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- 4161: Gullivers Travels By Jonathan
- ... Lilliputian and Blefescudian ancestors were eating breakfast and they broke their eggs on different ends. They got into an argument about which end is better to break and split up. The Lilliputians called themselves the Big Enders and the Blefescudians called themselves the Little Enders. Gulliver's stay was short because they did not trust him and was plotting against his life. He then fled to Blefescu, which was an enemy ...
- 4162: The Riddle Of St. Leonards
- ... a midwife. She is called the Riverwoman and goes with Owen on his missions to solve crimes. Honoria de Staines is also a main character in this story and she is thought to play a big part in these crimes. This story takes place in 1369 A.D. in the city of York. Owen has been asked by York's Archbishop John Thoresby and his nephew Richard de Ravenser, the Master ...
- 4163: Jack The Ripper
- ... a chronicle in the newspaper about the activities of the Ripper or the police. Many of you remember this and reading about the Ripper and know what I am talking about. The press was a big part of the whole case because we informed the public of the killings and it seemed that this was all new to everyone only because it was the most publicized case. This type of thing ...
- 4164: The Outsiders
- ... easy to understand. I found the book hard to relate to in some parts because of the different time it was written in—the 1950s. A good example for it was that Ponyboy thought the big difference between socs and greasers was that the greasers loved Elvis and the socs loved the Beatles. Since I was not born at Elvis’ and the Beatles’ time and I do not like either of ...
- 4165: UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE
- ... teacher who helps Sylvia out by explaining how Calvin Coolidge high works. The writer takes all the craziness of a normal high school and embellishes them; for instance the school guidance counselor is always using big words and thinks all the students need help. And Mr. Mchabe the administrative assistant who is nosy about everything. The Janitor who is never available. The students are also exaggerated, “the slut” who needs to ...
- 4166: Farwell To Arms
- ... book because of the symbolism, the exciting plot, and the constant moving of the main character. The symbolism in A Farewell to Arms is very much apparent. Ernest Hemingway has always been one who is big on the symbolism of night as being bad. To the main character in Hemingway's novels, nights have always been a sign of death, or something negative to happen. Another one of the symbolisms in ...
- 4167: The Sky Is Gray
- ... looking for a seat [on the bus],” which was a common rule back then. James and his mother cannot go into buildings that are for whites only. For example, James is not allowed in their “Big old red school, and them children just running and playing…Then us pass a café, and I see a bunch of ‘em in there eating.” They had to walk halfway across town just to eat ...
- 4168: Blindness In King Lear
- ... was the King, one would expect him to have superb reasoning skills, but his lack of insight kept him from making wise choices. This is the flaw that led to his downfall. Lear's first big mistake was letting himself be fooled by Regan and Goneril, and giving them his throne. For they did not love him at all, he could not understand the depth of Cordelia's love for him ...
- 4169: Freedom And Liberty
- ... the story, aft er Winston is accused by the Thought Police of thoughtcrime and is tortured, he finally conforms to the general thoughts of Oceania. "He had finally won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother. (p. 245)" This quote indicates that the inner party has done everything that was necessary to preserve Winston’s loyalty to the nation. Even Winston, who at one time was against his government, has ...
- 4170: Night Elie Wiesel
- ... been there for a while, the Germans sent all the Jews to ghettos. The ghettos were surrounded by barbed wire but the people did not fear anything. As you can see these warnings were pretty big. It is a wonder as to why no one believed any of this was going to happen to them. Through all of this the Jews were sent to concentration camps, many were killed, few survived ...
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