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Book Report: I Am David
<view this essay>.... he saw some soldiers
looking for him. He had other problems before but not so great. How would
he get out of this one?
Conflict: Weakened by hard labour, cruel slavery and malnutrition,
David has become very skinny. Every night and everyday David hears the
cries of the other prisoners causing him to stay awake during the long
nights which leaves him with bags under eye's. David does not smile a lot
because all he sees in the camp is his friends, family and other prisoners
getting beaten.
Character: In the camp David did not have anyone to teach him anything
until he met Johannes. Johannes taught David different languages and also
to help one anothe .....
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Explication Of Dulce Et Decoru
<view this essay>.... about bombs, in this case nuclear warfare. When the bomb is dropped the soldiers begin to fumble with their helmets to protect themselves from the gas of the bomb. The helmets of this time were crude, but they did their job. The soldiers get their helmets on in time, except one. The soldier is "flound'ring like a man in fire...drowning" from exposure to the poisonous gases fired by the enemy.
The author is expressing the cruelty of war through this poem in describing the slow and painful deaths that many soldiers went through. Death by poisonous gas is slow and painful. The soldiers who died did so painfully, it was as if they were drowning. Choking slowly, li .....
Number of words: 747 | Number of pages: 3 |
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Amory Blaine's "Mirrors" In Fitzgerald's This Side Of Paradise
<view this essay>.... vacuous choice for a protagonist. He
relies mainly on his breathtaking handsomeness and wealth in order to get by in
life. He has been endowed with brains, but it takes him years to learn how and
when to use them. Amory spends his late high school and college years
frolicking with his peers and debutantes. By constantly associating with others
Amory creates an image of himself that he maintains until he becomes bored or
finds a new personality to imitate. Amory does not know who he really is, what
he truly feels, or what he thinks. He merely cultivates his personality du jour
depending on how he believes he would like to be. Essentially, Amory is
sho .....
Number of words: 1475 | Number of pages: 6 |
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An Analysis Of Why Jimmy Doyle Will Never Succeed In Life Due To His Father
<view this essay>.... Jimmy
to work for what he has, but would rather see his son become popular and
make a lot of connections. Jimmy's father is the reason he will never
succeed in life on his own.
Jimmy Doyle grew in a family that was quite well off financially
due to the hard work of his father. Mr. Doyle made a lot of money through
hard work and sacrifice as butcher, and he wanted nothing but the best for
his son. He did not want his son to work as hard as he did growing up.
When Jimmy went away to college, he spent more time socializing than he did
studying. "Jimmy did not study very earnestly and took to bad courses for
awhile. He had money and he was popular; ..."(p.25 .....
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THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
<view this essay>.... relationship. Manolin does not even act as a young boy; he is mature and sensitive to Santiago's feelings. He even offers to go against his parent's wishes and accompany Santiago on his fishing trips. Santiago is viewed as an outcast in his village because he has not caught any fish for more than eighty-four days and is therefore "unlucky". Nonetheless Manolin is loyal to Santiago and even when his parents forbid him he wants to help his friend.
Their conversations are comfortable, like that of two friends who have known each other for their whole lives. When they speak it is usually about baseball or fishing, the two things they have most in common. Their favo .....
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The Chrysalids: The Importance Of Telepathy
<view this essay>.... and might affect Waknuk.
We all know that people in Waknuk were very superstitious but did it
actually help the plot to develop? On page 91 through 103 finally and
idea gets out about some people being able to communicate through thought-
shapes. When Katherine and Sally got caught and tortured they finally tell
some of the names to the inspector. This forces David, Rosalind and Petra
to runaway to the fringes, and they established some kind of contact with a
woman from Sealant (Zealand, On page 134). The help that the sealant woman
promised is on their way to the fringes. The plot is greatly influenced,
David learns more things as the time goes on. .....
Number of words: 709 | Number of pages: 3 |
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"Down And Out Paris And London"
<view this essay>.... because of their circumstances. In
this essay we will explore the characteristics and personality of a person
who lives below the poverty line. Through the author we get a very keen
insight into this area of human experience.
Orwell feels that beggars and tramps have unfair labels and
stereotypes attached to them. For example, most people think of tramps as
being dangerous. About that Orwell says:
"Quite apart from experience, one can say a priori that very few tramps are
dangerous, because if they were dangerous they would be treated accordingly.
A casual ward will often admit a hundred tramps in one night, and these
are handled by a staff of at .....
Number of words: 905 | Number of pages: 4 |
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The Great Gatsby: Unfaithfulness And Greed
<view this essay>.... novel while Daisy becomes very close to her ex-
beloved, Jay Gatsby. Even with their new lovers, none of them displayed true
love. Each wanted something from the other. Tom wanted the "possession" of
Myrtle, Myrtle wanted Tom's "luxuries and wealth," and Daisy wanted Gatsby
simply for his wealth. Both Tom and Daisy know of each other's affairs, but
neither one truly cares. As the story progresses, it seems as though each of
them is trying to make the other more jealous.
Honesty and Love, two words know only by the faithful, George Wilson.
George certainly had his flaws, but he loved his wife dearly and couldn't live
without her. "He was his wife's man a .....
Number of words: 416 | Number of pages: 2 |
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