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12 Angry Men: Boy Is Innocent
<view this essay>.... wound that was found on his dad
cut at a strange angle. If this boy had stabbed him, it would have been a
an underhand cut. Not like the overhand wound found on his dad.
What about the old man claiming to hear the boy yell? How could
this be possible? The old man does not have that good of hearing. Also,
at that same time, the train was going by his house. This train is very
loud. How could an old man with poor hearing hear this? . This old man
is not a believable witness to the murder of this man. You can't believe
what he said. The train was just too loud for him to possibly hear the
yells of the boy.
After leaving his house, the boy went to see .....
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Animal Farm
<view this essay>.... short scope of this novel,
Orwell expresses many of his ideas about men and politics.
Major, an elderly pig, is the one who plants the seed of rebellion in
the minds of the other animals by sharing with them a song which he had learned
as a young pig, but which he has just recalled during a dream. This song
"Beasts of England" describes a peaceful life where all animals will live in
harmony, no longer enslaved by humans.
Riches more than mind can picture,
Wheat and barley, oats and hay,
Clover, beans and mangel-wurzels
Shall be ours upon that day.
Bright will shine the fields of England,
Purer shall its waters be,
Sweeter yet shall blow its .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird 2
<view this essay>.... them do anything about it. The Ewells won't work even when they can. The Negroes will work, but the only jobs available to them are the menial, low-paying ones.
Scout (Jean Louise) Finch narrates the story, beginning with a brief family history. Simon Finch, a fur-trapping apothecary journeyed from England to Alabama, establishing the family which made its living from cotton on Simon's homestead, Finch's Landing. The Civil War left the family only its land, which was the source of family incomes until the twentieth century when Atticus Finch (Scout's father) and his brother Jack left the land for careers in law and medicine. Atticus settled in Maycomb, the co .....
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Robinson Crusoe
<view this essay>.... shows that if you believe in yourself and in God,
you can overcome any obstacle.
After Robinson Crusoe sets sail to Africa in search of slaves, his
boat is crushed in a huge sea storm. He is then knocked out of the boat
and almost drowns. Luckily, he is washed ashore by waves. Robinson Crusoe
now has to fend for himself, because he is the only survivor on this
abandoned land. His main concern is survival. He has no idea how to use
tools, but from his own determination to live, he learns how to make things
on his own. With nothing but his bare hands and a couple of hatchets, he
starts out building a shelter for himself. From acquiring these new sk .....
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The Pearl: Prequel
<view this essay>.... This pillar was the giver of power
before the pestilence of man arrived. Now the pillar does not exist due to the
carelessness of man. To keep order among the oysters they gathered all the
pearls forged by the pillar and cursed them so that if man found one in the
leader oyster it would destroy the finder and find its way back to the sea.
This conference I told you about is a great as well as horrible
experience for all the oysters. Triumph and defeat lurks around all corners. The
contending oysters must run the test and those standing at the end must do it
again until one oyster stands. This was the first time in history that more than
three tests had t .....
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1984 2
<view this essay>.... out of his sexual frustrations, along with the displeasure of society as a whole. In his diary, he expresses that he longs for the pleasures of the past that were once allowed but no longer due to the power of the Party. However his frustration leads to other things that were also deemed illegal and would eventually lead to his final downfall.
Winston later goes on and meets a woman named Julia. He knows what he is doing is definitely wrong and is a crime but his dissatisfaction with life and his sexual frustration lead him to the wrong conclusion. That he still thinks that he can get away with this and that the thought police will never catch him. This is .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird
<view this essay>.... in Southern life.
Harper Lee employs the effects of irony in as a way to criticize the deficiency of public education. "Now tell your father not to teach you any more. It's best to begin reading with a fresh mind." (pG. 22) Instead of praising Scout's ability to read at an advanced level, Miss Caroline discourages it. This ironic example set by Miss Caroline seems to demonstrate the inadequate training that she had received for her occupation. Miss Caroline seems to have been instructed upon a strict standard on how her students are expected to behave, but when she encounters something different, such as Scout's advanced ability to read, she advises Scout to .....
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Roger Chillingworth
<view this essay>.... He did not choose the rational path of problem solving. Even from the very beginning when he is faced with the fact that his wife has given her body to another man, he hides his identity and protects himself from being affiliated with her. That being the first, and beginning example of his poor ability to decide the correct and rational solution to a problem or hard situation. So, because of this fact, he decides, or is more less driven to go to the devil in order to help his mortal self fulfill yet another bad decision...revenge.
From the first time Nathaniel Hawthorne begins to describe Dr. Prynne (a.k.a. ) he uses Hester to show that he is very normal i .....
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