Book Report On Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov"
.... the part of the shameless
"buffoon" for attention, even though the attention he receives is negative.
Because he has no respect for himself, he can have no respect for others, either.
He has no respect for women, for example; he is a despicable "voluptuary," and
he satisfies his lust at any cost. He drives his wife to madness by bringing
"women of ill-repute" into their house right in front of her. Even more
shockingly, he rapes a mentally retarded woman, who later dies giving birth to
his illeg .....
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Essay On Jim In The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
.... Finn and Tom Sawyer were planning to free Niger Jim. He was
owned by Tom Sawyer's aunt and uncle. Before Tom arrived to his uncle's farm
Huck was already there and he stopped Tom before the Phelpses saw him. Tom hid
until that night when they planned to break Jim out. But being the one for
excitement that Tom was he derived a plan that would for sure get them caught.
He left a note on the Phelps's porch that something was going to happen. As
Huck and Tom freed Jim Mr. Phelps fired a shot and it hit .....
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Faulkner's "The Unvanquished"
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in their practical bearings, that the function of thought is to guide action,
and that truth is preminently to be tested by the practical consequences of
belief. Bayard Sartoris was a pragmatist. He 'let his conscience be his guide'.
Telling his father about Drusilla's attempt to seduce him and refusing to avenge
his father's death are two good examples of this. In the beginning of the novel,
Bayard is shown to be simple minded, but as time passes on and Bayard grows into
a young man, his mind devel .....
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The Scarlet Letter: The Symbol Of The Scarlet Letter
.... for herself if she had chosen to hide her sin in her heart.
Though it was ordered for Hester to wear the letter, it was still her own choice
to make it in a vivid scarlet, "so fantastically embroidered and illuminated
upon her bosom." Hester chose red as the color of her brand of shame, to
declare to the rest of the townspeople that she is prepared to acknowledge her
sin, instead of denying it; she could have chosen to wear her "A" in a plain and
nondistinct color, to escape the townspeople's disdain .....
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Essay On Romanticism In Frankenstein
.... is one of the most important literary periods in history; affecting the
literature, music, and art of the period. It encouraged spontaneity, and acting
with emotions, not common sense. In the more classical style of writing, writers
addressed their books to the upper class, but now writers addressed the common
man and his problems. Their was a new feeling of spirituality. People were
seeking eastern concepts of nirvana, transcendentalism and being one with nature.
People wanted to experien .....
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Evaluation Of The Lord Of The Flies
.... beast is heard, but is quickly discounted as a nightmare.
It will later be a major theme in the book. On the mountain, fire is created,
but only through the use of Piggy's glasses. After Jack goes off to hunt and
comes back, Ralph discusses the problems of people not working with Jack. Simon
goes into the jungle alone and contemplates. The boys become used to the daily
tasks on the island. The small children play all the time while the older ones
do most of the work. The first flash of Jack's future warrio .....
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A Character Sketch Of Joe Gargery
.... person. One would think
living with her would drive even a saint to kill. Even so, Joe never says a
harsh word about his wife and treats her with the utmost respect. Pip's
decision to go to London has a greater impact than most readers think. Not only
was Joe losing a set of hands around the forge, but he was also saying farewell
to a boy who must have been like a son to him. Joe knew that once Pip left
they would never have the same relationship. It was clear to Joe that this was
Pip's dream, so no .....
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Native Son: Bigger
.... of Mary Dalton,
portrays him under a form of slavery, where the white society governs his state
of being. While he worked for the Daltons, "his courage to live depended upon
how successfully his fear was hidden from his consciousness"(44), and hate also
builds on top of this fear. Once he is in contact with Mary, his fears and hate
pour out in a rebellious act of murder, because to Bigger Mary symbolizes the
white oppression. In addition, he committed the act, "because it had made him
feel free for .....
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Examination Of Puritan Philosophy In Bradford's "On Plymouth Plantation"
.... condemning the poor people in their sickness
and cursing them daily….he didn't let to tell them that he hoped to help cast
half of them overboard before they came to their journey's end". But, "it
pleased God before they came half-seas over, to smite this young man with a
grievous disease, of which he died in a desperate manner, and so was himself the
first that was thrown overboard". Bradford believes that the sailor died
because God was punishing him. According to Bradford, the sailor's cursing, and
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Eugene Ionesco's "Rhinoceros": True Means Resides In Action Not Words
.... and Berenger bickering. Berenger feels that
Jean isn't looking or feeling well and threatens to get him a doctor. Jean
resists by saying, "You're not going to get the doctor because I don't want the
doctor. I can look after myself." (pp. 62) This refusal comes from his
arrogant view of himself as a "Master of [his] own thoughts," (pp. 61) and
"[Having] will-power!" (pp. 7) By seeing the doctor, Jean would have put
himself in the position of taking responsibility for his actions and seeing that
he wasn .....
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A Christmas Carol
.... has a negative view on Scrooge because of his attitudes
and shows no feelings or compassion for Scrooge in the future. For example, the
thieves are able to steal Scrooge's possessions because no body cares about
Scrooge or his things. Also, the businessmen that Scrooge does business with
regularly show no feelings about his death and go to his funeral simply for food.
Dicken's shows a way to resolve the problem by simply treating others how you
want them to treat you. At the end Scrooge's attitude .....
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Hemingway's "The Old Man And The Sea": An Analysis
.... gave or withheld favors. She was unpredictable
beacuse "The moon affects her as it does a woman." (p.30) The sea was like a
second home for the man, who fished every day. La mar provided the man with
food, a living, an enemy, and a friend.
When he was out on the sea fishing, he was at home. The sea, la mar,
was like his mother. The fish in the ocean were like his brothers and sisters.
When he heard the dolphins playing in the night he thought, "They are
good...they are our brothers like the flying .....
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Lord Of The Flies: Our Society Suppresses The Evil That Is Presented In All Of Us
.... for
being rescued, because all he wanted to do was kill pigs. The number of hunters
kept on growing and he began to get other kids to hunt with him. They soon had
a routine (the dance) and whenever they did thad they had to kill, because they
got so pumped up when they did it. Jack then began killing as if it were a
luxury. They became savage hunters as evil took over; they killed almost as if
it were a sexual performance for them.
As this adventure began, Jack was the leader of the choir. He was a .....
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Fahrenheit 451: Books - A Part Of Our Past
.... and then everything after that, which is only about fifty years. But
without the recordings of Einstein and all the other famous scientists,
television probably would not be invented that early.
In our day and age people are watching too much television. We figure
that everything that is in books is on the television. If we need to learn
about something we rent a movie about it or watch a show on it. No one reads
books anymore just for the fun of it, or so they can read the paranormal,
science fictio .....
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Fahrenheit 451: The Meetings Between Montag And Clarisse
.... Montag's second meeting with Clarisse, the two of them find a
dandelion and Clarisse tells Montag of rubbing it under his chin. Clarisse
explains " If it rubs off, it means I'm in love "(22). Clarisse rubs the
dandelion under Montag's chin and Clarisse remarks "What a shame, you're not in
love with anyone " (22). Montag thinks that he is in love, but realizes that he
is not in love and not at all happy.
In the third meeting, Montag begins to feel that he has known Clarisse
forever. Montag states " Yo .....
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