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Book Reports Essays and Term Papers
The Yacoubian BuildingSixteen attendees at the Montrose Great Books book club on June 2, 2011 gathered to discuss THE YACOUBIAN BUILDING . I was surprised to hear how well the book was received in the group. One of the attendees who had immigrated to the U.S. from Egypt in 1980 when she was fourteen years old and whose ...
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The Siege of New OrthasThe Siege of New Orthas
Prologue
There was a raw, putrid smell lingering in the air. To any Man, this same smell would mean death, but to an orc, it meant food. The Chieftain poured the gruesome, foul-smelling maggots onto a long wooden table, with hundreds of orcs licking their blackened ...
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Great Expectations by Charles DickensGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens
The book that we are studying is called Great Expectations by Charles Dickens written in 1939. We have been asked to explain how Charles Dickens creates effective character portraits and landscape descriptions in chapters 1-4 of the book. The title of ...
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The Cast of AmontilladoEssence Ventura
Professor R.M Stambaugh
English 1101
15 March 2013
The Cast of Amontillado
In Edgar Allen Poe famous story "The Cast Amontillado" demonstrates excellent example of Poe's literary theory about the importance of the single effect. According to Poe, a good short story ...
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FrankensteinFrankenstein opens with a preface, signed by Mary Shelley but commonly supposed to have been written by her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley. It states that the novel was begun during a summer vacation in the Swiss Alps, when unseasonably rainy weather and nights spent reading German ghost stories ...
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The Unfair Expectations of SocietyEdward Lee
Mr. Mattern
Honors Lit.&Comp. 1
11 January 2013
The Unfair Expectations of Society
What holds society back from advancing is the ability of our civilization to degrade each other using a person's appearance instead of understanding and getting to know someone beforehand. ...
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Contrasting Ralph & JackIn the novel The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Ralph and Jack are two characters with similar beliefs but are unable to develop a true friendship due to their differences which only allows for a rivalry between each other. Both boys assert their authoritarian qualities when in a position ...
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Arrow of God`Arrow of God' is Achebe's third novel and was set in the 1920s in rural Nigeria, after the pacification period and long before independence. The point at which it is set, the colonial project is well underway, and many British officials and contractors are in Nigeria building the infrastructure ...
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To Kill A Mockingbird: CompassionCompassion isn’t something shown by people everyday, but in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, compassion is one of the themes. Scout is the main character and the narrator in the story, she is the youngest child of lawyer Aticus Finch. Scout thought of their neighbor, Boo Radley, as a ...
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Animal FarmAnimal Farm
The book "Animal Farm" by George Orwell is a book that was very complex and informing. The novel mimicked the Russian Revolution. The farm animals portray people of power and common people like those of the revolution.
Questions that were answered while reading the analysis were ...
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Gulliver's TravelsJonathan Swift wrote Gulliver's Travels in 1762 with the intent of entertaining many people. Entertainment through satire is what Swift had in mind. To fully understand Gulliver's Travels, one must first reflect upon the following: the plot, character, setting, theme, point of view, conflict, ...
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The Good Bad and In Between AwakeningLance Burns
The Good Bad and In Between Awakening
In it's most basic definition, The Great Awakening was a spiritual movement that ripped through colonial America. It was the birth of the evangelical christianity as we know it today. What sets this religious theory apart from the others is ...
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Animal Farm Plot / SubplotJulianne Aspenson
Period 6
Novel Project
Assignment 4: Plot/ Subplot
Plot
Animal Farm's main plot is trying to survive without humans. Humans have been in control over animals' sense the world began. After the revolt Mr. Jones was kicked out of Manor Farm by the animals and they had to ...
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Symbolism in Lord of the FliesEXCELLENCE EXEMPLAR
In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding the idea of civilisation versus savagery is presented to the reader. In the novel a group of school boys get stranded on an island after their plane crashed during World War Two without any adults. The boys have to design ...
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The Catcher in the RyeThe Catcher in the Rye
Christina Grimaldi
Mr. Denn
English
9 March 2013
In the novel Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield is depressed teenager filled with angst. His depression is not only evident in his words, but his actions as well. He has never really lived a normal ...
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Montana 1948How do racist attitudes towards Indians contribute to the catastrophe that overtakes the Hayden family?
The novel Montana 1948 displays a great illustration of how racist attitudes can contribute to a catastrophe or conflict of a family. Larry Watson demonstrates how the characters in the small ...
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Holden CaulfieldThroughout many coming of age novels, the protagonist experiences several psychological problems, and these are evidently present in The Catcher in the Rye’s main character, Holden Caulfield. At the beginning of the novel it is apparent to the reader that Holden is not an average 17 year old boy, ...
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The Kite RunnerBook Reviews back cover
Amelia Hill: The Observer
The Kite Runnerby Khaled Hosseini Bloomsbury Pound 12.99, pp324
In this, apparently the first Afghan novel to be written in English, two motherless boys who learn to crawl and walk side by side, are destined to destroy each other across the ...
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The Great Gatsby182166
English- Intro Essay
Through Gatsby We Find The Truth
How does one find friendship in another? Especially when it's unknown who the other person is, where they came from, and why they're there. The Great Gatsby a timeless piece of literature that illustrates love, betrayal, ...
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Death of a Salesman and the American Dream (In Progress)Introduction:
State the topic: In Death of a Salesman, the American Dream is shown to be corrupted. Willy Loman, the protagonist of the play, is shown to have an exceptionally difficult time with his American Dream, which is to see his kids do better than him.
Paragraph 1:
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Ch 4 - 6Annie Mayhan
Mrs. Alvarez
Block D
January 10, 2012
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Ch 4 - 6 Essay
Chapters four through six provide certain individuals who show foolishness and ignorance thorough their actions. The new judge of the town refuses to give Huck to a better owner even ...
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Crow Country: You Need To Move Forward From MistakesCrow Country Text Response Essay
Every day, mistakes are made. But how are they fixed? In the novel “Crow Country” by Kate Constable, the characters make many major errors in their everyday life that drastically alter their lives. This essay will address the mistakes the characters made, whether ...
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How Power And Gender Are Communicated In "1984" By George OrwellKara Newton
Laura Peet
English B1A
24 June 2013
How Power And Gender Are Communicated In "1984" By George Orwell
1984, by George Orwell, explores the issues of power and gender. Power and gender are represented and portrayed to the audience in certain ways. In 1984, George Orwell ...
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Robinson Crusoe Essay On Identity And Self DiscoveryYoung told his parents that he wished more than anything else to go to sea. His father bitterly opposed the idea, and warned his son that "if I did take this foolish step, God would not bless me - and I would have leisure hereafter to reflect upon having neglected his counsel, when there might be ...
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Racism In To Kill A MockingbirdRacism is a vastly spreading disease in this world and Maycomb County has played a part in this infectious disease. It can bring misery, stress and pressure to a person's life but sometimes it can go as far as to causing death to a person. People in "to kill a Mocking bird" are reflected are a ...
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