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The Bluest Eye: Summary

... and according to everyone else, her skin makes her even "uglier." She feels she can overcome this battle of self-hatred by obtaining blue eyes, but not just any blue. She wants the bluest of the blue, the bluest eye. One of the main themes in this book is the fact that Pecola’s madness was not brought on by herself, but rather society and in particular, her family. Pecola Breedlove is an innocent little girl who, like very other young child, did not ask to be born in this cruel world. It is bad enough that practically the whole world rej ...

Number of words: 1613 | Number of pages: 6

The Jungle

... brought in that day had to be killed on the same day, plus the workers were never paid for half an hours work. This showed that the owners of these plantations were very cheap and, did not care how long people worked as long as the work was done. Finally workers had to work in harsh conditions in fact in the story on of the characters remember it being so cold that once a workers ear fell off. This showed that owners did not care about their workers but were just money hungry. Many workers had hazards to their jobs four examples of this w ...

Number of words: 598 | Number of pages: 3

Rustlers Of Panther Gap

... might as well be them! So Jake hatches a scheme. All Barney has to do is use Joe’s newest invention-the Amazing flying Solarcycle-to play detective from the Air! About a week after they had a plan and decided on what they were going to do, more trouble comes along. A couple of no good boys (the Dursley’s) start to interrupt their plans by ruining their Solarcycle and starting fights with Barney and Jake. But that won’t stop them, they decide to take off anyway. One evening after Barney had taken off with the Solarcycle and had cruised a ...

Number of words: 363 | Number of pages: 2

A Separate Peace; Chapter Summaries

... accepts the explanation because, he, and everyone else, feel sorry for the boys that will soon have to go to war. Chapter 3: The boys join The Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session. The club meets every night. Phineas and Gene open each night by jumping out of the tree. They make a new kind of war game called blitzball, in which everyone is everyone elses enemy. Phineas breaks the schools swimming record, but tells Gene not to tell anyone, he just wanted to do it for himself. Gene and Phineas of campus to the ocean to swim. Th ...

Number of words: 1546 | Number of pages: 6

Lord Of The Flies: Jack

... the book Golding indicates what Jack looks like and this is what he said. "He was tall, thin, and bony, and his hair was red. His face was crumpled and freckled, and ugly without silliness." A cruel and ugly bully, he early develops a taste for violence. He is a leader of the choir at first, and then of the hunters. His leadership resides in his ability to threaten and frighten those under him. He is always ready for a fight. His victory over Piggy represents the triumph of violence over intellect, as he smashes one of the lenses of the fat bo ...

Number of words: 629 | Number of pages: 3

Pride And Prejudice: What's Love Got To Do With It

... ability to marry well; thus after her marriage to Mr. Collins, she spends all of her time avoiding him. Charlotte knows that even though she wants to marry more than anything in the world, she does not expect love to come about; thus, she decides that it is probably even better if you don't know a thing at all about the person you are marrying. While Charlotte is speaking to Elizabeth about her sister, she expressed her opinion as to Jane Bennet's relationship towards a gentleman. She says it is probably better not to study a person becaus ...

Number of words: 714 | Number of pages: 3

Heart Of Darkness Kurtz Accord

... to the jungle and the evil within that jungle has turned him into a sick and evil man. Despite all of this Marlow maintains that “Kurtz was a remarkable man” (1480) and remains “loyal to Kurtz at the last” (1481). Marlow says this of Kurtz because he, like Kurtz, entered the Congo with what he believed to be good intentions, and even though he may see that Kurtz is doing the wrong thing he admirers him because in the end Kurtz has a revelation before his death in which he discovers himself and how horrible the dupli ...

Number of words: 745 | Number of pages: 3

The Ironies Of 1984

... are remembered ("Memory"), but it's actually an incinerator. The next example of irony comes when you learn about the departments of Government in Oceania. The Ministry of Truth is actually the maker of lies for the history books, the Ministry of Love discourages love, and the Ministry of Peace is actually quite violent. The final example of verbal Irony can be seen in the name of the leader of Oceania, "Big Brother." The concept of a big brother is one whom is older and wiser and helps the "littler siblings" -- this not the case with 198 ...

Number of words: 421 | Number of pages: 2

Mary Stewart's The Crystal Cave

... He possesses great knowledge of the arts, sciences, and magic. Merlin first met him when he was wandering the countryside with his horse, Aster. Galapas soon becomes his teacher and mentor, in spite of Merlin's already having a conventional tutor. In time, he shares all of his knowledge and wisdom with Merlin. "He taught me practical things, too; how to gather herbs and dry them to keep, how to use them for medicines, . . . poisons. He made me study the beasts and birds, . . . and-with the dead deer-I learnt about the organs and bones of th ...

Number of words: 530 | Number of pages: 2

Of Mice And Men

... this book that it will be a very sad book, not adventurous, not action packed, just a small book on how people lived during this time, and how important it is to have a friend that really loves you. This of course relates to George and Lennie. The scene I am going to describe is at the end of chapter 3 of the book. It mostly involves Lennie, Curly and George, but Slim, Candy and Carlson were there too. The setting of this scene was in the bunkhouse in the ranch where all the workers slept and lived. Steinbeck described the bunkhouse bein ...

Number of words: 1929 | Number of pages: 8

The Yellow Wall-Paper: Effect Of Oppression Of Women In Society

... a safe place for a woman's transformation and her release of self expression. However, in this story, the house is not her own and she does not want to be in it. She declares it is "haunted," and that "there is something queer about it." Although she acknowledges the beauty of the house and especially what surrounds it, she constantly goes back to her feeling that "there is something strange about the house." Her impression is like a feeling for the transformation that takes place in her self while she is there. In this way the house ...

Number of words: 867 | Number of pages: 4

Canterbury Tales 3

... When a man has complete domination over a woman, he misuses that power. In the tale, the knight raped a maiden. This situation is similar to that of the Wife of Bath and her first three husbands. She had all the power and domination over her husbands. They were constantly trying to satisfy her lust. She believed that the only way she could he happy was if she had complete sovereignty over her husbands. However, a relationship in which one member takes complete domination never results in happiness. As the wife develops, he enters into a rel ...

Number of words: 689 | Number of pages: 3

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