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20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

... destroyed some huge unsinkable ships. Every time they get close to this monster a giant stream of water shoots hundreds of feet into the air, causing the boat to back off. Once in a while the monster will disappear from sight for hours. While reading this part of the book the reader feels like he is on the boat chasing the monster also. A lot of times the boat gets close enough to the monster to catch it and thoughts of what you think the monster could be run through your head like crazy. When they finally make an ...

Number of words: 432 | Number of pages: 2

Essay Of Flowers For Algernon

... his memory recalls. After his operation, he remembered every aspect of his childhood, whether it was good or bad. "...He's normal! He's normal! He'll grow up like other people. Better than others..." Charlie had dreams of how his mother was ashamed of him. His mother always thought her son was normal and would grow up and be somebody. "...He's like a baby. He can't play Monopoly or checkers or anything. I won't play with him anymore..." Charlie's sister also ignored him. To her, Charlie was dumb and could not do anything. Charlie had dreams of ...

Number of words: 725 | Number of pages: 3

Beowulf And His Pride

... at all, but then, due to a storm, he lost his way. While Beowulf was trying to return to land he managed to kill nine sea monsters with his bare hands and still caught up to Brecca. He apparently bragged to such an extent that everyone in Scandinavia knew about this race and the courageous way he cleared the sea of evil. He, at this young age, had no need to think about death. All he thought about was foolishly having fun and proving himself to the spectators. When Beowulf fought with Grendel, the demon who was terrorizing Herot H ...

Number of words: 560 | Number of pages: 3

Matthew Arnold S Devolpment Of

... this requires considerable initiation, we must learn from both our theater experiences and the analysis of the six elements of drama. The six elements that a drama consists of are listed below with a short definition, in reference to a drama, following: Plot-the ongoing business of the characters, what they strive for, what they expect to see happen. The sequence of actions or events. Character- is either developed or flat, either individuated or typed, either symbolic or psychological. That which reveals the moral purpose of the agents. Di ...

Number of words: 1086 | Number of pages: 4

Jonathan Swifts A Modest Propo

... story, but rather in the context of the story as it is written. One of the voices that is present throughout the story is that of irony. The story itself is ironic since no one can take Swifts proposal seriously. This irony is clearly demonstrated at the end of the story; Swift makes it clear that this proposal would not affect him since his children were grown and his wife unable to have any more children. It would be rather absurd to think that a rational man would want to both propose this and partake in the eating of another human being. ...

Number of words: 1518 | Number of pages: 6

Great Gatsby - Morals

... The Great Gatsby into surrendering their values, but in the end, "the streets paved with gold led to a dead end" (Vogue, December 1999). The first example of a character whose morals are destroyed is Myrtle. Myrtle's attempt to enter into the group to which the Buchanans belong is doomed to fail. She enters the affair with Tom, hoping to adopt his way of life and be accepted into his class to escape from her own. Her class is that of the middle class. Her husband, Wilson, owns a gas station, making an honest living and trying his best to suc ...

Number of words: 900 | Number of pages: 4

Beowulf: The Mighty Protector Of Men

... Beowulf is described as the “Follower and strongest of the Geats-greater/ And stronger than anyone anywhere in this world” (110-111). Beowulf is also described during the battle between him and Grendel. The author wrote: “Nowhere on earth Had he met a man whose hands were harder; His mind flooded with fear”(326-328). Another example of Beowulf’s amazing strength is during his battle with Grendel’s mother. Specifically: “He raised his arms and seized her by the shoulder; anger/ Doubled his strength, he threw to the flo ...

Number of words: 327 | Number of pages: 2

The Red Badge Of Courage 4

... fights with the army in the forest and he learns about true war there. The camp is the base where the Union army would set up for the night. The forest is the main setting though, because Henry learns about true bravery and valor there. The first conflict of the story is when the Union regiment is about to have their first battle ever. Henry is so scared of all the gunfire and bloodshed that he runs away and deserts his regiment in the field of battle. He, and a few other soldiers hide before the battle is over. After the battle, Hen ...

Number of words: 882 | Number of pages: 4

Looking For Alibrandi

... her Grandmother. During one of these talks with her Grandmother, the young girl learns how hard life was for migrants in Australia. Nonna Katia tells Josephine how hard it was for her being in the middle of an unknown country with nobody who spoke the same language as her. Furthermore she tells of her encounters with hardships such as snakes coming into the house! She says to Josephine on page 114, "You do not know how much I hated Australia for the first year. No friends. No people who spoke the same language as me.. they were not the goo ...

Number of words: 2853 | Number of pages: 11

Nine Stories

... war. The isolation the war has caused is carried over into their lives, and it caused these men to search for new forms of comfort and security, in the respective forms of Sybil and Esme. In ^A perfect day for a bananafish,^ Muriel and her husband Seymour have different perspectives of life. Muriel is a carefree and complacent person, while her husband is quite strange and slightly paranoid. His paranoia is illustrated when he looses it in the hotel elevator, ^I have two normal feet and I can^t see the slightest God-damned reason any ...

Number of words: 728 | Number of pages: 3

The Scarlet Letter 2

... wear the letter “A” on her bust and never remove it and to also stand in front of everyone on the scaffold in the center of town. She is reminded of her sins because of her daughter who was a result of the affair. She sees her everyday and cherishes every moment she has with her. They try to take Pearl away but Hester will not allow them to. Dimmesdale has also committed adultery with Hester. As a result he is forced to keep this secret deep with in. His punishments are for it to eat him alive and slowly tear away at his heart un ...

Number of words: 401 | Number of pages: 2

Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Self-Reliance”

... any references. It would be an easier piece to read if there were footnotes with explanations. I have wholeheartedly enjoyed Emerson’s essay and think about some aspects of life in a new light. Faith and religion is the base of a wonderful life. Emerson states, “The relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure, that it is profane to seek to interpose helps. It must be that when God speaketh he should communicate, not one thing, but all things; should fill the world with his voice” (28). This is the target everyone should r ...

Number of words: 635 | Number of pages: 3

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