Get Essays On Book Reports

Home « Join Now! « Member Login « Questions « Support «

Enter Topic

» Get Book Reports Papers

Lord Of The Flies: Primal Instincts

... The boys' main interest was not establishing a civilized society with a regular tea time. Instead, they wanted to survive and have fun at the same time. While the boys were having fun, and hunting down the pigs for food, all the boys, with an exception of Ralph, Piggy, and Simon have become uncivilized savages. As the chosen leader of the boys, Ralph had to maintain his sense of order and civilization, which he has accomplished. Since the beginning of the novel, all Ralph wanted was to get rescued from the island, and go back to ...

Number of words: 1163 | Number of pages: 5

1984: Symbolism And Irony

... the government constantly monitors what one is thinking or doing, the people of this society have very little freedoms. Orwell gives the reader a view of what hazards the future may hold. Orwell’s use of literary elements, such as symbolism and irony, are very important to the plot and the theme of this novel. The symbolism in the novel helps to better explain Winston and Julia’s relationship and predicament. Inside Mr. Charington’s antique shop, Winston is intrigued by a small paperweight. It is clear glass with a small piece ...

Number of words: 530 | Number of pages: 2

Okonkwo: Overwhelmed By His Past

... seeming like his father. It was the fear of himself, lest he should be found to resemble his father. Even as a little boy he had resented his father’s failure and weakness . . . . And so Okonkwo was ruled by one passion-to hate everything that his father Unoka had loved. One of those things was gentleness and another was idleness. (13) This displays his desires to live his life differing with that of his father. In his first step to overcome his past, he believes that he is one step closer to overcoming his fear of becoming like Unoka. ...

Number of words: 1755 | Number of pages: 7

The Great Gatsby: Time As A Key Dimension To One's Life's Theme

... the process Gatsby was murdered. Nick says, "Almost five years! There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams - not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion". Gatsby's idealistic view of Daisy was, she was of pure and perfect form and after he kisses her, his ideal perfect relationship starts to decay, "...and the incarnation was complete". The incarnation meaning Daisy cannot be ideally perfect anymore now that Gatsby's with her. Daisy is not pure and perfect ...

Number of words: 643 | Number of pages: 3

Walker's Everyday Use

... daughter, represents a misconception of heritage as material. The two sisters' values concerning the quilt represent the two main approaches to art appreciation in our society. Art can be valued for financial and artistic reasons, or it can be valued for personal and emotional reasons. I think that Dee just wants the quilt to hang in her house as a souvenir to show off to her friends, she really does not know the meaning behind it. While Maggie has always known the meaning, she values them for what they mean to her as an individual. This ...

Number of words: 424 | Number of pages: 2

Great Gatsby 3

... when that voice belongs to a character who, like Nick, is an active participant in the story. When we read any work of fiction, no matter how realistic or fabulous, as readers, we undergo a "suspension of disbelief". The fictional world creates a new set of boundaries, making possible or credible events and reactions that might not commonly occur in the "real world", but which have a logic or a plausibility to them in that fictional world. In order for this to be convincing, we trust the narrator. We take on his perspective, if not ...

Number of words: 3302 | Number of pages: 13

Joyce's "A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man": A Review

... family is very important to him. His father, Simon, plays a major role in his early life, and Stephen has great respect for him. However, there are instances when Stephen is angered by his fathers' actions, and resents his statements. The growing debts incurred by Simon lead to his son's transferring to a day school. Stephens' difficulties at his former educational institution are relayed by his father, much to the chagrin of the younger Dedalus. Later in the novel, Stephen loses even more respect for his father as the fami ...

Number of words: 903 | Number of pages: 4

Of Mice And Men 5

... both sides of the controversy. Was it the right for George to shoot Lennie? One of the reasons George makes the choice of taking upon the burden of killing Lennie is because he knows Curley is out to kill him anyway. When Lennie kills Curleys wife, he knows exactly where to go, due to the fact that he did something wrong. George tells Lennie before they arrived at the ranch, "if you just happen to get in trouble like you always done before, I want you to come right here an' hide in the brush" (15). George separates from the group an ...

Number of words: 639 | Number of pages: 3

Lord Of The Flies Character An

... Piggy, when they are speaking. The fact that Jack frequently picks on Piggy is a symbol of how brawn and brutality will often overwhelm intellect (Piggy represents the intellectual part of society). Jack even goes as far as to break Piggy’s glasses, another symbol of order and society, which shows how he is going to later destruct and eventually destroy every last part of normal society that remains on the island. The second part is life and death. In this case, Jack represents death. This is first symbolized by Jack’s black c ...

Number of words: 628 | Number of pages: 3

Night: A Summary

... set up ghettos where they kept the Jews. Elie and his family were basically kept captive in this area by the Gestapo. This was just until they were to be taken away to the concentration camp in Birkenau where he was separated from his mother and sister. On their way to the camp they learned of the fire. The Nazis were burning people alive. It was like a giant crematory. They could see the blazing fire from far off in the distance.Fire meant death. The Jews of long ago following Abraham's example in the bible, would build a fire to offer an an ...

Number of words: 695 | Number of pages: 3

Hard Times: Struggle Of Fact Vs Imagination And Struggle Between Two Classes

... but also at home to his family. Thomas has brought up his children to know nothing but facts. Everything is black and white,right or wrong-- nothing in between. He discourages such fanciful motions as going to the circus or having flowered carpet. Everyone knows, one cannot have flowered carpet. One would trample all over them and they would end up dying. In Hard Times, two classes are relevant in Coketown. The upper class, which were few in numbers, are dominant over the middle class, which is larger in numbers. Stephen Blackpool repre ...

Number of words: 363 | Number of pages: 2

The Effects Of Catch 22

... to endure throughout it. He hated his two medical assistants and his bunkmate. Doc Daneeka had to fly frequently on airplanes which he detested. Doc Daneeka's two assistants failed ever to find anything wrong with him, which deeply perturbed him. The war also caused Doc Daneeka to lose his wife after his "death." The war that was imposed on Doc Daneeka ravaged his life and terminated all of his chances to become a normal, practicing doctor. Before the war arrives on Doc Daneeka's doorstep, it appears to have benefitted him. Doc Danee ...

Number of words: 1017 | Number of pages: 4

Pages: 1 ... 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 next »

Essay Categories

» Get Book Reports Papers