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Annotations From The Narrative

... Douglass compares a slave to a horse. It may be upsetting to the reader to see a human treated the same way as a horse. This dehumanizes the slaves in a way. The opinion was also whispered that my master was my father; but of the correctness of this opinion, I know nothing; the means of knowing was withheld from me. [Ch. 1, p. 40.] It was rumored that Captain Anthony was Frederick’s father. Clues point to this by the kindness of Captain Anthony’s daughter to Frederick or the beatings and rape of Frederick’s aunt. In any case, there was ...

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Five Days Of April: Notes

... She is Jethro's companion. Shadrach Yale Jenny's boyfriend. He would like to mary Jenny but her father will not let them get married. Eb Jethro's brother. Joins the war on the North's side. Tom Jethro's brother. Joins the war on the South's side. IV. Plot. Central Conflict: The central conflict of this book is Jethro changing from a boy to a man during the Civil War. Minor Conflicts: Eb, Jethro's brother, fights the war for ...

Number of words: 342 | Number of pages: 2

Alice In Wonderland: Summary

... There, her and her cat squeeze into the hole. She leaps down into the hole below and is now finding herself falling. She didn’t hesitate when she leaped downward. She thought it was a leap in a spirit of adventure. She has landed safely at the bottom of the hole. She hears the rabbit yelling; “Oh my ears and whiskers, im late, im late, im late!” Alice looks around in the hall that is paneled by “strange doors.” How curious she is, she does not open them. At the end of the hall she finds a glass table. On top of the t ...

Number of words: 926 | Number of pages: 4

The Deterioration Of Salem During The Witch Trials The Crucible

... of the community died so that children could protect their families' social status. Being isolated from any other group of people with different beliefs created a church led Puritan society that was not able to accept a lot of change. The church was against the devil, at the same time it was against such things as dancing and other premature acts. The reputation of the family was very important to the members of the community. When the girls were caught dancing in the woods, they lied to protect not just themselves but the r ...

Number of words: 823 | Number of pages: 3

Chekhov’s “The Bet”: Metamorphosis Of The Lawyer

... For example, while attending a party at the banker’s home, he gets involved in a discussion which has to do with the immorality of both life imprisonment and capital punishment. The lawyer demonstrates his value of life, when, given the choice between capital punishment and life imprisonment, he chooses the latter, stating, “To live anyhow is better than not at all”(160). The banker responds to this statement by proposing a wager. He bets two million dollars of his wealth that the lawyer will not be able to stay in a solitary confine ...

Number of words: 552 | Number of pages: 3

The Pearl Book Report

... good food, a new house etc. So he had to find a big pearl, a giant pearl. He had to find it soon. He was strong and his black hair hung over his brown forehead. His eyes were warm and fierce and bright and his moustache was thin and coarse. Juana: Kino´s young wife.She had dark eyes and she was always looking at him when he awakened. She was a patient, fragile wife- but Kino often wondered at the iron will in his fragile wife. She was obedient, respectful, cheerful and patient, she could arch her back in child pain with hardly a c ...

Number of words: 1423 | Number of pages: 6

Social Reform In Charles Dicke

... ideals. Thus change in an oppressing and conformist society can only be achieved through change in moral, social, and political instincts. In both novels the main character faces abuse and neglect which result in rebellion and distancing of them from the society which chooses to hold them down. In Oliver Twist, Oliver receives a great amount of abuse through the orphanage. While suffering from starvation and malnutrition for a long period of time, Oliver is chosen by the other boys at the orphanage to request more gruel at dinner. Af ...

Number of words: 885 | Number of pages: 4

Billy Budd: Perfect Character In Unjust Microcosm

... "Handsome Sailor." (THAAL, pg. 2512) Melville uses an allusion to compare the "Handsome Sailor" and the eye of the constellation Taurus. His comparison also shows that Billy, like the "Handsome Sailor," is popular. Also, the comparison with the "Handsome Sailor" shows Billy as a handsome character. A comparison is also made between Billy and a "mighty boxer or wrestler." (THAAL, pg. 2513) The author wants the reader to see that Billy has strength as well as beauty. He also goes on to make an allusion between "young Alexander", Alexander the ...

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Where The Red Fern Grows

... come through town, because he had stirred up a lot good memories for Billy. When Billy was a boy he had a major addiction to wanting a pair of hound dogs. However, as much as he wanted a pair of hounds he did not receive them. Every now and then he would hear the neighboring dogs calling treed to their masters, and their masters whooping back to them to tell the hound that they were on the way. This encouraged Billy to wanting a hound more. His dad told him one day that his grandpa wanted to see him as soon as possible. Once he got to his g ...

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Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse 5: Fate

... 5 by Kurt Vonnegut, Billy Pilgrim, the main character in the novel, is lead to believe that there is no "open book"; an individual's destiny remains predetermined and unchangeable. Upon speaking to the Tralfamadorians, aliens from another planet, they explain to Billy that his constant "time tripping",moving back and forth throughout time instantaneously, should not matter to him since his life is already predetermined. Why does it matter that you live your life in chronological order? According to the view point of the Tralfmadorian ...

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The Wages Of Whiteness: Race And The Making Of The American Working Class

... used the term anti-citizen to express this point, exhibiting that the white male working class intentions of segregating blacks from the dominant white society. Mobbing inflamed race riots that significantly hurt the black community. The white workers involved in mobbing encouraged the riots with claims of “protecting their women, from amalgamation with blacks” (page 108). The quote expresses in a basic sense; whites were not to mix with blacks. Associating with Blacks was considered inappropriate, and the whites had to protect the ...

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Eveline By James Joyce

... understandable from our point of view, but the life she lives is terrible and nothing should have stopped her from going with Frank. Eveline for sure is an insecure woman. This is shown by the way that she stays faithful to her daily predictable duties. “ She looked round the room, reviewing all its familiar objects which she had dusted once a week for so many years, wondering where on earth all the dust came from “(4) (sic). Eveline’s life is a fearful one, which resembles the dust constantly, mentioned in this story. The way objects ...

Number of words: 446 | Number of pages: 2

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