Papers on Book Reports
Anne Of Green Gables: Narcissism
Words: 717 - Pages: 3.... it must be Anne spelled with an e because “It looks so much
nicer.” (p25) The “Cordelia” reference also illustrates narcissism through
the reference to Cordelia, in Shakespeare's King Lear. In King Lear,
Cordelia will not give in to her father's (King Lear) narcissistic demands
for love and Anne identifies very closely with this heroine. Anne
substitutes her victimizing orphan situation for her imagination and
identification with heroines such as Cordelia.
Anne's first meeting with Mrs. Rachel Lynde lays the foundation for
a proper demonstration of vanity. Anne is offended by Mrs. Lynde's
comments about her appearance and this ca .....
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The Catcher In The Rye
Words: 667 - Pages: 3.... and live in the woods with him. She doesn't share the same opinion. Holden meets some more people, but non of them can solve his problems. He feels more depressed and lonely. He walks around in the rain soaking wet, he is sure he is going to catch pneumonia. But before he leaves this world he wants to visit his little sister, Phoebe, to say good bye. He admires her a lot and they communicate very well. Holden realises that there are things he cannot solve by him self, and decides to rejoin his family. The style of the book is very unusual because it is told by a sixteen-year-old boy. It can give you some problems because some of the things .....
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Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress": The Essence Of Time
Words: 384 - Pages: 2.... love to her would be. Marvell tells his
mistress that the act would be almost animalistic and intense. Throughout
the poem, he uses the phases of time in an attempt to frighten her into
having sex with him.
All three stanza's in the poem represent a different time frame.
The first gives his mistress a feeling of unconditional love. He leads
her to believe he would give all he has to her as long as time will permit.
During the second stanza, Marvell plays on her fear of getting old. He
warns her that her beauty isn't everlasting and that she will end up
unhappy alone if she doesn't give in. Marvell's use of optimum time, .....
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Medea: Guilty As Charged
Words: 1054 - Pages: 4.... life and introduced her to our great Greek land, teaching her “how to live by law instead of the sweet will of force” (line 538). When he arrived in Corinth, he further extended his generosity. An opportunity arose to preserve Medea and breed a royal progeny to be brothers to his children by marrying the daughter of our great king Creon (595-7). Medea refused to accept all that Jason offered and labeled him disloyal for seeking another wife. However, our great society allows men to pursue other relationships when they grow tired of their current companion. Therefore, Jason did not act beyond his given rights. He actually sh .....
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Moby Dick
Words: 10442 - Pages: 38.... the famous letter to his publisher, Fields, spoke of fearing that his novel would "weary very many people and disgust some" by keeping so close, and with so little diversification, to "the same dark idea." Would he have an audience receptive to his peculiar view of things? The Greek and Elizabethan dramatists or Racine or even the poet of Job could count on an audience culturally predisposed through myth, theater, or racial view to accept at once a drama of direness. Hawthorne had to make his own audience, to lead it by easy stages, as it were, into the dark idea. Hence the familiar, reassuring tone of the Custom House introduction, where .....
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Anna Karenina: Characters And The Life Novel
Words: 1697 - Pages: 7.... appearance and actions that give a sense of realism. For example,
the waiter that Stiva and Levin encounter at their dinner, although a flat
character is definitely presented in a manner which allows him to have a sense
of lifelikeness and fullness. From the speech patterns the waiter uses to the
description of the fit of his uniform, one is presented with the details that
allow the waiter to contribute to the novel in means beyond simply the presence
of a minor character. His description and actions provide the novel with a
sense of "real life".
Another way in which Tolstoy gives the minor character a sense of life
is by ma .....
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Similarities In Fitzgerald's "Two Wrongs" And "An Alcoholic Case"
Words: 846 - Pages: 4.... in New York, who in three years has
produced nine shows of which, one was a flop. Bill is a man who has it all
and knows it. He is a man who takes his profession seriously in the way
that it produces many social advantages and opportunities.
In the other story we have an out of work cartoonist who also has
an alcoholic problem. His is a condition that is so bad it requires him to
have a nurse. This is an obvious and maybe at first glance, the only
similarity between the two stories. In Fitzgerald's stories, fictional
problems are often the result of alcoholism. There are, however more
similarities than that.
There are also similarit .....
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Compare And Contrast - Sir Per
Words: 727 - Pages: 3.... for Chauvelin?
Another way that the two are alike is that they both are fighting for what they believe in. Percy is trying to free the aristocrats, while Chauvelin is attempting to prevent the aristocrats from leaving. Both are totally devoted to their job and are fighting for what they believe. Like how Percy could get killed at any time if he gets caught by Chauvelin. Speaking of Chauvelin, he himself is not a liked man ; there are many that wouldn't mind his little head on a stick, eh?
The third way that Chauvelin and Sir Percy are alike is that they both use disguises in the book. Percy uses a disguise when he is trying to smuggle .....
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Heart Of Darkness: Themes In Garden Of Evil And Heart Of Darkness
Words: 1533 - Pages: 6.... bands of cannibles
that are ever posing a threat to his life. At the end of Heart of Darkness
the story becomes a Quest of the self. Marlowe is searching deep within
himself to comprehend what he is seeing with Mr.Kurtz and within himself he
has to conquor the evil that could take him over. It is a Quest for Marlowe
to search for his self being.
Independent Novel Study-Style
1. Irony-Occurs when a set of circumstances turn out very differently from
what was expected..
Foreshadowing-Gives the reader a hint to what will happen later in the
story.
Flashback-When they look bac at what they have done before.
Point .....
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Dollshouse
Words: 574 - Pages: 3.... He tends to treat her views and opinions as less than important or trifling. Torvald doesn’t want Nora spending too much money at Christmas. Nora wants to borrow against his upcoming promotion and subsequent raise in salary. Torvald states on page 1565 ‘Are your scatterbrains off again? What if today I borrowed a thousand crowns, and you squandered them over Christmas week.’ On the rare occasion when Torvald gives her money, he is concerned that she will waste it on candy and pastry.
Nora asks Torvald what her most sacred vows are and he responds ‘And I have to tell you that! Aren’t they duties to you .....
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