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The Scarlet Letter

... she is thinking? She can’t get the fact out of her head that what she did was wrong and that by the puritan society she will be cast into hell. The only reasons she sees the Black Man is cause in her mind she is trying to prepare herself to meet him. Dimmesdale is going mentally insane because of the effects from guilt. He sneaks out at night to stand on the platform, but why doesn’t he confess. He is a reverend, and should be able to tell everything. That is why it is so hard for him. He is trapped between a rock and a hard space ...

Number of words: 449 | Number of pages: 2

Jack The Ripper

... political turmoil and both liberals and social reformers, also the Irish Home rule partisans tried to use the crimes for their own ends. Its hard to believe that this has only happened twelve years ago. Everyday there would be an editorial or a chronicle in the newspaper about the activities of the Ripper or the police. Many of you remember this and reading about the Ripper and know what I am talking about. The press was a big part of the whole case because we informed the public of the killings and it seemed that this was all new to ...

Number of words: 680 | Number of pages: 3

Wuthering Heights: Dark And Evil Themes

... As soon as Hindley’s father, Mr. Earnshaw adopts Heathcliff, Hindley is jealous of the love between his father and Heathcliff. This added to Hindley’s worry that he will be cheated out of his inheritance. This causes Hindley to hate Heathcliff forever. Years later, when Hindley’s father dies, Hindley becomes the master of Wuthering Heights and he becomes a tyrant (ruler) over Heathcliff. “He drove him from their company to the servants, deprived him of the instructions of the curate, and insisted that he should labour outdoors ins ...

Number of words: 823 | Number of pages: 3

The Great Gatsby: Jay Gatsby - Shattered Dreams

... blind him to reality. When he first meets Daisy Buchanan, Gatsby has “committed himself to the following of a grail” (156). With extreme dedication, he stops at nothing to win her love back, after years of separation. Everything he has done, up to this point, has been directed toward winning Daisy's favor and having her back in his life. The greatest example of this dedication is the mansion he has constructed, “a colossal affair by any standard...with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swim ...

Number of words: 790 | Number of pages: 3

Bennet's: The Executioner

... that every man fears: Revenge. The Executioner was written by the Canadian born author, Jay Bennett. The strengths and weaknesses of this report will be discussed in detail, and the plot of this murder, suspense, and horror story are revealed. The plot will be discussed, for easier comprehension of the story. This plot begins when Bruce , an 18 year old high school boy was at a bar with his best friend Raymond, and a few other friends named Ed, and Elaine. Unfortunately, Bruce got intoxicated, but still decided to drive the others hom ...

Number of words: 2166 | Number of pages: 8

Its A Jungle Out There

... come to the United States only to discover that it is a cruel, harsh world, and the land of shattered dreams. The group first goes through many difficult trials and tribulations. The first big problem faced by the group is a marriage, which costs a great deal of money. The second ordeal is a very tragic death. After these one couple buys a house that is sold to them for three times its value. The parents and other groups then move into the house. One of the characters goes into the meat packing industry and this is where we find out al ...

Number of words: 709 | Number of pages: 3

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: Power

... to each other and when one said something that they shouldn't have they write it down so it can be brought up for "therapeutic reasons", but when McMurphy came all that changed. That made the nurse furious, that was her way of keeping perfect control and power over the patients. McMurphy had complete power over the patients from when he first came in. Nobody like him had ever been in the ward before. He came in singing and laughing, something that no one had heard in a long time. He walked around the room shaking hands, introducing himsel ...

Number of words: 886 | Number of pages: 4

Animal Farm Book Report

... were Napoleon and Snowball. Napoleon was really greedy and wanted all the power to be his, so he got the animals to turn on Snowball and make him leave the farm. After Napoleon took over the pigs started disobeying the commandments that the pigs, as well as all the other animals, organized and wrote down at the beginning of their take over. Soon the pigs have disobeyed, and/or changed every law there was from the beginning, and the pigs start acting and looking like humans. After that "Animal Farm" slowly starts to loose power and ...

Number of words: 2085 | Number of pages: 8

Things Fall Apart

... society. I think that this was Achebe's goal in writing this book, to educate people about some of the struggles people have and life in traditional African societies. The title is a good choice for a title of this book. The main character, Okonkwo, did not like the way his father lived. He thought that a man should be strong and do typical male tasks. But Okonkwo's father, Unoka, did not fit mold according to Okonkwo. Okonkwo was ashamed of his father, and told himself that he would make a better life for himself and his family. Oko ...

Number of words: 1570 | Number of pages: 6

Young Goodman Brown: The Power Of Darkness

... own bed” (Hawthorne, p.641). This is an attempt to entice Brown to stay home. “She desires intimacy with her husband. He doesn’t realize that it’s a sexual life with her that he’s running away from.” (Keil, p. 41) Many newlywed men would be more than happy to put off an errand for intimacy with their wives. It appears that Brown hasn’t been able to fully adjust from his mother’s love to the physical married love. Perhaps he is shocked that Faith has sexual desires and she isn’t ashamed to let her desires be known. As she kis ...

Number of words: 1380 | Number of pages: 6

The Rime Of The Ancient Marine

... his actions. The whole cycle begins with the mariner’s crime against nature: the shooting of the albatross. In the story, the mariner betrays nature by shooting the Albatross. This action against nature is rather extreme, for he takes this thought of death lightly. The Albatross, as a representative of nature, means nothing to the Mariner. These thoughts are quickly changed, though, as Nature begins to start the punishment for his crimes commence when there is, "Water, water, everywhere nor any drop to drink." He is punished harshly ...

Number of words: 675 | Number of pages: 3

Things Fall Apart

... made these novels such important compilations of PostColonial literature. The novel, portrays racism in many different ways. The novel is told through the story of Okonkwo, a distinguished member of the Ibo society. This society has cultures and religion that has been passed down from many generations, but the culture and religion and are not able to stand up against the whites and their religion. When the missionaries first come to the village, the people, who are still secure in their own religion, are confident that the tribal villa ...

Number of words: 1711 | Number of pages: 7

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