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Old Man And The Sea
<view this essay>.... with a bone spurn
his ankle, yet still continues to play baseball, and plays well. The old man
looks at DiMaggio as a role model in the sense that if DiMaggio can play with a
bone spur in his ankle and tough things out, then he will work around his cramp
and continue to fight the fish, as would the great DiMaggio. This is what the
old man thought, "Do you believe the great DiMaggio would stay with a fish as
long as I will stay with this one? I am sure he would and more since he young
and strong. Also his father was a fisherman. But would the bone spur hurt him
too much?"(68).
"But I must have confidence and I must be worthy of the great DiMa .....
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Demian
<view this essay>.... provide the reader with a better understanding of the direction the novel and where its characters are moving in. Hesse's use of dreams help develop Emil from innocent child to educated man.
The first significant dream occurs on page nineteen. Emil dreams that he is on a boat, "surrounded by absolute peace and the glow of a holiday." He dreams of how his sisters' "white summer dresses shimmer in the sun." As Emil awakes he describes himself having fallen "out of paradise back into reality, again face to face with the enemy, with his evil eye." This dream is very sinificant in that it shows Emil's departure from the absolute "good" world into one of "ev .....
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Beyond The Dead Sea Scrolls
<view this essay>.... the texts, it is widely attributed to the Essene monastic sect, which had lived in the Qumran region.
The actual origin of the Essenes is unknown, but it is believed that they evolved from the Hasidim of pre-Hasmonean times, approximately 170 B.C. They were first written about by Josephus, who was impressed by their seemingly innate ability to forecast the future. Josephus described how Judas, perhaps the most famous Essene, successfully predicted that the ruler of Judea, Aristobulus, would kill his brother. It is believed that the Essenes were one of the first all-male monastic orders, and it is uncertain whether they were exclusively Jewish in origin, or i .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: A Hero Among Them
<view this essay>.... Atticus establishes himself as a hero many times over. Atticus’ character reaches through to the reader powerfully and touches the emotions of one and all.
Atticus Finch is an unquestionable community role model. He is well respected by all. The townspeople of Maycomb, Alabama hold Atticus Finch in high regards because he is always the same. For example, Miss Maudie tells Scout that he is the same in his house as he is on the street. He treats all people with respect and decency. During the trial of Tom Robinson, Atticus speaks to Mayella Ewell with a respect that she is not accustomed to receiving. This respect is shown to Mayella simply because it was .....
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The Parable
<view this essay>.... but she is faced with a dilemma. In order for her to get to her wedding she has to cross a very deep and wide river that is full of crocodiles. Rosemary is clueless on how she is to get across this river, so she decides to turn to people, she knows, for help. The first person she turns to is Sven for he owns a boat. Sven listens to Rosemary's problem and tells her he will take her across the river if she spends the night with him. Rosemary, surprised and shocked at hearing such an offer, declines and turns to another acquaintance, Lee Pai, for help. Lee Pai tells Rosemary he is sorry but he can't help her. Not knowing what else she can do, Rosema .....
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: Power
<view this essay>.... have they write it down so it can be brought up for "therapeutic
reasons", but when McMurphy came all that changed. That made the nurse furious,
that was her way of keeping perfect control and power over the patients.
McMurphy had complete power over the patients from when he first came in.
Nobody like him had ever been in the ward before. He came in singing and
laughing, something that no one had heard in a long time. He walked around the
room shaking hands, introducing himself to everyone, even the chronics. He
taught the acutes how to play cards and he taught them to gamble. His very
first bet though was that he could get the best of nurse .....
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You Belong To Me By Mary Higgi
<view this essay>.... that saw her get pushed is killed the next day. Dr. Chandler starts following the case, but every time she goes to talk to someone that might be able to give her some information, they are already dead. In the end, Susan is hot on the murderer's trail, but does not realize that she is going to be the next victim. The murderer turns out to be a guy Susan has been dating. He tries to suffocate her and leaves her to die. Another doctor friend of Susan's has also been paying attention to the case though, and he is worried about something happening to Susan. He finds her in her office before she suffocates, and they are able to have the police arrest the bad g .....
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Candide - All Is Not For The B
<view this essay>.... taught by his tutor, Dr. Pangloss), and that he must work in order to find even a small amount of pleasure in life.
Candide grows up in the Castle of Westphalia and is taught by the learned philosopher, Dr. Pangloss. Candide is abruptly exiled from the castle when found kissing the Baron's daughter, Cunegonde. Devastated by the separation from Cunegonde, his true love, Candide sets out to different places in the hope of finding her and achieving total happiness. On his journey, he faces a number of misfortunes, among them being tortured during army training, yet he continues to believe that there is a "cause and effect" for everything. Candide is reunited w .....
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