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Yugoslavia-a Land Torn ApartRecently, there has been much fighting in the former country of Yugoslavia, involving all ethnicities and religious groups and without making a difference between military or civilians. Diplomats have been hard at work to attempt to resolve the differences that led to conflict and bloodshed, but ...
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Symbolism In Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird"I'd rather you shoot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know
you'll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want , if you can hit 'em,
but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." This is what Atticus Finch
tells his children after they are given air-rifles for Christmas. Uniquely,
the ...
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The Core Of Stability-characteThere are certain elements in literature that are essential in the creation of a “classic”. One of the most critical elements is that of a character who acts as the novel’s core or base. The character is responsible for maintaining the stability of society within the novel, ...
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Jane EyreCharlotte Bronte 407 pages A. Setting: England, Early 1800s B. Point of View: First person C. , the main character, is sent out of the drawing room by her Aunt, Mrs. Reed (Jane’s parents had died while she was very young and her Uncle took her in. After he died Mrs. Reed kept Jane although she ...
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Themes In Hawthorne's The Minister's Black VeilLike many writers of his time, Hawthorne emphasized man's inner
reality, and those thoughts and feelings which are not immediately apparent.
As he explored this internal nature, he not only found the source of
dignity and virtue, but also certain elements of darkness and violence. In
The ...
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The Scarlet Letter: Ways People Are PunishedMany criminals today serve their time in prison and are then set free.
Most of them go on to commit other crimes, without learning the lesson
their punishment was meant to teach. the worst punishment possible is
torture and to live with ones own guilt.
In The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne ...
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The Influences Of Tolkien In TThe influences of Tolkien are many and great, but of them all, three stand out most; his great love of nature that sprung from his experiences as a youth in the English Countryside, his acute sensitivity and desire to master language, and his involvement in trench warfare in the Great War. ...
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Their Eyes Were Watching God: SummaryA caterpillar crawls along a desolate branch. His many appendages grip
the gray bark as he undulates his body along the path in the shade. Creeping
steadily forward he is looking for the proper place suitable enough for him to
change his identity. Upon finding a twig sprout where he can get ...
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: The True Sign Of Maturity"To live with fear and not be afraid is the greatest sign of
maturity." If this is true, then Mark Twain's Huck Finn is the greatest
example of maturity. Huck is the narrator of Twain's book, The Adventures
of Huckleberry Finn. In the book Huck, a young boy from the American South,
travels down ...
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Human Nature: ExposedMore than a century ago, Mark Twain probably composed the single-most
important piece of American Literature to ever be composed. This work, widely
known as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, essentially follows young Huck on a
series of adventures and experiences with his close friend (and ...
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The Last Of The MohicansIn by James Fenimore Cooper, historical romance is apparent through settings, characters and plots. Cooper is considered by many critics to be the father of the American historical romance. Fred Lewis Patee said, “Not only was Cooper the pioneer (of the historical romance) in America, and ...
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Summary Of Burk's "Runs With Horses"Brian Burks has also written classic westerns for adults. This was
his first book for young adults. He lives in Tularosa, New Mexico with his
wife and five children.
This book takes place at Sierra Madre in Mexico with a small band
of Chiricahua Apaches. The year was 1886.
Runs With Horses ...
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George Orwell's 1984Introduction- This story takes place in a state called Oceania. The main
characters introduced are Winston Smith who is a worker on one of the four
branches of government on Oceania. This four branches are “The Ministry of Truth”
where they falsificate or remove all past documents such as books, ...
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Comparing "Waiting For Godot" To "Hollow Men"Life is occupied by waiting. In Waiting for Godot, Samuel Becket
presents the suffering of the human condition. Godot is about two beings
who talk about nothing, experience the drudgery of life, complain that they
do not do anything, meet a few people, think about hanging themselves, and
then ...
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Charles Dickens Great Expectat"Dickens, in Great Expectations, presents us with a range of ideas, but the most powerful is that the individual is shaped by the worlds they live in and the experiences they have." To what extent did you find this to be true?
To what extent one's environment and life experiences shape the ...
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Taronga - Victor KelleherDiscuss how the representations of groups in the novel Taronga reinforce or challenges your attitudes about these groups.
Taronga is a novel written by Victor Kelleher, which is set in Australia in 1987, two years after Last Days, a tragedy caused by Chernobyl. Australia had been pushed into ...
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The Color Purple: African-American And RacismThere is one primordial reason why we do not doubt Europeans have taken the lead in history, in all epochs before and after 1492, and it has little to do with evidence. It is a basic belief which we inherit from prior ages of thought and scarcely realize that we hold: it is an implicit belief, ...
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Abuse Of Power Within A Clockwork OrangeThe choice between good and evil is a decision every man must make
throughout his life in order to guide his actions and control his future.
This element of choice, no matter what the outcome, displays man's power as
an individual. Any efforts to control or influence this choice between
good and ...
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The SundiataSundiata: An Epic of Old Mali told the story of a crippled boy rising to be the most powerful king of Mali. Sundiata was considered to be even greater than Alexander the Great. Though Sundiata's wrath was great, he was considered to be a good ruler. By the same token, Soumaoro's wrath was great ...
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Ralph Ellison's Invisible ManThe Liberty Paint Factory in provides
the setting for a very significant chain of events in the novel. In
addition, it provides many symbols which will influence a reader's
interpretation. Some of those symbols are associated with the structure
itself, with Mr. Kimbro, and with Mr. Lucius ...
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Realism In The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby has been labeled a masterpiece, and perhaps even one of the greatest novels of all time. In order to be revered as a classic, a novel must have one or more qualities that place it above the rest. One of The Great Gatsby's best qualities is Fitzgerald's ...
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A Separate Peace; Chapter SummariesChapter 1: The narrator (Gene) returns to the Devon School in New Hampshire,
that he graduated from 15 years earlier. He goes to a certain tree and
switches back to the past. Phineas dares everyone to jump from a branch in
the tree into the river. Phineas, and Gene both jump. On the way ...
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First Love: Vladimir's VoyageIn Turgenev's First Love, Vladimir's journey from boyish love to maturity is a tumultuous, burdensome, and often painful expedition. This pilgrimage is a transition from the consuming passions of the young and restless heart to the sound maturity of adulthood. The chief purpose of this undergoing ...
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All Quiet On The Western Front: Tragedy Of WarAll Quiet on the Western Front demonstrates to me the tragedy of war when young men are sent off to battle. At a very young age these men were forced into military training and battle; forced to live without any contact with their families; forced to live isolated from others, and forced to ...
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Sympathy For MacbethIn Ernest Hemingway’s masterpiece, The Old Man and the Sea, he uses much symbolism to assist the readers understanding of the massage he is trying to portray. The Old Man and the Sea isn’t just a book about an old man and the sea. There are many hidden meanings to it. Each element ...
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