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- 7331: Bridge To Terabithia
- ... he's always busy with his books that he barely spends time with her. Leslie calls her parents by their first names, which confuses Jesse. Leslie's hobbies are scuba diving and making up great stories. An important message is how Jesse was always so afraid of water, mainly because he couldn't swim and Leslie gave him the courage to swing over the creek. It was ironic how she ended ...
- 7332: Self-Reliance: Misunderstood G
- ... system. In history, the results of individualism has been spread world wide. Important leaders, thinkers, and philosophers with radical ideas in virgin areas of research were making significant finds rapidly. Yet progress was slowed by short-sighted men who failed to see greatness. Aberham Lincoln was a revolutionary in his time with his views on slavery and forgiveness of the South. Yet his death was the result of one man's ...
- 7333: Red Dress
- The short story "Red Dress" by Alice Munro is about a young girl's first high school dance. Her home and school environment determined her attitude towards the dance. This girl's home life was bad. She ...
- 7334: The Color Purple
- ... capitalist entrepreneur has only positive signification. Her progression from exploited black woman, as woman, as sexual victim, is aided by her entrance into the economy as property owner, manager of a small business, storekeeper - in short capitalist entrepreneur. The Models (Manners and Customs, Historical and Empirical Data) of representation in the alternative world presented at the end of the novel, leave us with the notion of a happy ending for our ...
- 7335: Gullivers Travels - Houyhnhnml
- ... mind, they seemed like the greatest humans ever seen in court, even more dextrous than the Lord Edmund Burke" (162). As this quote demonstrates, Gulliver is terribly impressed, but his admiration for the Houyhnhnms is short-lived because they are so prideful. For instance, the leader of the Houyhnhnms claims that he has read all the works of Charles Dickens, and that he can singlehandedly recite the names of all the ...
- 7336: Group Polarization And Competi
- ... and maintaining power. Another of Kipnis's negative effects of power is the tendency to use it for selfish purposes (p.433). In politics this can be seen as the predilection towards making statements for short term political gain that are either nonsensical or contradictory to past positions held by the candidates themselves. While this may not be the use of actual power, it is an attempt to gain political office ...
- 7337: Gregory
- ... he cared a great deal for Gregory. He not only shared food out of the same bowl and drank out of the same tin as him but he also listened to him explain his life stories and could easily relate to them. This is evidenced by the quote "Eh, back home this guy is facing the same problems as us". Many times, the direction of the executioner's honor switched towards ...
- 7338: Great Gatsby 7
- ... himself and others. Nick states, "Something was making him nibble at the edge of stale ideas as if his sturdy physical egotism no longer nourished his peremptory heart". Because of this, Tom has an unusually short temper and a gift for gaining revenge. Once, he lost his temper with Myrtle Wilson, his mistress, and without a thought broke her nose. Also, after Myrtle is killed, Tom tells George that Gatsby was ...
- 7339: A Gift Of Peace From The Past,
- ... the virgins had their own event which occurred on the mens religious day of rest. Called the Haria, in honor of Hara the wife of Zeus, the young women would race dressed in a short tunic which exposed the right breast. Traditionally, Spartan women dominated this event, being trained from birth for just this purpose. The religious undertones of the events became extremely apparent on the third day of the ...
- 7340: Great Expectations 5
- ... Expectations," he is embarrassed by what he regards as Joe's commonness and avoids his company.Later Pip's conscience makes him realize,Joe has more qualities than he himself possesses,his remorse however is short lived.When Pip's fortunes takes a fall he is too ashamed to approach Joe and Biddy, their love is too strong however and are there for Pip in his hour of need. In Pip ...
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