Papers on Book Reports
Jasmine: Taylor's Significance
Words: 891 - Pages: 4.... was an Indian community, with people who has same nationality as her living in the same place. The life living with people who spoke same language as her resulted in her English was "deserting" (p 128) her. Moreover, she had soon realized that she was a "prisoner doing unreal time." (p. 132) By meeting Taylor, he gave her the freedom to explore more America life instead just limited in one place. Her first experience with ordinary American family was with Taylor, Wylie and Duff. "I became an American in an apartment on Claremont Avenue across the street from a Barnard College Dormitory¡KDuff was my child; Taylor and Wylie were .....
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Soldiering & Symbolism
Words: 954 - Pages: 4.... class status. One thing that she points out is that groups have also been stereotyped into being “prone to soldiering”. These people have been labeled as “Martial races.”
An interesting point that she makes about Martial races is that they have traditionally been set on the regional peripheries of a state. This makes it seem as though the only reason for their being allowed to remain part of the state is to protect it from outside invaders. With this kind of covered seclusion breeds contempt, both from the main stream people of the state as well as the “martial races” forced outside the framework of society for their di .....
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Mary Shelley’s Self-help Guide To Life
Words: 1390 - Pages: 6.... consequences of insensible
actions and habits. However, she also portrays good habits that aid in
overcoming the obstacles of life. Mary Shelley sets vital examples for
being content without being overly ambitious, taking responsibility for
actions, having loving relationships with people, and enjoying life and
nature through Victor Frankenstein and his monster’s actions.
Mary Shelley begins by telling of the dangers in being overly-
ambitious through Victor's obsession with creating life. As Victor toils
on a physically and mentally laborious project, he completely neglects the
other significant areas of his life, such as hi .....
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Book Report On "The Lost World"
Words: 1005 - Pages: 4.... and they both were abandoned when a freak
and tragic incident left nearly everyone on both islands dead. Not many
people who knew about the second island survived so it took him a long
time to find one of the old employees of InGen and get him to tell him
about and the location of the island. With his information Levine made a
team of five people to take to the island himself, Ian Malcolm Sarah
Harding, Jack Thorne, and Eddie Carr, the top employee of Thorne. They
were going to leave in two weeks when Thorne finds out that Levine has left
for the island early wanting to be the first one to “officially” find it.
He and the small c .....
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The Red Badge Of Courage
Words: 1120 - Pages: 5.... Flemming, the main character. In that amount of time, war can turn a boy into a man. It does not physically turn an individual into a grown man, but it mentally matures them. War matures boys into a men is by experiencing new, unpredictable environments and adjusting to unfamiliar smells, sounds, and emotions. Think about it, being there on a battlefield witnessing deaths of friends and comrades would have to have an effect on a human being. Being in a war and to be around new faces, new personalities, confusion, and trauma would force one to adapt to an environment faster than you usually would. Just imagine leaving your country hom .....
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The Canterbury Tales: A Character Sketch Of Chaucer's Knight
Words: 542 - Pages: 2.... his armor had left mark" (l. 72). That is, the knight is
"just home from service" (l. 73) and is in such a hurry to go on his pilgrimage
that he has not even paused before beginning it to change his clothes.
The knight has had a very busy life as his fighting career has taken
him to a great many places. He has seen military service in Egypt, Lithuania,
Prussia, Russia, Spain, North Africa, and Asia Minor where he "was of [great]
value in all eyes (l. 63). Even though he has had a very successful and busy
career, he is extremely humble: Chaucer maintains that he is "modest as a maid"
(l. 65). Moreover, he has never said .....
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David Copperfield: The Many Differences Between James Steerforth And Tommy Traddles
Words: 579 - Pages: 3.... was pictured as being somewhat on the heavy side. He reminds the
reader of the fat clumsy kid in their own school. Dickens portrays this when he
says, "Poor Traddles! In a tight sky-blue suit that made his arms and legs like
German sausages, or roly-poly puddings," (143).
Besides being different in appearance, Charles Dickens contrasts these two
characters through their personalities. From the beginning, James Steerforth
leads people to believe that he is a good person. There are many instances in
which he shows off his true colors. The first sign of his deceitful manner
occurs when David allows Steerforth to keep his money. Steerf .....
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Of Mice And Men: A Review
Words: 344 - Pages: 2.... Candy's dog in the back of the
head, Candy loses his companion, which makes it evident that something
similar will happen to George. Lennie is like Candy's dog. He is even
described by Steinbeck with animal-like qualities. His hands are described
as "paws" and he drinks water like a "horse". Lennie's passion for animals
makes him more animal-like as well. The death of the mouse, puppy, and
Curly's wife all help to foreshadow the death of Lennie.
When George finds out that Lennie has killed Curly's wife he knows
that Curly will seek revenge. George alone finds Lennie in the brush and
assures him that he is not upset about what he d .....
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Dancing On The Edge
Words: 279 - Pages: 2.... One night her Aunt Casey comes over a séance Gigi is holding, to contact Miracle’s mother something goes wrong. While using the Ouiji board, Gigi gets a message from Miracle’s mom saying, that Dane is in trouble and gone. They all rush to his room, and when they open the door there is no sign of Dane, just candles lit around the room and his clothes in a pile on the floor, just as if he had melted. Gigi tells Miracle that’s Dane has in fact “melted”. After this her behavior slowly changes, and she no longer believes in reality, she bases everything on what her Gigi tells her, such as the meanings of numbers and colors and auras. .....
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Frankenstein: The Forbidden Fruit
Words: 731 - Pages: 3.... his first meeting with is creator. All he desired were basic
animal needs. He hunted for fruit and nut to stop the pangs of hunger. He
slept in the forest under the stars. He sought meager shelter to keep him
dry. These were all he desired before he knew of man. Only after silently
observing a family for months did he learn of the ways of mankind. He
became self-aware and learned common knowledge. He tediously acquired a
written and oral language. Then he yearned to meet his benefactors. For
years after his creation, the Creature was innocent.
Throughout his bitter life, the Creature was dealt one blow from
huma .....
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