The Lord Of The Flies
.... charge and call a meeting. The boys
declare him “chief” and then begin to follow his lead. Ralph is also assisted
by another lad by the name of Piggy. The group of boys were getting along fine
until Jack Merridew, a boy who wanted to be “chief” instead, decided to go his
own way. He disobeyed Ralph and did things his own way. He was to preoccupied
witdh his own whims to do the act that was most important on the island, which
was to keep the signal going so they could be rescued. Finally, Jack went
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The Lost World: Summary
.... out what they actually were or where they had come from. A rich scientist
named Dr. Richard Levine performed research on some of these animals and found
some clues which led him to the lost island. He set out on a test expedition
with his colleague to find out exactly if he was on the right island. He missed
his boat back home to the states. So, he called his friend, Dr. Thorne with his
satellite phone and left a message asking him to come down to the island and get
on with the expedition. Dr. Thor .....
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The Lost World: Summary
.... telling anyone.
Two of Levine's students, Kelly and Arby, get worried when he wasn't there to
teach their class, because they were supposed to go on a field trip with him
that day. They go to a guy named Doctor Thorne, a guy that was making
specialized equipment for their trip. He said that he didn't know what was
going on. They contact Malcolm and they go to Levine's apartment. They go to
his computer room and see all this stuff on the wall about site B. They go onto
the computer and Arby get .....
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The Metamorphosis
.... after all, with whom the metamorphosed Gregor has any
rapport, suggesting the Kafka intended to lend at least some significance to
their relationship. Grete's significance is found in her changing relationship
with her brother. It is Grete's changing actions, feelings, and speech toward
her brother, coupled with her accession to womanhood, that seem to parallel
Gregor's own metamorphosis. This change represents her metamorphosis form
adolescence into adulthood but at the same time it marks the final d .....
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The Minister's Black Veil
.... everyone
wears a black veil, meaning that everyone commits secret sins without revealing
them to anyone. If you do not express your secret sin you would be keeping
stress and tension locked up inside you, but if you express it, the stress and
tension will be relieved.
Another reason behind the veil might be sorrow. Deep, dark sorrow for
someone or yourself might be expressed and shown with the help of a black veil.
By wearing the black veil for eternity, you are exhibiting great love and sorrow
for s .....
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The Most Dangerous Game
.... hunt Rainsford for three days or Rainsford
will get whipped in the dungeon of Zaroff's home until he agrees to be hunted.
Unwillingly, Rainsford picks to go hunting and hopes to survive the three days.
If he did live, he would be set free with money and new clothing, so Zaroff says…
On the hunting trip, Rainsford successfully avoids Zaroff for three days by
hiding and setting up traps, then he pretends to go to sea by freeing the boats.
Finally, he sneaks into Zaroff's room and hides there until Zaroff .....
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The Old Man And The Sea: The Old Man
.... in the work. For instance, the
older waiter categorizes himself as being one, “of those who likes to stay late
at the cafe”(Hemingway 161). With this declaration, the older waiter places
himself in the same group as the old man. Hemingway's comparison of the old man
and the waiter becomes unmistakable through the words of the older waiter.
Loneliness and old age are the common bonds that the older waiter shares
with the old man. This is manifested through the dialogue between the two
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The Outsiders: Theme
.... a place to hide. They hide in a church outside of town for a week until
Dally says it's okay to come out. They go out to eat and when they get back to
the church they find it burning. When they see that there are kids inside and
the fire could have been started by their cigarettes, they run inside to save
the kids. Johnny and Dally are hurt in the fire and taken to the hospital.
They are hailed as heroes in the local paper. Dally breaks out of the hospital
to fight in a rumble against the Socs. Whi .....
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The Outsiders: Character Changes
.... remained in the memory of the gang.
As you can see, change affects characters in literature in many different
ways. Ponyboy got over Johnny's death and wrote an essay for English. Johnny
became bolder, not scared, and lost his life do to injury.
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The Pardoner's Tale: Irony
.... is so corrupt, that even a
Pardoner who admits to his evil ways, can still cheat the people out of their
money.
The Pardoner begins his story by condemning the common sins of society
such as drinking and gluttony. The irony of his criticism lies in the fact
that he has been drinking himself, and that he is an admitted glutton. There
are also many ironic elements of the stor itself. The rioters in his story,
vow to set out and slay Death. In doing so, they promise to fight and die for
each othe .....
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Walter Mitty's Pathetic Life
.... he can be the superhero.
let his wife order him
around.
His self confidence was so low that he was afraid to stand up for himself.
He automaticly assumed everyone was putting him down. He didn't even try to do
things for himself-parking his own car. He didn't have much confidence in
himself.
He daydreamed all the time about what he wanted to be because he didn't
have a very exiteing life. He dreamed he was a doctor, pilot, convict, etc. On
acount of his boring life he dreamed of having a realy exiting life.
His wi .....
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The Pearl: Depictions Of Life
.... laborers later served as the inspiration
for many of his novels, including The Grapes of Wrath. The Pearl, another
inspiration from his past, originated from a legend about the misfortunes of a
poor boy who found a giant pearl that was told to Steinbeck while on a trip to
Mexico.
Kino, the protagonist in The Pearl, is an honest pearl diver that
discovers the sacrifices that come with the struggle for success. He dreams of
the education the pearl could provide for his son, but the pearl also ma .....
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The Pearl
.... up to a mountain to get away from the trackers.
There were three trackers , two on foot, one on horse with a rifle. Kino
decided to attack them while they were sleeping, so when he attacked them Kino
first tried to get the man on horse, in the struggle Kino killed the trackers
but his son was killed by a bullet. Kino then threw the pearl away.
Kino is a determined man , and he does what he thinks is right, like on
selling the pearl to the towns pearl buyers. He has a small mustache and shor .....
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The Pearl: Summary
.... The novella The Pearl is a story about greed , corruption, and good
against evil. The story starts out with a poor indian pearl diver named Kino,
who lives on the Baja penninsula . He lives with his wife Jauna and there son
Coyotito. they live a simple life until coyotito is stung by a scorpion. Kino
takes the baby to the rich doctor who will not treat him because they are poor.
So Kino gets into his boat to find a pearl. He finds a pearl "the size of a
seagull egg" , and they think there trouble is .....
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The Satire Of Jonathan Swift Revealed
.... Yet, despite his belief in superiority, Swift shows that
Gulliver is not as great as he imagines when the forces of nature call upon him
to relieve himself. Gulliver comments to the reader that before hand he, “was
under great difficulties between urgency and shame”, and after the deed says
that he felt, “guilty of so uncleanly an action” (Norton,2051). By revealing to
the reader Gulliver's shame in carrying out a basic function of life, Swift
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