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Breaking Societies Rules
<view this essay>.... Forgiveness can only be obtained when these characters find the strength within themselves to speak the truth. The first to commit a sin is John Proctor, the husband of Elizabeth Proctor. John is a good man until Abigail Williams comes into his life. John lives in a house feeling empty and thinking his wife does not love him. Lust is a very powerful feeling, and it tempts John right into bed with Abigail. Unfortunately once he commits adultery, Elizabeth does not forgive him. She finds ways to punish John and make him feel more remorseful. For example, Reverend Hale asks John to recite the commandments, and he forgets one, Elizabeth then says sarcastically, “Ad .....
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Running Wild: Essay About The Novel Hiroshima
<view this essay>.... Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura was looking at his
next door neighbor through her kitchen window. Fr. Wilhelm Kliensorge, a
German priest, was lying on a couch in his house reading a magazine. We
continue with Dr. Teru Fumi Sasaki, a surgeon, was walking down the
hospital hallway carrying blood specimens. Finally, Rev. Mr. Kayo She
Tanimoto, the pastor of the Hiroshima Methodist Church, was about to put
away some clothes. While these innocents civilians were carrying out there
lives, yet unknown to them, a plane called the Enola Gay silently passed
unnoticed overhead and quietly dropped the worlds deadliest bomb that
changed history forever. All they saw was split s .....
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Bright Shining Lie
<view this essay>.... to an ARVN infantry division. His duty was to advise his Vietnamese counter part, but he officially had no power over any ARVN troops. It was this situation that became a major point of conflict between him and those who were running the war. During his first stay in Vietnam, Vann came to the conclusion that the U.S. could not win the war the way it was being fought. He decided to try and change the way things were. He gathered data and submitted detailed reports to those in charge of the actual conditions and state of the war. However, those above him either ignored the reports or destroyed them, because they could not believe that anyone could stand up to .....
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The Scarlett Letter
<view this essay>.... forehead.' (Pg. 59) This is how some people felt about her punishment. The Puritan treatment continued, because as Hester would walk through the streets, she would be looked down upon as if she were some sort of demon from Hell that committed a terrible crime. This would give her much mental anguish and grief. On the other hand, God's treatment of Hester for her sin was quite different than just a physical token: he gave Hester the punishment of a very unique child which she named Pearl. This punishment handed down from God was a constant mental and physical reminder to Hester of what she had done wrong, and she could not escape it 'Thou art not my child! .....
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The Great Gatsby's Theme
<view this essay>.... discrimination still exists and the divisions among the classes cannot be overcome. Myrtle's attempt to break into the group to which the Buchanans belong is doomed to fail. Taking advantage of her vivacity, her lively nature, she seeks to escape from her own class. She enters into an affair with Tom and takes on his way of living. But she only becomes vulgar and corrupt like the rich. She scorns people from her own class and loses all sense of morality. And for all her social ambition, Myrtle never succeeds in her attempt to find a place for herself in Tom's class. When it comes to a crisis, the rich stand together against all outsiders.
Myrtle's condition, .....
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The Last Hung: Joop's Mid-Life Crisis
<view this essay>.... By looking at the picture, Joop realizes that he is
going through a mid-life crises, which can only be resolved by exorcising
memories of his wife, the bear, and the goddess of hunting, Diana.
The solution to the first part of his mid-life crisis is to get rid of
the memories of Mari that still resided deep within his mind. He does this by
visiting the house where the majority of these memories take place. While
touring through the house he remembers all the ways that Mari resembled the
goddess of Diana. During the period that Joop was married to Mari, she
portrayed herself in a few ways as being Diana. She did this by giving the
name of "Worshipping Di .....
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The Fellowship Of The Ring (Lord Of The Rings: Part I, Book II)
<view this essay>.... somewhat a leader and also has to make many tough decisions. For example: When Frodo reached Rivendell Elrond gave Frodo the decision of staying in Rivendell and letting someone else be the ring-bearer and travel to Mt. Doom to throw the evil ring in the volcano or for Frodo to carry the burden of doing it himself. Frodo’s decision was to be the ring-bearer and travel to Mt. Doom with his companions. Frodo’s companions are: Gandalf the wizard, Aragorn "Strider" (the true king who was exiled from his own kingdom) a ranger, Legloas the elf, Gimli the dwarf, son of Gl˘in, Boromir, Pippin, Merry, and of course Sam who would follow his master Frodo anywhere.
Who ar .....
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The Scarlet Letter 2
<view this essay>.... a devil (Chillingworth: “I have already told thee what I am! A fiend! Who made me so?” “It was myself” cried Hester, shuddering.). That revenge is what made him try to prevent Dimmesdale from confessing in the last scaffold scene.
The scarlet letter had hurt Hester every day and every moment a lot, so Chillingworth let it do the avenge work alone without interfering (Hester: “Why hast thou not avenged thyself on me?” “I have left thee to the scarlet letter”replied Roger Chillingworth.). But for Dimmesdale he had a whole different plan. He came back to town as a different person with a different name. Now he wa .....
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