Papers on Book Reports
The Catbird Seat: Mr. Martin
Words: 580 - Pages: 3.... Thurber, wrote, “The head of the filing department, neat, quiet, attentive…” Because of Mr. Martin’s quit and attentive attitude, one may find it difficult to suspect him of doing any type of wrong doing. All of his coworkers looked upon him as a perfect individual, never falling under the category of fallible. Mrs. Barrows also found it hard to believe, she quoted, “If you weren’t such a drab, ordinary little man, I’d think you planned it all.”
The most vivid quality Mr. Martin depicts within the story is his psychological attributes. Mr. Martin had a head for dates when reviewing past events, which would suggest that h .....
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Animal Farm By George Orwell
Words: 796 - Pages: 3.... 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 starvation. Old Major gave many speeches to the farm animals about hope and the future. He is the main animal who got the rebellion started even though he died before it actually began. Old Major's role compares to Lenin and Marx whose ideas would spark the communist revolution. Lenin became the leader and teacher of the working class in Russia, and their determination to struggle against capitalism. Like .....
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Polonius Is Folish
Words: 1749 - Pages: 7.... opposed may beware of thee. Give every man they ear, but few
thy voice. Take each man’s censure, but reserve they judgment. Costly thy habit as thy
purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy (rich, not gaudy) For the apparel oft proclaims
the man, And they in France of the best rank and station (Are) of a most select and
generous chief in that. Neither a borrower or a lender (be,) For (loan) oft loses both itself
and friend, And borrowing (dulls the) edge of husbandry. This above all: to thine own self
be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
(1. 3. 71-87) The advice that Polonius gives .....
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Book Report On Gods Bits Of Wo
Words: 1368 - Pages: 5.... 13. Note, as well, how the narrative seems to "pan" the market place on pages 15 and 16. The large number of characters and the way the setting moves from place to place may pose some difficulty, but they're fairly simple to sort out. The map helps with places. Making lists of characters associated with each town helps, as well.
The action takes place in several locations (an interesting filmic term)--primarily in Bamako, Thiès, and Dakar. The map at the beginning shows the locations and suggests that the story is about a whole country and all of its people. There is a large cast of characters associated with each place. Some are featur .....
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A Separate Peace; Chapter Summaries
Words: 1546 - Pages: 6.... new kind of war game called blitzball, in which
everyone is everyone elses enemy. Phineas breaks the schools swimming
record, but tells Gene not to tell anyone, he just wanted to do it for
himself. Gene and Phineas of campus to the ocean to swim. They have a drink
at the bar, the spend the night on the beach, and Phineas tells Gene he is
his best pal. Gene is not sure if he feels the same.
Chapter 4: Gene and Finny (Phineas) wake up and head back to Devon. Gene
fails his trigonometry examination for the first time. Finny tells Gene
that he studies too much. Gene thinks Finny is jealous. Gene wants to earn
the Scholastic Achievement Citation .....
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Johnny Tremain
Words: 560 - Pages: 3.... for his wife's birthday. Johnny was working all week on the
handles he was to design. He came close to the end of the week but he still
hadn't got it perfectly right. On Saturday he was told that he couldn't
work because he couldn't work on Sabbath. So, Johnny told Mrs. Lampham
about this and she said that he could secretly work on Sunday. While Johnny
was working, One of the other workers handed him a broken piece which had a
crack in the side. It broke and silver when everywhere. Johnny's hand went
on the stove. He nearly burned it, it was completely silver on his palm.
They called for an old lady. A month later, they were going to unwrap .....
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The Effect Of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Words: 829 - Pages: 4.... book that made this great war". The impact of Uncle Tom's
Cabin did more to arouse antislavery sentiment in the N orth and provoke
angry rebuttals in the south than any other event in antebellum era.
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), born Lichfeild, Connecticut, was
the daughter, sister, and wife of liberal clergymen and theologians. Her
father Lyman and brother Henry Ward were two of the most preeminent
theologians of the nineteenth century. This extremely devout Christian
upbringing, focusing on the doctrines of sin, guilt, atonement and
salvation, had an undeniable impact in her writings. Each of her
characters displays some .....
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Romanticism’ In Jude The Obscure
Words: 2210 - Pages: 9.... becomes increasingly darker in his novel, Jude included.
Irving Howe, describe Jude in the following terms: Jude the Obscure is Hardy's most distinctly 'modern' work, for it rests upon a cluster of assumptions central to modernist literature: that in our time men wishing to be more than dumb clods must live in permanent doubt and intellectual crisis; that for such men, to whom traditional beliefs are no longer available, life has become inherently problematic …and that courage, if it is to be found at all, consists in readiness to accept pain while refusing the comforts of certainty.
This was based upon which a relations .....
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Comparison Of Lord Of The Flies And All Quiet On The Western Front
Words: 1264 - Pages: 5.... that, "The pause was only long enough for
them to realize the enormity of what the downward stroke would be."
Golding is suggesting that the societal taboos placed on killing are still
ingrained within Jack. The next significant encounter in Jack's
progression is his first killing of a pig. There is a description of a
great celebration. The boys chant "Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill
her blood." It is clear from Golding's description of the revelry that
followed the killing that the act of the hunt provided the boys with more
than food. The action of killing another living thing gives them pleasure.
The last stage in Jack's me .....
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The Great Gatsby Book Report
Words: 472 - Pages: 2.... affection or fondness for a person or a thing. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, Daisy's love for Gatsby is very shallow. The affections she has for him are only feelings of respect of his success because Jay prospers in all his intentions.
Daisy highly regards Gatsby because of his determination of getting anything he wants. Hence, love is not shown very profoundly by Daisy towards Gatsby. She has already married Tom and has a daughter by him. She married him during the time Gatsby joins the military, with a thought of him not coming back. Before Gatsby joins the military, Daisy and him made a promise to one another that when Gatsby returns, .....
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