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Water Is Wide

... joyfully in during my first couple of years in high school." (p. 6) Within a group of other white high school kids, it is very hard to grasp equal freedom for blacks and whites within a racist school. Pat's transformation first started while visiting a concentration camp in Dachau. "The imprint of Dachau branded me indelibly and caused me to suffer the miscarriage of my hopeful philosophy. If man was good, then Dachau could never have happened." (p.10) The second imprint on Pat's life came aft ...

Number of words: 388 | Number of pages: 2

Parkland By Victor Kelleher

... well. This becomes relevant when she has to escape from her enclosure by throwing a stone at a button or killing a deadly leopog by throwing an iron bar. She is very faithful to her two dear friends and would go to extreme lengths to ensure their safety. Although her friends are part animal she considers them to be the same. BOXER : Boxer is half baboon half human but he has a good grip on language. He is very smart, even for a human, and is stubborn and not prepared to hold the truth even when threatened. Physically he is very fit ...

Number of words: 832 | Number of pages: 4

Fahrenheit 451 - A Charred Exi

... of literature have become a symbol of unnecessary controversy and are outlawed. Individuality and thought is outlawed. The human mind is outlawed. All that is left is a senseless society, unaware of their path to self-destruction, knowing only what the government wants them to know. By telling a tale of a world parallel to our own, Bradbury warns us of a future we are on a path to – a future of mind manipulation, misused technology, ignorance, and hatred. He challenges the reader to remain open-minded by promoting individualism, the ...

Number of words: 3555 | Number of pages: 13

An Analysis Of “Roses, Rhododendron”

... his wife and daughter behind and moves to New Orleans. Life becomes tough for Ms. Kilgore and she decides to move to another state to continue her antique business there. Jane loves this new place very much. Some how I sense a dynamic character in Jane, because of a sudden from a pretty young girl, she talked of foul language by saying “ God damn,” which was not very popular in south at the time. Even though she has been away from her dad, but she is happy with her new friends in town. She find it very comforting and joyful when she spe ...

Number of words: 445 | Number of pages: 2

Fate In Macbeth

... to be overly concerned with. However, their superior, Hecate, obviously thinks that it was important enough to discipline the weird sisters verbally for abusing it. To the weird sisters, fate, and for that matter it seems, time, is merely as water and bread are to Macbeth: they exist and can be altered. This view of fate is not as ambivalent as the other view, but is more a view along the lines of Thomas Aquinas or Kurt Vonnegut. According to Aquinas, time is something that you both exist in and are affected by or you not. One is eit ...

Number of words: 1072 | Number of pages: 4

Crabbe And The Dead Poets Society: Relationships

... Todd, he has the least in common with Crabbe, but there are certain parts in the story that seen alike. Ex. Charlie sticks-up for Mr. Kienny by saying that he is not to blame for the death of Neil. Crabbe also stands-up for Mary by saving her from the hunters. Neil is the character that has the most in common with Crabbe. He liked Mary from the start, as Crabbe did Mary. He was the first to be affected by Mr. Kienny, and he was also the first to suggest the dead poet's society. Neil was very smart in school but probably knew very little a ...

Number of words: 535 | Number of pages: 2

Yugoslavia-a Land Torn Apart

... mountainous territory. The backbone of the region is made up of the Balkans, a mountain range that runs north-south. Continental plate movement from the south has created an intricate landscape of plains, valleys and mountains. This led to intensive compartmentalization of the region. As a result, there were few low-level routes and those that existed became very important strategically. Most notable are the Varda-Morava corridor, which connected the Aegean Sea and the Danube, and the Iron Gates of the Danube, linking Central Europe and t ...

Number of words: 1575 | Number of pages: 6

The Women Of The Grapes Of Wra

... foundation upon which the rest of the family stands. Just as when a single driblet of dye is dropped into a glass of water and disperses throughout, her strength permeates to the rest of the family, infusing them with her mightiness. Also, when the Wilsons' car breaks down and Pa proposes splitting up just for a short time until the car is repaired she threatens him with a jack handle. She knows that all they have in the world is each other and without that themselves to hold on to the have nothing. There is a saying "one finds comfor ...

Number of words: 595 | Number of pages: 3

Cue For Treason

... the villages that Peter comes across is the village of Penrith. This is one of the minor villages, however, it plays a key role in the story. This village plays a key role in the story because Peter meets Sir Philip Morton for the first time after running away from Cumberland and joining the acting company. This chance meeting occurs when Peter stops to view an ongoing play to take his mind away from the troubles he has with Sir Philip Morton. The night before he had arrived in Penrith, Peter, his father, his brother Tom and his neighb ...

Number of words: 1255 | Number of pages: 5

God And Heaven In A Lesson Bef

... for his people and his family. In this novel we learn that not only the soul, but also the nature of humanity and the dignity of mankind is needed. Henri Pichot, the white landowner, questions Miss Emma that, “At this point, I would be more concerned about his [Jefferson] soul if I were you,” and she responds, “Yes sir, I’m concerned for his soul…. But I want him to be a man, too…” (22). It becomes Grant Wiggins’s responsibility to teach Jefferson how to change his attitude and gain the cou ...

Number of words: 953 | Number of pages: 4

The Crucible

... sick and he is praying by her bedside. Many people of the town have gathered to discover some explaination for her sudden sickness. They all have heard rumor of possible previous witch-craft causing her sickness. Rev. Parris does not want his church to corrupt on the fact that his daughter many have made contact with the devil. He is more concerned about the fate of his church than the well being Betty. Betty and other girls of the town have been seen dancing to psalms of witch-craft with the Reverend's servant Tituba. After the arrival ...

Number of words: 407 | Number of pages: 2

May Day And USA

... up in a jam of welldressed people talking and making faces and tossing their heads over cocktail glasses" (1527). This description tends to lean toward the superficial and a distaste of an extravagant lifestyle. Dos Passos discretely depicts various other guests as "Kings," "Captains," and "Screenstars." Mary French becomes increasingly aware of just how phony and self-centered these guests really are as she watches the party unfold, "Mary was looking at it all through a humming haze like seeing a play from way up in a smoky balcony ...

Number of words: 1533 | Number of pages: 6

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