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H.g. Wells The Time Machine
Number of words: 1828 - Number of pages: 7.... Wells, known for his social consciousness, gives the illusion of a perfect society free from all worry. The surroundings seem to indicate a time of great learning ,of art, and beauty. The Time Traveler states " I saw mankind housed in splendid shelters, gloriously clothed and as yet I had found them engaged in no toil" ( Wells 38 ). The Time Traveler believed that the future held a perfect society. He assumes that these people who live here live in perfect harmony with no worries at all. The Time Traveler is introduced to the Eloi , strange little people who inhabit this society. .....
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Lord Of The Flies: Jack
Number of words: 629 - Number of pages: 3.... as he smashes one of the lenses of the fat boy's glasses. The knife that he carries is a symbol of the death and destruction that accompany his every act. He does have some attractive qualities-bravery and resourcefulness. But his wrath, envy, pride, hatred, and lust for blood easily obscure these. He is constantly attempting to weaken Ralph's hold on the boys. He suggests opposite measures, he shouts abusively, he threatens, he is constantly demanding to be made chief. In all, he is a complete stranger to polite behavior. In his constant rivalry with Ralph, and in his constant preoccupat .....
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Kozol's Amazing Grace: Trials And Tribulations Of Everyday Life
Number of words: 1789 - Number of pages: 7.... some
solutions to making the South Bronx a healthier and safer place for these
children and others to live.
Problem Identification
The environment in which we study these people can only be defined by
first taking a look at possible reasons why the people have problems. Some of
the problems discussed in Amazing Grace have festered throughout the United
States for some time now. The high numbers of drug users in the community, the
high amounts of gang-related violence, and the numerous cases of people who have
contracted the AIDS virus are just some of the problems that have arisen in .....
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Literary Analysis Of John Updike's A & P
Number of words: 278 - Number of pages: 2.... characters are: Lengel, who
is the store manager; Stoksie, Sammy's buddy and a cashier; and Queenie
plus her two followers, who are unusual customers at the supermarket.
The setting of the story is in the early 80's in an ordinary
supermarket, which is located in a small quiet town, north of Boston. Most
of the customers are old and conservative, with a few tourists here and
there.
A & P is surrounded around Sammy, a teenager, who is about to
become an adult. The story, basically, shows the first step of his
metamorphoses.
The events of the story are seen through eyes of the mai .....
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The Outsiders
Number of words: 870 - Number of pages: 4.... story deals with two forms of social classes: the socs, the rich kids, and the greasers, the poor kids. The socs go around looking for trouble and greasers to beat up, and then the greasers are blamed for it, because they are poor and cannot affect the authorities. The first conflict that you see in the novel is when one day Ponyboy and Johnny, (Ponyboy's best friend), get jumped by a group of Socs. The Socs start to drown Ponyboy in a fountain. Johnny, realizing they might kill Ponyboy, kills Bob, one of the Socs with his switchblade. Johnny and Ponyboy run to a fellow Greaser, Dally, who .....
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"A Man For All Seasons" By Robert Bolt: More's Moral Dilemma
Number of words: 1214 - Number of pages: 5.... from the king lead to a moral dilemma that More has
to face, but he chooses to stick to his morals.
King Henry applies pressure on More to support the divorce through
Meg. While More is in jail for failing to take an oath supporting the
divorce, Meg tries to convince him to take the oath, and she says, "Say
the words of the oath and in your heart think otherwise," (page 81). More
responded to this by saying, "What is an oath then but words we say to
god?" (page 81). Meg is applying direct pressure on More by asking him to
say the oath and not believe in it, so he will get the be .....
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The True Sinners
Number of words: 1915 - Number of pages: 7.... to her than the Puritan moral code. This is shown when she says to Dimmesdale, “What we did had a consecration of its own. We felt it so! We said so to each other!” Hester fully acknowledged her guilt and displayed it with pride to the world. This was obvious by the way she displayed the scarlet letter. It was elaborately designed as if to show Hester was proud of what she had done. Hester is indeed a sinner; adultery is not a minor affair, even today. On the other hand, her sin has brought her not evil, but good. Her charity to the poor, her comfort to the broken-hearted, her unquest .....
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Native Son: Bigger
Number of words: 865 - Number of pages: 4.... where the white society
governs his state of being. While he worked for the Daltons, "his courage
to live depended upon how successfully his fear was hidden from his
consciousness"(44), and hate also builds on top of this fear. Once he is
in contact with Mary, his fears and hate pour out in a rebellious act of
murder, because to Bigger Mary symbolizes the white oppression. In
addition, he committed the act, "because it had made him feel free for the
first time in his life"(255). At last he feels he is in control of his
actions and mentality. He rebels against the burden of the white .....
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Pride And Prejudice: What's Love Got To Do With It
Number of words: 714 - Number of pages: 3.... is probably better not to study a person because you would probably know
as much after twelve months as if she married him the next day. Charlotte even
goes as far as to say that "it is better to know as little as possible of the
defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life" (p.21). Charlotte
considered Mr. Collins "neither sensible nor agreeable" but since marriage had
always been her goal in life, "at the age of twenty-seven, with having never
been handsome, she felt all the good luck of it" (p.107). Charlotte is
speaking to Elizabeth on her marriage to Mr. Collins, "I am n .....
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A Critique Of Tuesdays With Mo
Number of words: 741 - Number of pages: 3.... believed that although death would soon take him, he wanted to teach others and share his ideas so that they could be passed on to future generations.
Mitch Albom is an alumnus of Brandeis University, where Morrie Schwartz taught for many years. Morrie left a lasting impression on Mitch and that impression is what eventually motivated Mitch to return to his wise professor. Mitch rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man’s life. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch every Tuesday in his study, just as they had done in college days. Morrie taught Mitch his .....
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