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Forrest Gump
Words: 1013 - Pages: 4.... These sorts of fiascoes happen during the course of this novel.
Throughout the novel, Forrest is telling of his remarkable life that he has led. It starts when he is a child. When he was in school, he was transferred to a special school because he had an IQ of an idiot and did not fit in with the mainstream. When he was about sixteen, a guy stopped him on his way home from “nut school” and asked him why he had not seen him around before. The next week, he was taken out of that school and placed in a public high school so he could play football. He was six foot six and weighed 245 pounds. Forrest led his team to a state championsh .....
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Tom Sawyer
Words: 556 - Pages: 3.... and, after a great time had been
made over him, the visitor thought Tom should have a chance to show his learning,
so he asked him who were the first two of the twelve Apostles to follow Jesus,
it being presumed that the prize boy knew such things perfectly, for the lesson
of the term had been in the study of the four Gospels. Tom felt the necessity of
giving some answer, and his was "David and Goliath," to the surprise of the
visitor, the consternation of the head teacher and the amusement of the school.
When Tom went to church he took a large snapping bug (which has a grip like a
crab) with him, and it got hold of a church-going dog, wh .....
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Pudd'nhead Wilson: Slavery
Words: 853 - Pages: 4.... for money; he
decides it would be a better idea, though, to rob his uncle to buy his
mother's freedom and pay off his gambling debts. In the process, though,
he ends up murdering his uncle and is eventually caught. The truth about
him is let out and Tom is set into slavery and "Valet" de Chambre" is set
free.
The issue of slavery comes up throughout the novel. The reality of
slavery is shown in many places in the novel. There are two main aspects
of slavery dealt with most realistically in the novel: sex, and violence.
The reality of sex between slaveholder's and slaves is a main point in the
novel due to the fact that "Roxy", a .....
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Frankenstein
Words: 880 - Pages: 4.... violent or vicious, but unfortunately, the rejection by his creator drives it to a life full of revenge. Rather than focusing this child-like hatred on Victor, the monster hits its creator where it hurts; his loved ones. This originally peaceful monster, now bitter and hateful, resorts to random acts of violence to compensate for its mistreatment. At "birth," when the first spark of life shot through the creature, there is an apparent natural love and respect for the creator. Victor, on the other hand, fled in disgust at first sight of " the miserable monster which I have created"(57)and hoped to never see it again. But like a child, 's .....
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Friendship Of The Musketeers
Words: 881 - Pages: 4.... M. d'Artagnan, and
how he would gladly be of service to his son, thereby continuing the
friendship to the son.
Another example of friendship is the on between d'Artagnan, Porthos,
Athos and Aramis, this is shown throughout the book. It all started when
d'Artagnan was pursuing the man from Meung and ran in to Athos, who was
freshly wounded in a small skirmish with the Cardinal's Guards. D'Artagnan
asked Athos to pardon him and let him be on his way but Athos being the
brave and gallant musketeer, demanded a better aplogy, d'Artagnan was very
insulted by this so he challenged Athos to a duel at twelve o'clock. The
d'Artagnan ran towards th .....
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The Scarlet Ibis
Words: 410 - Pages: 2.... not going
to touch it, and his brother told him that he will leave him by himself unless
he touches it. Doodle's next remark is, "Don't leave me Brother." That shows
how Doodle loved his brother, and that he did not want to be separated from him.
(By the way, Doodle does touch the casket). Another example is at the end of
the story when Doodle and his brother were running to the house during a
thunderstorm. Doodle's brother was far ahead and just let his brother behind
like he did not care about him. Doodle's brother then hears Doodle scream,
"Brother, Brother, don't leave me! Don't leave me!" Doodle's brother kept on
running until .....
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Canterbury Tales-a Personal Pe
Words: 689 - Pages: 3.... concerns of the medieval man. The existence of God was never questioned and the one thing that man wanted most was to be with the divine. In order to do this, he had to achieve salvation. The simplest way to achieve salvation was to buy it. The character of the Pardoner is truly one of the books most evil-hearted and despicable, for he is the person who can “sell” salvation. He takes total advantage of his position intimidating people into buying his pardons, indulgences, and holy relics. The Pardoner has no real concern for the sinners, he only wants his money, as shown on page 243, where he says “Out come the p .....
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The Awakening 5
Words: 743 - Pages: 3.... as individuals and grow wings as ministering angels.” She gave up her individuality by taking marriage vows and became one half of the Ratignolle family. “The Ratignolles understood each other perfectly. If ever a fusion of two human beings into one has ever been accomplished on this sphere it [is] surely this union.” Madame Ratignolle has surrendered to her husband’s world as proper wives at the time were expected to do. She obeys her husband and assumes the responsibility of keeping him satisfied. “She would not consent to remain with Edna [when] Monsieur Ratignolle was alone, [because] he detested abo .....
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A Comparison Of "Of Mice And Men" And "The Great Depression An Eyewitness History"
Words: 684 - Pages: 3.... were in that type of predicament. Keeping
enough money until the next job was difficult because prices were rising
during the Great Depression and you had to budget your money. During this
depression most people worked on farms because after the stock market
crashed people realized that the reason the stock market crashed was
because farms were not producing enough goods. People started to work on
farms more to help everyone. Lennie and George worked for ranches and also
in the fields. "He's a good skinner. He can rassel grain bags, drive a
cultivator. He can do anything." (Of Mice and Men p.22).
If you really look closely, George .....
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The Interesting Narrative Of Olaudah Equiano
Words: 1072 - Pages: 4.... a slave if he/she was a captured enemy. The Europeans, however, rounded up slaves with no thought of any African’s personal lives and captured them for the sole purpose of enslaving them. When they did not “round up” the Africans themselves they would trade goods for slaves which caused tribes to attack other tribes for more slaves to increase their own wealth and status. These two factors left damage to the African tribes.
Equiano recalls that the slaves taken by his Ibo people were almost treated as one of the family. The slaves do the same amount of work that any other member of the family would do. When Equiano reached the We .....
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