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- 341: Jumanji
- ... makes you think you have achieved something by adding in numerous chapters (e.g. page 80 is the start of chapter 14). TriStar Pictures have recently made a motion picture, based on the book, which stars Robin Williams. During the Easter break I intend to see the movie. I like reading books that are later made into movies, because then I can see how other people have interpreted the book to ...
- 342: An Analysis of "The Grapes of Wrath"
- ... early May. The weeds became a dark green to protect themselves from the sun's unyielding rays....The wind grew stronger, uprooting the weakened corn, and the air became so filled with dust that the stars were not visible at night. (Chp 1) As the chapter continues a turtle, which appears and reappears several times early in the novel, can be seen to stand for survival, a driving life force in ...
- 343: Hesiod's "Works and Days" and Virgil's "The Georgics": Working the Land
- ... can be found in the passage contained by lines 475- 494 on pages 92-93. Within this passage, Virgil praises understanding, as he begs the Muses to teach him "to know the paths of the stars in heaven, the eclipses of the sun and the moon's travails, the cause of earthquakes..."(pg.92 ll. 478-80) and other various natural occurrences. Another concept that Virgil stresses that is apparent in ...
- 344: The Scarlet Letter: The False Qualities of Life
- ... Qualities of Life Irish novelist Brian Moore observed, "There comes a point in many people's lives when they can no longer play the role they have chosen for themselves" (Bookshelf 95). From Hollywood movie stars to professional athletes, people have and will continue to lead false lives, under the public spotlight, concealing their personal travails. In literature, the preceding statement has held true numerous times, in works such as Nathaniel ...
- 345: The Old Man and the Sea: Santiago a Hero?
- ... left. One example of his great wisdom is this quote, “I have never seen or head of such a fish. But I must kill him. I am glad we don't have to kill the stars. imagine if each day a man must try to kill the moon, he thought. The moon runs away. But imagine if each day a man should have to kill the sun? We were born lucky ...
- 346: The Great Gatsby: The Green Light
- ... four of the novel, Nick finds out from Jordan that Gatsby bought the house so that Daisy would be just across the bay. Nick responds to this fact: "Then it had not been merely the stars to which he had aspired on that June night. He came alive to me, delivered suddenly from the womb of his purposeless splendor." Until this point, Gatsby was a puzzle. Nick, at this moment, solves ...
- 347: Frankenstein: The Forbidden Fruit
- ... not even remember his first meeting with is creator. All he desired were basic animal needs. He hunted for fruit and nut to stop the pangs of hunger. He slept in the forest under the stars. He sought meager shelter to keep him dry. These were all he desired before he knew of man. Only after silently observing a family for months did he learn of the ways of mankind. He ...
- 348: Summary of Lord of the Flies
- ... hard to pinpoint the style, but I would probably classify it as an action/adventure book, with exquisite language throughout. Definitely a book that all people should read. A real classic. Nine and a half stars out of ten.
- 349: Animal Farm
- ... wonders for this novel. Orwell is a genius and he has cleverly hidden the satire in such an excellent way, that everything fits into the picture like a jigsaw puzzle. I give this book five stars. This rating is given for many reasons. It is a very easy read and quite enjoyable to many levels of education. By: RickyG Word Count: 801
- 350: Eliezer Wiesel's Night
- ... name Moshe the Beadle. Moshe was very good friend of Elezers'. One day it was ordered that all foreign Jews in Sighet be deported by German troops. They were told they had to wear yellow stars to identify themselves. Eliezers friends Moshe was also a foreign Jew, which meant he had to be deported. Eliezer did not see his friend Moshe for months. When he finally saw him, Moshe was weeping ...
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