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The Right Stuff
<view this essay>.... not feel bogged down by the thousands of infinitesimal technical speculations. An example of one of his many detailed sentences is found on page fifty-six and states, "Aviation had drawings and most specifications of a 15 ton ship called the X-15B, a winged craft that would be launched by three enormous rockets each with 415,000 pounds of thrust whereupon the ships two pilots would take over with the X-15B’s own 75,000 pound engine, make three or more orbits around the earth, reenter the atmosphere and land on a dry lake bed at Edwards like any other pilot in the X series." This sentence shows many technical aspects about the craft. The sentence did no .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Hester's Isolation And Alienation
<view this essay>.... letter flaming on her chest”, also “as the figure, the body and the
reality of sin”(73). Holding on to sin can lead to alienation and
isolation.
One reason Hester was alienated was her refusal to identify the
other adulterer. When Hester is released from prison and stood upon the
scaffold, she was asked to reveal the name of whom she committed the sin
with. Having a heart blinded by love Hester choose to stay in the town and
wear the scarlet letter “A” instead of revealing the other adulterer. She
faced society only to protect and be close to the man she still loved. The
“impulsive and passionate nature” (54), which to Hester seemed pure .....
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A Tale Of Two Cities: Characters Are "Recalled To Life"
<view this essay>.... Mr. Lorry, in a way, gave Dr. Manette's life back to him or
"recalled him to life."
Another instance in which someone is "recalled to life" involves
Charles Darnay. Charles Darnay is on trial for treason in England(Book 2,
Ch.2-4). C.J Stryver and Sydney Carton are representing Darnay in this
trial. Sydney Carton saves Darnay from death in this trial with his
miraculous wits. Through this Darnay is given another chance at life ,
and therefore was "recalled to life."
The last and most significant instance of someone being "recalled
to life" is found in the last chapters of this book. Sydney Carton has
recently switched places with his look alike, Darnay .....
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The Changes In The Narrator's View Of Sonny
<view this essay>.... sense of reality.
Through out the story, three of the narrator's view are changed, the first of
which is Sonny's manhood. During the first phase, early in the story, the
narrator showed that he viewed Sonny as a child. "I was beginning to realize
that I'd never seen him so upset before... [and decided this was] one of those
things kids go through and that I shouldn't make it seem important."(49) This
quote is an example of how the narrator viewed his brother. He not only thought
Sonny acted as a kid, but was also too young to be planning a future or career.
"He still wasn't a man yet, he was still a child, and they had to watch out for
him in all kinds .....
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Superstition In The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
<view this essay>.... him that it
was an bad sign and would give him bad luck. Huck got scared and shook his
clothes off, and turned in his tracks three times. He then tied a lock of his
hair with a thread to keep the witches away. "You do that when you've lost a
horseshoe that you've found, instead of nailing it up over the door, but I
hadn't ever heard anybody say it was any way to keep of bad luck when you'd
killed a spider."(Twain 5).
In chapter four Huck sees Pap's footprints in the snow. So Huck goes to
Jim to ask him why Pap is here. Jim gets a hair-ball that is the size of a fist
that he took from an ox's stomach. Jim asks the hair-ball; Why is Pap here?
But the ha .....
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Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
<view this essay>.... if the check was good because it was from the well-known Dr. Henry Jekyll.
That evening in his apartment, Mr. Utterson has further reason to be interested in Mr. Hyde because Dr. Jekyll’s will has an unusual clause that stipulates that Edward Hyde is to be the sole beneficiary of all of Jekyll’s wealth and property. After some time, Utterson meets up with Hyde entering the door, and he starts a conversation with him. Hyde gets suspicious and hurries inside the door. Utterson then walks around the block and knocks on Dr. Jekyll’s door. After talking to the butler, Utterson finds out that Hyde has complete access to Dr. Jekyll's house. A few night’s later, Utt .....
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Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Grim P
<view this essay>.... to books such as “Gulliver’s Travels”, or Huxley’s “Brave New World”, but all too quickly the reader
will “discover, quite unpleasantly, that it is not a satire at all.” Nineteen Eighty-four is not simply a criticism
of what Orwell saw happening in his national government with the coming of English Socialism, but a
warning of the consequences of contemporary governmental practices, and what they where threatening to
bring about.
Perhaps the book seems so bleak because the events in the book are a somewhat logical projection from
current conditions and historical environment that Orwell observed in 1948. Perhaps people would be more
comftorble with .....
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Summary Of To Kill A Mockingbird
<view this essay>.... place over the span of four years. There are many conflicts in the
story. First, a young girl is raped and a black man is accused of the
crime. The people of the town immediately assume the black man is guilty.
Atticus, Scouts father, is a lawyer and takes the case. Because of the is
he would have been lynched if it weren't for the innocence of his children.
Atticus proves the defendant's innocence but given the time period the man
is found guilty anyway.
Also, there is a neighbor boy who is supposed to be a severely
disturbed. However, it turns out that this bad apple is truly good. He is
always leaving little trinkets in a tree for the boy to find .....
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