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Animal Farm By George Orwell

... than is rightfully theirs. At the end the rulers have completely taken over and the kingdom is as it was under the original rulers. I will compare the animals from top of the social class to the bottom. At the top were the pigs. Each pig represented someone different in the revolution. Old Major is compared to Lenin. He was an ideologist who dreamed up a wonderful government where all the animals were equal and the humans, or the czars, were pushed out. Unfortunately his dream would never materialize. Then we are left with his pred ...

Number of words: 754 | Number of pages: 3

An Essay On Romance And Love

... things, while they might seem repulsive to you, are actually romantic to some. The actual definition of romance has been significantly altered in the minds of men as time progressed. The original definition of romance is: a fiction; a falsehood; a love affair. Now I am sure that you all know that everyone has a different definition of love. Some see love as being able to endure me, some see love as being able to please me, and others see love as being able to obey me. All of these are true to some and violently wrong to others, but that is t ...

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Summary Of "Ceremony"

... and how he doesn't understand why he's there killing people that look like him, and possibly feel the same way he does. But he is there because the "white" recruiter told him that he could fly planes, and make America proud. He remembers the clash of his path between what the white man wanted and his path. Tayo became so entranced with the idea that the Japanese were like him that he started to put people he knew at home's faces on the Japanese soldiers. Tayo could not see the reason for killing the Japanese, and then when the soldier killed ...

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Lord Of The Flies

... has what it takes. This first one shows he has good ideas and can enforce what he thinks should happen. "Shut up," said Ralph absently. He lifted the conch. "Seem to me we ought to have a cheif to decide things(#22)." He also shows he can be a good cheif and make them listen with a wave of a hand. "Ralph smiled and held up the conch for silence(#23)." Lastly, when Ralph blows the conch, as though a force is pulling them nearer, the children go to him. "By the time Ralph had finished blowing the conch the platform was crowded(#32)." Next, o ...

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The Light In The Forest: Analysis

... the spiritual relationship between Indians and nature as contrasted to the whites attitude. Indians live with nature, appreciating its beauty and enjoying its comfort while whites' seem to ignore the beauty and value nature only according to its productive usefulness. In The Light in the Forest, whites, for example, cut down the forest and clear land for farming. I also was intrigued with how True Son spoke of his mother the Earth, his uncle the Moon, and his brother-in-law the Wind. In today's society we seem to concentrate on technology ...

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Brave New World: Escape From Reality

... reality” people tend to become less and less of an individual. We have our own soma nowadays, whether it be called advertising, television, consumerism, and the gods of efficiency, materialism, and self interests, all these things seem much more at ease with one another and a lot easier to come by. Huxley’s idea is to make his new world not overtly oppressive, but superficially attractive, because it is clean, comfortable, and without conflict or stress. However, it is a world without emotion, feelings, and problems. All these things a ...

Number of words: 993 | Number of pages: 4

Analysis Of Williams' "The Red Wheelbarrow"

... It is full of the poets ideas and emotions which are in turn translated to the reader with the use of strong imagery. It is his exclamation of how much depends on a red wheelbarrow that gives meaning to the poem. Without the initial statement of urgency we are left with nothing but some descriptions of random objects. The first two lines give us a link to the objects. It forces us to relate emotionally, almost nostalgically to the objects. Such an emotional exclamation directs and influences us to think and imagine the circumstance of the pic ...

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Experiencing Can Be Corrupting

... is stripped of us, as we choose to experience. For instance, a young female has been contemplating her sexuality. Never engaging in sexual activity before, her curiosity is getting the best of her as she ultimately decides to have sex. Her innocence, along with her virginity, is stripped of her when she performs the act of intercourse before she has made her vows of marriage. This is a simple example of someone going from a state of innocence to a corrupting experience. Another example of someone who has been stripped of his innocence t ...

Number of words: 844 | Number of pages: 4

The Legendary King Arthur

... is Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D' Arthur. Other versions include T.H. White's The Once and Future King, Mary Stewart's The Hollow Hills, and Rosemary Sutcliff's Sword at Sunset. In T.H. White's The Once and Future King, which also takes place in the Middle Ages during the fifteenth century. It is similar to Malory's account, but the style and some of the details are different. It begins with Arthur living with Merlin. He continues living with him up until the day of the tournament. On the day of the tournament, he is given to Sir Ec ...

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How Huck Uses His Creativity, Luck, And Wits To Get Rid Of The Pits

... Huck starts his adventure down the river, he must fake his death to “escape” from pap. The first thing Huck did was to make sure that pap was far away before starting his getaway. At this point, many children of Huck's age would merely get in a canoe and head down stream, most likely getting caught the next day. Huckleberry Finn is smarter than that. Huck wanted to make sure that no one would come down the river looking for him, except to make his corpse rise. First, he collected all the supplies that he could find and ...

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“Minds Eye At Work”

... for her. After the Dr. Fergusson so strangely confessed his love, she felt as if she was not worthy of it. The ending was meant to show how overwhelming and frightening love could be. For myself, it was not till the end of the story that I truly understood the character of Mable Pervin. This story without an explicit resolution leaves the reader feeling the frightfulness of Mabel and the actual contentment of Dr. Fergusson. “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell’s is a wonderful, suspenseful story. Minnie Wright, the character accus ...

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Robinson Crusoe

... coast of Africa. He learned how to trade with the natives. On one of his voyages he was ship wrecked and picked up by another boat. The captain owned a plantation. Soon after this Crusoe bought his own plantation. When other plantation owners needed slaves to work their farms they asked Crusoe to sail to Africa. Crusoe agreed and set sail. On the way there they ran into many storms. Three men were killed very soon. The twelfth day was a hard one. The biggest storm hit. Its waves were giant. The ship was in very bad shape and Crusoe had to aba ...

Number of words: 1264 | Number of pages: 5

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