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Snow Falling On Cedars
Number of words: 808 - Number of pages: 3.... to move away because of WWII regulations, she ends her relationship with Ishmael, sending him into a life filled with jealousy and grief.
Howard Frank Mosher paints the same portrait for us, only in a more commonly know setting. A black man and his son are cognizant of their color when they are forced to live in a town of solely white people. As the murder trial unfolds, we find out that the man’s son also has been having a relationship such as the one Ishmael and Hatsue had. He had been having "relations" with a white mail-order bride that had just arrived in town. They ke .....
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A Raisin In The Sun Crtical Analysis
Number of words: 914 - Number of pages: 4.... Although his family's financial position is strained, Walter doesn't want his son to see him struggle. Children are very impressionable. Walter displays an unselfish characteristic that is overshadowed by unwise decisions later in the play. In one particular scene, his son Travis asked both parents for money. Walter acts out of pride and little motivation by giving Travis his last pocket change. This symbolizes Walter's willingness to be a good father. In a different situation, Walter wouldn't display his selfish intentions. This behavior can be attributed to working in a degrading, u .....
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Is It Better To Be Feared Than
Number of words: 415 - Number of pages: 2.... and bribery to get what he wanted. These three characteristics are exactly what Machiavelli believes in. Louis wanted to weaken the powers on the great lords in France so that he had all the power. Any noble that resisted Louis’s rule was bribed or threatened until the noble agreed with Louis. Once there was a cardinal who disobeyed Louis. He was locked in a small cage for 11 years. He couldn’t even stand up or sit down. The people under Louis’ rule were very scared of him that they were willing to put up anything to impress and agree with him. Louis was aiming for people to .....
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Everyday Use 3
Number of words: 818 - Number of pages: 3.... to take part in her heritage. Maggie was portrayed as a flat character. The reader is not told much about her, and she never changes throughout the whole story. The mother would be the static character. She is seen as an older women set in her ways from life experiences, and from what she had been taught growing up black in the south. She made up her mind that the two family quilts would go to Maggie and she did not give it a second thought. Dee is also the dynamic character round. She is dynamic when she returns home to the country. She had previously said she would not bring any of .....
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Lord Jim
Number of words: 621 - Number of pages: 3.... and Jim's image of himself and his self-esteem were shattered. A man named Marlow went to Jim and spoke with him about his future and even offered him a job. Jim accepted, but soon after ran away because people remembered his history and he was scared. Eventually, Marlow got in touch with Jim and had a job for him on a trading post in Africa where he could be by himself and no one would bother him. On the way there, he was captured by Rajah Allang and his people. He escaped and made it to a tribe of Malays, headed by Doramin, a friend of Jim's acquaintance Herr Stein. He felt safe .....
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The Monsters
Number of words: 741 - Number of pages: 3.... From this line, we can see that Judge Hagenthrope is afraid and worried about Johnson’s face because his face will surely scare the whole town. Dr. Trescott does not listen to him and keeps taking care of him. Dr. Trescott takes Johnson to the house of Alek Williams so that Williams can take care of him, but one night, Johnson gets out from the house and wanders around the town. When people see his face, they are terrified, and among them, one "hurled backward with a dreadful cry"(100). The chief of police comes to Dr. Trescott next day and says that he’s got Johnso .....
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Grand Avenue Masks
Number of words: 731 - Number of pages: 3.... past few weeks had come out now; she was that person.
She had told stories to save herself - now she was telling
them to excuse herself. Hatred. Jealousy. Anger. Evil.
All I had seen in my mother’s and my aunt’s eyes at
different times were here in Faye’s.” (p. 23-24)
After doing her best to fight the poison that curses her family, she finally succumbs.
Jasmine describes her cousin Ruby’s eyes as being “a million miles away” (p.7). But when Ruby’s mind is set on saving the pony, her determination comes shining brightly .....
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The Devil And Daniel Webster
Number of words: 731 - Number of pages: 3.... success in all his undertakings, and that in seven years time he would relinquish his soul to the Devil; known in this story as “Scratch” (194).
Jabez becomes very prosperous, but there exists an underlying anxiety deep inside that grows with each passing year. Jabez’ anxiety turns to sick horror as a moth-like creature desperately pleads to him for help. Jabez soon learns that the creature that had fluttered out of the Devil’s black pocketbook is the soul of his spry mean neighbor; Miser Steven (190-191). Like Jabez, frustrated ordinary people feel dismay when bad ju .....
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Great Expectations 3
Number of words: 1075 - Number of pages: 4.... to school, teaching him various religious facts, and making him act in a way that the women find socially acceptable. Huck, who has never had to follow many rules in his life, finds the demands the women place upon him constraining and the life with them lonely. As a result, soon after he first moves in with them, he runs away. He soon comes back, but, even though he becomes somewhat comfortable with his new life as the months go by, Huck never really enjoys the life of manners, religion, and education that the Widow and her sister impose upon him. Huck believes he will find some freedom wi .....
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Supernatural Elements In Macbe
Number of words: 574 - Number of pages: 3.... this didn’t happen, Macbeth saw no other alternative than to murder King Duncan. Due to the witches’ forecasts Macbeth thought he deserved the throne, almost like it was meant to be. Macbeth’s clear thought of reasoning became clouded as his ego increased. He no longer knew the difference between right and wrong. He was being guided by supernatural powers.
It was the witches’ power that persuaded Macbeth to kill Duncan. They enabled him to see a floating dagger that lead him directly into Duncan’s chamber, where he committed the murder. As the play pro .....
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