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The Lottery Winner
Number of words: 1075 - Number of pages: 4.... those people that can't afford to hire a plumber so he dose the job for free. 3. Brian who is somewhere around his twenties, he is an up and coming famous play writer. Brian is the nephew of Willy. Brian is first introduced in the first story called "The body in the closet". He was staying at the apartment of Willy and Alvirah were a body was found in there closet at there return from there trip to England. He becomes the main suspespect in the murder because he was the last be in the apartment. This was not a good thing for Brian because his career was just taking off with all the great pla .....
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The Time Machine
Number of words: 604 - Number of pages: 3.... machine. He finally found it and returned back to his own time and home in England. certainly makes you think. We picture the future as very advanced and evolved with much more technology than we have now. But in this novel, the reader can see that the progress of mankind could almost go in a cycle. We start off at a low level and as a species, we grow and evolve becoming more advanced. We can only reach a certain peak before we go back down again, which is what happened to the Eloi and the Morlocks. It is interesting to note that technology is not what saved the Time Traveller from these f .....
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The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz
Number of words: 505 - Number of pages: 2.... can see what you have planned for me, Duddel. You'll be good to me.
You'd give me everything I wanted. and that would settle your conscience when
you went out to swindle others. (Richler 1959, 312)
The betrayal of Yvette, her speaking to Simcha, and the loss of hers and
Virgil's friendships also punishes Duddy. They are the only two people in the
world who ever loved him for himself, and didn't want anything but his love in
return. In the loss of their friendships, Duddy is being punished for his
rotten treatment of other people, even his only friends. Duddy may not even
know what .....
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The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
Number of words: 371 - Number of pages: 2.... that he had been to the land and Edmund denied it and made it look like Lucy was lying. This showed that Edmund was dishonest.
A change occurred in Edmund’s character when the witch turned a family of animals into stone. Edmund plead for the animals but the witch did it anyway. This showed that Edmund was no longer self-centered or selfish because he actually cared about something besides himself. This was the turning point in Edmund’s character because he no longer wants to be around the witch. He becomes a lot quieter and does not try to make decisions after this incident. Edmu .....
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The Joy Luck Club By Amy Tan
Number of words: 953 - Number of pages: 4.... trivia quizzes, and piano. After failing the tasks, June begins to feel resentful towards her mother to becoming a child prodigy. She starts to see her mothers hopes as expectations, and if June did not live up to this, she would feel like a complete failure. In one incident, during a talent show, June performs a piano piece filled with mistakes. Ultimately being embarrassed, June believed that her mother was ashamed of her. "...my mother's expression was a quiet, blank look..." (143). However, June was wrong. Suyuan was not ashamed, but upset. She was upset because June did not care ab .....
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Cyrano The Bergerac - Love
Number of words: 663 - Number of pages: 3.... who she likes because of his looks, Cyrano finds a way to express his love to Roxane. He decides that he would write to her in the name of Christian who comparatively is a poor writer and "wishes to make Christian his interpreter"(II,85).
Both Christian and Cyrano love Roxane but Roxane loves only the person that has been writing to her. It was actually Cyrano, who was writing to her but she thinks it was Christian. Cyrano had said, "..And we two make one hero of romance." (II,85) Since Cyrano was suffering with an inferiority complex, as he had a gigantic nose, he was shy to ask R .....
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Summer Of The Monkeys: Jay Berry And His Conflicts
Number of words: 1063 - Number of pages: 4.... force that helps Jay Berry along his journey is his
incredible determination. Jay Berry displays his determination many times
throughout the novel. For Jay Berry to succeed his goals of bringing the
highly intelligent circus monkeys home he has to have a great deal of
determination. He shows an example of this when he fails to succeed his first
few times out, but he never gives up, and has the same motivation the next time
he tries to catch the monkeys. Another inner force that helps him on his way
is his confidence. For anybody to achieve a certain goal they have to feel
confident .....
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Evil In Human Nature
Number of words: 356 - Number of pages: 2.... bind together is in "A Rose for Emily". This story and also a town's ability to pry and gossip. Emily was so in love with her lover that even after he died she slept with his corpse. Her actions did not allow the young man to rest in peace. Her actions were turned from love to evil without even realizing it. the townspeople were extremely worried about Emily literally locking herself up in the house but their actions also portrayed evil. Many of them were not concerned for her but were out to "get her" in a sense. They did not try to help her; they only talked about her and ridiculed. In .....
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The Pearl: Depictions Of Life
Number of words: 855 - Number of pages: 4.... many of his novels, including The Grapes of Wrath. The Pearl, another
inspiration from his past, originated from a legend about the misfortunes of a
poor boy who found a giant pearl that was told to Steinbeck while on a trip to
Mexico.
Kino, the protagonist in The Pearl, is an honest pearl diver that
discovers the sacrifices that come with the struggle for success. He dreams of
the education the pearl could provide for his son, but the pearl also makes Kino
more suspicious of the peaceful villagers around him. At one point, he tries to
sell the pearl in order to pay for a doctor Coyotit .....
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Symbolism In The Lottery
Number of words: 1352 - Number of pages: 5.... character, Mrs. Delacroix, appears several times throughout the short story. She functions as a friend to Tessie Hutchinson, the woman ultimately selected for the sacrifice, but turns on her at the end along with the rest of the townspeople. Delacroix is not angry with Hutchinson, but helps kill her because of the tradition. The symbolism here is apparent. The church, usually seen as a positive influence, can sometimes turn on a person in the name of ritual and tradition.
Mr. Adams, another character, is the first to draw from the lottery box. His name, Adams, coupled with the fact .....
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