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Animal Farm

... and take advantage of the other animals. They gain so much power that they become just as power hungry and corrupt as their human master. The theme in the novel being that in every society there are leaders who will, if given the chance, likely abuse their position. Old Major is a prize white boar who helps point out to the animals that no animal in England is free. He continues to tell the animals that the their labor is stolen by man, who benefits alone. The animals in return get near nothing, just enough to keep them away from starvat ...

Number of words: 799 | Number of pages: 3

Themes In Larsen's Passing

... to rationalize her mysterious feelings toward Clare Kendry, but she can't. To Irene, "security was the most important and desired thing in life." (200) Her erotic feelings of adoration for Clare threatened her feeling of security, and that made Irene despise Clare. It is true that before one attempts to address the questions and problems of racial identity, the equally important questions of gender and sexual identity should be addressed. While it is true that Clare is passing, Irene is passing as well. As a Negro, Clare must "pass" ...

Number of words: 964 | Number of pages: 4

There Are No Children Here

... LaJoe, the idea of writing a book about Pharoah, Lafeyette and the other children in the neighborhood. LaJoe liked the idea. However, she then said, "But you know, . They've seen too much to be children." Alex Kotlowitz entitled his book, . It is a story of two brothers growing up in a housing project of Chicago. By the author following the boys throughout their day to day lives, we, the readers, are also enveloped in the boys' surroundings. We learn about their everyday lives, from how they pick out their clothes, to how they wash them. ...

Number of words: 970 | Number of pages: 4

Bolt's "A Man For All Seasons": Reasons For A Person's Actions

... that is foreign to many readers. More's actions were all based upon two things, his conscience and God. When More is being pressured into signing the oath by Norfolk in the name of fellowship, he replies by saying, " And when we stand before God, and you are sent to Paradise for doing according to your conscience, and I am damned for not doing according to mine, will you come with me for fellowship?"(77). He adheres to his philosophy and conscience, knowing that he will inevitably be executed. One who is reading this may reply by thinking M ...

Number of words: 781 | Number of pages: 3

1984: Lack Of Humanity

... up with no emotions, no freedom, and no identity. If the people knew that they could make a difference, they might have rebelled against the Party. The only problem is that these people live in oblivion. Every history book has been altered to say that the Party was around when the first human beings walked the earth. The citizens do not realize that there have been better circumstances; therefore, they think this is the best time in history. In essence, people are unaware of their plight, and they know no better. George Orwell’s 19 ...

Number of words: 1303 | Number of pages: 5

The Life Of Ava

... Ava Johnson could not wait to move away from tiny Idlewild, Michigan, a lakefront village that was originally conceived, and made enjoyable for decades, as a resort town for people of color. When things take a turn for the worse in Atlanta: her shop suffers because her former lover's wife barges in to confront Ava and informs everyone that Ava has the HIV virusS; the invitations Ava once received to speak in pulpits stopped coming; and all the loved ones she knows during her ten years in Atlanta just smile at her and walk in the opposite d ...

Number of words: 626 | Number of pages: 3

The Untouchables

... is an account of the special prohibition agent group that came to be known as “The Untouchables”. It tells in detail what Eliot Ness, the leader of “The Untouchables” went through and how they went about busting up the liquor sales in the Chicago area. It gives good information of who was responsible for what, and how all their investigations took place. Eliot Ness is the author and main character in this book. It was written in first person, so we get all the information he was thinking. Through his ac ...

Number of words: 576 | Number of pages: 3

Views Of The Church In The Canterbury Tales

... but it is not against her its neutral. The next character is the monk. The monk was portray as a fish out of water. The monk was a hunter which wasn't common for the monks. His sleeves were lined with fur and this shows that he was into things other than religion usually monks weren't supposed to be into worldly possessions. And a gold pin this also shows he was into worldly possessions. The monk doesn't believe in what saint Augustine, and his views. Chauncer doesn't like the way he acts so the monk is shown as a man of the church who doesn ...

Number of words: 433 | Number of pages: 2

To Kill A Mocking Bird: The Ewell Residence

... the account of the Ewell cabin because the best way to understand the Ewells is to understand how they live. For example, she states, "The cabin's plank walls were supplemented with sheets of corrugated iron, its general shape suggested it's original design: square, with four tiny rooms opening onto a shotgun hall, the cabin rested uneasily upon four irregular lumps of limestone. Its windows were merely open spaces in the walls, which in the summer were covered with greasy strips of cheese cloth to keep out the varmints that feasted on Mayc ...

Number of words: 1062 | Number of pages: 4

Dr. Faust: Quest For Knowledge

... to make important decisions for his life, he turns to black magic as his primary interest. It will, in his opinion, offer him more knowledge, opportunity, and wealth in his ambitious pursuit for wisdom. Despite the harsh warnings of the good angel, he follows the temptations of the devil, as he desires to be the commander of the elements. He prepares to make the commitment to surrender his soul to Lucifer, on the condition that he is spared for twenty-four years and permitted to indulge himself as he wishes. He is also given Mephistophilis ...

Number of words: 435 | Number of pages: 2

Lord Of The Flies: Idea Of God

... his idea of god changed to become people, as is showed in the Greek and Roman myths. These gods, however, lived on earth and were accustomed to the same pleasures and desires and led the same lifestyle as the Greeks and Romans. First proposed by the Hebrew prophet Isaiah, god became a higher being, as mankind had mastered something within themselves to have a need for a higher god. This first god was still immoral and like the humans, except that he could live forever and did not dwell on the same surface as the humans, but god still lived ...

Number of words: 948 | Number of pages: 4

One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich: Summary

... spirit, his deception and careful teamwork. Ivan has to be smarter than the guards in the camp, so, he will not get into trouble and get treated even worse than he does. When Shukhov and Senka want to transport the hacksaw-blade that Ivan found back at the camp, Shukhov removes both mittens, one with the blade. He then unbuttons his coat and let the guards search him. They search him side and back and his pocket, and one guard also crushes the mitten that Ivan holds out which is the empty one. This was in the book as, He was about to ...

Number of words: 1249 | Number of pages: 5

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