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- 4871: The Jungle 2
- ... before they even got off the boat. During the passage to america, an agent appeared to be helping them but was really cheating them. After arriving, they were constantly cheated out of their money. The house they bought was a total fraud, full of hidden expenses. Many members of the family were able to get jobs only through bribery. Ona was exploited by Connor, who threatened to have her, Jurgis, and ...
- 4872: The Invisible Man 2
- ... searches for an exit by burning the contents of his briefcase, one by one. Each item he burns represents freedom from an aspect of his past. First he burns his high school diploma, then a doll made by Clifton. Next he burns the anonymous letter and the new name given to him by Jack. He discovers that the handwriting is the same on both documents. He now understands the complete truth ...
- 4873: The Hobbit Book Report
- ... till dawn, then the turn into stone. They group take the two swords and a knife the trolls were carrying. The travelers come across the Secret Valley. There they stop at Elrond 's Last Homely House. Elrond tells them the only way to use the key that Thorin possesses is to wait where the thrush knocks and the setting sun will shine up on the keyhole. The next morning the group ...
- 4874: The Great Gatsby And The Pursu
- ... his life to amass enough money so that he can buy Daisy back. He moves across the bay so that he can be close to Daisy, and worship the little green light that is her house; Nick observes Gatsby raising his arms to the light in silent devotion. The color green represents money. Even Daisy s voice is described as full of money. Gatsby believes that money can buy emotions from ...
- 4875: The Great Gatsby 6
- ... who now is the only whing between him and happiness. He wants her to notics him, as for example he talks with Tom and says "I want you and Daisy to come over to my house, I'd like to show her arround. " To hide his feelings for her, he also invitesTom, in hope of him not noticing Gatsby's feelings for Daisy. This kind of situation reveals the meaning Fitzgerald ...
- 4876: The Great Gatsby 4 -
- A big house, nice cars, 2.5 kids, a dog, a beautiful devoted spouse, power and a ridiculous amount of money. That is the classical American Dream, at least for some. One could say, an outsider perhaps, that ...
- 4877: The Great Gatsby 4
- A big house, nice cars, 2.5 kids, a dog, a beautiful devoted spouse, power and a ridiculous amount of money. That is the classical American Dream, at least for some. One could say, an outsider perhaps, that ...
- 4878: The Grapes Of Wrath 4
- ... he has no interest in their junk. The Joad family ends up receiving only eighteen dollars for "every movable thing from the farm: the horses, the wagon, the implements, and all the furniture from the house"(125). Chapter Nine foreshadows how the Joad family will have to sell all of their junk for a very small amount of money. In Chapter twelve, another inner chapter, many people start to leave for ...
- 4879: The Glass Menagerie
- ... days when he was a hero. He is also not satisfied with the present--working at the same warehouse as Tom, despite Tom's prediction that he would "arrive at nothing short of the White House by the time he was thirty" (Williams 83). Tom realizes that he "was valuable to him [Jim] as someone who could remember his former glory" (Williams 84). When Jim reminisces about his lead in the ...
- 4880: The Pearl 3
- ... knows the physician is Spanish and considers himself above treating poor Indians. This does not satisfy Juana, who announces that if the doctor will not come to the village, then they will go to his house. But the doctor refuses to treat Coyotito because Kino is too poor. Later that day, while Kino and Juana are fishing in the Gulf, Kino finds an enormous pearl and cries out in joy. He ...
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