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- 9841: Hobbit Essay
- ... environment and terrain the group passes through on their adventure is primarily the same as lands unchanged by humans and surrounded by nature appear today. In the novel, there are forests with miles of trees, high, rocky mountains, and flowing rivers just as there are here on Earth. It is not possible that a fantasy story such as The Hobbit could occur in real life. However, I do believe that fantasy ...
- 9842: "The Hobbit"
- ... greediness, and how it gets you nothing in the end. Though this theme is encountered in many books, this story talk about it in a new way. The value of the theme is also rated high, with a B. The ending of this book was fairly predictable, with the exception that one of the main characters, Thorin, King of the Dwarves, was killed in the final battle. In this Area, I ...
- 9843: "The Doll's House" Essay
- ... The Kelveys are a family that are shunned because of their economic status. Throughout the town, "Many of the children, including the Burnnels, were not allowed even to speak to them." Without a second thought, school children and their families followed in the consuming tradition of looking down upon these unprivileged people. Kezia offers offset to this common path of thinking and questions such a blind following. She asks her mother ...
- 9844: Feminism in Jane Eyre
- ... opportunities for women and their alienation from almost all fields of work gave them little option in life: either become a house wife or a governess. Although today a tutor may be considered a fairly high class and intellectual job, in the Victorian era a governess was little more than a servant who was paid to share her scarce amount of knowledge in limited fields to a child. With little respect ...
- 9845: All the King's Men: Man As a Slave to Knowledge
- ... took the form of moral indignation and moral revulsion, but which, no doubt, was different from either, and more deep-seated than either, and finally irrational (321). Thus Adam's moral standards were set so high, he sees the affair as completely irrational. Adam Stanton is enslaved by knowledge. However, Adam Stanton is not the only character who is. Jack Burden is associated with knowledge in many aspects. He collects knowledge ...
- 9846: Summary of The Canterbury Tales
- ... people. The carpenter was upset when he heard that even his fair wife Allison was to be killed also. Then Nicholas told him to build three kneading-tubs and to hang them from the rafters high in the roof, where no man could see his device. The carpenter went and told his wife and began building the tubs and then he hung them from the beams. He went and sat in ...
- 9847: Book Review of Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squardron
- ... a while. He was a CorSec security officer on the planet Correlia in his late teens'. B) Kirtan Loor : Kirtan is a cold, isolated man that lives on the planet of Churba. He is a high ranked officer for the Imperial Army. He later gets promoted to a commanding officer and sits on the right side of the head leader of intelligence for the Emperor. Setting : The setting first takes place ...
- 9848: Analysis of Pearl in Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"
- ... them away with stones. Since Pearl's birth resulted from broken rules, she does not feel the obligation to follow rules. Although her life is an outcast of Puritan society, Pearl's language shows a high level of intelligence. Later, Hester receives word that the magistrates want to take Pearl away from her. Hester takes Pearl to the governor's house where the child meets her father, Arthur Dimmesdale. After Dimmesdale ...
- 9849: The Jungle by Sinclair: A Man of Many Colors
- ... work for himself, unassisted by anyone(pg.35) . Aware that he needed money, Rudkis does anything and everything to achieve his goals. No matter what he must endure, he always manages to keep his head high and keeps striving toward his dreams. Rudkis's determination is also displayed when he tries to make a good impression on his boss. He proves he is not lazy and promptly reports for work in ...
- 9850: Hard Times: The Gradgrind System of Education
- ... another example of useless facts. A factor that made her decide most certainly would be the influence of Tom, Tom wanted her sister to marry Boundaby because it would hel p him get into a high position in Bounderby's company, again this shows his mercenary behavior. Because Louisa really cares for Tom she married Bounderby because she did not want to upset Tom. So Louisa married Boundaby even though she ...
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