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- 12131: The Adventures and Maturing of Huckleberry Finn
- ... slave. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn begins with Huck introducing himself. He lives with the Widow Douglas and Miss Watson. They are kind old ladies who are trying to "civilize" him by sending him to school and teaching him manners, even though Huck didn't want to be "civilized." Huck's best friend is Tom Sawyer. The two found twelve-thousand dollars earlier and split the profits. The boys kept the ...
- 12132: A White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett
- ... night, Sylvia sets out on her journey. She diligently made her way up the monstrous pine. After a considerable battle with sharp branches and her own fear, she stood trembling and tired but wholly triumphant, high in the tree top. From this vantage point, Sylvia could see the world. She felt exhelerated and more alive than she has ever felt before. She soon discovers the home of the elusive white heron ...
- 12133: Cannery Row: Social Classes
- ... of our so-called successful men are sick men, with bad stomachs, and bad souls, but Mack and the boys are healthy and curiously clean" (133). Mack and the boys are not ruled by those high-standards, on the contrary they are ruled by the simplicity of life. Mack and the boys believe that there is no point to have all the luxuries of life when you yourself are in terrible ...
- 12134: Character Analysis: Catherine Morland
- ... before she knows it. Sometimes she still doesn't learn because her mind tends to wander a bit. Catherine is quite fond as books so long as they are far from educational. She has a high amount of creativity however learning is not something she is fond of. She loves books that have a mystery to them. Along with fantasy novels, Catherine (at age eight) feels she would be fond of ...
- 12135: Huckleberry Finn: Prejudice and Intolerance
- ... interaction of these different social groups is what makes up the main plot of the novel. For the objective of discussion they have been broken down into five main sets of antithetic parties: people with high levels of melanin and people with low levels of melanin, rednecks and scholarly, children and adults, men and women, and finally, the Sheperdson's and the Grangerford's. Whites and African Americans are the two ...
- 12136: Playing Solo Through Life
- ... the first example of Renne being a soloist, in which he is the only child and his parents are going to keep it that way so he can be the best at his talent. In school he was different from other kids because he loved music and he wasnt that interested in playing sports, his mother forbidden him to play. She excluded him from contact with other children after he ...
- 12137: Essential Writings: Review
- ... can't help but agree almost completely with the editor when he asserts that "His writings and the story of his life belong to the syllabus of every student in the world today, from elementary school to university." Works Cited "The Essential Writings of Raja Rammohan Ray". Edited by Bruce Carlisle Robertson. Oxford University Press, 1999, 299pp., Rs 495.
- 12138: A Separate Peace: Truth, Lies, and Violence
- ... it will sound the best. He likes to be put in difficult situations to see if he can get out of it. He doesnt think of the consequences of his actions. He breaks the school record but it is only important to him. He would not do it again for a timekeeper. Just as I said earlier he gets a sudden urge and goes for it. Finny has no trouble ...
- 12139: Learning To See: Summary
- ... Harvard University the center for national history, in the mid-1900's. It was more than fifteen years ago that Samuel Scudder entered the labort- ory of Professor Agassiz. His name enrolled in the Scientific School a student of nat- ural history. Samuel was asked questions on the feild he would like to study , he replied, I wish to be well rounded in all departments of zoology, devoting my specialtes to ...
- 12140: Lord of the Flies: Opportunity
- ... the boys of their parents or other adult authority figures they may have had in their old lives back home. There is also the conch that Ralph holds which may remind the boys of a school bell or a teacher's whistle. Finally, at the end of the novel, the boys turn to Jack to satisfy their need for some much-needed leadership. When the boys are feasting on the meat ...
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