Billy Budd: Was Captain Vere Right?
.... execution for his
crime of killing Claggart as an example for the rest of the crew. It shows the
crew what will happen to them if they try to start a mutiny. After Billy's
death CaptainVere obviously feels regret for executing Billy. Captain Vere's
last words are “Billy Budd, Billy Budd” (p. 76) show an example of this. Those
last words might symbolize that Captain Vere killed Billy for the wrong reasons.
If CaptainVere uses Billy's death for an example to the rest of the crew then it
might not neces .....
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
.... would
conquer the mortality of humans. Victor, once he was out of medical school, he
began to work on his theory of conquering death. He collected numerous body
parts and put them together and used a special technique to bring the corpse to
life. At first Victor thought he had failed, but the creature sat up and was
alive. Victor was horrified by his own creation and fled his laboratory. The
monster then disappeared into the city.
Two years pasted and the monster wasn't heard from, until someth .....
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Book Review: For Whom The Bell Tolls
.... Anselmo. Anselmo is
very agile and strong for his age and is a good guide. In addition to this, he
is also very wise and provides meaningful insight when a situation arises.
There has been no turning point in the book other than Robert Jordan
getting his mission orders which is really the beginning and not a turning point.
My personal opinion of the book so far is good. I like the usage of language,
the way a character speaks, the lack of contractions, and where the story is
headed. The start has .....
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A Review: The Day Of The Jackal
.... of the van. By God we've got it."
All this points to Fredrick Forsyth's amazing mood setting talent in this novel.
The reader feels at one with the many characters as they each take part
in the many small ventures that give rise to the climax. In a scene where the
Jackal is purchasing a fake identification card, the reader can tell that the
man making the card is an expert. Not because it was mentioned, but because the
man has such a large amount of information about I.D. cards to offer. This same
writing .....
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Uh-Oh: Some Observations From Both Sides Of The Refrigerator Door
.... your opinion on this book from your opinion on
the last. The style of writing is very laid back, sort of a Sunday reader or one
that you can pick up in the bathroom from time to time.
I enjoyed reading this book so much the first time I had to read it again.
The second time was even better than the first, because of all the new things I
could understand. I love how nowhere on his book does it say “New York Times
Bestseller” because every other book on the shelf has it, but the author chooses
to b .....
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Animal Farm: Character Analysis Of Napoleon
.... as a rival. For
example he secretly trained the guard dogs in secret, keeping them completely
hidden from view. Napoleon was also very good at developing support for his
ideas, after meetings he would talk to the other animals one on one and
"psychologically brainwash" them. He is very kiniving in his ways to get more
power and is always trying to discredit and undermine the other animals. One
time he urinated on Snowball's plans for the windmill. Napoleon's sense of
timing is keen and this is ver .....
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Canticle For Leibowitz: Walter Miller
.... on mindlessly copying
the blueprint he does not realize what the circuit design is for, and what is
does. Brother Francis thinks regressively. The monks copy out the blueprints,
and then do nothing with them. As a society we do the same thing today. In
school students copy notes off the blackboard blindly, they do not know what
they are copying. Therefore, they do not understand the content.
Not only does Miller also poke fun at impractical details, Miller also
pokes fun at the way today's society r .....
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Ceremony By Leslie Silko
.... believe the reason the women's view is to put a different perspective upon
everything that goes on in the book, as compared with the perspective of Tayo.
There are two women in the book who put their perspective into the story, one of
them is the elderly mistress of Josiah and the other one is Helen Jean who went
on one of the many joyrides that Harley and the others went on. These women are
actually just a way for the author to explain how the rest of society viewed
Tayo. An example of this is whe .....
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Cyrano De Bergerac
.... a gracious presence to soften the harsh loneliness of my life. "
When Cyrano admits, "My heart always timidly hides its self behind my mind," the
reader can instantly relate to this dilemma but it is the fact that Cyrano is
able to overcome it that makes him a hero.
Not only is Cyrano filled with emotion, but he also goes out of his way
to live life to the fullest. Cyrano's introduction to the reader definitely
leaves a lasting impression. Not only does he banish an actor from the theater
f .....
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Defense Statement
.... men did not understand that he didn't mean to do it and were going to make
sure he had a cruel death.
George in a sense "saved" Lenny's life by making sure he died happily and
not in the face of strangers that were hitting him and torturing him.
Ladies and gentlemen, I beg you, this man is innocent. He didn't do
anything wrong unless being a humanitarian is a crime. Thank you for your time.
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Diary Of Hatchet
.... what I would do, I don't know how to fly a
plane. Luckily, Brian had been taught by Jake how to fly the plane. Brian
didn't know how to land so he flew the plane into a lake. This part of the book
was hard to believe, there was a lot of "coincidents." Brian showed his
intellectual side when he realized that when Jake was suffering from his heart
attack he turned the plane to the left. That could greatly increase the time it
would take for a search party to find him. I have to admit, so far this is .....
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: McMurphy
.... then little-known drug, LSD, "…he was in
a realm of consciousness he had never dreamed of before and it was not a dream
or delirium but part of his awareness (322)." This awareness caused him to
believe that these psychedelic drugs could enable him to see things the way they
were truly meant to be seen.
After working as a test subject for the hospital, Kesey was able to get a
job working as a psychiatric aide. This was the next significant factor in
writing the book. "Sometimes he would go to work .....
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Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
.... stay away
from the study where hopefully nobody will see him. The only source of
communication is the notes he writes to his servants.
One day Mr. Utterson and the servant break down the door of the study to
find out if it really is Dr. Jekyll in that room. To their surprise it is Mr.
Hyde with a bottle of poison. He had committed suicide before they had a chance
to break down the door to the study.
The book ends when Mr. Utterson reads a letter which says "only to be
read when Dr. Jekyll is deceased .....
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Dune
.... want control of the spice on the planet of Arrakis which
allows anyone who has it to fold space. Folding space means traveling anywhere
in the universe without actually having to move. The House of Attreides gets
destroyed by the House of Harkonnens in the fight over the spice. But on the
planet of Arrakis, the local people of that world known as Fremen had had a
prophecy that one day a savior would come and make peace where there was war on
the planet of Arrakis. The duke's son of the House of Attreid .....
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: Early Influences On Huck Finn
.... Huck go to school, teaching him various religious facts, and
making him act in a way that the women find socially acceptable. Huck, who has
never had to follow many rules in his life, finds the demands the women place
upon him constraining and the life with them lonely. As a result, soon after he
first moves in with them, he runs away. He soon comes back, but, even though he
becomes somewhat comfortable with his new life as the months go by, Huck never
really enjoys the life of manners, religion, and .....
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