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Tom Sawyer

... tried to trade some of his possessions for a few hours of freedom he had a stroke of genius, instead of him paying people to work for him, he made people pay him to paint. Tom managed this by telling people that it isn't every day that you get a chance to paint a fence and he thought it was fun. He had people begging him to paint by the time that he was finished his story. He would have taken every boy in the town's wealth if he had not run out of paint. On June 17th about the hour of midnight, Tom and his best friend Huck were ou ...

Number of words: 1772 | Number of pages: 7

Lord Of The Flies Essay

... fighting with things. I was outside the shelter by myself, fighting with things, those twisty things in the trees.” Phil had heard things about he beast from other boys, which caused him to have the nightmare. He is a young boy, on an island with no supervision and is afraid of what’s is happening to him and where he is. Without thoughts of the beast, provoked from the other boys, Phil would never have experienced this nightmare. Not only the thoughts that the boys think affect them, but the things they see cause the ...

Number of words: 398 | Number of pages: 2

Billy Budd

... strike some kind of balance between these two ideas; we need to have morality and virtue; we need to be in the world, but not of the world. To illustrate his theme, Melville uses a few characters who are all very different, the most important of which is Billy Budd. Billy is the focal point of the book and the single person whom we are meant to learn the most from. On the ship, the Rights-of-Man, Billy is a cynosure among his shipmates; a leader, not by authority, but by example. All the members of the crew look up to him and love him. ...

Number of words: 1337 | Number of pages: 5

The Right Stuff

... out throughout paragraphs so that the reader does not feel bogged down by the thousands of infinitesimal technical speculations. An example of one of his many detailed sentences is found on page fifty-six and states, "Aviation had drawings and most specifications of a 15 ton ship called the X-15B, a winged craft that would be launched by three enormous rockets each with 415,000 pounds of thrust whereupon the ships two pilots would take over with the X-15B’s own 75,000 pound engine, make three or more orbits around the earth, reenter t ...

Number of words: 615 | Number of pages: 3

All Quiet On The Western Front: Life In The Army

... in the army. The food the soldiers receive, if any, is brought in poor condition and constantly comes as leftovers. Due to the fact that the soldiers have such poor food, they revert to catching rodents such as rats to eat. Having such inadequate food, the soldiers experience vomiting, food poisoning, and severe diarrhea. Soldiers also revert to drinking heavily to make up for these portions of food and water. As Paul states, “I gather them up and want to put them back again, but the strain I am under, the uncertainty, the hunger, the dang ...

Number of words: 1372 | Number of pages: 5

Frankenstein: Effects Of Alienation And Isolation

... year old, unmarried man who has spent his last six years in preparation for his sea voyage. During the years, Walton isolated himself from friends and loved ones. He often writes letters to his sister describing things that happen to him along his way and express his feelings of loneliness. The effects of his separation from loved ones are seen clearly in his letters. Walton explains that he “desires the company of a man who could sympathise with me”(Shelley 4). When Walton rescues Victor Frankenstein, his hopes of a new f ...

Number of words: 700 | Number of pages: 3

The Metamorphosis: Gregor Was An Unselfish Person

... rounds as early as possible, he never took advantage of time for a break. By the time he got back, the other employees were still eating breakfast. Under the belief that he was the sole provider for the family, Gregor took up a job with his father's creditor, before even consulting his family. They, at the time, were of course impressed. The flat they were living in was chosen by Gregor. Making enough money, he hired a cook and servant. He was even thinking of sending Grete to the conservatorium to further enhance what he believed to b ...

Number of words: 505 | Number of pages: 2

The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

... have changed in around 200 years, through the use of modern science. I think it reflects on the human need to explain events and what is going on. People have trouble with the unknown, so in a time when little facts could explain events, superstition was used to give the people a sense of security. It would be interesting to trace the roots of some of these superstitions, such as in chapter one when Huck flicks the spider from his shoulder into the fire. I am curious why this is bad luck, and why turning three times and tying a lock of h ...

Number of words: 1599 | Number of pages: 6

Richard Wright

... change the way people acted towards him. He feels that if he owns this power, the men in the fields who work with him will have more respect for him, and his mother will start treating him as an adult. Dave feels as if he is surrounded by people who treat him as a child and he does not like this at all. “You ain’t nothing but a boy. You don’t need a gun.” This statement said by Joe, is the main reason why Dave truly wants a gun, to feel independent. Even though Dave wants to be acknowledged as an adult, his actions are ...

Number of words: 451 | Number of pages: 2

A Night To Remember By Walter Lord

... and tragedy of that unfortunate night with suspenseful minute-by-minute hardships of the many passengers on the Titanic. I especially enjoyed how some of the men on the boat acted so selfishly that they had to dress like women just to save their own precious lives, rather than be respectable and see the vulnerable women on board the lifeboats first. I don't believe this terrible incident has any relation to my experiences because I have never experienced being on a cruise ship and then suddenly realized that my worry free vacation is go ...

Number of words: 426 | Number of pages: 2

"Miss Brill": Emptiness In One's Life

... and partaking in other people's lives as they talked. Mansfield uses Miss Brill to suggest that as humans age they begin to feel an emptiness in their lives and attempt to fill it with the actions of others. Miss Brill, a very sagacious woman, seems despondent with her own life. She is well aware of her surroundings and takes the time to notice every technicality. Miss Brill notices small details such as the conductor's coat, the old man's walking stick, and the women's embroidered apron. She paid extra attention to the ermine toqu ...

Number of words: 559 | Number of pages: 3

Response To The Scarlet Lettr

... Letter. In the beginning of the novel, Hester Prynne should have not suffered the way she did on the scaffold alone. She was forced to be intergated by the high-officials of the town, while holding her little Pearl in arms. Making matters worse, the father of the child was in that very group of officals. She was then sentenced to wear the scarlet letter "A", showing her guilt "externally". Unable to take it off, she was forced to show her guilt to the entire settlement. However, the Reverend Dimmesdale suffered "internally", with a scarlet let ...

Number of words: 647 | Number of pages: 3

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