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Book Reading Essays and Term Papers
A Review Of The JungleThe Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a dreary story that depicts the
life of a working man in the early twentieth century. The book shows the
horrid working conditions placed about the Chicago factory workers and the
horrors of the standard of living. The book follows behind an immigrant
from Russia ...
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The UntouchablesThe author of this book was Eliot Ness. He was a prohibition agent
given the special assignment of cracking down on the Chicago mob and
illegal liquor sales. He was six feet tall, 180 pounds. Graduated in the top
third of his class in both highschool and at the University of Chicago. Both
his ...
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Global Broadcasting SystemsThis book is about the . The Preface says that things are changing so fast that the book will probably be outdated by the time we read it. On the other hand, it does provide a clear picture of television and other media around the world, at the moment in time when the authors did their research. ...
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Lord Of The Fliesis a story that revolves around a central theme, which is that human nature is savage-like and anarchic without the confines of society. The story begins when a group of British school boys crash on a tropical island while being transported to a safer location during war time. Ironically, the ...
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The Color PurpleThe novel, , is an epistolary novel. In the letterforms, Alice Walker gives several ideas, such as, friendship, domination, courage & independence. She impacts readers by looking at the story through the eyes of Celie and Nettie. The book describes the fateful life of a young lady. It tells how a ...
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In The Skin Of The LionAn Examination on the use of Moth Imagery in the Novel
"In the Skin of a Lion" is a documentary on the voyage from childhood to adulthood of Patrick Lewis. Michael Ondaatje describes this voyage with recollections of sensory memories. These recollections permit the reader to relate to Patrick, as ...
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John Updikess Pigeon FeatherJohn Updike tells good stories in his new collection, "Pigeon Feathers." What's more -- or, rather, what helps to make them good -- is his conspicuous devotion to the perilous marksmanship of words.
All readers are bound to be grateful to him for that. He is no Pater and he is no Joyce. Clichés ...
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Catch 22America has been involved in the cold war for years. The fear of communism is ruining lives. The country moves closer and closer to the Korean war. Joseph Heller’s is published. 1963- College students are seen wearing army fatigues with "Yossarian" name tags. Reports are being made ...
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Universial Themes In "The Return Of The Native" And "Great Expectations"Classic novels usually share in the aspect of universal themes
which touch people through out the ages. All types of audiences can relate
to and understand these underlying ideas. Victorian novels such as Thomas
Hardy's The Return of the Native and Charles Dickens' Great Expectations
are examples ...
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Alienation Paper HemmingwayThe novels The Old Man and the Sea and The Sun Also Rises are both written by Ernest Hemingway. Some of the aspects of the stories are similar, and some are different. Each book presents a character that has been alienated, but the method used to present the character varies.
The most obvious ...
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20,000 Leagues Under The Sea: OverviewJules Verne was born in France in 1828 and always had a love for the sea.
He once tried to be a sea captain on a boat but things did not work out. Jules
Verne has written many very famous books such as Journey To the Center of the
Earth, Five Weeks in a balloon and Around the World in Eighty ...
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A Tale Of Two Cities LAThis paper is a literary analysis over the book A Tale of Two Cities, written by Charles Dickens. It contains information about the author, plot, and characters in the story. Devices and styles used to complete the book are also in this paper.
On February 7, 1812 in Portsea, Charles Dickens ...
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1984is a political parable. While Brave New World describes a future of everyone getting exactly what they want, George Orwell takes this in the opposite direction with a description of how the world most likely will be: mindless, loveless, unfeeling followers of nothing. The first paragraph of the ...
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Peyton PlaceIn 1956, a woman from middle class Manchester, New Hampshire wrote a book that shocked the nation. At 32 years old, Grace Metalious wrote the blockbuster novel . It transformed the publishing industry and made the author one of the most talked about people in the nation. Metalious wrote about ...
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The Insanity Plea By Winslad And Ross: SummaryThe Insanity Plea is a book about the Uses & Abuses of the Insanity Defense in
various cases. The book is by William J. Winslade and Judith Wilson Ross. In
this report, I will basically summarize the book and tell you different ways
people have used and abused the Criminal Justice System using ...
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Sybolism In White Fang“Classic” - a word misunderstood by many people around the world, mostly those of a younger generation. It is surprising how many people believe that the word “classic” means “old” or “boring”. This is just not the case. In actual fact, the label ...
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Lord Of The Flies - Summary And Background InformationThe story takes place on an island somewhere in the ocean. The island is described by the author as tropical and boat shaped. Along the coast there are sandy beaches followed by a variety of vegetation and "creepers". There are also the orchards, which rise up to the treeless and rocky and rugged ...
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Edgar Allan PoeIn every story conceived from the mind of , a scent of his essence had been molded into each to leave the reader with a better understanding of Poe’s life. Poe displayed his greatest life’s achievements and his worst disappointments in a series of stories created throughout his whole life. It is ...
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The Little Princeby Antoine de Saint-Exupéry There is a combination of subjects in the book including fantasy, sarcasm, philosophy, poetry, science, imagination, and childish fun. The little boy teaches the reader many values that older people seem to forget more often in everyday life. This adventure begins ...
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Dealers Of Lighting, Michael H“Dealers of Lightning” the legendary story of Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). Written by Los Angeles Times corespondent, Michael Hiltzik. The Book brings together moments behind the research labs trailblazing technological achievements. Hiltzik also gives you vast ...
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