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Crying Of Lot 49

There are two levels of apprehension to The : that of the characters in the book, whose perception is limited to the text, and that of the reader, who has the ability to look at the world from outside of it. A recurring theme in the novel is the phenomenon of chaos, also called entropy. Both the ...

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The Caretaker By Pinter: A Play Can Be Confrontational, Challenging And

Disturbing to the Values and Assumptions of An Audience. Discuss With close The Caretaker by Pinter: A Play Can Be Confrontational, Challenging and Disturbing to the Values and Assumptions of An Audience. Discuss With close Reference The Caretaker, written by the British playwright Harold Pinter ...

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George Orwell

Many writers use satire techinques to attack areas of life they didn't agree with. Satire is a cunning way to express their opinions. Some of these works today are considered masterpieces and works of art. One writer who was a genius at incorporating beliefs in his writings was . Commonly known ...

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A Look Into The Human Mind. Sl

In his powerful novel, Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut tells of a man named Billy Pilgrim who has become unstuck in time. He walks through a door in 1955 and comes out another in 1941. He crashes in a plane in 1968 and ends up displayed in a zoo on the planet Tralfamadore making love to Earth ...

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Tom Clancy

The Cold War and post Cold War eras have brought with them many interesting aspects. New technologies initially meant for mass destruction filter down into the civilian world, making current lives easier. One example of this is the anti-lock braking systems of today’s cars. Originally designed to ...

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Standing In The Light

1. The theme of this book was in search of ones self. I chose this theme because Catharine was in search of her self throughout the whole story. Her and her brother were taken captive by the Lenape Indian tribe and she had to search to find her self throughout her time in captivity. In the ...

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Ophelia: The Forgotten Character

In Shakespeare’s, Hamlet, Ophelia is a character that illustrates fragility, innocence, and dependency. As the daughter of Polonius, a servant to the King, Ophelia is forced to obey her father’s orders and choose between the love of her life and her obedience to her father. The choice Ophelia ...

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Jimi Hendrix

: Reflections of the Man Through the Development of His Albums James McGuire UWC 4, Hampton November 4, 1996 On November 27, 1942, was born as John Allen Hendrix in Washington at Seattle General Hospital. His childhood was not a privileged one, however, he did indulge himself in one particular ...

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Literary Paper Of The Grapes Of Wrath By Steinbeck

Steinbeck wrote many wonderful books but a great classic is one titled The Grapes of Wrath. This is a story of a family called the Joads, and a tale of a courageous family who sought security and family unity. In my paper I will examine the different ways the Joads tried to keep united ...

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Interstellar Travel: Sooner Or Later?

? Though interstellar travel is theoretically possible, colonizing Alpha Centauri in the next millennium may be far-fetched. Modern Quantum physics gives many new openings into the world of plus-light-speed travel, but Einstein’s theory of relativity maintains the fact that light speed is an ...

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Ernest Hemingway

has been labeled a drunk, womanizer, lunatic, and several other names. However, he is considered to be one of the greatest writers of our time. Which is bigger, the man or the maniac? Sadly, we may never know. He lived life to the fullest, but he ended his life tragically and prematurely on ...

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The Extermination Of Jews Documents

The first 13 of the 18 documents, collectively called The Extermination of the Jews, were not in any way new stories to me. In fact I came into this book with the same attitude that I usually do when faced with Holocaust stories, that of "Yes it was horrible, but I know all about it already. ...

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Flowers For Algernon 2

I read the book Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes. It’s a fiction book, but with all the advances in modern medicine it could happen. It takes place over the course of a few months, starting in March and ending in November. The book shows how society treats retarded people. It also ...

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Lord Of The Flies

is 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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James Baldwin

James Arthur Baldwin was born the first of nine children during 1924 in Harlem. His father, David, was a clergyman and a factory worker, and was the source of all of \'s fears. Baldwin\'s mother, Berdis, was a homemaker. Baldwin first started writing around age fourteen as a way of seeking the ...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne 2

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864) Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804, on the 4th of July in Salem, Mass. His grandfather was a judge in the Salem witch trials. Nathaniel's surname, when born, was spelled, "Hathorne". After he graduated from college he added the "w" in order to make the spelling ...

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To Kill A Mockingbird -x

This novel tells the story of a young girl and her good and bad times. The story goes through the summer when the girl was just six and carries on till a year later in the fall. The narrator is, Jean Louise Finch also known as Scout, and recalls the events leading up to Jem Finch breaking his ...

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Delsohn's The Emmitt Zone: Summary

4-18-97 Steve Delsohn's, The Emmitt Zone, was a fascinating book. It gave insight into the life of an NFL player, as well as to the life of Emmitt Smith. It was a non-fiction book. Telling of Emmitts life ever since he was big enough to hold a football, to the present day. Emmitt Smith came ...

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The Neurosis Of Passion

Breaking Patterns of Sterility and Breaking Patterns of Abuse. Charles Dickens’ novel, Great Expectations, attempts to delve into the Victorian gender construction. Incorporated within this persona is the struggle to break away from the cycles of generations of abuse and patterns of ...

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Sluaghterhouse-Five

In his powerful novel, Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut tells of a man named Billy Pilgrim who has become unstuck in time. He walks through a door in 1955 and comes out another in 1941. He crashes in a plane in 1968 and ends up displayed in a zoo on the planet Tralfamadore making love to Earth ...

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