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"Haircut"
Number of words: 535 - Number of pages: 2.... also couldn't stand the fact that the object of his desire, Ms. Julie Gregg, had the hots for the new town doctor, Doc Stair. So in his eyes he had to make one of them look bad in order to boost himself up. He called Julie on the phone and impersonated the doctor, urging Julie that she had to come to his office at once, knowing the doctor was out of town, because he had something he needed to tell her at once. Julie bought into it and went to the office just to find no one there and to heed the abuse of Jim and his cronies as they made fun of her all the way home.
Jim also made fun of .....
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Roddy Doyle's Paddy Clark: No More Laughing For Paddy
Number of words: 924 - Number of pages: 4.... to win. He comes to the conclusion that he would
want his mom to win because she does so much for him, however his father is his
father and he loves him.
Sinbad reacts differently to his parents fighting. He doesn't try to
intervene or stop them. In fact he closes up, he implodes emotionally. He cuts
himself off from everyone. During one of their parents arguments Paddy tries to
talk to Sinbad, but Sinbad shuts himself off. ""Sinbad?" He didn't answer. He
wasn't asleep though, I knew the breathing. I could hear him listening. I didn't
move. I didn't want him to think I was going to get him .....
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Amy Foster By Joseph Conrad An
Number of words: 997 - Number of pages: 4.... is first spotted in the seaside town. He is whipped, stoned and beaten by many of the residents. In addition, he was captured and caged like a wild animal. He is described as a "drunk", "tramp", and "creature". He is very different from the usual Englishman and is treated as such. He is segregated and is forced to work for Mr. Swaffer. However, one person sees through the differences. Amy, perhaps because of her stupidity or an ability to feel for Yanko, does not see a wild foreigner that screams at night and dances strangely. She saw only the similarities, the oneness of two human beings, a .....
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The Tower Of Babel
Number of words: 908 - Number of pages: 4.... molds his theme of duality and character's personal and cultural
conflicts to narrate a story about a kidnapped boy, named David, who,
through his growing cultural tolerance and open-mindedness, matures from a
naive adolescent to a young man capable of dealing with crisis and
accepting his role in the culturally divided world.
Despite extensive cultural differences, the Highlanders and
Lowlanders represent two halves of a society that must intermingle in order
to reach their summit of individual and group possibilities. These two
definitive cultures of Highlanders and Lowlanders are rep .....
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The Yellow Wallpaper: Oppression Of Women In Society
Number of words: 992 - Number of pages: 4.... it is dismissed by her husband and brother. "You see, he does not believe I am sick! And what can one do? If a physician of high standing, and one's own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression -- a slight hysterical tendency -- what is one to do?" (160) These two men -- both doctors -- seem completely unable to admit that there might be more to her condition than just stress and a slight nervous condition. Even when a summer in the country and weeks of bed-rest don't help, her husband refuses to accept tha .....
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Jack London's To Build A Fire: Theme
Number of words: 577 - Number of pages: 3.... of death." Jack London introduces death to the reader in this scene.
The man realizes "a second fire must be built without fail." The man's
mind begins to run wild with thoughts of insecurity and death when the second
fire fails. He recollects the story of a man who kills a steer to stay warm and
envisions himself killing his dog and crawling into the carcass to warm up so he
can build a fire to save himself. London writes, "a certain fear of death, dull
and oppressive, came to him."
As the man slowly freezes, he realizes he is in serious trouble and can no
longer make excus .....
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Student
Number of words: 1988 - Number of pages: 8.... is to learn a story from an insider, who herself lived there and experienced first hand all the challenges and hardships of the emigrants' life. Anzia Yezierska's novel "Bread Givers" is a story that lets the reader to learn about the life of Jewish Emigrants in the early Twentieth Century on Manhattan's lower East Side through the eyes of a poor young Jewish woman who came from Poland and struggled to break out from poverty, from tyrant old traditions of her father, and to find happiness, security, love and understanding in the new country. The book is rich with symbolism. Different charac .....
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Crime And Punishment: Is There Or Is There Not Such A Thing As Crime?
Number of words: 1017 - Number of pages: 4.... way to define crime is through ethics and morals. Each
person on this Earth possesses a conscience; when we do something wrong,
our conscience makes us feel guilty, although some people feel less or more
guilt than others about certain acts; it varies individually. Based on
this, one can define a crime as the things that make us feel guilty,
although some crimes do not make us feel guilty. Some people do not feel
any guilt when committing immoral acts; these people are deemed psychopaths
or sociopaths by society. For example, most people do not feel guilty when
they break th .....
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Windflower
Number of words: 538 - Number of pages: 2.... hair and blue eyes
takes her breath away. It seemed that in giving life to her child she had
restored her own life to herself.
Although Jimmy is a joy and a blessing to Elsa, he also creates a
conflict for her. She does not know whether she should raise him as an Eskimo
like herself, or white like the father. Elsa takes advice from a lady she once
worked for, named Madame Beaulieu, the only white woman she knew. Elsa is soon
dressing Jimmy as the white do, and is keeping her hut clean and tidy. The
people from the Eskimo society are in awe at the beautiful baby with blond,
curly hair, .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Sterotypes And Misconceptions
Number of words: 820 - Number of pages: 3.... up”(pg 63)
When Boo sewed Jem's breeches together, this was a sign from Boo to let the
children realize what a kind and pleasant man he really was. Also, Boo was
considerate enough to save Jem from a couple of whippings, because after
all, if Atticus were to see the torn pants he would have known Jem was the
culprit in the Radley's yard. “You were so busy looking at the fire, you
didn't notice Boo behind you”(pg 76) This was also a symbol which Boo
shared to let the kids slowly realize the truth about him, that he was an
innocuous caring person hiding behind a fading shadow. Boo .....
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