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- 8851: Historical Background To "Animal Farm"
- ... were afraid th workers in their own countries might be inspired to imitate the example of Rus Trotsky, a highly intelligent and energetic communist leader, led the defence Russia with great success. After Lenin's death in 1924, a power struggle began between Trotsky and a leader within the Communist Party named Stalin. While Trotsky was a brilliant intellectual and an idealist, Stalin was a simpler, quieter sort of person, wh ...
- 8852: 1984
- ... to stop by so tha he can lend him an advance copy of the Newspeak dictionary. Winstonthinks this is a conspiracy against the party and is excited but, thinks it will end in touture and death. Winston dreams of his mother again and the hunger and awful conditions there were before the disappearence. He feals bad for asking for rationed food and stealing his sisters choclate. When he came back they ...
- 8853: The Sword In The Stone: Kay Gets What He Deserves
- ... Wart thinks that it is noble and brave to fight, but after seeing the Grummore-Pellinore joust, he thinks differently about it. He sees that there is nothing noble or brave about fighting to the death with a friend or fellow knight. Although Kay did get the `rough end' of the deal in the end, I think that he deserved it, after all the things he did to the Wart during ...
- 8854: Tom Sawyer: Summary
- ... went to the cave to investigate. They made the gruesome discovery of Injun Joe's body. He had made his way to the gate but he could not get it unlocked, he had starved to death. Tom was finally at ease, and now he was ready to go treasure hunting again. A few days later Tom was allowed to see Huck once again and he brought him up to date on ...
- 8855: Red Badge of Courage
- ... of them when they think of him. It is a tragedy when Jim dies because of all of the moral inspiration he gave the regiment. True to his character Jim dies a quiet and peaceful death not distributing any of the regiment. Wilson represents the two sides of human nature. In the beginning of the book Wilson is a mean tough guy that no one liked. This outward act of being ...
- 8856: Hester Prynne
- ... to recollect and to repent. The townspeople came to her, some staring in awe, some revering her presence. She had changed so much after she had taken the first step onto the Boston scaffold. After death, she was buried near Dimmesdale. Hester Prynne was truly an able women. Word Count: 1265
- 8857: My Lai 4: A Book Report
- ... animal in the village. Burn all the homes .... nothing should be walking, growing or crawling." Orders were followed, and as I read the first 65 pages of this book, I was exposed to the detailed death of 306 civilians, mostly women, small children, and old people. There was no threat to any American GIs ... there were no Viet Cong Solders in the area. I read of the rape of a 14 ...
- 8858: Mernissi
- ... elite used false hadiths and very narrow interpretations of the Koran and true hadiths for their purpose. She begins by describing how the male elite started running things right from the onset of Muhammad's death. When a successor to Muhammad was picked, it did not involve the people of the community at all or any women. It was done by a small group of followers which were very close to ...
- 8859: Medea: Summary
- ... the main character in a traditional tragedy, h/she is usually dignified, courageous and often high ranking. The tragic hero usually wins some self-knowledge and wisdom, although he or she suffers defeat possibly even death. Medea can be considered to have two tragic heroes. Medea - in this story may be the tragic hero, sacrificing her two children for revenge on Jason. Jason as well may be considered the tragic hero ...
- 8860: Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde
- ... his office where he will read the two important documents. Chapter 9 - Lanyon's Narrative On January 9th, Lanyon receives a letter from Jekyll. It tells Lanyon that this is a matter of life and death. Lanyon is to go to Jekyll's house, and "The door of my cabinet is then to be forced; and you are to go in alone; to open the glazed press (letter E) on the ...
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