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The Jungle
Words: 450 - Pages: 2.... has written many books dealing with the problems of capitalism and the solutions of communism which is not fair because he writes nothing good of capitalism and it's benefits. He also wrote other books on his wisdom he had gained and relegion. He frequently tried for office but never succeeded. His publications were originally made mostly by publishing them himself.
The story itself takes place in Chicago with a group of immigrants. They come to the U.S. and discover it's a cruel, harsh world. First, though, this group goes through a series of trials. The first is a marr iage which costs much money, and the second is a death. After this, c .....
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Plagarism
Words: 937 - Pages: 4.... for a certain price yearly or monthly, or you can pay per page for your written paper.
Students in high school and universities are the most likely to submit
plagiarized papers, such as essays, book reports, reports, research papers, and
term papers. On most university campus', up to 75% of students admit to some
cheating. (Follette 87) Students believe that few cheaters are getting caught and those who do, punishments are very lenient. Lower levels of cheating are foundwhere the primary responsibility for academic integrity has been placed in the hands of students, generally through an honor code. (Johnston 201)
Students w .....
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Silent Dancing: Memories Of Childhood
Words: 1068 - Pages: 4.... an outpouring of memories that may have otherwise remained hidden deep in the mind. A sight, a sound, perhaps a smell…all of these things can trigger a deluge of retrospection.
We have a home movie of this party…it is grainy and of short duration, but it's a great visual aid to my memory of life at that time. And it is in color - the only complete scene in color I can recall from those years.
-Judith Ortiz Cofer, "Silent Dancing"
In her essay "Silent Dancing," Cofer recounts the memories of her childhood induced while watching this short piece of film. Each scene brought about more memories, as colors and scents of the past wer .....
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Mac Beth 2
Words: 773 - Pages: 3.... to be timid quite a few times in the book, in that he lacks the mental strength to do things, so his wife questions his manhood and calls him weak. After she insulted him, he thinks that he is wrong and she is right, so he go against his own conscience, in the end he was right and Lady Macbeth wrong. Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth when the king is in their castle to
“Your hand, your tongue: look like th’ innocent flower, but be serpent under’t.”
What this meant was that Macbeth looked and talked like an innocent little flower, but under that fake mask he was an evil serpent.
I agree that Macbeth was unimaginative t .....
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The Myth Of Perfection
Words: 1278 - Pages: 5.... The fortunes of these characters
illustrate the harm in attempting to achieve these impossible objectives.
As human beings, we have no conception of any absolute values, such as
perfection and imperfection or hot and cold. We can only perceive changes or
comparisons based on what we already know. Through experience, we can tell what
is hotter or colder, but never actually tell what the absolutes are. This is a
central aspect of what makes perfection impossible to achieve. What exactly is
perfection? Seeing as we have no inherent knowledge of what is perfect or
imperfect, these ideals are usually set by the expectations of others wh .....
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Hard Times 2
Words: 747 - Pages: 3.... them. Such facts were to remain in the mind, pressed down in all forms of memory until all finer sensibilities were deadened.
As dramatic and unhearted as it may sound, that is precisely what Mr. Gradgrind wished to accomplish. In my opinion, however, he was not an unkind man at all. He believed absolutely that he was doing a good deed. He was affectionate in his way; but he studiously repressed all forms of spontaneous affection and as his children grew up, it came to be realized that he was not in sympathetic touch with them. This was especially apparent with Mr. Gradgrind's two older children, Louisa and Tom. Tom became morose an .....
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Sir Gawain And The Green Knight
Words: 409 - Pages: 2.... were trapped in
the forest. Gawian used words to talk his way out the situation, but before she
left she gave him a kiss.
On the second hunt, they found a boar and trapped it on a mountain.
The boar attacked and fought back aggressively. Bercilak faced it one on one
and killed it. In Gawain's bedroom, Bercilak's wife made another pass at him.
This time she was more aggressive. The hunters used the same tactic on the boar
as Bercilak's wife used on Gawain. She tried to wear him down, but it had no
used because Gawain still put out. She gave him two kisses before she left his
room.
For the third hunt Bercilak tracked a fox. The fox .....
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Canterbury Tales - Humour
Words: 875 - Pages: 4.... acts as a noble knight or prince when in reality he is only a barnyard animal. The description of the barnyard animals brings an undercut from the courtly love that occurs throughout the tale. The reminds you to think that Chaunticleer and Pertelote are only animals which brings about a hilarious effect. With Nicholas, a lowly clerk, portraying a higher class gentleman when in essence he just wants a sexual pursuit and the meaning of his name uses an ironic humor to show he is an idiot. With John, the carpenter, Alison, his wife, and Absalom, the priest, in "The Miller's Tale" they also put on "airs" of being an upper class citizen.. The .....
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Romeo And Juliet 7
Words: 1653 - Pages: 7.... had started in 1776 when the thirteen colonies had declared their independence from Britain, and ended after seven years of war with
British recognition of that independence in 1783.
The fall of the Bastille in July 1789 is the moment when the French Revolution struck British consciousness. Coleridge was only 16 at the time and celebrated the event soon afterwards in ‘Destruction of the Bastille’. Soon followed in successive events was Britain’s war with France beginning in 1793, The Reign of Terror in 1793-4 and Napoleon’s coup in 1799.
The impact for the first generation after the Industrial revolution wa .....
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Siddhartha By Herman Hesse
Words: 392 - Pages: 2.... conditions by means of clever imagery suggesting circular motion and an immobile state. Siddhartha is first compared to a potter’s wheel that slowly revolves and comes to a stop. From here, Siddhartha meets the elegant and beautiful, Kamala, gets caught “off track” and entangles himself in a “senseless cycle” of acquiring and squandering wealth.
In the final chapters, Siddhartha proves that achieving or over-coming obstacles do lead to better Unity. Prior to making a leap forward in reaching his goal, Siddhartha finds himself in despair. He speaks to Vasudeva, the ferryman. The ferryman smiles and says very little, allowing th .....
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