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A Medieval Contest Between The

... Tolkien’s Fellowship which consists of Gandalf, Legolas of the Elves, Gimli of the Dwarves, Aragorn and Boromin of the humans and four hobbits, Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin. This Fellowship is like the Round Table of King Arthur. Sir Thomas Malory in his Le Morte d’Arthur shows this Round Table as a military group loyal not only to their King but to one another. King Arthur is given the Round Table as a wedding gift by Gwynevere’s father. It consists of one hundred knights. Often the knights join together to defend ...

Number of words: 2421 | Number of pages: 9

Character Analysis: Catherine Morland

... on her own. She needs to be taught something before she knows it. Sometimes she still doesn't learn because her mind tends to wander a bit. Catherine is quite fond as books so long as they are far from educational. She has a high amount of creativity however learning is not something she is fond of. She loves books that have a mystery to them. Along with fantasy novels, Catherine feels she would be fond of music lessons. She tries them for one year and of course does not like them. Her mother is not one to hold her child to something they d ...

Number of words: 783 | Number of pages: 3

Lord Of The Flies: Creative Story

... boys are stranded on a deserted island. Suddenly the troop of scouts turn to me for help. I start saying, "First, we all need to make tents to sleep in so everyone would have there own privacy and shelter. Next, to make some bonfires for warmth and in hopes of passing ships seeing it. I will send out a bunch of people to find food, good sleeping grounds, and high hills good for fires. Then set up posts so that people could watch out for passing ships. We can ration the food and everyone's belongings because there's no telling how long ...

Number of words: 280 | Number of pages: 2

A Stranger Is Watching

... find out that Steve's son, Neil was never the same after this tragedy.When a new women,Sharon comes into Steve's life,Neil rejects her.Neil thinks that if Sharon and his father get married ,his father will send him away.When Neil and Sharon are held hostage together, Neil's feelings for Sharon change;he begins to see her as a nice person and a motherlike figure.I felt the author built this relationship up well so that the story would have a happy ending. I also like how the author made the character traits of the protagonist completely co ...

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A Review Of Dumas' "The Count Of Monte-Cristo"

... of Alexander Dumas's molds. His unique characteristics are the key ingredients of this great literary work. The Count of Monte-Cristo is a breath-taking experience. It is a dramatic tale filled with mystery and intrigue. Edmond Dantes profile illustrates the mutation of a fundamentally good human being into a narrow minded, vindictive man. He embarked upon life as a simple sailor from a poor fishing village. A loyal, dedicated, and hard working young man Edmond set sail in 1813. He returned two years later as the appointed caption of t ...

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Lord Of The Flies: Animal Instinct

... the Pacific. Piggy was a nonathletic, fat child with glasses and asthma. He was the child who was least effected by the evil inside of himself. Piggy was also the most intelligent child on the island, and this intelligence is what kept him from giving in to his evil. This intelligence was also thought by Jack to be a threat. Piggy lived in fear of Jack because he knew what type of person he was and that he could not be trusted. On page 93 Piggy expresses his fears by telling Ralph, “ I'm scared of him and that is why I know him. If y ...

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The Good Earth: Wang Lung's Character

... portray the trials and tribulations of their life in a time when a persons livelihood came from the earth. From the earth, Wang Lung receives wealth, food, and prosperity. The earth also brought him dispair through natural disasters, but the earth remained his sole source of innerpeace. Wang Lung was sometimes caring and sometimes insensitive, but he always followed tradition. Wang Lung was a caring and compassionate man with a strong sense of family and adaptation to simple life. For example, Wang Lung showed extreme respect and apprecia ...

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Gimpel The Fool: Golde Vs. Elka

... ‘yes’ or a flat ‘no’-Go back where you came from” (Singer 7). Tevye was the man in their household. When he told Golde to put up the samovar for tea, or set a place at the table for a guest, she did it without question. Not to say, that Golde was a pushover. She was able to put Tevye in his place when necessary, and she was not scared to do it. When he would carry on, quoting the bible, she would get fed up and say, “Spare us your bible!” (Aleichem 42) This would quiet him immediately. Where Golde would silence Tevye ...

Number of words: 1236 | Number of pages: 5

Moby Dick

... gives a description of Ishmael’s character and most important of his most personal feelings, which I feel are the bases of the novel. In this quote Melville describes Ishmael’s depression and emptiness. This is stated in the phrase "whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul." In this phrase Ishmael’s feelings sadness and depression in his soul, are lowering his self-esteem, showing his resentment for life, civilization, and everything that surrounds him. Ishmael’s resentment towards life its self brings about his feelin ...

Number of words: 507 | Number of pages: 2

Heart Of Darkness: The Journey Into The Soul

... or spirit. The atmosphere aids in revealing the journey to find one's soul. The setting, "took in the forest, the creek, the mud, the river-seemed to beckon with a dishonoring flourish before the sunlit face of land a treacherous appeal to the lurking death, to the hidden evil, to the profound darkness of its heart." Conrad 54 Conrad does not even mention their exact location which is very peculiar. The main river was described in the form a snake. A snake can be looked at from many points of views, mythological, biblical, literal and metap ...

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Amy Foster By Joseph Conrad An

... that she finds she is incapable of joining Yanko on an earthly plane as Joseph Campbell describes (page 159). Whatever the reasons may be, Amy refuses to aid Yanko in his time of need, resulting in Yanko's death. There is a great change of heart from Amy's first compassion for Yanko to her nonchalance of his death. However, the results may have only been a product of the different levels of love felt by Amy for Yanko. The general population of Brenzett treats Yanko an escaped lunatic when he is first spotted in the seaside town. He is whip ...

Number of words: 997 | Number of pages: 4

A Modest Proposal: A Different Version

... which we have placed across our desks. Once this repetitive classroom sequence of events happens, as is often the case within Jesuit Prep, we are swept away to our own mental classroom of deep sleep. This deep sleep is a common occurrence at Jesuit Prep. Yet, every time the teachers bore us to sleep, our future is hurt by our loss of vital information to help us continue through High School College. As humbly as I may, I propose to solve this problem and help the students of Jesuit Prep enjoy these classrooms of boredom. This proposal, de ...

Number of words: 1024 | Number of pages: 4

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