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- 4711: Mark Twain's Speeches
- ... gown as Doctor of Laws, Oxford University. Ambassador Bryce and Mr. Choate had made the formal addresses. HOW difficult indeed, is the higher education. Mr. Choate needs a little of it. He is not only short as a statistician of New York, but he is off, far off, in his mathematics. The four thousand citizens of Greater New York, indeed! But I don't think it was wise or judicious on ...
- 4712: Pinocchio
- ... my oral Book Report on is The classic Book, Pinocchio. The Illustrator, is Greg Hilderbrandt. The Publisher is The Unicorn Publishing House in New Jersey. The copyright is in 1986. This book is a classic. Short Summary Pinnochio, before becoming his puppet form, is a simple block of wood, which an unfortunate lumberjack by the name of Cherry comes across and decides to make a fire with him, Pinocchio in the ...
- 4713: The Pearl: Music
- The Pearl: Music Music is known to be a quality in which one possesses toproduce harmony, or to make others pleasant through messages.to set the atmosphere in manystories. In the short story, "The Pearl", John Steinbeck usesdifferent types of music to introduce, and set the atmosphere ofthe story. In this, music is used to introduce evil, to showfamily lifestyle, and to show significance of the pearl ...
- 4714: Lord of the Flies: Ralph Creating a Society Based on Survival
- ... interest with some of the individuals. They begin to loose faith in themselves, and thus seek fun and fortune. In the end the group seeking a long-term reward beats out the group looking for short- term rewards, as Ralph's group prevails, causing Jack's to lose stimulating death among the other boys. "When Ralph spoke again his voice was low, and seemed breathless. `What have I done? I liked ...
- 4715: Summary: Lord of the Flies
- ... through. In comparison to the clean and very much civilized naval officer, Ralph was no cleaner than the filthy savages gathering around. The mature authority and seriousness of the officer's questions made Ralph's short and simple answers seem child-like and made Ralph seem much smaller than he was. As Ralph declared himself Boss, Jack made no attempt to assert himself as Chief. Remnants of his regulated past may ...
- 4716: Nine Tomorrows: Will Computers Control Humans in the Future?
- ... reliance on computers by portraying a futuristic world where computers control humans. One of the images which Asimov describes in the book is that humans might become too dependent on computers. In one of the stories, Profession, Asimov writes about people being educated by computer programs designed to educate effortlessly a person. According to the Profession story people would no longer read books to learn and improve their knowledge. People would ...
- 4717: Characterization of Zaroff In Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game"
- ... victims feel comfortable around him, he forces them to play his "game". 11) This usually ends up in death for General Zaroff's poor captives. 12) Therefore, we can see that the antagonist in the short story "The Most Dangerous Game" is not only sadistic and arrogant, but also manipulative.
- 4718: David Edding's Pawn of Prophecy
- ... pushes himself and eventually catches up to them again, ambushing them and injuring the boy Garion. The most apparent example of the theme is the way in which sorcerers perform their magic. Unlike many other stories in which a sorcerer or wizard must perform strange rituals and recite incantations to create magic, in this book, all that is required is will power and a single word. The author calls this phenomenon ...
- 4719: Don Quixote
- DON QUIXOTE The novel opens by briefly describing Don Quixote and his fascination with chivalric stories. With his wits gone , Don Quixote decides to become a knight and ream the country side righting wrong and rescuing damsels in distress. He outfits himself in some old armor and professes his love and ...
- 4720: A Queen Adored: England's Elizabeth II
- ... However, intent on doing the proper thing, she did not heed this advice and went along-side her parents. Her father's older brother, Edward VIII, would thus assume the throne. His reign would be short lived ,however, as he would meet an American woman who had already divorced twice, and ask her hand in marriage. As this was not acceptable behavior for a king Edward was given the choice to ...
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