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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

... he is put into a life that makes him very uncomfortable. He has to do what he is told, and is restricted from the fun he used to have. He escapes from this life style to become independent again. When Huckleberry first moves into his new home with the Widow Douglas, he first begins to realize what the meaning of restriction is. Huckleberry is forced to go to school, church, do his studies, keep his room clean, brush his teeth, and even go to bed at a certain hour. Huckleberry knew when Widow Douglas spoke he had better listen, or there w ...

Number of words: 1054 | Number of pages: 4

Prophecy In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

... it into our daily lives? Bradbury presents a number of examples that demonstrate degeneration in simple aspects of life such as relationships and compassion. The very factors that make us "human" seem to be the elements attacked in this future society. In his novel, Bradbury claims that technological growth has managed, by suppressing creativity, to rob society of its humanity. Bradbury provides many examples that lead the reader to believe that there has been a serious depletion of family values in Montag's society. The most provocative ...

Number of words: 922 | Number of pages: 4

Things Fall Apart

... opposites. Mr. Brown was “very firm in restraining his flock from the clan” (pg. 178) and learned from talking to those within the group that “a frontal attack on the clan would not succeed” (pg.181). Because of this insight he gained great respect with many of the high officials. Once he was even “presented with a carved elephant tusk, which was a sign of great dignity and rank” (pg.179) by Akunna. With this earned admiration he was able to open not only a town store, but a hospital and a school as well. He pleaded for the clan to ...

Number of words: 693 | Number of pages: 3

Animal Farm: Struggle For Power

... would allow all animals to become free and equal. Old Major continues to say that all animals should never come to resemble man. All the animals live in harmony with this ideals system, until the pigs on the farm grow greedy, and change the rules so that they are not “breaking them” but in all actuality, they are breaking the concept of Animalism. This leads to problems with the whole society. In the end, there is the inevitable struggle for power that results in many different changes. The story takes place on what was originally ca ...

Number of words: 680 | Number of pages: 3

Sea Wolf

... a very comfortable job, and very soft skin showing how soft his life had been. He had barely any muscles and lived a very pampered living. He was a gentleman and very proper. Being proper, he was very intelligent and had a very extensive vocabulary. He seemed very surprised when he realized Wolf and he both shared some vocabulary words and meanings. Hump wasn't used to living on a boat, but he soon learned to live on one. He became accepted on the boat with the crew. Wolf and Hump were very different people with few similarities. ...

Number of words: 580 | Number of pages: 3

The Scarlet Letter: An Analysis Of The Characters

... the beginning of Hawthorne's novel, we are introduced to Hester Prynne, who has been condemned for adultery. Through this sin, she has a child named Pearl. The bigger controversy though, is who is Hester's "partner in crime." But for seven years, Hester does not reveal it to anyone, not even her husband, Roger Prynne, who comes to town the day she is brought up on the scaffold. Prynne is not happy about finding his wife convicted of being an adulteress. He feels that the other guilty party should be up on the scaffold with her. His de ...

Number of words: 1504 | Number of pages: 6

Madame Bovary: Emma's Desire To Control Her Surroundings

... left her feeling different than everyone else. She was like the peacocks in her farm, which were out of place in a commoners’ farm. “A large dunghill extended along the buildings; liquid manure oozed from it and, among the hens and turkeys, five or six peacocks, considered luxuries in Caux farmyards, were foraging on top” (Flaubert 37). To escape from this lifestyle, she went to a convent, where she created many of her illusions. She and the other girls would go to an old maid to hear fantastic stories about “love, lovers, mistress ...

Number of words: 2807 | Number of pages: 11

My Antiona

... distance to meet each other. As immigrants, the Shimerdas were not very wealthy and getting on their feet was difficult. They were cheated into buying their home for more than it should have cost. The family got by on what they had, but ended up needing help from outside families. Mrs. Shimerda ended up getting many useful tools for their home from Mrs. Burden. The first major hardship the Shimerdas faced was the death of Mr. Shimerda. He shot himself in the mouth and committed suicide. This hurt the family tremendously. Antonia was given t ...

Number of words: 834 | Number of pages: 4

Gullivers Travels And Robinson Crusoe: Characters Resemble Trained Soldiers

... in the actions of Robinson Crusoe who insists on always one step ahead of his opponent, wether it be an enemy, nature or himself. Robinson Crusoe is the know all, does all type of person. He becomes stranded on a desolate island and does whatever is necessary to survive. After being on the island for several years Crusoe learns to adapt to his surroundings (an important feature in becoming a good soldier) and lives with what he has. In the 17th century, the Catholic reform was sweeping through many parts of Europe. The period from 1 ...

Number of words: 1402 | Number of pages: 6

Summary Of "Of Mice And Men"

... for a drink and a rest at a little at a watering hole (the Salinas River actually). At this point we discover that Lennie has a weakness for soft things.. i.e mice and this had caused them to be ran out of Weed, a town upstate, after Lennie had grab the hold of a womans dress and refused to let go. The woman then thought she was being attacked and the townsfolk sent a lynch mob after George and Lennie. They managed to escpae after hiding in a drain pipe that whole day. This incident greatly angers George because it lost them their job a ...

Number of words: 1285 | Number of pages: 5

Official Netscape Guide To Internet Research, Second Edition

... the text has been rewritten to include new links and resources and includes expanded coverage of plug-ins and helper applications. The bad news is there are some glaring copy editing errors throughout the text- such as on page 3--the first page of Chapter 1. Here, in the first paragraph, there are two obvious typos in the text. Chalk it up to careless copy editing--some of it possibly due to the transition between Ventana and Coriolis. Not the authors' faults, but unfortunately, it detracts from the book. I found it annoying, at any rate. ...

Number of words: 975 | Number of pages: 4

Flowers For Algernon

... and happy guy. In the middle, though, he almost turns into a new character, except for the frequent reminders of how he used to be, in the form of flashbacks to his childhood and other emotionally blocked parts of his mind. He gets a new awareness of himself and others. He also makes the realization that some people he had put on a pedestal are not as good as they seem. He also starts to think about romance. Miss Kinnian, or Alice as he later in the book calls her, is Charlie’s night school teacher and then a romantic ...

Number of words: 863 | Number of pages: 4

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