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Animal Farm: Socialistic And Fascist Governments

... and Napoleon. All is right in the farm until Snowball and Napoleon start to change the laws made to their own personal gain. While this is happening the farmers try to overthrow the farm twice but to no avail they are defeated soundly by the animals. After the second battle, Napoleon and his band of dogs run off Snowball. After this the farm goes downhill and the more time goes on the more the pigs look like the Humans, which is the reason they revolted to begin with. This book is a strong social commentary against Socialistic and Fa ...

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Candide

... After ten years at school, he was sent to study law in Paris under his fathers orders. Early the following year, 1715, Frances most famous absolutist monarch died and five year old great-grandson inherited the throne. Phillippe d’Orleans was named the regent to the underaged king. D’Orleans, considered philosophically liberal by some, caused many problems for Voltaire, including his imprisonments in the Bastille. The first was from May 16, 1717 to April 11, 1718, the second was in 1726. After his first confinment Francois Marie Arouet ad ...

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Duddy Kravitz 2

... and character building events for Duddy in the beginning of the book, that it takes away the importance of each event. This might have been a costly mistake by the author because it is during the first chapters that the reader has to get hooked. Many times this is the most difficult part of a book to write. Without a strong opening the rest of the story can be perfectly written but it will never have the same impact on the reader because of the slow start. After the first section of the book, we finally are able to see where the story i ...

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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: Superstition

... it was an bad sign and would give him bad luck. Huck got scared and shook his clothes off, and turned in his tracks three times. He then tied a lock of his hair with a thread to keep the witches away. "You do that when you've lost a horseshoe that you've found, instead of nailing it up over the door, but I hadn't ever heard anybody say it was any way to keep of bad luck when you'd killed a spider."(Twain 5). In chapter four Huck sees Pap's footprints in the snow. So Huck goes to Jim to ask him why Pap is here. Jim gets a hair-ball ...

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The Grapes Of Wrath: Symbols

... How they survive the cruelty of the land owners that take advantage of them, their poverty and willingness to work. The Grapes of Wrath combines Steinbeck adoration of the land, his simple hatred of corruption resulting from materialism (money) and his abiding faith in the common people to overcome the hostile environment.  The novel opens with a retaining picture of nature on rampage.  The novel shows the men and women that are unbroken by nature.  The theme is one of man verses a hostile environment.  His body destroyed ...

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The House On Mango Street: The American Dream

... someone special, someone important. He ended up crashing into a lamppost in the alley, after going through the whole runaway process of stealing the car. He wanted everyone to know him for the crime he had done. He accomplished it, but was known as a thief. Secondly, Esperanza was unhappy with the neighborhood she was living in. She lived on Mango Street and hated every minute she was there. Her family always dreamed of a white house with trees all around it, with real stairs and a real hallway, and at least three washrooms. The house they dre ...

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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: Comparison Of Movie And Book

... everything changed, he instantly brought laughter to the patients. The scenes with Chief in the playground were comical and made you laugh. The movie had other instances that made you chuckle. The late night party that was held in the ward at the end of the movie was amusing, and so was McMurphy losing his patience trying to teach the patients to play cards. However, this movie had very dramatic moments as well. The scene with Billy Bibbit breaking down emotionally in front of the Nurse and then eventually committing suicide were among th ...

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Ethan Frome-comparison Of Matt

... dangerous hills, dancing, and socializing with many of the people of Starkfield. Zeena stays at home all day unless she has one of her frequent “sicknesses,” in which case she might make a visit to the doctor. Otherwise she “goes to bed immediately after supper” every night, which is hardly an exciting life. This is a glaringly obvious variance from Mattie’s personality. Also, Mattie is much more compassionate than Zeena. An example of Zeena’s cold-heartedness is seen when she fires Mattie, her own re ...

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Describing Biblical Parallels In Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter"

... and mysterious. Both gardens are home to a type of “forbidden” plant, but the garden of Eden was created by a super- natural being, and Dr. Rappaccini's garden by Rappaccini himself. The forbidden plant in Genesis is a gorgeous, extremely tempting fruit plant. The fruit on this plant are described as extremely tempting. However, these fruits have been deemed prohibited by God. The plant in Rappaccini's garden is a large flowering bush. The flowers on this bush are unlike any others and extremely exquisite. The two plants share the t ...

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The Battle For Your Mind: Persuasion & Brainwashing Techniques Being Used On The Public

... "Imbedded Commands," "Shock and Confusion," and the "Interspersal Technique." Subliminals. Vibrato and ELF waves. Inducing trance with vibrational sound. Even professional observers will be "possessed" at charismatic gatherings. The "only hope" technique to attend and not be converted. Non-detectable Neurophone programming through the skin. The medium for mass take-over. I'm Dick Sutphen and this tape is a studio-recorded, expanded version of a talk I delivered at the World Congress of Professional Hypnotists Convention in Las Vegas, ...

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1984: Control Is Power

... this paper there are many things that will demonstrate that Orwell's thoughts on power were not so far fetched, but actually fairly accurate. In the plot Orwell shows many examples of the government being kind of like a gang. Orwell shows that if you are part of the system that you can not get out. If people try to get around the system they will get punished they will get hurt or killed. People get into gangs not really knowing what they are getting into until the have entered. Many times after a while they realize the gangs beliefs and ...

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Comparison Of Lord Of The Flies And All Quiet On The Western Front

... Jack, Ralph, and Simon go to survey their new home. Along the way the boys have their first encounter with the island's pigs. They see a piglet caught in some of the plants. Quickly Jack draws his knife so as to kill the piglet. Instead of completing the act, however, Jack hesitates. Golding states that, "The pause was only long enough for them to realize the enormity of what the downward stroke would be." Golding is suggesting that the societal taboos placed on killing are still ingrained within Jack. The next significant encounter in ...

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