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Book Reports Essays and Term Papers
Heller's SatireAlex Haas
Mr. Bolch
AP Lit
7 October, 2013
Heller's Satire
Catch-22 is usually called a comic satirical novel, but the category may be too narrow. Traditionally, literary satire involves a topical work that examines human folly, shortcomings, vices, abuses, or irrational behavior. The ...
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Oliver TwistOliver Twist by Charles Dickens.
Given the reputation and gravity of Oliver Twist, it is sometimes difficult to recall that this was only Dickens’ second novel, written and serialised in 1838. Moreover, it was a risky project because Dickens had won massive popular acclaim on the basis of his ...
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Story of an Hour: Mrs. Louise MallardMrs. Louise Mallard
Kate Chopin (1851-1904) was a renowned American female author of the late 19[th] century. She wrote several novels and short stories that illustrated the role of women in that particular era. Some of her work, deemed too controversial for the period, was banned from library ...
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Nick Lake's In DarknessIn Darkness
Nick Lake’s In Darkness tells the story of a young gangster named Shorty who is recovering from a gunshot would at a hospital in Port au Prince, Haiti. When a devastating earthquake hits, Shorty finds himself buried alive under the ruins of the hospital. While he struggles to keep ...
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Great Expectations EssayJada Rantz
Mrs. Richard
English 1 H
21 December 2011
Great Expectations Essay
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is a story written in Victorian times. It shows many examples of the Victorian lifestyle and Dickens' life. The character that represents the life and times of Charles ...
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A Doll's House: Women's Role In Society"A Doll's House" was written by Henrik Ibsen in 1879. The central theme of this play is the sacrificial role of women in society. Mrs. Linde, leaves her one true love to marry a wealthy man so that she can support her Mother and brothers, the Helmer's nanny abandoned her own children to support ...
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The Kite Runner: BabaA novel in which Baba a central character in the book ‘The Kite Runner’ but Khaled Hosseini is a story in which Baba a carefully constructed character is used to mirror his sons behaviour; both his flaws and qualities are reflected in his son Amir.
Baba is presented as a very generous man but ...
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The Scarlet Letter: The Significance of the "A"Josh Pellikan
September 26, 2013
The American Novel
Dr. Murray
The Significance of the "A"
Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is one of the greatest novels pertaining to symbols in the reading. The device of symbolism is found throughout the entire novel. One of the most important ...
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Themes in MetamorphosisAlienation
Our first theme is alienation. Alienation is the act of distancing oneself and affections from a person or object in which you previously had a close relationship with. Alienation is a major theme in the story Metamorphosis and it is probably one of the most evident outcomes of ...
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Lord of the Flies: Theme of Evil Is NaturalLord of the Flies Essay (Topic #3)
In the novel 'Lord of the Flies', the author illustrates that there is an inner beast in everybody, but society helps contain it. The novel takes place on an island where a bunch of young British school boys are stranded and are willing to do whatever it takes ...
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Analysis of "A Waitress's Instruction on Tipping"Halie Mathews
English 1102
November 6, 2013
Analysis of "A Waitress's Instruction on Tipping"
In Jan Betty's story "A Waitress's Instruction on Tipping", she discusses some protocol on tipping a waitress. She ...
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Robinson CrusoeRobinson Crusoe
The novel Robinson Crusoe is written by Daniel Defoe, and was first published in the year 1719. The story centers on a young man from Hull, England who wishes to pursue his dreams of sea voyage, and adventure. Robinson's father does not agree with this notion, and insists that ...
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The Last LectureLesson #2
Don't Complain Just Work Harder
In chapter thirty-two, "Don't Complain Just Work Harder", Randy talks about how so many people go through life complaining about their problems and Randy talks about how he has always gritted his teeth ...
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Jane Eyre: Feminism and Social ClassOnat Yilmaz
2/10/13
AP English
Period 5
Jane Eyre: Feminism and Social Class
Women in the Victorian Age were mostly housewives. These women stayed home doing house work, focusing on taking care of their children and doing chores. During this time period, women never traveled alone, either ...
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The Black CatIn Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat, Poe focuses on showing the narrator's insanity by using contrast in his daily life. The narrator lives a very normal life style with his wife and his pet black cat named Pluto. The narrator speaks very highly of Pluto and shows a very strong master-pet ...
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The Mayor Of Casterbridge: Relationship between Character and FateRelationship between Character and Fate
In all of Hardy's novels, character, society, nature, chance, fate and coincidence are responsible for the tragic human situation. In The Mayor of Casterbridge character plays a far greater role than Fate in bringing about Henchard's tragedy. Henchard's ...
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Vera Claythorne: Her Motive To Kill in And Then There Were NoneVera Claythorne: Her Motivation To Kill
In the book “And Then There Were None” by Agatha Christie a character named Vera Claythorne is accused of killing a spoiled little rich boy named Cyril Hamilton, but did Vera Claythorne have a motive or desire to commit such a crime? Claythorne did have a ...
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The Givernas:
The story starts as Jonas, a twelve- year-old boy, who is waiting for his life assignment. When he is given his assignment, he is chosen to be the Receiver of Memory. As the Receiver he has to get every memory from all over the world from the old Receiver he calls The Giver.
The ...
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C.S. Lewis Screwtape lettersBob Smith
11-14-12
Screwtape Letters Essay
Rough draft
Bible period 6
The Screwtape Letters is a book written from the perspective of an older demon (Screwtape) writing letters to a younger demon (his nephew Wormwood) advising him on how to go about leading his "patient" to hell instead of ...
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TotemIn the short story “Totem” by Thomas King, a totem pole causes substantial trouble for the employees at the Southwest Alberta Art Gallery and Prairie Museum. The author is here combining his choice of theme; “let it be”, and the matter of the natives, to teach us that if we let things be and start ...
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Charles Dickens' Christmas CarolEssay number 6 - English 6
Book analysis - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
"I have endeavored in this ghostly little book, to raise the ghost of an idea, which shall not pull my readers out of humor with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their ...
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Hard TimesIn this paper I would like to discuss the possibly affects that this book might have had on the world, the time around Charles Dickens, and the fact that Charles Dickens paid close attention to the world around him.
Charles Dickens, born Charles John Huffman Dickens, was born on Feb. 7 1812 ...
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To Kill A MockingbirdWalk With Me
To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee presents how one person's emotions and inevitable circumstances affects the interactions that happen between different people. The book is set in the Deep South of America in the 1930's, Atticus, a lawyer and a father attempts to educate ...
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The OutsidersThe Outsiders by S.E Hinton was written in the 1960’s. It’s a boring book with under developed characters and is over all poor story. It is two sides of town one being poor where the “Greasers” live and one being rich where the “Socs” live. The Greaser and the Socs are in constant conflict ...
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