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Reverence

... with "physical horror". His wife got pregnant and she begged him not to have an abortion. The child was born and they named Ellen. That was the first moment in his life that led him to lose faith in the Communist ideology. The second decisive moment occurred when his daughter was seated in her high chair. He was watching her and he came to the realization that she could have been created only by design. The implication was inexorable: Design presupposed God. In his autobiography he urges his children to continue to look at the w ...

Number of words: 574 | Number of pages: 3

Definition Of Integrity

... her the right way, and she believes that by following God's moral code she will be right and just. John Proctor, Elizabeth's husband, also shows his integrity when he refuses to confess to crimes of witchcraft. Even though confessing would save his life, he won't confess to a crime he didn't commit. He knows that being dishonest isn't being loyal to his beliefs. In The Crucible, an example of not possessing integrity is also shown. Danforth, is the prime example of having no loyalty towards himselfor his beliefs. Danforth, i ...

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The Masque Of Red Death: No One Can Hide From Death

... there were improvisatori, there were ballet dancers, there were musicians, there was beauty, there was wine. All these and security were within. Without was the "Red Death" (202). Prince Prospero had the gate bolts of iron welded closed to prevent anyone else to enter or leave. "The external world could take care of itself" (202). As if being wealthy means he is not responsible for the less fortunate and only those few selected should be cared for. After the fifth or sixth month together a masquerade is planned, and in typical "Po ...

Number of words: 972 | Number of pages: 4

Into The Wild

... enraged. He had a car and couldn’t understand why his father would buy him a new one. Chris took the money that his family had left him for college and donated it to Oxfam which gives food to the hungry. This is ironic because Chris eventually died from starvation. Many people criticize McCandless for not keeping in touch with his parents and family. Chris was 22 years old. He did not have to tell his parents anything. He was doing what he wanted, not what other people wanted him to do and he was happy. They call him selfish ...

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"The Loons"

... Tonnerre built a small square cabin which was made of poplar poles and chinked with mud. He Built it about fifty years before, when he came back from Batoche with a bullet in his thigh. Jules had only intended to stay the winter in the Wachakwa Valley. The cottage on Diamond Lake had a sign on the roadway bore in austere letters name MacLead. It was a large cottage; it was on the lakefront. Everything around the cottage were ferns, and sharp-branched raspberry bushes, and moss that had grown over fallen tree trunks. Above the backdoor the ...

Number of words: 850 | Number of pages: 4

Examination Of Puritan Philosophy In Bradford's "On Plymouth Plantation"

... interpretation of events, the representation of Puritan theology in the above mentioned text, and how Puritanism forms the basis for Bradford's motivation in writing. In Bradford's text, there are numerous instances in which his beliefs affect his interpretation of what happens. In Chapter IX (nine) of "Of Plymouth Plantation", entitled "Of Their Voyage…" , he tells of a sailor "..of a lusty, able body.." who "would always be condemning the poor people in their sickness and cursing them daily….he didn't let to tell them ...

Number of words: 1755 | Number of pages: 7

“The Secret Sharer”: The Captain Narrator

... the ship. As a result, the captain narrator is alone and feels uncomfortable in his present surroundings. When the captain narrator states “ I was vexed with myself,” his discomfort is clearly shown. His lack of charisma and self confidence also hinder his personal growth. While he is on the ship, the captain narrator does not establish any authority. The members of his crew follow a set daily routine. According to Conrad, the captain narrator questions his self confidence and authority “I asked myself whether it was wise t ...

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Book Report The 13th Warrior

... Wyglif had died, and a young noble named Buliwyf was chosen to be the new leader. Then, one of Buliwyf's kin, Wulfgar entered the camp and informed Buliwyf of a dread and unnamed terror that was terrorizing his father, King Rothgar, and his kingdom. Then the Angel of Death came in, and stated that Buliwyf and 12 other men had to go help, but the 13th warrior had to be foreign. It was stated that Ibn Fadlan was to go with the Vikings on their quest to save King Rothgar's kingdom. The 12 other warriors Ibn Fadlan were traveling with were, of c ...

Number of words: 988 | Number of pages: 4

Les Miserables-the Grand Spiri

... that bad. The hunter versus the hunted. Prey versus predator. Two grand and similar spirits that cannot exist as one, bound by the constraints of misinterpreted honor and the chains of the past. Javert, born in jail, saw himself as an ostracized adolescent with but two paths open to him. He could choose either to be a policeman or a criminal. He chose to be on the right side of the law. Valjean, a peasant, spent time in jail as a young man and came out of it hating society. He believed himself to be apart from it, and chose to live i ...

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In Search Of Excellence: Review

... that the intractable, irrational, intuitive, and informal organization can be managed. For example, anyone assuming that a new manager of a Taco Bell will perform exactly as the old manager did is ridiculous. The organization of workers must adjust and adapt to the new manager's way of business. Another more main topic of the novel is the Eight Basic Principles. Their research had shown that the excellent companies had been based on the basics. The companies had to try to keep things simple. Sometimes, to a big business, it might s ...

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The Decline Of Freedom (animal

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The Jungle

... sudden wishes of their masters, who are the capitalists who own and run private industries. The Jungle starts with the marriage of Ona Lukoszaite and Jurgis Rudkus in America, which was organized by Ona's cousin Marija. The novel then flashes back to their lives in a rural Lithuanian town, and how their families, Ona's stepmother Elzbieta, and her five children, Jurgis' father, and four other adults, thought that America would be such a great place to live in and decided to move to America. The day after the wedding is over, everyone was ba ...

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