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"The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy", By Douglas Noel Adams
Number of words: 206 - Number of pages: 1.... as the
definition of Earth in the universe encyclopedia both represent the smallness of
human-beings, contrary to their original conception.
Furthermore, the alien breeds are not perfect at all, many aspects of their
actions represent a similar action which is often taken by humans: The
destruction of earth without an announcement, is an equivalent of the house-
destruction of Ford Perfect, one of the story's heroes, with out announcing him,
both are explained by the governments as actions for the welfare of the
population at the cost of suffer for a single person or for a relatively small .....
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A Separate Peace: True Friends
Number of words: 496 - Number of pages: 2.... would in the end tilt definitely toward me"(47).
So in Gene's mind he was better than Phineas, and this appeased the grip of
jealousy for awile at least. Peace is once again retained at the Devon
school, but it wont last. Neither Gene nor Phineas can foresee the agony
which will soon be beckoning them.(4)
The summer was quickly passing for these two boys and Gene nearly
forgot his jealousy towards Finny. The stress of trying to be better and
follow Finny's wild ideas finally got to Gene. He has had enough, and the
jealousy turns to rage without Genes knowledge. Finny has another .....
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Huck Finn
Number of words: 1885 - Number of pages: 7.... even though his actions might go against the set standards of society.
Huck is a moral person at the beginning of the novel before he begins his journey on the river. The character of Huck can be seen as subdued in the beginning of the novel. Huck has not let out his true self and it is important to understand this point that Mark Twain tries to get across. This is so important because at this point Huck is conforming to society and following all the standards and guidelines which it has set. The moral correctness of his actions are not questionable. The character who represents society .....
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Catcher In The Rye - The Conte
Number of words: 498 - Number of pages: 2.... down to New York, the dirt and grind capital of the world. He gets more and more sickened by the fakeness, and cruelty of the world. An example of this would be in the Catcher in the Rye, when he goes in to the museum “he notices an obscenity written with a child’s red crayon on the wall”(121 bloom). Holden says in the novel “That’s the whole trouble,” he realizes. “You can’t ever find a place that’s nice and peaceful, because there isn’t any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you’re not looking, somebody’ll sneak up and write ‘Fuck you’ right u .....
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Animal Farm: Communism Through The Eyes Of George Orwell
Number of words: 2473 - Number of pages: 9.... George Orwell's writing was affected greatly by his personal
beliefs about Socialism, Communism, Fascism, and Totalitarianism, and by
the revolts, wars, and revolutions going on in Europe and Russia at the
time of his writings.
George Orwell was a Socialist2 himself, and he despised Russian
Communism3, and what it stood for. Orwell shows this hatred towards
Communist Russia in a letter he wrote to Victor Gollancz saying, "For quite
fifteen years I have regarded that regime with plain horror."4 Orwell
wrote this letter in 1947, ten years after announcing his dislike of
Commun .....
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Euclid: The Elements
Number of words: 1120 - Number of pages: 5.... not quite the coincidence that it might seem that there were two learned men called Euclid. In fact Euclid was a very common name around this period and this is one further difficulty that makes it hard to find information concerning Euclid of Alexandria since there are references to numerous men called Euclid in the history of this period.
There is nothing consistent in the dating given about when Euclid did all of his work but a person by the name of Itard said that situation is best summed up by the fowling three variables:
(i) Euclid was a historical character who wrote the Elements a .....
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Macbeth Motif Of Blood
Number of words: 498 - Number of pages: 2.... future.
The evil deed of murdering the king becomes too much of a burden on the Macbeths. The blood represents their crime, and they can not escape the sin of their actions. Macbeth realizes that in time he would get what he deserves. Since he can not ride himself of his guilt by washing the blood away, his fate may have been sealed. They
try to use water for vindication, but Macbeth says that all the water in the ocean could not cleanse his hands. He imagines the blood from the murder staining the ocean red. Lady
Macbeth differs from her husband in this aspect. She believes her cons .....
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Dimmsdale's Redemption
Number of words: 486 - Number of pages: 2.... was meant to be a symbol of Hester and Dimmsdale's sin, and as Hester's punishment. What is overlooked is that Pearl offers salvation to Dimmsdale for the first time.
Dimmsdale's second chance for salvation comes from Pearl at the second scaffold scene. While Dimmsdale walks with Pearl, she asks him, "Will you stand with mother and me to-morrow noon-tide?" That sterling moment is disrupted by Dimmsdale's refusal to join Hester and Pearl upon the scaffold. A few minutes later, Pearl berates him. Her omniscient attitude becomes more present, and one can only wonder how a little girl k .....
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Fahrenheit 451: How Montag Is Convinced To Change His Mind About Books
Number of words: 1126 - Number of pages: 5.... society he is living in. "Clarisse wonders whether Montag is actually happy leading a death-in-life, and Montag quickly realizes that he is not happy when he enters his sterile and fully automatic house" (Zipes 185). Clarisse opens Montag's eyes to a different world, a world full of books and people communicating with each other. In the novel Clarisse asks Montag if he is happy. At first he denies it, but then after thinking about it he changes his mind about the way he looks at his life. "The first phase of Montag's learning experience is initiated by Clarisse McClellan who makes him wo .....
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The House Of Seven Gables: Symbolism
Number of words: 2633 - Number of pages: 10.... "So much of mankind's varied experience had passed
there - so much had been suffered, and something, too, enjoyed - that the very
timbers were oozy, as with the moisture of a heart." (Hawthorne 27). Hawthorne
turns the house into a symbol of the collection of all the hearts that were
darkened by the house. "It was itself like a great human heart, with a life of
its own, and full of rich and somber reminiscences" (Hawthorne 27). Evert
Augustus Duyckinck agrees that "The chief perhaps, of the dramatis personae, is
the house itself. From its turrets to its kitchen, in every nook and reces .....
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