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- 7831: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Test of One Knight's Chivalric Attributes
- ... s fault is not actually revealed until he meets the Green Knight at the Green Chapel. At Gawain's arrival to the Green Chapel he hears a noise "as one upon a grindstone [grinds] a great scythe" (Sir Gawain, l. 2202). We find out that what is being ground is actually an ax, but the mention of a scythe is symbolic in that a scythe is a harvesting tool. This can ...
- 7832: The Influence of Reading on Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary
- ... to a country estate. The country estate was lavish but for Anna it was a lonely place. Anna devoted as much time to her appearance, even when they had no visitors, and she read a great deal, both novels and serious books that happened to be in fashion. She ordered all the books that received good notices in the foreign papers and periodicals they subscribed to and read them with the ...
- 7833: The Pearl: A Review
- ... in the early to mid-1900's, in Bolivia. It was written by John Steinbeck as a short fiction book that tells of the family's life just before, during, and just after find a great pearl. The book was an amazing and discussed many different ideas. The main idea discussed is whether or not being rich is a good thing. The story explained how everyone would like to be rich ...
- 7834: The Mill on the Floss: Summary
- The Mill on the Floss: Summary The Mill on the Floss is a book written by George Eliot, whose real name is Mary Anne (later Marian) Evans. There is a great deal of autobiography in this book. The facts of Mary Anne's life do not match Maggie Tulliver, but there is an obvious reflection of her own life. Book One: Chapter1-13 The novel opens ...
- 7835: Carson McCullers' The Member of the Wedding: Summary
- ... around, and that her maturity is an authentic and abiding one. At the conclusion of the story, the now confident Frances is able to plan a future for herself, by herself, which includes becoming a great writer. She, further, finds a sympathetic friend who becomes the other half of her new "we." Carson McCullers brilliantly portrays a teenage girl's maturation through a fabricated feeling of belonging, which ultimately leads to ...
- 7836: United Nations
- ... was set-up in New York. 3. The UN structure is a very well thought-out one. The UN contains over 150 countries, with 5 main heads of state. These 5 countries are America, France, Great Britain, Russia and China. The 5 head countries always make the decision on whether to help a country that is in need or not. The basic structure is that there is a general assembly, which ...
- 7837: The Hobbit: A Review
- ... not really like this book. The book was the worst fantasy book I ever read, although I know that the author is considered to be one of the people that gave the fantasy style a great push. Even though the book is well written there are some faults that make it boring and uninteresting (such as the lack of suspense that I already discussed before). Comparing this book to the Dragon ...
- 7838: HITLER, MUSSOLINI, STALIN
- ... looked up to and depended on each other for ideas of dictatorship. The fact that these three men had very similar childhoods could lead to the inference that a person's childhood can produce a great effect on what they become or how they act when they grow up to be adults. Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin are perfect examples of that notion. Hopefully, in the present and future, we will not ...
- 7839: French Revolution
- ... that land to create the kingdom of Westphalia. Prussia also had to give up their polish territory, out of that Napoleon created the Duchy of Warsaw. Another policy was the Continental System. This policy prevented Great Britain from trading with any European Nations. . Napoleon never really abused his power he remained a fair leader to the people of France all of his life. Napoleon has been referred to as the "first ...
- 7840: Cuban Missile Crisis
- ... their sugar production to meet the demand. Cuba established a goal to produce ten million tons of sugar crop by the year 1970, which marked Lenins 100th birthday. Khrushchev mentions that Kennedy was a great loss for the Americans and identified him as a true statesman. He also feels that if he lived through his term, that relations between the Soviet Union and the United States would have been better ...
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