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- 2391: Flowers For Algernon: Supplementary Book Review
- ... characters of the story are the central character, Charlie, who is a mentally retarded individual involved in a remarkable experiment which increased his I.Q., Alice, a teacher at the special education faculty at Beekman College who taught Charlie how to read and write, the professors who performed the experiment on Charlie, Fay, one of Charlie's aquaintances which he meets as the book progresses, and last but not least Algernon ...
- 2392: Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde
- ... stated that Jekyll's possessions and position should be handed over to Mr. Hyde, a friend that Utterson had never heard nor met. Utterson went to the house of Dr. Lanyon, an old school and college friend of Utterson's and Jekyll's, and asked him about Hyde, but Lanyon had never heard of him. Lanyon uses several evil references when talking about Jekyll, such as "devilish", and "gone wrong", foreboding ...
- 2393: Summary of Joyce's "A Portrait of An Artists As A Young Man"
- ... world around him the same. Stephen's shame in his father begins quickly in the book as early in his childhood Stephen must change schools. He learns he will not be returning to Clongowes Wood College because of his father's mounting debts. This brings Stephen much pain and humiliation as he realizes his father is a financial failure and becomes bitter and embarrassed by their "change of fortune". This bitterness ...
- 2394: Tribulation and Comedy in Lucky Jim
- ... feel that the crap he puts up with from Welch may possibly be in vain. Thus, Dixon goes to Welch seeking stability in knowing whether, following his probationary vocation, he will be employed by the college or not. In a frustrating display, the Professor elusively denies Jim the satisfaction: "All the time he'd thought he was bringing the matter of his probation to a head he'd merely been a ...
- 2395: Summary of "A Raisin in the Sun"
- ... at first very upset and sad because of the death, but they relize that she is where she really wants to be, with her husband. Beneatha is now unsure if she should go off to college because of the death. Walter has a private talk with ehr and convinces her that it would be the best for her future, and that she would regret her decision if she didn't go ...
- 2396: All Quiet on the Western Front: Alienation
- All Quiet on the Western Front: Alienation According to the Webster's New World College Dictionary, alienation is 1. Separation, aversion, aberration. 2. Estrangement or detachment. 3. Mental derangement; insanity. The theme of All Quiet on the Western Front is about how World War I destroyed a generation of young ...
- 2397: Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne: Romantic Style of Writing
- ... it is thought that growing up with no male role model and surrounded by women could have influenced his writing style. Hawthorne's life was devoted to literature. He studied for twelve years at Bowoin college, where he was a prolific writer. In 1828 he published his first story, " Fanshawe". Some of his more famous works were "The Scarlet Letter", and the short story ,"Young Goodman Brown", written in 1853. Like ...
- 2398: The Stone Angel
- ... wanted to sympathize. To play at being her - it was beyond me." (p. 25) Hagar's father sent her to school out east to learn how to become a proper lady. After coming back from college to become a proper lady, Hagar wanted to teach school but her father wouldn't allow it. Hagar, instead, kept her father's accounts and played hostess. Hagar meets Bram Shipley three years later and ...
- 2399: Of Mice and Men: The Great Depression - The Uncommon Struggle of All Men
- ... could to make money. People worked together to get the job done. My grandfather hauled ice, made ice cream and other things, all the while putting himself and his sisters through high school and even college. Times were so bad that they lost their chicken farm in Edmond because they couldn't pay $50.00 in land taxes, and the chicken farm was the sole source of income for the family ...
- 2400: O'Grady's Return With Honor: Summary
- ... that even when he was enduring the hardest parts of his life he never gave up. For example when he applied for the Air Force Academy in Colorado and was rejected he still persued a college education. I chose to read about Scott O'Grady because he impressed me with his determination to live and to gain world wide recognition for his heroic conflict. I think he is a very courageous ...
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