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Summary Of El Cid
Number of words: 713 - Number of pages: 3.... Cid always thanks God for letting
it happen. He believes God let it happen, he never thought it is him.
Ruy Diaz is an extrodinary leader. He is always fearless before going
into battl; he does not even consider that he might not be victorious.
When El Cid is badly outnumbered his tactics and battle plans always cause
him to come out hte clear victor. An exampe where El Cid shows his
supperior tactics is in page 53, verse 27. El Cid was encamped in front of
Alcocer for fifteen weeks. El Cid realizes that Alcocer was not going to
give up without a fight so he devises a plan. He trick .....
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Of Mice And Men
Number of words: 713 - Number of pages: 3.... but not George. George stayed with him because he loved him. He remained for a friend.
George’s other strong characteristic was taking the life of a friend, out of love and compassion. He also did it out of respect, so Lennie could die with dignity.
“George was quite for a moment. “But not us,” he said. “Because____” “Because I got you an’____” “An I got you. We got each other, that’s what, that gives a hoot in hell about us,” Lennie cried in triumph. George cared, he cared a lot about Lennie.
“And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he bought the muz .....
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Crime And Punishment - Sufferi
Number of words: 720 - Number of pages: 3.... visions of the crime. Raskolnikov never again recalls the massive amounts of blood everywhere, the look on Lizaveta’s face when he brings down the axe on her head. These things clearly show that the crime isn’t what might cause him suffering, or pain, it is something else.
After Raskolnikov is sent off to Siberia, he doesn’t feel remorseful. His feelings haven’t changed about his crime, he feels bad at not being able to living up to his own ideas of greatness. He grows depressed only when he learns of his mother’s death. Raskolnikov still hasn’t found any reason to feel remorse fo .....
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So This Was Adolescence, By Annie Dillard: Author Writing Style
Number of words: 290 - Number of pages: 2.... in So
This Was Adolescence is comparison/contrast. In this style, the author
compares or contrast the character with specific mannerisms of others. The
next style is imagery. Imagery helps the reader to visualize what is
happening to the character. Annie Dillard uses both of these styles to
tell her story.
The first style is comparison/contrast. Dillard utilizes
comparison/contrast to compare herself to characters in books. She longs
to become a woman such as those in romance novels. “I envied people in
books who swooned.” She shows that by comparing herself to these
ch .....
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The Speckled Band
Number of words: 317 - Number of pages: 2.... inside the house between the sisters room and the stepfathers. Holmes now was in the room that Helen was suposed to be in and suddenly the light was lit in the stepfathers room, and then Sherlock jumped and hit the bellrobe under the air-vent. Then there was a little whistle and then a scream and Holmes ran to the other room and there was the stepfather dead and with a speckled band on him. It was no band it was a Indian snake that the stepfather used to kill Helens sister and was going to kill Helen with it to but Holmes saved the day once again .
Word Count: 323 .....
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Caharacter Analysis Jay Gatsby
Number of words: 786 - Number of pages: 3.... wealth, Gatsby drives a Rolls Royce that “was a rich cream color, bright with nickel” (Fitzgerald 68). Although Gatsby’s foolish quest of the American dream exemplifies a respectable aspiration, it ends in a tragic death that goes virtually unnoticed. A sharp contrast to the parties , the funeral was sparingly attended and “nobody came” (Fitzgerald 182). Following the death of Gatsby Daisy leaves town with Tom and “hadn’t sent a message or a flower” (Fitzgerald 183). An elderly salesman lost in false hopes and illusions, Willy Loman works for strict commission and cannot bring .....
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Escaping Harlem
Number of words: 987 - Number of pages: 4.... their past and his emotions. It becomes a way to celebrate their struggle in an unforgiving world.
The protagonist in the story is Sonny’s brother. He is a dynamic character that learns how important it is to respect other people’s philosophies. “Freedom lurked around us around us and I understood, at last, that he could help us to be free if we would listen, that he would never be free until we would.” The narrator uses a limited omniscient point of view to describe Sonny’s brother. We learn about him through his thoughts and feelings. The next major character in the story is .....
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The Persian Letters
Number of words: 971 - Number of pages: 4.... precepts that
are useful to society. All the different religions promote obedience to the law and require their followers to be good and just. He believes that even if there was no God these ideas can still help society function correctly. Montesquieu also criticizes numerous aspects of established religion and shows that he sees it as useless and so he responds to it with indifference. He feels God’s precepts are of the greatest importance and that is exactly what has been lost from the established church. Montesquieu’s beliefs were also similar to many of the other philoso .....
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Go Tell It On A Mountain - Sum
Number of words: 1510 - Number of pages: 6.... money for a movie, he arrives back at home finding out that Roy had been in an incident. His father, aunt, and mother have a dispute and then the next day John heads to church early to open up and clean up. Him and Elisha (a brother and preacher of the church) have a talk. John is told to think about being saved, just as Elisha had been saved.
Part Two- The Prayers of the Saints:
Florence’s Prayers
1. Summary- This next chapter focuses on John’s aunt, Florence. It begins with Florence at church, she is sorry for her sin yet doesn’t remember how to pray. A few nights bef .....
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The Outsiders
Number of words: 595 - Number of pages: 3.... it was because Steve knew so much about cars or maybe because Soda could have any girl he wanted. Steve Randle was seventeen years old. He was tall and thin.
Then there was Two-Bit Mathews. His real name was Keith and he couldn’t remember Two-Bit was the oldest of the Greasers. He is six feet tall and was very proud of his long sideburns. Two-Bit never stopped making wisecracks or funny remarks. He wasn’t big with the cops. Keith, a.k.a. Two-bit loved to shoplift. AT eighteen he was still a junior and had not learned anything.
Ponyboy’s idea of a real character in the gang was .....
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