act again. Though it will not change the way he or she thinks, but it WILL work. The student will not understand why he or she should not behave in that particular manner, and will continue to think that he or she is right, but physical abuse can stop them from doing it again -- it definitely works. But in long-term, some people are inclined to rebel against the authority who impose corporal punishments on them. Once they can overpower the authority, they wil ...
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Grapes Of Wrath And Jim Casy
Number of Words: 2487 / Number of Pages: 10
... respected by many for simply being a preacher. Casy and Jesus both saw a common goodness in the average man and saw every person as holy. Both Christ and Casy faced struggles between their ideals versus the real world. (Despite Casy's honesty, goodness, and loyalty to all men, he would not earn a meal or warm place to stay. Although Jesus had many followers, still others opposed his preaching until the very end. ) These prophets attempted to disengage man from the cares of the world and create a high spiritualism that stemmed joy from misery. (All the migrants found pleasures along their trips and kep ...
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Abstractions In Power-Writing
Number of Words: 1259 / Number of Pages: 5
... to do something, "With all thair
strang *poweir" (OED 2536) Nearly three hundred years later in 1785
the word power carried the same meaning of control, strength, and
force, "power to produce an effect, supposes power not to produce it;
otherwise it is not power but necessity" (OED 2536). This definition
explains how the power government or social institutions rests in
their ability to command people, rocks, colonies to do something they
otherwise would not do. To make the people pay taxes. To make the
rocks form into a fence. To make the colonists honor the King. The
co ...
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