Get Essays On Book Reports

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

Enter Topic

» Get Book Reports Papers

Beowulf 4

... to be so boastful, that he is alive, and that some day death will catch up to him. Life is not always going to be there, that it can be taken away in an instant. He points out the different elements in life that might get hold of Beowulf, such as fire, war, and old age. Arrogance is another subject that Hrothgar touches. Arrogance can lead to falling into other temptations, such as greed or pride. If arrogance gets into a person, it will grow deep into his or her soul. As a person becomes arrogant and greedy, he relies upon worldly poss ...

Number of words: 403 | Number of pages: 2

To Sir With Love - Change

... Thus, it can be said that to be able to change and adapt ourselves and our ways at looking at things to our to our situations we are truly at advantage. In the story, Braithewaite begins with a set of preconceived ideas about his students. He expects them to be unintelligent, rough, racially intolerant children with no future-hardly deserving of his respect. But, as he sees later, they are are the total opposites of his of his initial ideas. This is gradually shown through their actions, such as such as the students all going to visi ...

Number of words: 681 | Number of pages: 3

A Town Like Alice: Discussion

... that matters but also the religion and the type of country you live in. These two naturally affects culture a lot and the culture affects them so there are no sharp limit between them. An example from the book is the Australians, whose culture is rather close to the English, but there are few Englishmen who would have liked the loneliness in the big country Australia, and even fewer Australians, (I think), would feel comfortable in the crowded England. Another example in the book that is more about religion and culture is the Japanese sol ...

Number of words: 495 | Number of pages: 2

A Separate Peace

... ability just as he envies Finny's extraordinary athletic ability. That way he feels better; he lowers Finny to his evel so that they are "even, even in enmity.” Gene's attitude toward Finny is a manifestation of his jealousy and lack of self-confidence. Finny, on the other hand is extremely confident. He never had the evil thoughts about destroying Gene's grades; he s too innocent to have such thought. Furthermore, Finny being a carefree person does not even care about his own grades, certainly not Gene's grades. Gene does not rea ...

Number of words: 759 | Number of pages: 3

Difference Of Character Develo

... and Beowulf from a honorable, courageous, and epitome of goodness, to a irrational, psychotic, cold blooded killer. The epic poem Beowulf describes the most heroic man of the Anglo-Saxon times. The hero, Beowulf, is a seemingly invincible person with all the extraordinary traits required of a hero. He is able to use his super-human physical strength and courage to put his people before himself. He encounters hideous monsters and the most ferocious of beasts but he never fears the threat of death. His leadership skills are superb and he is even ...

Number of words: 648 | Number of pages: 3

Frankenstein- Can Comfort Be F

... not think clearly, and, consequently, they make wrong decisions. They seek refuge in nature, and try to use its beauty to find answers and to fill their void of friendship. Yet, none of the characters ever overcomes their bouts with loneliness because they never find true comfort in nature. Victor Frankenstein claims, “No human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself” (Shelley, 19). His early life was filled with love and nurturing from his parents, his beautiful and adored companion Elizabeth, and his best frien ...

Number of words: 1237 | Number of pages: 5

Themes In Hawthorne's The Minister's Black Veil

... evil and unauthorized desire into the circuit of puritan life, and thereby conveys a profound truth that is disturbing in its implication, namely that we can never hope to know each other's true selves. The themes in the story are suggested by the veil- symbol, the tension between the minister and the community, and the use of pro-Freudian psychological analysis. The symbolic significance of the black veil lies in the physical and mental barrier that it creates between the minister and his environment, and the guilt that it expresses ...

Number of words: 890 | Number of pages: 4

Christianity In Dostoyevsky's Crime And Punishment: An Overview

... philosophies of the intelligentsia, radical students and middle class intellectuals violently opposed to the status quo in Nineteenth-Century Russia (Morsm 50). Dostoyevsky revolutionary stirrings were not unnoticed by the Tsar's secret police, and, in 1849, Dostoyevsky was sentenced to a mock execution followed by ten years' hard labor in a Siberian prison (Morsm 50). One critic said “It has been customary to say that Dostoyevsky re-learnt Christianity in prison.” (A Boyce Gibson 19.) There, out of his element and surrounde ...

Number of words: 2438 | Number of pages: 9

The Longest Day, By: Cornelius Ryan, Simon & Shuster, 1959

... in modern history. Through personal letters, captured war diaries and bales of other military documents, Ryan unearthed facts that were unknown before his novel was published. He discloses, for example, that Rommel actually was never informed by his chief of staff, Maj. Gen. Hans Speidal, about the invasion until ten fifteen on the morning of June sixth, ten hours after the invasion had started. He also reveals many intriguing sidelights: the five crossword puzzles in The London Daily Telegraph containing the key code words of the invasion; ...

Number of words: 643 | Number of pages: 3

Pygmalion: Professor Higgins' Philosophy

... this theory to Eliza, in hope of justifying his treatment of her. This theory would be fine IF Higgins himself lived by it. Henry Higgins, however, lives by a variety of variations of this philosophy. It is easily seen how Higgins follows this theory. He is consistently rude towards Eliza, Mrs. Pearce, and his mother. His manner is the same to each of them, in accordance to his philosophy. However the Higgins we see at the parties and in good times with Pickering is well mannered. This apparent discrepancy between Higgins' act ...

Number of words: 716 | Number of pages: 3

Compare And Contrast Dystopian

... Brave New World. The descriptions of futuristic London are rendered in plain style creating a drab, lack of beauty mirrored in the words used. "A squat grey building of only thirty-four stories. Over the main entrance the words, CENTRAL LONDON HATCHERY AND CONDITIONING CENTRE, and in a shield, the world states motto, COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY. The dictation is simple; the syntax is reduced, like a telegraph conveying only essential instructions. This creates a grey world, which seems very cold. Brave New World is run by a 'World Stat ...

Number of words: 3737 | Number of pages: 14

The House On Mango Street, The Benedictine Rule

... all of her life. Esperanza wants to succeed past the low expectations that her world has to offer. In the opening of the book, Esperanza begins by describing the house on Mango Street. She tells of how she had always dreamed of a real house that belonged to her family, but when they moved into the house on mango street she was not as excited. She describes the house as small and red with tight steps in front. She also complains that she has to share a bedroom with her Mama, Papa, Carlos, Kiki, and Nenny. Esperanza is not satisfied with the ...

Number of words: 817 | Number of pages: 3

Pages: 1 ... 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 next »

Essay Categories

» Get Book Reports Papers