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The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr. Hyde: Good And Evil In Nature

... mile when needed. Whenever one of my friends is in need of help I will always come to the rescue. I am generally a happy person; I always try to cheer up the room. If someone is down, I will try to make him or her smile. I am also very helpful around the house. My mother counts on me to help out. I am very responsible and I can be counted on to do errands around the house. I am very proud of my good traits; I try to show them as much as possible. Unfortunately I am not as proud of my evil traits. I am a very sarcastic person. My ...

Number of words: 348 | Number of pages: 2

The Pearl: Material Society, Material Thoughts

... eagerly turned towards the spiritual aspects of life. Beginning to pray for her son's endangered life. The doctor who had resided in the upper-class section of the town, refused to assistant the child, turning them away when they arrived at the door. Lastly they turned to the sea to seek their fortune. When Juana set sight on the "Pearl of The World." she felt as though all her prayers had been answered, if she could have foreseen the future what she would have seen would have been a mirror image of her reality. Juana's husband was caught ...

Number of words: 1020 | Number of pages: 4

1984: Abolute Power In 1984 And Government Power In Today's Society

... government control society in many different ways. The Inner Party used instruments called telescreens to get their message across to the people. These telescreens were also used to keep a watchful eye . “The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it; moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision which the metal plague commanded, he could be seen as well as heard (Orwell,pg6).’Any action against the government would be se ...

Number of words: 389 | Number of pages: 2

The Satire Of Jonathan Swift Revealed

... graphic representations of the body and it's functions, Swift reveals to the reader that grandeur is merely an illusion, a facade behind which English society of his time attempted to hide from reality. On his first voyage, Swift places Gulliver in a land of miniature people where his giant size is meant as a metaphor for his superiority over the Lilliputians, thus representing English society's belief in superiority over all other cultures. Yet, despite his belief in superiority, Swift shows that Gulliver is not as great as he imagines ...

Number of words: 800 | Number of pages: 3

The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty - Character Study Of Walter Mitty

... for her hair appointment, he began to do his shopping. Walter picks up his overshoes and then "Walter Mitty began to wonder what the other thing was his wife had told him to get. She had told him, twice before they left."(90) Also, a little later on, Walter Mitty "was always getting something wrong"(90) This last quote shows that Walter Mitty must forget things quite often. The story also shows that Walter Mitty is a really stubborn person. When he was dropping off Mrs. Mitty, Mrs. Mitty told Walter Mitty not to forget the ove ...

Number of words: 448 | Number of pages: 2

Fahrenheit 451: Predictions

... held in the highest esteem. U.S. culture today would not be what it is if it wasn’t for all the significant authors who have taught us so much about our lives. The idea of banning a book now is just very absurd and unheard of anymore. Second of all it would be nearly impossible to ban books because how liberal free speech has become and is becoming. Another idea that is very wrong is the idea of intellectual and scholars being the criminals and the outcasts. Another difference that is rather large is the emphasis that Bradbury puts on the ...

Number of words: 465 | Number of pages: 2

Midsummer Nights Dream

... could be a gentle, loving man if he truly desired, but he takes satisfaction being put in his place by others. In the end, still under the spell of fairy magic and therefore not seeing with true eyes, he seems a bit imbecilic laughing at the acted "lovers" in the play. He doesn't realize it, but he is in a play of his own. Likewise, as with the other characters, what happens to him is far more interesting than the sort of character he is. I.Demetrius' unwelcome deceit and shrewdness and what is discovered A. Since Demetrius only has two lines ...

Number of words: 1857 | Number of pages: 7

To Kill A Mockingbird

... the black race have received mixed representations in both history and literature. In women's position and expectations are comparable to the stereotypes of blacks therefore Scout has major conflicts with growing up in Maycomb County. After the Civil War white men became concerned with the preservation of the South and its traditions. Some concerns were for the purity of southern womanhood. The fear was that blacks would try to dominate the white women since they were now free. This sparked much of the violence that followed after the war ...

Number of words: 1868 | Number of pages: 7

The Scarlet Letter: The Symbol Of The Scarlet Letter

... the other Puritans. The scarlet letter is indeed a blessing to Hester Prynne, more than the curse she believes it to be. The scarlet symbol of ignominy may have defiled Hester's public image, yet it has been a benefit rather than a bane to her soul, for by admitting her crime to the crowd, her soul is freed from two hells: first, the fiery pit where she would otherwise go after death, and second, the own personal hell Hester will create for herself if she had chosen to hide her sin in her heart. Though it was ordered for Hester to wear t ...

Number of words: 1371 | Number of pages: 5

The Great Gatsby: Jordan Baker

... parties in order to try to fit in. By using Jordan, many of the characters meet each other, so in a way Jordan pushes the story along giving us a better plot. As being Nick Carraway’s girlfriend during the summer of 1922, Jordan helps the reader to learn more about Nick because he lets his true self out to her. Although Nick still liked Jordan regardless, he describes her as “incurably dishonest” (Fitzgerald 63), because of Nick’s remembrance that she cheated at her first big golf tournament. This creates Jordan to be a foil o ...

Number of words: 1041 | Number of pages: 4

The Influence Of Reading On Anna Karenina And Madame Bovary

... of the world preventing them from making rational decisions. It was Anna and Emma's loss of reasoning and isolation that propelled them toward their downfall. Emma at the beginning of the novel was someone who made active decisions about what she wanted. She saw herself as the master of her destiny. Her affair with Rudolphe was made after her decision to live out her fantasies and escape the ordinariness of her life and her marriage to Charles. Emma's active decisions though were based increasingly as the novel progresses on her f ...

Number of words: 1529 | Number of pages: 6

The Power And The Glory

... character, a nameless "whiskey priest," hopelessly roams the desolate plains of southern Mexico, on the run from the law, as the only priest left who has not denounced his fatherhood. The surrounding communities in southern Mexico refuse to harbor the priest because of the drastic repercussions from the police. The priest feels guilty about his pride in being an inadequate priest and a sinner, but has come to terms with the eternal damnation he will face in the afterlife. The physical and cultural settings in The Power and Glory guide the rea ...

Number of words: 1494 | Number of pages: 6

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