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Native Son: Characters
Words: 2195 - Pages: 8.... when his secret dread of the delicatessen robbery impels him to commit a vicious assault on his friend Gus. Bigger commits both of the brutal murders not in rage or anger, but as a reaction to fear. His typical fear stems from being caught in the act of doing something socially unacceptable and being the subject of punishment. Although he later admits to Max that Mary Dalton's behavior toward him made him hate her, it is not that hate which causes him to smother her to death, but a feeble attempt to evade the detection of her mother. The fear of being caught with a white woman overwhelmed his common sense and dictated his actions. When .....
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Killer Angels 2
Words: 747 - Pages: 3.... with mindless babble. Michael Shaara tells the story with vivid emotions. He makes the reader feel like they were there in the camps, under the artillery, behind the stone wall, marched, bled, and prayed that Lee would not order the charge. Michael Shaara takes you there, as soldiers saw the war and army life. He showed the true sorrow and terror. "Yet you learn to love it. Isn't that amazing? Long marches and no rest., up very early in the morning, and asleep late in the rain, and there's a marvelous excitement to it, a joy to wake in the morning, and feel the army all around you and see the campfires in the morning and smell t .....
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Things Fall Apart 5
Words: 705 - Pages: 3.... of importance. Wife number one sent the first dish and so on. Not a bad set up if Okonkwo did not like what his first wife prepared, he had two more meals to fall back on. If a man's first wife did not produce the sons he longed for, he had other wives to impregnate and hope they would produce the sons he desired. In Things Fall Apart, the book seems to depict men as getting all the benefits of polygamy, or do they?
What about the relationships between the wives? Do they all get along? Are they jealous of one another? Can a man really live with more than one wife in total peace? For example wife number one bears no children. Wife number thr .....
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The Heat Death Of The Universe
Words: 1102 - Pages: 5.... Boyle, is quite unsatisfied with her place in life. This unhappiness stems from a wasted education, causing the apathetic housewife to resort to ceaseless contemplation, which shapes the life she has created for herself and the home she is trapped in.
The fact that Sarah Boyle was well-educated is pointed out clearly in the first few paragraphs, “Sarah Boyle is a vivacious and intelligent young wife and mother, educated at a fine Eastern college” (192). This fact can be also be easily deduced by the reader after observing the knowledge Sarah presents and the vocabulary she exhibits, such as “ONTOLOGY: That branch of m .....
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The Crucible 3
Words: 382 - Pages: 2.... would post it on
the church door, to use Proctor as an example to get other
people to confess. That upset Proctor greatly, because
people would look down on him with disdain, and it would
blacken forever his name.
What was most important to him was to make a stand
against the insanity of the town, for himself and for God,
and using that as a last resort to make people aware of what
was happening. This last stand for righteousness is an
example of proctor's great character and rationale.
Arthur Miller wrote his play, The Crucible, a story about
the Salem witch trials, and the panic resulting from it, as .....
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The Wife Of Martin Guerre
Words: 465 - Pages: 2.... protector for this family as like his own father as two men may well be, and for that thanks to God” (28). Consequently, him leaving the farm and not returning for years was quite unexpected. Whether he planned to return in 8 days like he said or not is irrelevant, he still abandoned everything, and that is inexcusable. His left his wife Bertrande, causing her great pain and endless wondering whether he still was alive. In a quote from the narrator, “He had deserted her in the full beauty of her youth, in the height of her great passion, he had shamed her and wounded her…” (34).
Martin also deserted his young son .....
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Its Not Over Till Its Over
Words: 343 - Pages: 2.... to make it look like suicide. Molly continues to drown all her sorrows in the wine, getting dangerously close to death.
This scene sticks out in the readers’ mind for several reasons, but a few very important ones. The first is that the reader now knows that their suspicions of Molly’s close friends are correct, and that everything is not what it seems to be. Up until this point, the reader had no idea that of all people, Jenna was not only responsible for the murder of Molly’s husband, but quite possibly the murder of Molly as well. Jenna only cares enough to cover up the truth about her affair with Molly’s h .....
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The Outsiders - Human Nature
Words: 524 - Pages: 2.... Greaser, Dally, who is always in trouble with the law. Dally helps them by giving them some money, a gun, and a place to hide. They hide in a church outside of town for a week until Dally says it¹s okay to come out. They go out to eat and when they get back to the church they find it burning. When they see that there are kids inside and the fire could have been started by their cigarettes, they run inside to save the kids. Johnny and Dally are hurt in the fire and taken to the hospital. They are hailed as heroes in the local paper. Dally breaks out of the hospital to fight in a rumble against the Socs. While the Greasers beat the Socs, .....
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Lord Of The Flies 3
Words: 1085 - Pages: 4.... survive. The role of survival of the fittest was best described on (pg. 8) "I can't swim on account of my asthma". Piggy was already going down in the food chain of the island. Ralph was a tall attractive boy who had very good leadership skills. It is no wonder that he voted in as leader. Piggy can't defend himself. An example of this is (pg. 17) "Shut up fatty." Another example is when piggy wants to come with them up the mountain, (pg. 20); " I'll come." " Your no good for a job like this" .The boys on the island resorted to killing pigs with such savagery when they were hungry.
When there is no order chaos arises. There are many ex .....
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Spirit Of The Game
Words: 684 - Pages: 3.... talented players of today, it was all about the team. The 1932 Detroit Falcons, which would soon be, renamed the Red Wings were a prime example of a 1920-1950s-hockey team. Not one player on the team tried to put their own individual statistics before the team, no matter how good they were. With this intense team playing style they won the Stanley cup the following season. The next and final chapter in section 1 was Behind the Bench. The most substantial role is not being played on the ice, but behind the bench by the coaches. The coaches in any sport set the tone and mood of their team. During the game the coach is probably ran .....
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