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Herman Hesse's Siddhartha
<view this essay>.... to learn from me. Never has a Samana
with long hair and an old torn loin cloth come to me. Many young men come to me,
including Brahmin's sons but they come to me in fine clothes, in fine shoes;
there is scent in their hair and money in their purses. That is how these young
men come to me, O Samana.² These teachings in which Kamala placed upon him
helped him to seek out the riches and wealth that would supposedly bring him
happiness.
Another of the people who Siddhartha obtained knowledge from was the rich
merchant Kamaswami. Kamaswami taught Siddhartha the secrets of making money
and living the life of a rich man. While working for Kamaswami many o .....
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John Jake's Homeland: A Review
<view this essay>.... settings at the norm for Jakes; however,
this story rivets primary attention on Paul Crown, a young German immigrant.
Paul leaves behind a Germany of cholera, poverty, and political upheaval
only to face problems of equal magnitude in America.
Undaunted by a difficult ocean crossing, Paul arrives at Ellis
Island penniless but naively optimistic about his future. He makes his
weary way to the opulent home of his uncle, Joe Crown, a well-established
brewer in Chicago. Jakes uses the Chicago setting as a backdrop for his
"class struggle" motif which is central to the plot of his story.
Pual's uncle, Joe, and cousin, Joe Jr., are foils in this .....
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Chaucer
<view this essay>.... Despite their differences, their likeness of their actions are greatly similar. They both make magic charms and effigies(l. 428) with their demon possessed hands. They create potions and supposed “magical” elixirs, manifested from cited chants passed down from other generations. They are perfect practicing physicians(l. 432), given that they know the cause of every malady and infliction the body can withstand(ll. 429,430). They appear to many as one to provide an extended hand to anyone in need. But there is a price to be paid for their services, and their eyes cannot oversee the wealth that is due to them. The Doctor then is the same as a witch docto .....
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The Bogart By Susan Cooper
<view this essay>.... were Robert and Maggie Volink. Robert works in the theater and Maggie owns and runs an antique store. The Volink family were excited and amazed that they inherited a castle. But what the Volink’s did not know was that a spirit called a Boggart lived there.
The Boggart is a sprit that is neither good or bad. He mainly plays practical jokes on people. It is like a little child that can be friendly towards mortals. Boggarts cannot be seen or heard..
The Volink family sold the castle right away because it would be to expensive to keep. Emily and Jessup kept two pieces of furniture to bring home. What they didn’t realize was that a Boggart was sleep .....
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Hank Morgan's Use Of Technology In King Arthur's Camelot
<view this essay>.... he
dies.
The first idea that comes to Morgan's head was the eclipse. The
people did not know what an eclipse was but they were going to. Hank told
them he was a powerful sorcerer and could make the world black and everyone
would die. King Arthur witnessed this and believed Morgan so they let him
free and from then on Morgan became King Arthur's sidekick.
The first use of technology was when people came to see the great
magician known as Morgan. Hank told the people he was going to blow up
Merlin's tower. When Morgan did this he used dynamite and the people stood
in awe.
As soon as Hank got his power back from blowing Merlin's tower, he
developed .....
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The Speckled Band
<view this essay>.... so if the girls would marry he wouldn’t get all the money! But now Helen had decided to get married but then a few days later her stepfather decided to mend the wall of Helens room so that she had to move into her sisters room and now she was scared for her live. So Sherlock Holmes went to investigate. Holmes investigated the whole house and he build up a plan to catch the murderer! Holmes had found out that there was an air-vent that was inside the house between the sisters room and the stepfathers. Holmes now was in the room that Helen was suposed to be in and suddenly the light was lit in the stepfathers room, and then Sherlock jumped and hit the bellrobe un .....
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Hobbes’ Leviathan: Analysis Of Its Impact On The Framing Of Our Democracy
<view this essay>.... Hobbes’ Leviathan, written against the backdrop of the horrors of the English Civil War, in the mid 1600’s, is a discussion about the principles of man’s basic need for peace, unity, and security, in both nature and civilization. Essentially arguing in favor of a sovereign monarchy, Hobbes writes in such a manner as to present these basic principles so they could apply to any political system, including that of a democracy. To achieve this, Hobbes presents several questions in this novel. What kind of being is man? What is the nature of man? What comprises a commonwealth that can successfully govern man? These are the pivotal questions presented .....
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The Good Earth: Summary
<view this essay>.... house of Hwang earlier, O-lan promised to bring their
first child to pay respects to the house. That year, the harvest was good, so
Wang Lung bought new clothes for O-lan, the baby, and himself. After paying
their respects, Wang Lung made a deal with the house of Hwang and bought a plot
of good land just outside the house. One year later, another boy was born and
was named Nung En.
Wang Lung's third child was a disaster. Not only was it a girl, but she
was born retarded. That summer, a drought hit the area where Wang Lung lived,
and it did not rain for months. There was little harvest, and soon all of the
wheat was gone. Starving, Wang Lung had his o .....
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