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Pinocchio
Words: 1776 - Pages: 7.... Anyways Geppetto came in and asked the burly
lumberjack if he could have a piece of wood, because that morning he had an
impulse to make a puppet. The lumberjack agreeing and relieved to find a
way of getting rid of the piece of wood and handed it over immediately, but
just as the two hands transferred the wood the piece of wood cried out
"Pollendina"! Geppetto outraged at being ca lled this scr eamed at the
Cherry for he did not know that the wood had said it, so Ôúú‰ú?ú€%úÔ
Cherry then said that ÃúÃÃÃÄÄÄúÄthe wood had said that, Geppetto furious
struck Cherry for thinking he was a imbecile and a huge fight o .....
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A Picture Of Dorian Gray By Os
Words: 868 - Pages: 4.... does this many times throughout the book. He loved using paradoxes and that is why Lord Henry, the character most similar to Wilde, is quoted as being called "Price Paradox." Although Dorian and Basil end up hating each other, they do enjoy meeting each other for the first time. Basil finds something different about Dorian. He sees him in a different way than he sees other men. Dorian is not only beautiful to Basil, but he is also gentle and kind. This is when Basil falls in love with him and begins to paint the picture.
Basil begins painting the picture, but does not tell anyone about it, including Dorian, because he knows that there is .....
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Grapes Of Wrath: The Hardships Of The Common Man
Words: 419 - Pages: 2.... is true. This is displayed by her not
allowing the two cars to split and arrive at California at different times,
when one of the cars breaks down, as they are leaving Oklahoma. Pa Joad
was a hardworking man, who is uplifted from his normal way of life, and is
forced to account for his family not starving. He does not handle this
move very well, and throughout the book, he is confused, and not as
headstrong as Ma. Tom Joad is a very complicated individual, who is a
tremendous asset and at the same time, a tremendous burden. His parole
cuases his family an unneeded worry, while his ability to get work while
very few people do, also benefited .....
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Fahrenheit 451: Books - A Part Of Our Past
Words: 854 - Pages: 4.... if no one
had written things. Man kind would be studying the man who had invented
the television because he would have been able to record himself, and then
everything after that, which is only about fifty years. But without the
recordings of Einstein and all the other famous scientists, television
probably would not be invented that early.
In our day and age people are watching too much television. We
figure that everything that is in books is on the television. If we need
to learn about something we rent a movie about it or watch a show on it.
No one reads books anymore just for the fun of it, or so they can read the
paranormal, scien .....
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Cyrano The Bergerac - Love
Words: 663 - Pages: 3.... to be in company with. In the novel Cyrano de Bergerac, Cyrano loves Roxane more than anyone else but he is shy to tell her so. When he finds out of her feelings towards another character Christian, who she likes because of his looks, Cyrano finds a way to express his love to Roxane. He decides that he would write to her in the name of Christian who comparatively is a poor writer and "wishes to make Christian his interpreter"(II,85).
Both Christian and Cyrano love Roxane but Roxane loves only the person that has been writing to her. It was actually Cyrano, who was writing to her but she thinks it was Christian. Cyrano had said, ". .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Courage
Words: 252 - Pages: 1.... who showed the
largest amount of courage. He showed courage when he shot the dog. He
showed courage in not fighting when it seemed to be the only thing to do.
But, first and foremost, he showed courage in taking the Robinson case.
Because “even though you're beaten 100 years before you started is no
reason not to do something”. This is one of the things that Atticus lives
by.
Scout also has courage, but in a different way. She has shown
courage in many situations, such as when she has stood up for her brother,
and also when she hasn't. Overall, Scout has just as much courage as any of
the adults, but it is the courage of a child.
Tom .....
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: Early Influences On Huckleberry Finn
Words: 1064 - Pages: 4.... into what they believe will
be a better boy. Specifically, they attempt, as Huck says, to "sivilize"
him. This process includes making Huck go to school, teaching him various
religious facts, and making him act in a way that the women find socially
acceptable. Huck, who has never had to follow many rules in his life,
finds the demands the women place upon him constraining and the life with
them lonely. As a result, soon after he first moves in with them, he runs
away. He soon comes back, but, even though he becomes somewhat comfortable
with his new life as the months go by, Huck never really enjoys the life of
manners, religion, and .....
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12 Angry Men
Words: 332 - Pages: 2.... how the boy is not guilty beyond reasonable doubt but Three does not
listen adn would rather see the boy die. "For this kid, you bet I'd pull the
switch."(17) This shows how emotionally unstable Three is. He is a grown man
living in a civilized community and would like to see a boy who he does not even
know die by his own hands Eight does not think highly of Three for what he says
about killing the boy and shouts "your a sadist."(17) which is the absolute
truth about Three.
The emotional make-up of a juror can change his desicision on wther or
not to let a man live or die. When someone is asked judge someone else, shoud
not you .....
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1984: Lack Of Humanity
Words: 1317 - Pages: 5.... book has been altered to say that the Party existed when the first human beings walked the earth. The citizens do not realize that there have been better circumstances; therefore, they think they live in the best time of history. In essence, people are unaware of their plight, and they know no better. George Orwell’s 1984 shows how a human being can be stripped of its emotions, its freedom, and its identity if that human being allows a society like Oceania to rule him; therefore, no one should ever allow it to happen.
The Party controls people’s emotions by instilling basic codes of morality. It is insinuated that one should no .....
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Symbolism In Huckleberry Finn
Words: 728 - Pages: 3.... to get to know themselves and each other better. Becoming one with nature, Huck begins to see and understand the simplicity of life. Expressing his enjoyment of the uncivilized life, Hucks states, “Jim, this is nice, I wouldn’t want to be nowhere else but here.” They no longer need to have the thrill of mischief to keep them going. Merely being surrounded by the Earth’s beautiful resources now give them satisfaction they need.
Although some days are filled with complete peacefulness, there are days when our loyalty can be tested. On what started out as a peaceful day, there became a great fog. Huck and Jim were traveling close .....
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