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April Morning
Words: 228 - Pages: 1.... "If I had forbade him to sign that muster book then and
there, I would have lost a son. Is that what you want? But I saw him there so
tall and strong I could have wept. You can't shelter him. There comes a time,
and this is that time" (page 75.)
I think that Moses had to die in order for the story to continue because
if he had lived I don't think that the Battle would have been such a alarming
experience for Adam, and because of the traumaticness of watching his father's
death Adam was able to grow up and become more of a man.
Some of the actions of Moses's death were Adam went into a state of almost
shock, and wept and mourned over .....
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Personal Response To Orwell's "Shooting An Elephant"
Words: 551 - Pages: 3.... unusual.
It was not extraordinary for extraordinary things to happen in our part of
the campus, wherever that may be. The table we sat at happened to be smack
in the middle of the lunch area, oftentimes becoming entertainment or
speculation for fellow students. My friends might do anything from
standing on top of the table and striping their clothes off to jumping in a
near-by garbage can. None-the-less I tried to stay away from such oddities
and keep an observatory posture, which in turn happens to be what Orwell
would have preferred. All of these maniacal actions undoubtedly spawned
from good old peer pressure, or the natives w .....
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The Crucible
Words: 2511 - Pages: 10.... me if I should find no bruise of hell
upon her" (38), it is a mere empty promise, since before the ending of Act One he already
mentally decides Salem is plagued with witchcraft, with or without concrete evidence to
support his allegation. Hale uses such scant evidence as Putnam’s death of her first seven
children and Giles’ wife reading of strange books which keep him from reciting the Lord’s
prayer. Ironically, he encounters, Tituba, after hearing that this Barbados slave had been
practicing voodoo with the afflicted girls. After Hale puts immense pressure on Tituba to
proclaim herself a witch Hale is able to mani .....
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The Triumph Of "Gorsh The Cellist"
Words: 766 - Pages: 3.... that appeal to readers of Kenji's
tales: humour - that he can converse with mice at all lightens the mood of
an otherwise somber tale; rhythm that of his music and with it the
realization of the healing and soothing properties of music upon the soul;
fantasy- as a real event of the mind. Kenji writes of fantastical
wonderful things with a nonchalance that makes it almost believable
especially through the eyes of a child; and best of all: open-mindedness-
to believing in the best of all things in strangers and other creatures.
Every child, and thus, the child in us, loves to be stimulated by
the experiences of Gorsh and if one learns the l .....
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Taming Of The Shrew 3
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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Beowulf 11
Words: 518 - Pages: 2.... hero because he exhibits the following traits: Physically Strong, Loyalty and Popularity.
A Scandinavian trait that was well recognized was being a physically strong person. Beowulf demonstrates that being strong is his most notable trait. As seafarers used to say, I remember, who took the gifts of the Geat people in token of our friendship- that in his hand's grasps had the strength of other thirty men. (p. 63). Not only did he have this rare gift, but used it all the time to protect his people. During the fight between Beowulf and Grendal, he decided to make the fight fair by not using a sword since Grendal was a terrible sword player, .....
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The Tenth Man By Graham Greene
Words: 1806 - Pages: 7.... mother, spoke up and took his offer. After the agreement Janvier drew up a will leaving everything he now owned to his sister and mother. The next morning he was executed. The story then shifts to months later in Paris where Chavel, who name has been changed to Charlot, is looking for a job since he gave every thing he had away. Charlot then returned to his old home where he meets Janviers's sister and mother. Because Janvier's sister, Therese, did not now who he relay was, she gave him a job because he knew her brother. While working at the house Charlot had several run-ins with many childhood and adult friends but managed to fool them in .....
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Comparison Of The Swimmer And
Words: 1561 - Pages: 6.... of nature, like plants blooming in the springs. Proof of this is found in “Lone Bather” : “ is plant with lilies bursting from its heels.” Similarly, in “The Swimmer” the first
stanza reads “ opening the spray corollas” which also means the blooming of flowers or plants. This similarity is very strong, as it helps to paint the same picture in the reader’s head. Both describe a very beautiful scene of nature involving the blossoming of a plant, perhaps reflecting the
changes the character might go through.
However, there is one fact that distinguishes the imagery in “Lone Bathe .....
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The Characterization Of Gilgam
Words: 521 - Pages: 2.... made his beauty perfect, surpassing all others, terrifying like a great wild bull"(Gilgamesh 13). Wolff writes in his study that Gilgamesh is the "strongest man of his time, and the greatest warrior..."(1). Furthrermore, his beauty and power were like that of no other man.
The poem begins by stating that Gilgamesh is an overbearing king. He never sleeps due to his over indulgence in life. Gilgamesh "keeps the city in disruption" ivolving anyone he pleases in his corrupt demands (Wolff 1). He sleeps with all the virgins before they are married, therefore, making them inpure before their husbands have a chance to sleep with them. If .....
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The Old Man And The Sea-change
Words: 757 - Pages: 3.... when they had sold it. But they went through this fiction everyday. There was no pot of yellow rice and fish and the boy knew this too." (16) To keep his pride, and in almost denial, the old deteriorating fisherman pretends there is a meal ready to eat in the presence of the boy when there isn't a freshly caught fish in a 10 mile radius of the dilapidated shack. It's hard to accept that the fishing glories from the past are but a memory for Santiago as he welcomes poverty with humble hands.
The phrase "Nobody loves you when you're down and out" depicts the relationship regarding Santiago with the town perfectly. When he was catching .....
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