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Around The World In Eighty Days: Summary

... Fogg around the world because he suspected that Mr. Fogg was a bank robber. Aouda, a Parsee woman who was saved from a Setee by Fogg and Passepartout. The antagonist of the novel was time, Mr. Fogg was pressured to arrive back in London within 80 days or otherwise lose his fortune. My favorite character in the novel is Passepartout. Passepartout was an innocent Frenchman that just after being hired as Mr. Fogg's servant was told to pack for a trip around the world. Throughout the entire novel the reader is informed of all the peculia ...

Number of words: 573 | Number of pages: 3

The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse

... one" "carries a sword." He "was given the power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other." The third rider is on a black horse which "could indicate dried up vegetation or even burned vegetation." He came with scales that weigh food. The scales symbolize "injustice" because he will only affect the poor. He has the power to drought the earth. The fourth rider on a "sickly yellow-green" horse "like a dead person" sums up the work of the other three i.e. kill by sword, famine and plaque, and by the wild beast of the earth. Ha ...

Number of words: 323 | Number of pages: 2

A Separate Peace: Antagonists And Gene

... Finny talk me into things like this?” (Pg. 9) Gene is obviously too shy and won’t speak up for himself. It’s hard for him to mature and become his own person, because part of being mature is making your own decisions. Then Finny makes Gene get involved with athletics which takes time away from Gene’s school work, and doesn’t allow Gene to mature by doing what he was already good at. Finny also affects Gene’s decision to enlist in World War II. When Finny found out about Gene joining the war he wasn’t supportive of his de ...

Number of words: 629 | Number of pages: 3

Memory And Imagination: A Review

... draft is like meeting someone for the first time. Which I think is true. In the beginning of the essay, she says that Sister Olive Marie’s grandfather invented the collapsible opera hat. Later on she says that it was not Olive but a girl who she named Mary Katherine Reilly. She was a girl whom she had played the piano in duets with her. The reason she remembers this is because in a way she envied that girl. She did not feel like her family had anything special. “ ... I had nothing as remarkable in my own background? “(248). We remember ...

Number of words: 733 | Number of pages: 3

Citizen Soldiers: A Comparison

... ultimately ties into the history of the United States and Europe, by taking first person accounts of the war and combining them with military facts surrounding World War II. Ambrose's war novel is based upon the numerous letters, stories, and interviews of the American soldiers who fought in World War II. The reader is taken from the D-Day invasion of Normandy, to the eventual surrender by the Nazis, and all in between. While there is little in the way of main plot or story to this book, there is indeed an overall message that the book c ...

Number of words: 1847 | Number of pages: 7

Ivan Denisovich

... physical, and moral strength throughout this book. I believe this alone makes him a hero. In analyzing Shukhov’s thoughts throughout his day in the concentration camp it is very clear to me just how emotionally strong he really is. Shukhov has been in this camp for so long, doing forced labor every day. He has grown a custom to working in freezing weather and eating nothing but bread and gruel. Deep down it seems Shukhov never really expects to get out of the camp, but yet he still maintains hope and keeps a very strong personality. ...

Number of words: 631 | Number of pages: 3

Scarlet Letter 3

... Hawthorne uses the forest to provide a kind of ‘shelter’ for members of society in need of a refuge from daily Puritan life. In the deep, dark portions of the forest, many of the pivotal characters bring forth hidden thoughts and emotions. The forest track leads away from the settlement out into the wilderness where all signs of civilization vanish. This secluded trail is the escape route from strict mandates of law and religion to a refuge where men, as well as women, are able to open up and be themselves. It is here [the fore ...

Number of words: 1293 | Number of pages: 5

Book Report On A Tale Of Two C

... calm, even though he is about to be killed. Sydney is holding the hand of a young girl who is given no name other than a "poor little seamstress". Sydney and the seamstress, who are both being wrongfully killed, comfort each other just before they reach the guillotine, and they seem to have an instant romantic connection with each other. I loved this scene because it showed that Sydney Carton had finally found someone who could love him, as he could love them, but it saddened me that he had found her just before their deaths. Anoth ...

Number of words: 1899 | Number of pages: 7

Color Symbolism In The Scarlet

... like her sin, is something she must always deal with and is something she can never escape. Pearl, the product of Hestor's sin, is usually dressed in red clothing, representing the sin. Pearl is also called the names "Ruby," "Coral," or "red Rose," and "a little bird of scarlet plumage," further extending Pearl as a red representation of Hestor's sin. Red is employed by Hawthorne to show passion and sensuality. The sin is also represented by the letter "A" being formed in the sky by meteors, and an "A" appearing on Reverend Dimmesdal ...

Number of words: 579 | Number of pages: 3

The Great Gatsby: Daisy's Love

... not ready to go though what she feels she must do to continue the life that she has grown to know. She tells that she only married Tom Buchanan for the security he offered and love had little to do with the issue. Before her wedding, Jordan Baker finds Daisy in her hotel room, "groping around in the waste-basket she had with her on the bed and pull[ing] out [a] string of pearls. "Take 'em down-stairs and give 'em back.... Tell 'em all Daisy's change' her mine... She began to cry - she cried and cried... we locked the door and got h ...

Number of words: 1253 | Number of pages: 5

To Kill A Mockingbird

... is when Mrs. Dubose said, “Your father’s [Atticus] no better than the niggers and trash he works for!” He was constantly persecuted for his decisions, which made him work even harder at winning the case. Even though his family was made fun of, he stuck with his choice and worked the hardest he could to ignore the threats and harassment. He did very well to ignore all the abuse and was greatly respected after the trial was over. Blacks, because they were considered inferior, were expected to do everything for whites. Everything had to be ...

Number of words: 563 | Number of pages: 3

Dr. Jekyll And Mr Hyde

... each other on Sundays no matter what else they might have to do. As they walk down a lane on Sunday that would usually be crowded with merchants and children during the week, Enfield points out an old building without many windows, and only a basement door. Enfield tells a story of how, one night at about 3:00 am, he saw a strange, deformed man round the corner and bump into a young girl. The strange man did not stop but simply walked right over the young girl, who cried out in terror. Enfield rushed over and attended the girl along with her ...

Number of words: 2582 | Number of pages: 10

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