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The Longest Day, By: Cornelius Ryan, Simon & Shuster, 1959
Number of words: 643 - Number of pages: 3.... containing the key code words of the invasion; the mysterious ill-wrapped envelope which burst open in Chicago’s central post office dumping out the plans for D-Day and the decoding by an alert German intelligence officer of the actual Allied message to the French underground announcing the time of invasion.
The first half of The Longest Day is devoted to the allied preparations of attack and the German preparations for meeting it. This part of the novel is extremely informative. From the beginning of the novel a reader can learn things that for most people are not common knowledge, such .....
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Satire At It's Best In The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
Number of words: 652 - Number of pages: 3.... the idiocy and cruelty of society in general. The man is so misguided that he thinks it's a lesser crime to let a man drown than to just plain kill him
Twain a lot of the time makes fun of how whites perceived blacks or how blacks thought of whites. "He judged it was all up with him any way it could be fixed; for if he didn't get saved he would get drownded; and if he did get saved, whoever saved him would send him back home so as to get the reward, and then Miss Watson would sell him South, sure. Well, he was right; he was most always right; he had an uncommon level headed for a nigger .....
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Bless Me Ultima: The Growing Up Of A Young Boy
Number of words: 689 - Number of pages: 3.... whose desire
is to destroy her spirit, he realized he or Ultima could both be exterminated.
During the run, Tony thought of the future, which he hardly thought of before
this event. Almost every child Tony's age was preoccupied with activities, such
as playing and horsing around, and certainly not thinking what the future could
pertain. This proves Tony understood the aknowledgement of reality, unlike most
of his peers. When Florence, his freind, questions God, it made Tony gain
skeptisicm. Before, Tony's parents, especially his mother, forced the religion
of Christianity upon him. Tony .....
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Dr. Jekyll And Mr Hyde
Number of words: 2582 - Number of pages: 10.... rushed over and attended the girl along with her family.
Still, the strange man carried on, so Enfield chased him down and urged him
back. A doctor was called and Enfield and the doctor felt an odd hatred of
the man, warning the man that they would discredit him in every way
possible unless he compensated the girl. The strange man agreed to offer
100 British pounds.
Enfield notes that the man is like Satan in the way he seems emotionally
cold to the situation. The strange man presented a cheque signed by an
important person, which they together cashed the next morning. Enfield
states that .....
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Tale Of Two Cities Sydney Cart
Number of words: 660 - Number of pages: 3.... would die to save someone dear to her. “For you, and for any dear to you, I would do anything. If my career were of that better kind that there was any opportunity or capacity of sacrifice in it, I would embrace any sacrifice for you and for those dear to you,” he had earlier promised to Lucie. Also, it could be considered honorable of Carton to take a death when he could have been devious and gotten closer to Lucie in her mourning by comforting her. Perhaps Carton also valued the lives of others more than his own. Quite a commendable trait, if true.
Just as well, Carton is a bit .....
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The Chrysalids: The Importance Of Telepathy
Number of words: 709 - Number of pages: 3.... kind of contact with a
woman from Sealant (Zealand, On page 134). The help that the sealant woman
promised is on their way to the fringes. The plot is greatly influenced,
David learns more things as the time goes on. He discovers who is the
Spiderman(Gordon) and where is Sophie. He meets them and learn what it is
like to live in the fringes. When the sealant woman rescues David,
Rosalind and Petra they are brought to a big, developed city like the one
in David's dreams. Because of the telepathy David discovers that such a
city really exists but most of all through Petra they establish co .....
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Everyone In A Man For All Seasons Is Pursuing Their Own Ends. What Makes More Different?
Number of words: 2212 - Number of pages: 9.... a paragon.
One character in the play particularly concerned with his goals, regardless
of the path he must take to reach them is Thomas Cromwell. Cromwell is the
personification of pragmatism and is willing to do anything, providing the
end sees him satisfied. "…our job as administrators is to make it as
convenient as we can," Cromwell states in reference to the King's divorce
and the pursuit of More's support. He is "…the King's ear," and is thus
responsible for all the menial tasks which the King would otherwise have to
perform, including seeing to it that Sir Thomas More either agrees .....
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Man's Evil Nature In Lord Of The Flies
Number of words: 849 - Number of pages: 4.... his face, Jack suppresses his
ego and superego, causing Jack to be capable of acts of violence without
having any repercussions. Jack portrays this violence in different ways.
First, Jack enjoys hunting because he gets to kill pigs. Often, in Lord of
the Flies, Jack is consumed by killing pigs, and desires nothing more. The
drive to kill rules his thoughts. In Jacks statement "'We're strong-we
hunt! If there's a beast we'll hunt it down. We'll close in and beat and
beat and beat-‘"(83), he demonstrates his carnal desire to hint and kill.
Next, Jack also strove to control others. He .....
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The Study Of Violence In Ernes
Number of words: 1079 - Number of pages: 4.... and was severely wounded. After the war he served as a correspondent for the Toronto Star and then settled in Paris. While there, he was encouraged in creative work by the American ex-patriot writers.
“Today is the first time any have lit on the ground. I watched the way they sailed very carefully at first in case I ever wanted to use them in a story. That’s funny now.” (Hemingway, 3)
Ernest Hemingway constantly used real people and situations in his fiction. He also liked to write “personal” books about bullfighting in Spain and hunting in Africa. .....
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Brave New World By Aldous Huxley
Number of words: 998 - Number of pages: 4.... until the opportunity
presents itself. Thus, through a series of events, Bernard uses the
curiosity of the society to his advantage, fulfilling his subconscious wish
of becoming someone important; a recognized name in the jumble of society.
This ends when the curiosity of others ends, and as a supreme result of his
arrogant behaviour, he is exiled.
The instigator of this curiosity as well as the author of Bernard's
fame (and folly), is an outsider know as the Savage. The Savage is brought
in from outside of the utopian society by Bernard as an experiment. He
faces "civilized societ .....
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