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A Clockwork Orange
Words: 584 - Pages: 3.... 20 ends with Alex saying "I was cured all right." These are the last words of the book in the American version. There is no indication that Alex will change from the evil life it appears he will soon resume. It is implied to the reader that Alex is destined for a life of evil and there is nothing he can do to change it. Alex has no free will or moral choice. The theme of the 20 chapter version is that there is no such thing as free will or moral choice. Alex is evil and he has no ability to change that. The story also ends without Alex evolving at all from the beginning of the book.
Chapter 21 gives the book an absolutely different theme .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird-society
Words: 339 - Pages: 2.... with
his society. Also, unlike the public he didn’t gossip.
Primarily he was what the townspeople talked about. In
addition opposed to every other character cited he does not
go to church. Instead he spends his time inside his house.
Heck Tate is also his own individual. After learning
Boo Radley killed Bob Ewell, Heck Tate has a right as
sheriff to take him into custody. Despite Atticus’s demand
he does not. He knows the town does not need anymore gossip,
and claims Bob Ewell fell on his knife. If he had followed
the beliefs of the town he would have thought of Boo Radley
as barbarous. Yet he does not because .....
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The Call Of The Wild
Words: 913 - Pages: 4.... away at a raisin grower's committee meeting, the gardener, Manuel, took Buck away from his home. Buck was then sold, and thrown in a baggage car. This would be the beginning of a new, cruel life for Buck. On his ride to wherever he was going, Buck's pride was severely damaged, if not completely wiped out by men who used tools to restrain him. No matter how many times Buck tried to lunge, he would just be choked into submission at the end. When Buck arrived at his destination, there was snow everywhere, not to mention the masses of Husky and wolf dogs. Buck was thrown into a pen with a man who had a club. This is where Buck would learn one o .....
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Lord Of The Flies
Words: 1713 - Pages: 7.... go off hunting small pigs which populate the island. The disagreement about hunting causes great tension between Ralph and Jack during the book.
As the book progresses, the group of boys forget their civilized ways, and there soon becomes a lack of order. Ralph and Piggy had the idea that a fire should be kept going at all times on the mountain on the island, so that they have a better chance of being rescued. They seem to be unable to accomplish this task, for many of the boys do not care about keeping the fire going and would rather go and play. They use Piggy's glasses to accomplish the task to lighting the fire, and the glasses be .....
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The Sanctity Of The Heart
Words: 1458 - Pages: 6.... a lie can wound anyone whether they are involved directly or simply watching.
Roger Chillingworth begins a chain of self-denying which soon travels to the other characters. He is an old and lonely scholar in England dehumanized by a life of abstruse studying. He makes the mistake of marrying a young wife. He sends his wife to America, to the Puritan colony of Massachusetts, with instructions to live quietly until he arrives. Due to "grievous mishaps by sea and land," and over a year's captivity by Indians, his intended arrival was delayed. He finally arrives to discover his wife, Hester Prynne, being publicly exposed as an adulteress. Not .....
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Jane Eyre
Words: 805 - Pages: 3.... your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven- (St. Matt. v. 16.)
He must limit the appearance of the girls. He had Julia Severn, a girl of natural curls, cut her hair off. When Miss Temple had tried to rationalize with Mr. Brocklehurst and tell him that her hair is natural he replies and says,
Naturally! Yes, but we are not to conform to nature: I wish these girls to be the children of Grace: and why that abundance? I have again and again intimated that I desire the hair to be arranged closely, modestly, plainly. Miss Temple, that girl’s hair must be cut off entirely; I will send a barber to-morrow: and I see others who hav .....
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The Old Man And The Sea 2
Words: 815 - Pages: 3.... called him "brother." The marlin could also represent the great struggle we all go through. We then must be careful of going out too far comparable to Santiago. Accomplishing or obtaining something does not always end one's journey. Once Santiago hooked the fish he still had to bring it home. Bringing home the marlin brought further complications from the sharks. The sharks could represent those who would tear apart one's successes. These loathsome, scavengers delight in tormenting and bringing about defeat or tragedy, similar to how some people react to other's successes.
Like the marlin and the sharks, the lions also symbolized differen .....
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How To Prepare A Book Report
Words: 492 - Pages: 2.... etc.
Select for discussion only those features of a book that were sufficiently outstanding to be worthy of comment. Do not summarize the entire book and never actually reveal the ending. You may discuss the kind of ending or resolution, eg. Was it startling, unexpected, disappointing etc?
In your introductory paragraph include enough information about the type of book it is, the title, author, setting, and theme so that the reader will get a quick idea of the general nature of the book.
Working from your outline, which should include what you want to say about each idea you have selected for discussion, develop each paragraph a .....
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Oedipus - Fate
Words: 914 - Pages: 4.... the consequences of his actions. Those actions are seen when Oedipus forces Teiresias to reveal his destiny and his father's name. When Teiresias tries to warn him by saying " I say that you and your most dearly loved are wrapped together in a hideous sin, blind to the horror of it" (Sophocles 428). Oedipus still does not care and proceeds with his questioning as if he did not understand what Teiresias was talking about.
The tragic hero must learn a lesson from his errors in judgment and become an example to the audience of what happens when great men fall from their lofty social or political positions. According to Miller, a person who i .....
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Use Of Dialectic
Words: 1280 - Pages: 5.... as opposed to being seen. In order to grasp the concept of the ideal city or the happy state one must first analyze its components. Plato does this with dialectic. Then he questions that each individual is a member of one of three groups: Rulers, Guardians, and the Producer class. Each one of the specifications of labor
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within the kallipolis accompany a chief characteristic. The rulers were considered to have wisdom as their virtue. People chosen to be a ruler exhibited a special knowledge for leading the state. In the kallipolis rulers make their judgment for the happiness of the state as opposed to their own individual happin .....
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