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Dynamic Characters In A Tale O
Words: 1022 - Pages: 4.... If you must go flopping yourself down, flop in favour of your husband and child, and not in opposition to ’em” (49). Jerry Cruncher has a secret second occupation that no one knows about. He is a body snatcher and hides this from his family and everyone else. When Mr. Lorry finds out about this, he is very disappointed and says, “My mind misgives me much, that you have used the respectable and great house of Tellson’s as a blind, and that you have had an unlawful occupation of an infamous description” (286). At the end of the story, Jerry Cruncher makes two vows to Miss Pross. One of them is that he will never interfe .....
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Night Essay
Words: 1309 - Pages: 5.... the Talmund, and at night I ran to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the temple.” (page 1) Although he is young, he has already learned that he should be devoted to his religion. Once the Germans come and start taking over the city, the Jewish people of the city are forced to wear a yellow star (the Star of David) to distinguish them from the non-Jewish people in the city. Elizer is very upset about this, while his father doesn't seem affected by it at all. His father tries to comfort Elizer. The father’s argument is that wearing the star is not so terrible, it can’t kill you, but Elizer’s response says it all. He .....
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Hamlet Analysis
Words: 734 - Pages: 3.... murder.” The single light from behind could move to directly over the ghost casting a shadow onto his face to make him look even more menacing. Also, lights all over the stage would begin at a low red glow and slowly rise to a bright red engulfing the whole stage when the ghost finishes off the quote saying, “murder”. If you manipulate the light in another way the ghost can be presented as a caring father. By using a white or a blue light would portray him as good because the colors of white and blue are connected with things such as heaven and angels, both of which have good connotations. For example, when showing t .....
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The Old Man And The Sea
Words: 288 - Pages: 2.... Will Santiago pursue the fish or give
up? A wonderful book of morality, focusing on a few of Hemingway's universal themes--courage in
the face of death, compassion for others, and respect for nature.
I loved the Biblical references that were in the book--the cuts in the old man's left hand, the blood
running down his face. is very rich with figurative language such as "flag of
permanent defeat" (my favorite, first paragraph). My favorite character in the book was the first
marlin that was mentioned--the male marlin accompanied by his female mate. The male always let
the female feed first, and when a female was hooked by a fisherm .....
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Animal Farm By George Orwell
Words: 658 - Pages: 3.... a wonderful government where all the animals were equal and the humans, or the czars, were pushed out. Unfortunately his dream would never materialize. Then we are left with his predecessors. The first is Snowball. Snowball believed one hundred percent in Old Majors ideals. He wanted all the things Old Major wanted, such as the welfare of the animals. In the Russian Revolution his counterpart would be Trotsky. Trotsky believed and wanted the same things as Lenin, and wanted to continue what Lenin had started. Then comes Napoleon. Napoleon was selfish and greedy. He did not want to share the power or the decision making with any other indiv .....
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Great Expectations 7
Words: 477 - Pages: 2.... who "love" her a difficult time. Estella appears to do what she has to in a manner irritatingly relaxed. She functions like a robot programed to carry necessary tasks. "You may kiss me if you like," (88), she tells Pip with no feeling, almost as if the kiss was money or a gift. With every cold-hearted action, Estella furthers herself from any true feeling.
Though she advocated it, Estella's actions weren't entirely her fault. Motivated by a jilting on her wedding day, Miss Havisham adopts Estella to raise her into a heartless instrument of revenge against men. Estella makes unwise decisions mostly based on Miss Havisham's teachings. She .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird -
Words: 3149 - Pages: 12.... is accused of a crime against Mayella Ewell
Bob Ewell:
The irresponsible and disgraceful father of a brood of children, who receives welfare checks and uses them for alcohol
Mayella Violet Ewell:
Bob Ewell's daughter, who later accuses Tom Robinson of attacking her
Reverend Sykes:
A Negro minister who takes care of Scout and Jem during the trial.
Chapters 1-7
The beginning of chapter one opens up with Scout telling us that Jem has a broken elbow. She then takes us back to summer of 1933 where we meet a young boy named Dill. Together Jem, Scout and Dill begin their adventures and their obsession with Mr. Aurthor Radley, or .....
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Macbeth - Ambition
Words: 769 - Pages: 3.... at Duncan's palace. Macbeth's urge to exterminate Duncan increases when Duncan names Malcolm the Prince of Cumberland, the heir to the Scottish throne. Macbeth's ambition strengthens because he pleads to the stars (his destiny) to make his plan a reality. (Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires: The eye wink at the hand! yet let that be, which the eye fears, when it is done, to see. Act 1, Scene 4, Lines 57-60) During the banquet held at Macbeth's castle at Inverness in honor of Duncan, Macbeth's ambition changes. He contemplates his wicked plan of executing Duncan and arrives at the conclusion of not allowing .....
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The Bean Trees
Words: 1133 - Pages: 5.... kids just about as fast as they could fall down the well and drown," and a boy with a job as a gas- meter man was considered a "high-class catch." Simply avoiding pregnancy was a major achievement for Taylor. She needed to get away from there to get ahead, and when she goes, she leaves almost everything behind, including her real name. Taylor is the name she adopts at the place where her car runs out of gas, in Taylorville, Illinois.
However, what starts out as a commonplace search for personal opportunities soon turns into a test of her character and beliefs, and of her ability to face and overcome obstacles. On her way west wi .....
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Critique Of Joseph Conrads Hea
Words: 1142 - Pages: 5.... hints at this conclusion using several literary devices, ranging from symbolism to the subtle changes in Marlowe, the narrator, that represent his growing distance
from civilization and reality. The strongest device and example of this phenomenon is the transformation of Mr. Kurtz, the director of the Inner Station. In this essay, I will explain and analyze Kurtz’s “de-humanity”, and how effective it is in achieving Conrad’s goal. This “deconstruction” of Kurtz culminates with his utterance of the phrase, “The horror! The horror!”, as he lay dying. Yet, first we must explain what Kurtz w .....
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