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- 5701: Animal Farm
- ... much power that they become just as power hungry and corrupt as their human master. The theme in the novel being that in every society there are leaders who will, if given the chance, likely abuse their position. Old Major is a prize white boar who helps point out to the animals that no animal in England is free. He continues to tell the animals that the their labor is stolen ...
- 5702: The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence
- ... Hagar was named Brampton to echo Abraham), lived. Hagar and her son were cast into the wilderness once again when Sarah bore a son of her own and Hagar's son, Ishmael, mocked Sarah's child. Nearing death, Hagar and her son were saved by God who provided them with a well of water. The Hagar in The Stone Angel is very similar to the Hagar in the bible. Laurence's ...
- 5703: To Sir With Love - Change
- ... idea that people can change their ways. In my own experiences, I have ended up changing my ways as I have become wiser. One example would be my relationship with my older sister. As a child, I constantly fought with her over everything and never tried tried to get to understand her. Gradually, though, as I grew older, I learned to accept and to understand her. Now, though we still argue ...
- 5704: The Sword in the Stone
- The Sword in the Stone The Sword in the Stone is a book about an adopted child named Wart. He is of royal blood and does not know this. One day when Wart is in the forest, he finds a magician named Merlin. Merlin comes home with Wart and agrees with Sir ...
- 5705: The Pearl: Music
- ... Kino is tempted to a furtherextent, and actually kills because of his greed, he realizes howmuch value his family is to him, and that there is no price thatcan compensate for the loss of his child. From the above arguments the fact that music's role in "ThePearl" is dominant over the plot can be proved. One can now statethat its influence over Kino, the main character, provoked theplot, and influenced ...
- 5706: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Scarlet Letter: To Live With Fear
- ... By confronting his fear and dealing with it, the Chief passed his test of maturity. Reverend Dimmesdale also lived in fear. Fear that one day he would be found out as the father of the child of Hester Prynne, and an adulterer. If he was found out, he could not serve his purpose on this earth: Relaying God's word to the people. He feared that if found out, he would ...
- 5707: David Edding's Pawn of Prophecy
- ... his face. From then on Torak is known as Torak One-Eye. Eventually Belgarath and the peoples known as Chereks steal the orb back from Torak while he is sleeping. From that point one Cherek child per generation is born with a special mark on his hand. Those with the mark prove to be gifted in the use of the orb. For thousands of years Torak is kept at bay because ...
- 5708: Who is Amelia Sedley?
- ... forced to hand her son over to her despised father-in-law. Dobbins remains devoted to her but she cannot let go of George. Amelia’s willful attachment to George’s memory leads her to abuse Dobbin’s genuine feelings for her, and earns her the novelist’s final epithet of “tender little parasite.” Is she really wrong to treat Dobbin’s like she does? Thackeray wanted his readers to question ...
- 5709: The Biography of John Marshall Harlan II
- ... for New York in 1925. He also served as a Special Assistant Attorney General from 1928 to 1930. Prior to working as Special Assistant Attorney General, Harlan married Ethel Andrews, with whom he had one child. During World War II, Harlan served as a colonel in the United States Army Air Force. Harlan was in charge of the Operations Analysis Section of the Eighth Bomber Command. He was also the recipient ...
- 5710: Two Great Men: Franklin and Jefferson
- ... a young age he was apprenticed to his brother and learned the printing trade. Franklin, a self taught man, had a fascination with books, and he enjoyed reading. Franklin writes in The Autobiography, "From a Child I was fond of Reading, and all the little Money that came into my Hands was ever laid out in Books" (530). He learned French, Spanish, Italian, and Latin. His idea about education was to ...
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