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The Pardoner's Tale: Irony

... sins. Pardoners who took money in return for forgiveness were supposed to use the the money for charity, but he, like many other Pardoner's in his time, used the money for his own satisfaction. He even admits to his greed. "And thus I preach against the very vice I make my living out of avarice."(p. 259) The Pardoner makes a mockery of the entire church by fabricating stories about his phony relics. Chaucer shows how the Church is so corrupt, that even a Pardoner who admits to his evil ways, can still cheat the people out of the ...

Number of words: 310 | Number of pages: 2

A Midsummer Nights Dream

... get thee gone, and follow me no more." In III ii, Demetrius after being juiced begins to love Helena. (III ii,line 169-173) Demetrius says, "Lysander, keep thy Hermia; I will none. If e'er I loved her, all that love is gone. My heart to her but as guest- wise sojourned, And now to Helen is it home returned, There to remain." This proves he is a fool, because he is not aware of his changing love for Helena. Helena is a fool because Demetrius does not love her but she still persists in chasing him. Demetrius shows no love for Helena. (II i,lin ...

Number of words: 739 | Number of pages: 3

One Flew Over Cuckoos Nest

... the Chief. He struggled with society, remembering everyday, every minute that he was also living for Mac. By contrast, the twenty years of ward life were comparatively short. In a way, a manipulated life was an easy life. Five years of hard work had finally paid off. Now he had a stable job, a place to live, a normal life. Without Mac, I would be in that EST room pretending to be deaf and dumb day after day. Mac changed me, everything¡ everyone¡ Sometimes I wonder about Harding and Martini. How are they doing now? Maybe I should go ...

Number of words: 1115 | Number of pages: 5

Wuthering Heights: Heathcliff's Love For Catherine

... with her. After Hindley became the master of Wuthering Heights, he flogged Heathcliff like a slave. Although Heathcliff could have simply run away, his decision to endure the physical pains shows his unrelenting devotion to Catherine. Fortunately, Catherine feels as deeply for Heathcliff as he does for her, explaining to Nelly that "Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same…" Their love for each other is so passionate that they can not possibly live apart. At Catherine's death, Heathcliff hopes that she will not rest, but wil ...

Number of words: 1028 | Number of pages: 4

Brave New Worlds Social Outcas

... character still relevant in today’s culture. He is an archetype of those that are looked down upon as different. He signifies those that look and/or think uniquely. Bernard is the outcast who longs to belong. Bernard is pretty high up in the social system in Brave New World. He is an Alpha Plus at the top of the caste system and he works in the Psychology Bureau as a specialist on hypnopaedia. Bernard, though, is flawed according to his culture on the inside and out. “’He’s so ugly!’…’And then ...

Number of words: 718 | Number of pages: 3

Antov Chekhov's "Misery": All Gray

... of wet snow are whirling lazily about the street lamps, which have just been lighted, and lying in a thin soft layer on the roofs, horses' backs, shoulders, caps." (30) The picture portrayed is that of dull, gloomy, sludge and gray ash covering all of the surrounding areas. " The familiar gray landscape." (30) The dis-pair and loneliness that Iona feels are sorrow. "May it do you good . . . But my son is dead, mate . . . Do you hear?" (33). Iona desperately wants to tell about his sons' death, and how it is affecting him. "He wants to t ...

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Coming Of Age In Mississippi: Anne Moody

... shaped by society's views and fights against those views to be seen as an equal and not an inferior. Anne Moody was raised in the rural Mississippi towns of Centreville, an extremely racist town in the south. Her parents were plantation farmers that were extremely poor and when her father left her mother Anne and her family was much worse off. Her mother moved around a little and had very little money. Anne's childhood consisted of meals of beans and bread and poor clothes. As a child she is not immediately too aware of the difference in ...

Number of words: 607 | Number of pages: 3

The Killer Angels

... moves back and forth from the North and South perspective. Shaara portrays the terrible butchery of the three days' fighting through the vividly ren-dered thoughts and emotions of men such as General Robert E. Lee, Major General John Buford from the South and from the North, Brigadier General Lewis Armistead, and Colonel Joshua Chamberlain. This is a tremendously moving novel, guaranteed unforget-table. The book instills in one's mind what a battle fought during the Civil War was actu-ally like to be apart of for the soldiers. The setting ...

Number of words: 579 | Number of pages: 3

Jurrasic Park

... Dennis Nedry, is secretly planning to steal dinosaur embryos from the park and sell them to a company that is trying to compete with Hammond. The only way Nedry can obtain these embryos is to immobilize the park by interrupting the parks normal function, so that he could sneak in and steal the embryos. This all takes place while the visitors are out in the park touring, and in the mist of a terrible storm. After Nedry has executed a virus in order to steal the embryos the storm hits, and the park power goes out. As the power goes out the ...

Number of words: 518 | Number of pages: 2

Faust: Book Review

... Mephisto is going to take Faust from him. Faust is sitting in his study most of the poem. He looks up information to gain more knowledge. When he is looking one day through his study he notices a book that he has never seen before. Faust takes it out and examines it and finds out it is a book of spells, With this spell book he calls on Mephisto. Faust finds out that Mephisto never wants to say his name just describe his great power and plans that he can give Faust. Mephisto fails the first time to get Faust to give in. He comes back the next d ...

Number of words: 586 | Number of pages: 3

Body For Life

... and everyone, ages 18 and up, who want to change the way they feel, think, and live! 6. The purpose of this diet is to help people attain the body that they always wished for. It’s meant to help lose weight in a healthy fashion, while incorporating another helpful weight-loss method, physical activity. This type of diet incorporates working out as well as balanced healthy nutrition. 7. The main principle of the Diet is consuming portions of healthy foods, instead of having the burden of counting calories, and weighing foods. Participants ea ...

Number of words: 1248 | Number of pages: 5

I Am Joaquin Vs. The First Sev

... of the families in these works and each version of the American Dream are based on the same ideals, but involve different methods. “The First Seven Years” and “I am Joaquin” express the same versions of the American Dream in terms of what is wanted. The idea of both works is a better life for the future generations of the families. Both selections also make it clear that the people involved desire a relief of what has been done for many years. “I am Joaquin” tells of a work with “no end”. The ...

Number of words: 684 | Number of pages: 3

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