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Amazing Grace
Words: 1935 - Pages: 8.... crack-cocaine and heroin; prostitution; poor hospital care, where one-quarter of new mothers tested in obstetric wards are HIV positive; and the police say is the deadliest precinct in the city.
Kozol writes about the trials and tribulations of everyday “normal” life for the children and people who live here. Normal for them however is quite different than it is for most of us. Living with drug dealers, pollution, poor hospital care and an abominable education system not to mention the social system of the city, is the “norm” for these children. In his interviews with the children of this squalid neighborhood, we find that the chi .....
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Brave New World Essays
Words: 2088 - Pages: 8.... for a child in the savage society, but in the Brave New World, everyone had their own life. There were no personal relationships, and there was no love. Also, drugs were looked down upon by the reservation, and yet, in the Brave New World, drugs, specifically soma, are the food for life. Instead of living through rough situations, society went on soma holidays for their problems.
All these “wrongs” to John, were making him upset. John tried to give the hospital workers freedom. He threw away their soma, and made them more upset. The workers rioted against John, and he realized he could not change society. John argued with the .....
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Lord Of The Flies
Words: 779 - Pages: 3.... survival, instead of long-term good of the group. As the self centered group grew bigger, the desire to be in the safest, most powerful group grew larger, and larger. At one point in the book, the clique was so powerful, the others were not only ousted , but they were tormented also. The tormenting eventually led to the killing of others who weren't in the group.
III. CHARACTERS
I believe there are two main characters in the book. One of them is Ralph, for his coolness and consideration, and another is Jack, for his leadership roll. Another reason I picked Jack and Ralph as main characters is because they have a conflict throughout th .....
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Pride And Prejudice
Words: 1590 - Pages: 6.... girls struggle to capture his attention, and Jane, who judges no one, is the daughter who manages to win his heart, until Mr. Bingley abruptly leaves town. Mr. Bingley is often accompanied by Fitzwilliam Darcy, who is a very proud man. Elizabeth Bennet, who is proud of herself, and Mr. Darcy are not fond of one another from the start, these two characters pose the central conflict in the novel. As the novel progresses, Elizabeth receives a marriage proposal from her cousin, Mr. Collins, and turns him down. Mr. Collins then proposes to Charlotte Lucas, Elizabeth’s bestfriend, who accepts. Elizabeth then leaves home to stay with, the Col .....
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Taming Of The Shrew 2
Words: 2683 - Pages: 10.... 3) class distinctions, and 4) love. While marriage and courtship were the main focal points of this play, the other three subjects were made very obvious. Shakespeare chose these elements for his play not solely because they were basic, he chose them because they grasped people’s lives in his day. While these subjects reached the heart, the thought of change was brought forth from these subjects. The change was not only in actions, but feelings as well. For example, Petruchio made it plain that he did not want to wed Katherine for his love of her, but instead he wanted to wed her for her money,
"Signoir Hortensio, twixt such frien .....
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School Uniforms
Words: 541 - Pages: 2.... styles of clothes all come together wearing similar pants, shirts, ties, and shoes. Through a dress code and hair restrictions, everyone is helped to be made more comfortable by wearing similar clothes, otherwise, people may feel alienated with less trendy or "cool" clothes. Hairstyles help ease this integration as well by giving each person similar styles making everyone feel more at ease. The overall integration helps the students realize that although people may look similar, the idea that everyone exhibits will be greatly different. These different ideas are present in everyone, and the dress code and hair restrictions help illustr .....
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A Comparison And Contrast Of The Supernatural's Active Role In The Lives Of Mary Rowlandson And Benjamin Franklin
Words: 921 - Pages: 4.... a puritan in Lancaster, Massachusetts was captured
by Indians, along with three of her children in the year 1676. In her
narrative she relates the story of her survival in the wilderness for a
period of three months. She is taken away from her home and husband, "all
was gone (except my life); and I knew not but the next moment that might go
too" (127).
Benjamin Franklin's The Autobiography is an account of his life and
begins with his boyhood life in Boston. He later flees to Philadelphia to
escape his brother's rule over him. He relates how he was "dirty",
"fatigu'd", and "Want of Rest" (222).
In these depictions we can see .....
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Matthew Arnold S Devolpment Of
Words: 1086 - Pages: 4.... what they strive for, what they expect to see happen. The sequence of actions or events.
Character- is either developed or flat, either individuated or typed, either symbolic or psychological. That which reveals the moral purpose of the agents.
Diction- the choice of words with special care for their expressiveness.
Thought- the ideas expressed in a work of art.
Spectacle- the visual ingredients of work of art.
Music- music itself that reflects or embodies the action of the drama.
Given these facts, we now understand what a drama is and what elements are essential to making it successful. So, it is quite easy to say that no, a tragedy, a t .....
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The Scarlet Letter - Roger Chi
Words: 671 - Pages: 3.... had been calm in temperament, kindly, though not of warm affections, but ever, and in all his relations with the world, a pure and upright man.” (p. 157, Chpt. 10) He enjoys studying and the pursuit of knowledge.
When Chillingworth finds out that Hester cheated on him, he cannot be
blamed for being dismayed and livid. He feels betrayed, and calls Hester’s sin
unpardonable. His rage quickly becomes resentment, and he develops a strong
desire to find out with whom Hester had an affair with. Chillingworth seeks
nothing but revenge. When Arthur Dimmesdale defends Hester and her actions,
Chillingworth begins his suspicion .....
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Great Expectations
Words: 1440 - Pages: 6.... poor, and was sent for to spend time every week with an upper-middle-class crazy woman and her heartless adopted daughter, Estella. From the moment he met Estella, he was in love with her. Later on in the book, he was provided with financial support from an un-named benefactor that should be used to go to London and become a gentleman. Pip assumed that Ms. Havisham, Estella's adoptive mother, was the benefactress. "My dream was out; my wild fancy was surpassed by sober reality; Miss Havisham was going to make my fortune on a grand scale."
This was the reality that Pip had invented for himself, although it was really just a misimpression .....
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