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The Queen Of Spades: An Analysis

... in Russia. During a card game Hermann, the protagonist, learns from a fellow comrade, Tomsky, that his grandmother the Countess Fedotovna knows a secret that can make Hermann a very wealthy man. The secret being that three cards can make him the fortune he needs to sustain him for the rest of his life. Realizing the opportunity for untold fortune, Hermann proceeds in putting together a plan to befriend Lisaveta Ivanovna, the Countess’ servant girl, in hopes in gaining this secret. They arrange to meet in the late of night, but instead ...

Number of words: 642 | Number of pages: 3

Handmaids Tale Vs. Fire Dwelle

... is sexually repressed, and is founded by religious extremists. Women are only used to produce children, and have no rights at all in the new world of Gilead. In the book The Fire Dwellers by Margaret Laurence our main character Stacey MacAindra has been thrown into a life of responsibility. She has an uncommunicative husband who means well, but shows her no love. And four children who she feels are being ruined by her every action. She feels that life has much more to offer than the tediousness of every day routine. The nature of Of ...

Number of words: 2033 | Number of pages: 8

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: An Analysis

... to resist. Nurse Ratched is a mean woman whose job revolves around control. She depends on people who are less fortunate than her to make a living. Her need to control others is an unfortunate trait that she has because it makes people unable to think for themselves and it also leads to destruction. One example of this is when Nurse Ratched caught one of the patients (Billy Bibbit) with a woman. The nurse feeling the need to control Billy threatened to tell his mother. Billy begged Nurse Ratched not to tell her but when his requests were ...

Number of words: 842 | Number of pages: 4

Analysis Of The Red Scare

... objectors during that period of time. It is this hysteria which would find itself repeated several decades later in history when Senator Joeseph R. Macarthy accused high government officials and high standing military officers of being communist. Undoubtedly the most important topic of an investigation into a historical occurrence is its inception. What caused the Red Scare? At the heart of the Red Scare was the conscription law of May 18, 1917, which was put in place during World War I for the armed forces to be able to conscrip ...

Number of words: 2344 | Number of pages: 9

Scarlet Letter - Pearl

... This isolation leads to an unspoken detachment and hatred between her and the other Puritan children. Thus we see how Pearl is conceived through sin, and how she suffers when her mother and the community situate this deed upon her like the scarlet letter on her mother's bosom. Pearl is thought of being an evil child with demon like qualities, yet she is spirited and very loving towards her mother. Hester Prynn constantly questions Pearl's existence and purpose asking God, "what is this being which I have brought into the world, evil?" or i ...

Number of words: 843 | Number of pages: 4

The Catcher In The Rye: Chapter By Chapter Summary

... they had something that he had done before in another school. Mr. Spencer asks Holden to give him the exam paper on top of his chiffonier. He reads the paper out loud to Holden and after that he gives Holden lots of advice, but Holden gets away from Mr. Spencer by telling he still has to go to the gym, which is a lie. Chapter 3 --------- Holden thinks by himself that he is a really terrific liar, and notices that this is actually pretty awful. He returns to his school, Pencey Prep. When he's in his room, in the Ossenburger Memorial ...

Number of words: 3237 | Number of pages: 12

The Killer Angels (Gettysburg)

... or power. It was a war to set other men free. After the battle began, Sergeant Tom Chamberlain asked a group of prisoners why they were fighting. They gave no answer, but asked him the same question. Sergeant Chamberlain answered, “To free the slaves, of course.” The South, however, was against freeing the slaves. The entire Civil War, whether the people were for or against the idea, was about freedom. The Killer Angels was informative, very fascinating and I liked it. I liked the book because I learned many things from it. I’d never tho ...

Number of words: 816 | Number of pages: 3

Machismo In One Hundred Years

... authoritarianism has slowly been giving way to democracy, Latin America has indefinately been marred by decades of despotic rule and swaggering, fornicating, testosterone-loaded men. Latin America's frightening history has been beautifully delineated be Gabriel Garcia Marquez. In using the tainted image of the Latin American male as their vehicle, this essay will deal with specific ills Marquez was concerned about in his respective country: the tragic results of machismo. Authoritarianism, or perhaps one of its greatest bi-products, ma ...

Number of words: 1131 | Number of pages: 5

Lord Of The Flies: Man Is Savage At Heart

... boys of different backgrounds who are marooned on an unknown island when their plane crashes. As the boys try to organize and formulate a plan to get rescued, they begin to separate and as a result of the dissension a band of savage tribal hunters is formed. Eventually the "stranded boys in Lord of the Flies almost entirely shake off civilized behavior: (Riley 1: 119). When the confusion finally leads to a manhunt [for Ralph], the reader realizes that despite the strong sense of British character and civility that has been instilled in t ...

Number of words: 1045 | Number of pages: 4

The Portrayal Of Women In The Novels "One Hundred Years Of Solitude" By Gabriel Marquez And "The House Of The Spirits" By Isabel Allende

... of conviction, as seen with Nivea, and also through commercial enterprise as seen with Transito Soto. These women represent Allende's own brand of feminism Furthermore those women who except a traditional role of subservience and remain staunch in their conservatism are shown to finish their days alone and mostly forgotten as is seen with Ferula and Nana. As the novels were set in first half of the twentieth century in Latin America, the role of women in the social hierarchy of this backdrop is worthy of consideration. This was a patriarc ...

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In Cold Blood: A Review

... that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, but not before the reader gets to know Dick and Perry almost to well at times. While reading Truman Capote's nonfiction novel, "In Cold Blood," Capote's presentation of the facts surrounding the murders of an obscure Kansas farmer and three of his family members becomes almost frightening. At many times, the author of this paper was left wondering why this book was having such an effect on him and why it seemed so realistic to him. Initially, one may think the a ...

Number of words: 1339 | Number of pages: 5

The Chosen: Chaim Potok's Look Into Human Nature

... to happen to a boy, but Reuven and Danny are brought together by this unfortunate incident and develop a strong and rewarding friendship. This friendship of course has its ups and downs, but overall proves to be an invaluable learning experience to both young men. Danny is forced to endure an awkward and possibly cruel situation for the majority of his formative years. Danny's father never speaks with him. With the exception of Talmud discussions and Danny's baseball team idea, Danny and his father never speak. This situation causes Dann ...

Number of words: 440 | Number of pages: 2

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