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- 7761: The Outsiders
- ... Tuff enough. Wait till I get out...I told you he don’t mean half of what he says...” (page 26). The highlighted words and phrases are ones that will not be used in formal writing and they even contain grammar mistakes. Here is an example for the hate the socs have to the greasers: “‘Hey, grease,’ one said in an over-friendly voice. ‘We’re gonna do you a favor ...
- 7762: The Outsiders By SE Hinton
- ... Tuff enough. Wait till I get out...I told you he don’t mean half of what he says...” (page 26). The highlighted words and phrases are ones that will not be used in formal writing and they even contain grammar mistakes. Here is an example for the hate the socs have to the greasers: “‘Hey, grease,’ one said in an over-friendly voice. ‘We’re gonna do you a favor ...
- 7763: Positivism
- ... by the Austrian philosopher and physicist Ernst Mach.(www.encyclopedia.com) During the early 20th century a group of philosophers who were concerned with developments in modern science rejected the traditional positivist ideas that held personal experience to be the basis of true knowledge and emphasized the importance of scientific verification. This group came to be known as logical positivists, and it included the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein and the British Bertrand ...
- 7764: The Scarlet Letter - Intoleran
- The Scarlet Letter By Sarah Johnston Nathaniel Hawthorne used his writing skills to appropriately show the strict intolerant ways of the disciplined Puritan America of 1850, with his novel The Scarlet Letter. This novel has become a classic, because of the accurate portrayal of the conservative ...
- 7765: The Scarlet Letter - Pearl Bel
- ... scarlet letter. Even though Hester repeatedly tells Pearl to stop asking, Pearl keeps it up, typical of a seven-year-old child. Weather Pearl is believable or not, is up to the reader. In my personal opinion, I think that she is not a believable child.
- 7766: The Swimmer By John Cheever
- ... his ignorance and inability to accept his own misfortunes. Throughout the story, both the society and Neddy think that they can avoid the problems of life by consuming alcohol, obtaining wealth, and partying. Ultimately, the personal tragedy of mankind results from his own ignorance and misperception of reality. John Cheever’s “The Swimmer” Robert Brown 10/1/97 Bell 5
- 7767: The Tenth Man By Graham Greene
- ... willing they usually would do it for the wrong reasons. For example in the book Janvier gave up his life for another but his motive was unclear. He could have done it for his own personal glory because he would have died a rich man what should not be important to you. He could have also done it for his family so they didn't have to live the rest of ...
- 7768: Things Fall Apart By Chinua Ac
- ... and eaten the sacred python.” (185). Enoch, the son of the snake-priest, ate the sacred python when he converted to Christianity. In addition, the Ibo believe each person has a chi, which is a personal god. When Okonkwo is exiled to his mother’s homeland, he thought that his chi was not made for great things. The belief was that “a man could not rise beyond the destiny of his ...
- 7769: Tom Clancy
- ... of current events and technologies in order to bring to the reader an intriguing and realistic story. He has interviewed admirals, generals and has even been to the White House to meet the President. His writing mechanics and techniques of reader manipulation keep readers filled with suspense and compassion for the characters until the book’s end. Even at that point, it leaves readers longing for more.
- 7770: To Build A Fire - Significance
- ... man's diminishing ability to stay warm in the frigid Alaskan climate. The main characters predicament slowly worsens one level at a time finally resulting in death. The narrator informs the reader "the man" lacks personal experience travelling in the Yukon terrain. The old-timer warned the man about the harsh realities of the Klondike. The confident main character thinks of the old-timer at Sulphur Creek as "womanish." Along the ...
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