The Promise: Plot
.... the degree which he has been working to get for so long. Also,
Michael does not respond well to the treatment centre, and bec omes violent.
Danny decides to use an experimental treatment on Michael, which involves
not letting him talk to anyone or interact with anything except his
therapist. The major conflict is when Michael becomes catatonic, and it
seems as if Reuben will not get his smicha and Michael will never be cured.
Danny decides to have a long conversation with Rav Kalman, and convinces
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The Sound And The Fury: Summary
.... is mentally incapable of clear thought. In other words,
this section of the book appears to be a jumbled mess of sounds and senses
at first glance. However, this section can be "translated" to make some
kind of sense. Once this happens, the story does make sense and does serve
a purpose. The main conflict of the story revolves around Caddy's
promiscuity. Each character takes some position regarding this fact.
Benjy, as retarded as he is, is the only one capable of telling an unbiased
version of t .....
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The Nation Takes Shape: A Review
.... in 1839 by two
hundred and fifty. Harbors had been improved, rivers and lakes rendered
more navigable, roads and public buildings constructed. From a mere seventy
five post offices, scattered bout the Union, the number had soared to over
twelve thousand. There were now twenty five hundred miles of canals,
though none had existed while Washington was in office; and the railroads “
beginning only ten or twelve years ago, are already completed over one
thousand miles.” Schools, colleges, lyceums, and i .....
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Gardner's Grendel: Significantly Different Picture Of Grendel Than In Beowulf
.... point.
In the novel however this point lacks development. Rather Grendel
is portrayed as a confused creature passing through life looking for
answers. Surprisingly Grendel walks the forest in harmony with the animals.
He does not act like the blood hungry beast he is seen as in Beowulf. In
the novel -- Grendel is walking the forest and comes across a doe. He
notices that the doe is staring in fright and suddenly runs away. One would
assume from the ideas hinted in Beowulf that Grendel would have .....
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Lord Of The Flies: Success Of Golding's Portrayal Of The Children
.... in effectively portraying the interests and attitudes of young
children in this novel.
When children are given the opportunity, they would rather envelop
themselves in pleasure and play than in the stresses of work. The boys
show enmity towards building the shelters, even though this work is
important, to engage in trivial activities. Af ter one of the shelters
collapses while only Simon and Ralph are building it, Ralph clamours, "All
day I've been working with Simon. No one else. They're off bath .....
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Mark Twain's Speeches
.... lies wholly with the customer whether he will injure himself by
means of either, or will derive from them the benefits which they will
afford him if he uses their possibilities judiciously.
Respectfully submitted,
THE AUTHOR.
THE STORY OF A SPEECH.
An address delivered in 1877, and a review of it twenty-nine years later.
The original speech was delivered at a dinner given by the publishers of
The .....
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Guy De Maupassant's "The Jewels": Consequences Of The Desire To Be Wealthy
.... and actions.
"'What can I do? It is my vice. I know you are right, but I can't change
my character. I just adore jewels.'"(8) We know that she gives in to her
vice and has what can be inferred to be as an affair. She deceives her
husband in order to satisfy her desires. The wife is also dynamic because
she always gives in to her love of wealth; she never changes.
The wife's death is implied to be caused by her desire to obtain
wealth. "When she had been to the opera one evening in the winte .....
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"Failure Is A Step Towards Success"
.... failure. She was always thinking negatively and could never say
anything positive about the situation. I think she found later found out
how much of a mistake it was when the baby died. It did all create success
in the end. The storm finally ended in the three days Paul said it would.
Paul accepted Ellen back into the family after she ran away. The last
thing was that Paul promised her that he would change his crops, breed
cattle and restore the land again. So, Ellen did succeed in the end.
S .....
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The Prologue From The Canterbury Tales: Clothing As An Insight
.... experiences cause humans to step back
and analyze the fortune they have; they learn that they do not have to wear
their achievements. Sometimes people boast their success through fine
clothing. Unlike the flamboyant Yeomen, the distinguished knight wears old
garments.
The Yeomen succumbs to society's inclination that when he dresses
the part he will become successful. He wears a coat with a green hood. From
a low social standing, he believes that the better he looks the more
successful he will beco .....
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The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner: Nature
.... begins to start the penance leading towards forgiveness - "Water,
water, everywhere nor any drop to drink." When "the mariner begins to find
his salvation when he begins to look on the 'slimy things' as creatures of
strange beauty" (Fraser 203), he understands the Albatross was a symbol of
nature and he realized what he had done wrong. The mariner is forgiven
after sufficient penance - "We could not speak" - is performed by Nature.
Nature shows us more strength as we realize that people of today often c .....
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Great Expectations: Self Conflict
.... the approval of the cold and haughty miss Estella. This
powers him to accept an offer to become a gentleman, and to be taught in
London, where he starts to stray ever-farther from those who truly love him.
As Pip begins his progression toward being a gentleman, he is
faced with a world that appears frightening, a commercial world of
protocol and etiquette that Pip blindly sees as the answer to the
shortcomings he sees in himself. He meets a man by the name of Magwitch,
who he immediately refuses to s .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird First Person Letter From Boo Radly
.... you people
wouldn't be afraid. Rumours start and that can really hurt a person if you
here something second hand and it isn't the truth. I wish people wouldn't
be afraid and give me a chance. I want friends just like everybody else
and freedom but that was taken away from me. I am older now and the damage
has already been done the rumours, stories, etc.. I just wanted to write
this to anyone so they understand that I am good and not bad. Well I will
be going now. See ya.
Sinc .....
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Catcher In The Rye: Summary
.... to go to the theater. She goes out on a date with Holden.
PLOT
This story is based on a young boy's life. This young boy's full
name is Holden Caulfield. He is twelve years old, and attends a school
called Pencey. Holden starts off this story by telling his story about the
last Christmas. He starts off by saying that he was at Thomson Hill
watching a football game. He returned from New York with the fencing team.
He was the manager of the team. Holden went to his room located at Pencey.
Holden was .....
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SOLO Report
.... with a killing and then by revealing the
killer. Then the book goes into a story of the life of the man Mikali. His
mother and father had been killed at sea, and the only people he had left
were his nanny and his aunt. The book gives an accurate description of his
life and times before his incredible hobby.
After the book describes Mikali's background, which itself is filled
with death, the book goes into the current life of Mikali and how he got to
where he is. Mikali discovered his great talent in .....
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Comparison Of Conroy's "Prince Of Tides" And "The Great Santini"
.... and memories, all of the events
of his life from when he was just a young boy all the way up to the present.
" I betray the integrity of my family's history by turning everything, even
sadness into romance. There is no romance in this story; just a story"
(p.75).
The narrator paints a very good picture for the reader and therefore gives
the reader a good sense of Tom's difficult family life, and sees how it has
made Tom into the man that he is (a loving father and husband).
In the novel The Great .....
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