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Things Fall Apart: An Evaluation In “,” Chinua Achebe tells two different stories at the same time. One is of Okonkwo, the villager whose rise to power is halted because of all of his misfortunes. The other is of Okonkwo’s village, Umuofia, and its struggle to hold on to its cultural tradition while facing ...
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Real Ghosts - What Are GhostsI have chosen to do my book report on a book called... Real Ghosts.
what is a ghost suppose to look like?
First you may think of something in a white sheet with holes for eyes,
you may think of a ragged figure dragging chains and moaning. Or an idea of
a ghost may be a figure you can see through, ...
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Great GatsbyGatsby's Pursuit of the American Dream The , a novel by Scott Fitzgerald, is about the American Dream, and the downfall of those who attempt to reach its illusionary goals. The attempt to capture the American Dream is central to many novels. This dream is different for different people; but, in ...
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Invisible ManIn the Emerson's paint factory, the narrator first gets a job adding dope to bad paint and then is sent to work down in the basement of a building, where the oils for the paint are produced. The then gets into a fight with his foreman, and neglects his job of watching pressure gauges. His ...
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. is a contemporary American author whose works have been described by Richard Giannone as "comic masks covering the tragic farce that is our contemporary life" (Draper, 3784). Vonnegut's life has had a number of significant influences on his works. Influences from his personal philosophy, his ...
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Huck Finn 2The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is a story of a young man who finds himself in many unpredictable situations. In the novel, Huck is constantly
changing his setting. Either he is on the land, at the shore of the mighty Mississippi river, or upon a small raft floating downstream. ...
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John Updike AandPThe essential self is innocent, and when it tastes its own innocence knows that it lives forever. -John Updike (b. 1932), U.S. author, critic. Self-Consciousness: Memoirs, ch. 1 (1989)-
Innocence is a quality that is often taken for granted and abused. We never know when we lose it and it is ...
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Bright Shining LieA Bright Lie Shining: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam Neil Sheehan has used this novel to tell the story of the Vietnam conflict utilizing the perspective of one of its most respected characters. This is the story of John P. Vann who first came to Vietnam as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army ...
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The Outsiders, an exciting tale by S.E. Hinton, is an excellent story about the hardships and triumphs experienced by the Greasers and the Socs, two rival gangs. The author wrote the story when she was just 16 years old, in the 1950s. The book was successful, and it was sold, and still being sold, in many ...
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Character Analysis Of Arthur Dimmesdale In "The Scarlet Letter"The Scarlet Letter is a story of characters that have to live and
deal with the effects of sin in different ways. Of these characters, the
Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is the character portrayed as the most weak and
unnoble. Despite this portrayal Dimmesdale was a stronger character than
given ...
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Satires In Huckleberry FinnMark Twain, a famous American writer-satirist wrote many books highly acclaimed throughout the world. For his masterpiece The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn he was recognized by the literary establishment as one of the greatest writers America would ever produce. This novel is about a teenage boy ...
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Romeo And Juliet, is a story of two young lovers, whose love
was destined for destruction. They did not imagine that their love
would lead to the tragedies that it did. These two young people did
nothing wrong except fall in love. Three aspects of their destruction
included the feud between the two ...
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A Rose For RemembranceAt first glance a reader might not think much of the quote: “It is not I that belong to the past, but the past that belongs to me.” The quote is by Mary Antin, and could just have easily been said by Emily, a character in William Faulkner’s literary work entitled “A Rose for Emily”. In this work, ...
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Jurassic Park Jurassic Park takes place on an Island off the Coast of Costa Rica which is owned by a multimillionaire, John Hammond. On this island he has set up a genetical engineering facility which permits him and his scientist to create dinosaur from blood ...
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All Quiet On The Western FrontPaul and the other members of the Second Company are resting after being relieved from the front lines. When they went to the front, their company contained one hundred and fifty men. Only eighty returned. The quartermaster requested rations for a full company, but on the last day, they suffered a ...
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Symbolism In Silas MarnerSilas Marner, written by George Eliot, contains symbolism to represent both good and evil. Some of the symbolism can be related back to God or other religious beliefs. There are many incidents in the book that contain symbolism. Silas has elliptic seizures, which the town calls ‘trances’ or ...
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The Crucible 2Back in the 1950's, when insecurity permeated the air, and people were ruled by fear, Arthur Miller wrote a play, which defined the line between insecurity and fear. The Crucible was a remade story of the carnal Salem Witch trials, in which many innocent victims lost their lives. Through this ...
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The Young Goodman Brown: Resistance, Acceptance, And Embracing Of EvilNathaniel Hawthorn’s epic short-story “The Young Goodman Brown”, is a story about a fall from innocence. The character that looses his innocence, or his illusion of innocence, is the main character, Goodman Brown. As the pages of the story are turned, Goodman Brown’s outlook on his Salem ...
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The Silence Of The LambsThe novel by Thomas Harris is a psychological thriller about a young FBI agent trying to understand the mind of a cannibal who is also a serial killer. The novel starts out in Washington D.C. in the early 1990’s where a young FBI trainee, Clarice Starling, is out in the training area. She ...
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A Great HeronJoel Chandler Harris' stories are so impressive because of the way he presents them and because of their humorous wisdom. Unlike many stories about black culture, Harris' stories were taken from blacks that he had actually known. Moreover, stories such as "How Mr. Rabbit was too sharp for Mr. Fox" ...
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Blind Idealism In Twain's "War Prayer" And Howell's "Editha"Mark Twain and William Dean Howells are friends and contemporary authors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. In addition, the authors embrace the similar, yet unpopular, stance of opposing the idealistic philosophy, promoting imperialism, that is prevalent in American society ...
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Animal FarmIn writing , George Orwell had two main goals in mind. His first goal was to write this novel as an attack on what he perceived as Soviet Communism. His other goal was to write it, as a satire on those who yearn for a utopian society, which he felt, was difficult, if not impossible to reach. He ...
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Racism In Heart Of DarknessChinua Achebe, a well-known writer, once gave a lecture at the University of Massachusetts about Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, entitled "An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness." Throughout his essay, Achebe notes how Conrad used Africa as a background only, and how he "set ...
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Death Of A Salesman - "The American Dream: What It Means To Me"Many people from all over the world dream of living in America. America has wealth, industry and prosperity and to many people this is happiness. Advancement in industry, however, has not always led to tremendous advancements in living. For some, society has created mass wealth. For most, mass ...
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DuneThe book has a science-fiction story line that associates two major
themes frequently in the book. The title and the setting of the book are used
to establish the bleakness and isolation of the planet Arrakis. The plot and
resolution bring together the multiple factions including the emperor ...
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