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- 4571: Lost Horizon
- ... Charles Bryant is an American who is running from the law for financial dealings and is using the name Henry B. Bernard. Roberta Binklow is a Missionary of the Eastern Mission. Father Perrault is the High Lama who runs Shangri-La. Chang is the one who found Conway and his group and brought them back to Shangri-La. He also showed the group around Shangri-La. Those are the main characters of the novel. The conflict of the novel is when Conway, Bernard, Roberta, and Mallinson get hijacked. They are brought to Shangri-La high up in the mountains. The turning point of the novel is when everyone gets to Shangri-La and they are trying to think of a way to leave. After being there for awhile, everyone changes their mind about leaving and wants to stay. This is the conflict and turning point of the novel. The climax of the novel is when the High Lama dies and leaves Conway in charge of Shangri-La. Conway doesn t tell anyone that he is in charge. The resolution of the novel is when Mallinson talks Conway into leaving Shangri-La ...
- 4572: Jane Eyre 2
- ... The book takes place in the mid 1800 s. Jane lives in five different places which greatly affect her life. The first place Jane stays is Gateshead Hall. She then goes to live at Lowood School. From Lowood Jane proceeds on to Thornfield Hall. She then advances on to Moor House. Finally, Jane reaches her final home at Ferndean. All of this happens within two decades and the novel is told ... became terrified and thought she saw or heard the flapping of wings. The treatment Jane received caused her to become bitter and to truly dislike Mrs. Reed. Jane then goes on to live at Lowood School. While at Lowood Jane meets a young girl named Helen Burns. Helen taught Jane many things about life and religion. Jane recalls a time when Helen was scolded for not cleaning her nails or washing ... Lowood. Helen tells her no because she was sent to get an education. This shows how mature, intelligent, and religious Helen is and how she tries to teach Jane this. Mr. Brocklehurst was visiting the school one day, and during his visit he criticized and scolded Miss. Temple for feeding the children extra food. During his tirade Jane dropped her slate and immediately was called up by Mr. Brocklehurst. Mr. ...
- 4573: Aleins Among Us
- ... in town, and Jim always felt like he could stay forever. He sighed, and pulled his arms behind his head and stretched out his legs. For some reason this night he was especially relaxed. Either school letting out last week or just one of those giddy days, he didn’t know. It is a wonderful day to be alive. After looking into the sky for a few minutes he saw a ... alarming rate. The beasts looked at him, starring into his eyes, slowly creeping towards him. Steamy moistened air covered the little boy’s body. The sound was enfeebling. Jim’s ears filled with clicking and high-pitched pings that got louder and louder. Then everything faded away. No more sound, no more light, no more slime, no pain. Jim leaned just a few feet to far to one side of his ...
- 4574: Emma 2
- ... characters of the novel, pride is a common characteristic. Mrs. Bennet, for instance, is extremely proud when it comes to her daughters marriages of mercenary advantage. She is so concerned that her neighbors have a high opinion of her that her own vanity will not even allow her to think of her daughters love and happiness. This is best shown with the case of Elizabeth Bennet s proposed marriage to the ... of her family, Mary would take every chance she could to put on a show whenever in a public situation. Although she was not talented in any of the activities she decided to undertake, her high opinion of herself and her desire to esteem herself in the eyes of others enabled her to display her supposed talents. Mr. Collins possesses a definite sense of vanity. He is in no way concerned ... the novel a focus of the theme of pride. His pride is very obvious. It is a part of his nature and is seen in his mannerisms and in his speech. Darcy has such a high opinion of himself that he does not care what others think of him or his prideful actions. He believes that he is the best in every way possible and finds that his standing in ...
- 4575: Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
- ... would civilize me; but it rough living in the house all the time considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways (Twain 11).This process includes making Huck go to school, teaching him various religious facts, and making him act in a way that the women find socially acceptable. In this first chapter, Mark Twain gives us the first direct example of communicating his feelings through ... beautiful women, but none of this comes to pass. Huck finds out too late that Tom’s adventures are imaginary: That raiding a caravan of A-rabs really means terrorizing young children on a Sunday school picnic, that stolen jewel is nothing more than turnips or rocks (Twain 22). Huck is disappointed that the adventures Tom promises are not real and so, along with the other members, he resigns from the ... only wants Huck for his money. “I used to be scared of him all the time, he tanned me so much, I reckoned I was scared now too” (Twain 18). Pap demands that Huck quit school, stop reading, and avoid church. Huck is able to stay away from Pap for a while, but Pap kidnaps Huck three or four months after Huck starts to live with the Widow and takes ...
- 4576: Edgar Allan Poe And The Raven
- ... stanzas in The Raven from her. Which brings the reader to another thought: are Poe s works genuinely understandable enough to make them liked? R. H. Stoddard, a journalist, commented As a poet, Poe ranks high, although most of his poetry is unreadable. . . . The school of literature to which Poe belongs, and of which he is certainly the master, is one that we thoroughly dislike. (Society, Internet) Another criticism expresses the concern (neither positive nor negative) of the apparent recurring ...
- 4577: All Ouiet On The Western Front: What Opinion Of War Does This Book Present
- ... to having the same importance in their lives at this point. Baumer also says, “We were trained in the army for ten weeks and in this time more profoundly influenced then by ten years at school” (21). For Baumer to say such things only proves to what extent the soldiers are being touched. Their lives have become meaningful. They’re taught how to be fighting machines, defending the land they call home. They couldn’t possibly attend school with out the freedom to do so. Thus, their country must be defended properly. As soldiers were expected to fight and up hold their countries honor, they also they were allowed a few privileges. As ... is at its weakest and girls have not yet a hold over us” (20).Most of the “Iron Youth,” as Kantorek calls them, have little else, maybe a few hobbies here and there and their school. Now, in the army, they have discipline and they’re gaining a sense of structure. Soldiers in general must be strong people, being pulled away from their families, and torn away form everything that ...
- 4578: Being an Outsider
- ... think she knew of what the white people were doing to oppress the black, but I also feel that she noticed that everyone around her that was white was not out to get her. In high school, her white friends never invited her over, but she never had them over either, and yet they remained friends. She noticed the racism of the faculty and in many of the students, and came to ...
- 4579: A Farwell To Arms- Book Report
- ... War I in Italy. The book was not the least bit confusing when it came to the text and was really an enjoyable book to read. This book could be appreciated both by the average high school student or an adult looking for a great book. It had an interesting, moving plot that kept the reader interested in the book, and has been appreciated and read for many years by people of ...
- 4580: A Class Divided
- ... were being left out. It was interesting how a few people stood up for themselves, while the others stood back and waited to see what happens. We see this today with children who first attend school. Especially in children who have no been exposed to different races yet. On the first day, the Mexican and black children will stand back and be quiet, while the white children are extremely outgoing. A ... their pent up hostilities they had for each other. Once they got rid of the collars though, everyone disregarded that hostility and went back to their normal hugging. Overall they still hold that experiment in high regards and feel that it made them they way they are today. This film taught me a lot. Although I was not a part of it myself, it helped me put everything into perspective. I ...
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