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Animal Farm By George Orwell
Number of Words: 658 / Number of Pages: 3
... in Old Majors ideals. He wanted all the things Old Major wanted, such as the welfare of the animals. In the Russian Revolution his counterpart would be Trotsky. Trotsky believed and wanted the same things as Lenin, and wanted to continue what Lenin had started. Then comes Napoleon. Napoleon was selfish and greedy. He did not want to share the power or the decision making with any other individual. This was the same for Stalin. At first Napoleon and Snowball shared the decision making and had debates about what course of action they would take. This worked for awhile. Then Napoleon grew weary of lo ...
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The Crucible
Number of Words: 1724 / Number of Pages: 7
... to persuade the leading figures. With the absence of one of these crucial characters the Salem Witch Trials would be altered immensely.
Abby Williams was the radical in society. Abby wanted to change how religion controlled society. Since she believed the society she lived in was hypocritical. Abby gives a short insight of her radical beliefs in Act 2 Scene 2. In this small scene Abby shows what aspires her.
"I saw them all walking like saints to church,
running to feed the sick, and hypocrites in
their hearts! And God gave me strength to call
them liars, and by God I will scrub the world
clea ...
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Great Expectations
Number of Words: 1116 / Number of Pages: 5
... 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 the household tas ...
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Native Son 2
Number of Words: 1382 / Number of Pages: 6
... and how that not all white people were out to get the black man. At times Bigger felt that Max was only trying to hurt him but I think that deep down inside, Bigger knew Max was only there to help him.
A wave of excited voices swept over the room.
Bigger's fingers gripped the arms of the chair.
Max's hand touched his shoulder, Bigger turned
and Max whispered,
Sit still
Mr. Coroner?
Yes?
In the capacity of Bigger Thomas' lawyer. I'd
like to state that he does not wish to testify here (328).
This quote shows that Max was looking out for Bigger's best wishes. Max knew tha ...
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Old Man And The Sea Summary
Number of Words: 1853 / Number of Pages: 7
... visiting one particular afternoon, the boy left Santiago, who fell asleep.
Lions immediately filled his dreams. As a boy he had sailed to Africa and had
seen lions on the beaches. Now, as an old man, he constantly dreamed of the
great and noble beasts.
He no longer dreamed of storms, nor of women, nor of Great occurrences, nor
of great fish, nor fights nor contests of strength, nor of his wife. He only
dreamed of places now and of the lions on the beach ... He loved them as he
love ...
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Character Study Of Claudius Fr
Number of Words: 641 / Number of Pages: 3
... Cladius then regretted he killed Hamlet’s father, as he realised how evil his actions were. However, he expressed these feelings in solitude in III, iii, ll. 36-72. “O, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven; it hath the primal eldest curse upon’t a brother’s murder...” When he is in public, he acts as if he did know anything about it.
Claudius is a round character. This means that the reader is able to see many different aspects of him; he is a three-dimensional character. For example, in one scene, you see him behaving like a loyal king and in the next scene, you see h ...
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Indian Camp
Number of Words: 749 / Number of Pages: 3
... baby is born Nick’s father finds out that the Indian womans husband had committed suicide. The quotes, " Take Nick out of the shanty, George" and "I’m terribly sorry I brought you along, Nickie. It was an awful mess to put you through." also help show how in some senses Nick’s father has compassion for his son. The fact that he feels bad that his son had to witness the dead man means that he is sensitive towards his sons’ feelings. Also under extreme situations, the mans death, his father reefers to him as Nickie not Nick as in the rest of the story. This also shows compassio ...
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A Raisin In The Sun
Number of Words: 565 / Number of Pages: 3
... like other women - or just get married an be quiet" (38). This passage shows that Walter is clearly a chauvinist, and does not believe in his sister’s desire to be a doctor. Similarly, Beneatha does not believe in Walters aspirations of becoming a rich entrepreneur, and thinks he is rather foolish, incapable, and will resort to any means to make money. "Oh, God! Where is the bottom! Where is the real honest-to-God bottom so he can’t go any further!" (142). Beneatha is referring to the fact that Walter plots and schemes get more ridiculous as time goes on. She wonders however, if there will be a limit t ...
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The Theme Of Macbeth
Number of Words: 1335 / Number of Pages: 5
... killing the king and so begins the ultimate prediction of the witches.
Banquo resists any thoughts that might hasten the witches‘ prophecy that his children will be kings. Lady Macbeth, however, strengthens her husband to kill the king and they accomplish it. When the murder is discovered, the king’s sons, Malcolm and Donalbain, seeing a similar fate for themselves, flee Scotland. Macbeth proceeds to Scone, where he is crowned as Duncan’s successor to the throne.
Banquo half-suspects Macbeth of Duncan’s murder but accepts an invitation at the new king’s fiest and attends ...
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The Mirror By Sylvia Plath
Number of Words: 305 / Number of Pages: 2
... ugly to her self again.
The reason Mattel is changing the appearance of Barbie is because little girls impact on the way society looks upon them. And this could hurt somones self esteem, and could damage the way someone looks upon ones self. In the poem the girl tries to make her self prettier, by creating artificial pretty ness. But in the end the mirror never lies. The poem & the article compare about how the way people look ad feel, and how society has a role on their lives. ...
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