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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest And The Scarlet Letter: To Live With Fear
Number of words: 623 - Number of pages: 3.... the situation at
hand. One day when McMurphy and the Chief tried to help another patient
who was being taken advantage of by orderlies, they were caught and
sentenced to electro-shock therapy (EST). The Chi usually blacked out in a
fog when confronted with problems; however, this time (he had endured over
200 EST sessions previously) he did not. However, McMurphy was
deteriorating, and the two seemed to be reversing positions. McMurphy
eventually was sentenced to a lobotomy, which left him as a helpless,
pathetic person, as the Chief had once been. The Chief now had the courage
to put .....
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Snow Falling On Cedars: Hatsue And Ishmael's Incompatibility
Number of words: 1005 - Number of pages: 4.... he gains the
knowledge that it is extremely improbable that he could ever be with her.
Hatsue is much more logical and rational with her feelings. She saw her love
with Ishmael for what it was. She realized she did not really love him and that
she was still learning what love really is. She moved on with her life, whereas
Ishmael could not.
Ishmael's view of love did not change throughout the novel. He met
Hatsue as a child, and formed the idea that he loved her through his limited
knowledge and through his adolescent view of relationships. His love was
simplistic, yet real. He had .....
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Sweetness And Power
Number of words: 599 - Number of pages: 3.... together with the stress upon punctuality and discipline, are features associated more with industry than agriculture – at least in the sixteenth century” (Mintz 47). Plantations required a “combination farmer-manufacturer”. Workers on plantations worked assiduously with a definite sense of time. They worked continuous shifts, resting only form Saturday to Monday morning. Mintz goes on to explain that “as the production of sugar became significant economically, so that it could affect political and military (as well as economic) decisions, its consumption by the powerful .....
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The Great Gatsby: Tragedy From Lies
Number of words: 671 - Number of pages: 3.... life, Tom happy. Daisy's relationship with TOm
was quite unusual. Tom was having an affair with Myrtle and Daisy really wanted
to be with Tom, but not really because she only did it because she thought she
had to. Daisy was really in love with Jay but because she felt like she had to
be in love with Tom she would make up lies to keep them together. Tom pretty
much felt the same way or he thought Daisy really liked him so he didn't want to
break her heart. But for them it didn't really work out well. If they would of
told each other their feelings and wouldn't of held them back from each other .....
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Life
Number of words: 1336 - Number of pages: 5.... or course of action and the teachings of the ancient wise men". If that is true then what does one so keen, so aware of how living things must cease to live, have to fix? Dylan Thomas appears to be telling us that wise men fear that they have not given their wisdom to others appropriately. It seems that wise men worry that all the wisdom they have accumulated over the many years of their existence was of no matter. Thomas has an eloquent way of phrasing things, “Though wise men at their end know dark is right Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that g .....
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Flowers For Algernon
Number of words: 725 - Number of pages: 3.... could not do anything. Charlie had dreams of his sister
yelling at him and making fun of him. He also had memories
of the night his parents took him to the Warren Home. He
was terrified and his dad would never answer his questions.
Charlie remembered his childhood and through his
memories, he felt guilty for hurting his family. After the
operation, Charlie also suffered from disillusionment. In the
bakery he used to have friends. Friends that would talk to
him and care about him. "...Why? Because all of the sudden
your a bigshot. You think you are better than the rest of
us..." Charlie t .....
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Gatsby's Dream
Number of words: 800 - Number of pages: 3.... American dream. He believes that once he achieved
his financial goal it would lead to a better life.
In America the car is one of the greatest status symbols. Gatsby's gorgeous
machine is one of the most majestic cars created. Nick's comments on the vehicle
describe its luster, “...and there in its monstrous length with triumphant
hatboxes and supper-boxes and tool-boxes...Sitting down behind many layers of
glass in a sort of leather conservatory we started towards town” (68). The use
of the symbolic automobile can be seen as a demonstration of how an ideal based
on materialism alo .....
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Macbeth Appearance Vs Reality
Number of words: 1224 - Number of pages: 5.... recognize this and goes to Macbeth’s castle to visit him. When he just gets in he says something very important:
Duncan says, “This castle hath a peasant seat; the air/ Nimbly and sweetly reconnends itself/ Unto our gentle senses.” (Act I, Scene 6, Lines 1-3)
This quote shows that Duncan like Macbeth very much even he feels that Macbeth’s place is comfortable for him. Duncan never suspects the trustworthy of Macbeth and never does anything to guard himself. Macbeth kills Duncan easily. Therefore Duncan has deceived by Macbeth’s appearance.
Lady Macbeth t .....
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In To Kill A Mockingbird: Scout
Number of words: 798 - Number of pages: 3.... about Mrs. Dubose. She always thought of her as a mean old lady who had nothing better to do than to yell at children. But, they soon found out that she was in withdrawal for a very serious addiction which was why she was so angry all the time. "Mrs. Dubose was a morphine addict. She took it as a pain-killer for years"(Lee 111). After she dies Scout starts to grasp the fact that Mrs. Dubose had a very hard time being happy.
Alike many other children her age, Scout is very curious. She is very interested in the peculiar life of her neighbor, Boo Radley. She believes a rumor about him ki .....
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Smee
Number of words: 561 - Number of pages: 3.... who he wanted to get to know but didn't. After dinner they all decided to played . The rules of the game are simple. "Every player is presented with a sheet of paper. All the sheets are blank except one, on which is written "". Nobody knows who is "" except "" hims! elf-or herself, as the case may be. The lights are then turned out and "" slips from the room and goes off to hide, and after an interval the other players go off in search, without knowing whom they are actually in search of. One player meeting another challenges with the word "" and the other player, if not the once concer .....
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