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Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde

... a lawyer and a friend of Dr. Jekyll's, finds something peculiar about Dr. Jekyll and decides to keep a close watch on him. One day the potion stops working for Dr. Jekyll and he can't turn back into himself , he stays in the body of Mr. Hyde, the dreadful, ugly, little midget whom nobody likes. He decides to hide in his study upstairs and tells his servants that he is really sick and contagious and tells them to stay away from the study where hopefully nobody will see him. The only source of communication is the notes he writes to hi ...

Number of words: 816 | Number of pages: 3

The Pearl Greed And Its Abunda

... service.” In The Pearl, covetousness was represented as damaging to the inhabitants. The population concentrated on the gratification the pearl would produce for them, albeit the pearl wasn’t theirs. Conclusively, it solitarily begets their despondency, subsequently restoring the usual lifestyle, unfortunately for them. Kino’s destiny was much demoralizing, in the actuality that his whole life was contaminated by the meager existence of the treasure. The decease of his son, and the tension between Juana, his wife, and ...

Number of words: 775 | Number of pages: 3

Book Report, Reinventing Government

... be able to “do more with less,” government can become more efficient if it learns to behave more entrepreneurially and less bureaucratically. The authors present the argument that the structure of this country’s 100-year-old government bureaucracy was well-intentioned in its development—to combat corruption and control the internal workings of government—it has outlived its usefulness. They claim that the development of the bureaucracy cleaned up much of the corruption, but, “like a howitzer brought out to shoot ants, it left us ...

Number of words: 1244 | Number of pages: 5

Yarmouth,england

... of several rivers, which was important for its economy. All of the rivers flow into a big estuary, which then flowed into the ocean. Two main features of Yarmouth, were its port and marketplace. Another major function of this town is silting, which developed from a huge sandbank formed over a long period of time. The sandbank became strong enough to become a place for the salting and smoking of Herring, and a great dock for boats. This attracted many fisherman from all over the continent, including the Clique Port fishermen. After awhile ...

Number of words: 1563 | Number of pages: 6

Animal Farm

... his readers a very important lesson, "Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely"(Lord Acton). Despite the fact that Orwell wrote his book to parallel Soviet communism, his intention was not only to produce a satire on Russia, but to also teach humanity a lesson about human nature. Power should never be in the hands of one singular person or group of persons. Notwithstanding anyone’s good intentions when they take over the reins of society and are prepared to govern it; if power is unchecked, the one person who has absolute p ...

Number of words: 1566 | Number of pages: 6

John Dos Passos' Manhattan Transfer

... groups such as the Klu Klux Klan (K.K.K) flourished. The unemployed blamed the immigrants for their problems, they thought that it was they who were taking away their jobs. To relieve such anger people in groups like the K.K.K went out and attacked innocent immigrants often killing them. If one were black things were even worse. There were many laws that separated them from white men and made their lives very difficult. They were constantly beaten by white men and found getting jobs very hard. As well people became firebugs and often burned ...

Number of words: 1292 | Number of pages: 5

To The Lighthouse 2

... though Mr. Ramsay frequently scolds and denounces Mrs. Ramsay, he still seeks happiness and comfort for his wife. For example, after Mrs. Ramsay lies to James about the next day's weather, "He [Mr. Ramsay] stamped his foot on the stone step. 'Damn you,' he said." (31) Mr. Ramsay devastates his wife's emotions. Because of a little lie, the temperamental Mr. Ramsay hurts, if not kills, Mrs. Ramsay's emotions. Still, right after the incident, Mr. Ramsay self-reflects and "[he was] ashamed of that petulance [that he brought to his wife]." (32 ...

Number of words: 696 | Number of pages: 3

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: Symbols

... the society that we love so much is not as good as it is made out to be. Kesey establishes this theme through the brilliant manipulation of setting. Kesey uses the specific setting of a fictional mental asylum to represent the non-specific realities of the real world. The literary term for such a technique is the use of a "microcosm" - a small universe representative of a larger one. Kesey uses the environment of the mental asylum to demonstrate just how hypocritical society can be. As aforementioned, Kesey utilizes many symbols that repres ...

Number of words: 1543 | Number of pages: 6

A Stranger Is Watching

... Steve's son, Neil was never the same after this tragedy.When a new women,Sharon comes into Steve's life,Neil rejects her.Neil thinks that if Sharon and his father get married ,his father will send him away.When Neil and Sharon are held hostage together, Neil's feelings for Sharon change;he begins to see her as a nice person and a motherlike figure.I felt the author built this relationship up well so that the story would have a happy ending. I also like how the author made the character traits of the protagonist completely conflict with ...

Number of words: 559 | Number of pages: 3

Lord Of The Flies

... Ralph and Piggy meet each other in a thick jungle and discover that they crashed in an airplane and are stranded. They also learn that there are no adults present on the island and that none of the adults survived the crash. As they approach a beach, they find an enormous conch shell. Piggy gives the conch a little toot and summons the rest of the boys on the island to the beach. The boys assemble and elect Ralph as the leader. Ralph then assigns the Choir, led by Jack, to be the hunters. Then Jack, Ralph, and Simon set out to explore ...

Number of words: 1200 | Number of pages: 5

Like Water For Chocolate: Family Relationships

... that their family relationship worked out. “Eriko raised Yuichi a woman alone.” Eriko had been taking care of domestic duties and also had ran a nightclub for financial matters by herself, so basically, she played a dual role of mother and father of typical traditional family. “ I learned it raising Yuichi.” “If a person wants to stand on her own two feet, I recommend undertaking the care and feeding of something. It could be children.” “By doing that you come to understand your own limitations.” Yuichi’s role was to be f ...

Number of words: 698 | Number of pages: 3

A Dolls House 2

... character. Krogstad, Dr. Rank and Mrs. Linde have all had a long-standing relationship with the Helmer family, but neither character can provide Nora with a completely reassuring path to follow. She must discover this for herself, as they can only help to point her in another direction other than the one that Torvald has. Nils Krogstad is in fear of losing his job at the bank. He will stop at nothing in order to retain his position, as he has struggled relentlessly to get to where he is now. Krogstad was guilty of committing the sam ...

Number of words: 1033 | Number of pages: 4

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