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Lean On Me

... personality of Joe Clark and how he treated others. “Crazy” Joe Clark does not get his name from out of the blue. He is violent, angry, and set in his own ways and beliefs. His wife that left him and the one friend that he has are all reflective signs of his horrendous behavior. He walks around the school with a baseball bat, rather than a clipboard or briefcase. The fear that he “earns” is more prevalent than the respect that the students and teachers have for him. He likes to be known as “HNIC” – the “head nigger in cha ...

Number of words: 430 | Number of pages: 2

Of Mice And Men

... him and not let him tend the rabbits. Lennie felt guilty because he knew he had done a "bad thing." Whether or not it was an accident, Lennie had killed Curley's wife. Lennie liked Curley's wife, though he was not permitted to associate with her. When he killed her, it was as if he was losing a companion, leaving Lennie with a sad feeling of loss. Lennie truly does feel guilty about her death, not only because it was a "bad thing," but because he had lost a friend. A few times throughout the story, especially near the end, Lennie realize ...

Number of words: 548 | Number of pages: 2

Macbeth - Supernatural Forces

... a clue to what the future holds for Macbeth. "When the battles lost and won" (Act I, Scene I, l.4) was said by the second witch. It says that every battle is lost by one side and won by another. Macbeth's fate is that he will win the battle, but will lose his time of victory for the battle of his soul. After the prophecies of the witches' revealed the fate of Macbeth, the plan in which to gain power of the throne is brought up. The only way to gain power of the throne was for Macbeth to work his way to the throne, or to murder King Duncan ...

Number of words: 802 | Number of pages: 3

Comparison Essay Between The M

... a $100 000 salary. Often the earnings go towards paying bills and child support. These jobs give the workers independence and freedom to do what they want. The professions are difficult and challenging. Only a selected, few men in the world can cope with the hard times that come with job. Often, a person is motivated to be involved in an extreme job such as a fisherman and an oil worker; the financial rewards grab the attention of a man who needs money. In addition, the thrill of danger and the independence that the job brings to the ...

Number of words: 1019 | Number of pages: 4

Reaching For Dreams - A Ballet

... end it is all worth it though. When I checked out Reaching for Dreams: A Ballet from Rehearsal to Opening Night, by Susan Kuklin out of the library I expected to read another boring drawn out diary. Amazingly this book was difficult for me to put down because I became so enthralled by the process of putting on a ballet. At the beginning of this book the author describes the dancers coming in on a rainy Monday morning to begin warm-ups and rehearsal. This of course is the beginning of their voyage to opening night. The dancers taking part in ...

Number of words: 671 | Number of pages: 3

The Odyssey And Gilgamesh

... and uses his intellectual prowess by disguising himself as an old man to trick the suitors. Gilgamesh, as king is two thirds god and given a very high position as if he was a god. Gilgamesh, like Zeus was very fond of sex. Herbert Mason states, “He [Gilgamesh] demanded, from an old birthright, the privilege of sleeping with their brides before the husbands were permitted,” (Mason15). Each of our heroes has many enemies. Odysseus’ main enemy that keeps him from returning home is Poseidon. Poseidon was the father of Polyphemos, who wa ...

Number of words: 561 | Number of pages: 3

Othello - Values And Attitudes

... to the relatively few blacks living amongst them. We are given an insight into those attitudes and values through the representation of race and gender in the text of Othello.These attitudes and values are indicative of what a culture believes in and supports. By the time Othello was written the English were becoming more and more aware of the existence of other races in the world besides themselves. There had been a lot of travelling and blacks were beginning to be used in Europe for the slave trade. During the time the play was written, ...

Number of words: 2473 | Number of pages: 9

Glass Menag.

... progressed, and her character grew, she started to grow out of her timidness and started to be more trustful of people. By the end of the play, she had completely opened up to Jim and even showed him her glass menagerie, her most prized possession. I think that the stage directions in this play were both useful and annoying. I say that they were useful because they helped me to understand the plot and the characters motives and actions easier and better. But they were annoying because there were so many of them, and at times Tennessee Willi ...

Number of words: 562 | Number of pages: 3

Chicano Literature

... Alex Haley, etc. I suddenly realized that I have never read a work of fiction, or a play by a Chicano or a Chicana. The only two plays I have ever read in Spanish were not written by a Chicanos: Boda de Sangre by Federico Garcia Lorca (in which I had the honor of playing the part of el novio)and El Caballero de Olmedo by Lope de Vega (in which I had the honor of playing the part of Alonzo). I put away the Whitman poem and became lost in my own critical thought. Was there not a single Chicano or Chicana that had ever written a wor ...

Number of words: 2944 | Number of pages: 11

Analysis Of Brooks And Red (Sh

... final stage of being institutionalized is the removal of all hope. Both Brooks and Red had gone through its final stage, but Red’s friendship with Andy gave Red a glimmer of hope. Brooks and Red, although slightly different, were essentially the same in every way. It’s just that hope had set Red free. ...

Number of words: 90 | Number of pages: 1

Solomon Gursky Was Here

... associated with the raven, he escaped imprisonment in England in the mid 1800's by forging documents, also allowing him to join a crew searching for the Northwest passage, called the Franklin Epedition. The expedition turned into a total disaster, Ephraim, the sole survivor. The youngest Gursky appearing in this story is Isaac, Solomon's grandson. This complex tale unravels, as Moses recalls, all of the events in his life which pertain to it. Ever present in this Canadian cultural satire is the theme of filial relationships and the exp ...

Number of words: 1403 | Number of pages: 6

Arsenic And Old Lace

... play I thought. 7. If I were cast in this play I would like to play the role of Dr. Einstein because I think it would be a challenging role, however you would be able to have fun with it since they give you the chance to work with a German accent and such. Dr. Einstein just seemed to be a very unique character to try and portray. 8. Mortimer: He didn't even have the sense enough to be scared - to be on guard. For instance, ther muderer invites him to sit down. Einstein: You mean "Won't you sit down"? Mortimer: Believe it or not, that was ...

Number of words: 654 | Number of pages: 3

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