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Love Story By Segal: What Is Love
<view this essay>.... relate to Jenny or Oliver as they face many different encounters in love and life. One reader really captured the feeling as he states: "Not just a story—Love Story is an experience. The reader who responds to this little book will feel less like a reader than an unwritten Segal Character, living it all out from the inside…In this "love story" you are not just an observer." (Christian Science Monitor) Although this novel was not very wordy, Segal manages to "Go into great detail about the character’s personalities and feelings towards one another." (J.Leavitt) Segal’s original style of writing allowed readers to laugh as well as cry with the characters a .....
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Juror
<view this essay>.... against people like the defendant. Next, on page 10 and 14, he states “You can’t believe a word they say” and “The kids who crawl outa those places are real trash”. Clearly it can be seen that he has a certain unfounded prejudice towards the defendant, viewing him as a liar and a piece of trash, with no supporting evidence. This prejudice most surely influences his verdict of ‘guilty’ without view of any evidence. If that is not enough, starting on page 62 10 begins a speech lasting 2 pages in which he spews out his views of people like the defendant: “Human life doesn’t mean as much to them as it does to us…And they are-wild animals.”
10 is an impatien .....
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Static And Dynamic Characters In THe Diary Of Anne Frank
<view this essay>.... is Anne's older sister. She's a quiet kind of girl. Margot is this way throughout life in the Annex. She doesn't raise her voice to olders, she keeps to herself, and she does what she is told.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan are a married couple, who have a son, named Peter. They moved in the Annex with the Frank's, because now, there are rare hiding places left.
Mr. Van Daan is a portly, heavily man. If there was one word to decribe him it would be selfish or greedy. He's greedy when it comes to food which is scarce. There aren't much these days because of the war. Whatever Miep brings for them is not enough. Mr. Van Daan goes by the name, "Putti" by his wife, t .....
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Antigone
<view this essay>.... that was meant to be the true tragic hero argue against others who believe that Creon deserves that honor. They say that the Gods were against Creon, and that he did not truly love his country. "His patriotism is to narrow and negative and his conception of justice is too exclusive... to be dignified by the name of love for the state" (Hathorn 59). These arguments, and many others, make many people believe the is the rightful protagonist. Many critics argue that Creon is the tragic hero of . They say that his noble quality is his caring for and Ismene when thier father was persecuted. Those who stand behind Creon also argue that never had a true epiphany, .....
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Night Elie Wiesel
<view this essay>.... the people of Sighet had to leave was significant that if they would have just left, none of this would have happened to them. One of the first warnings they had was when Moshe the Beadle came back from escaping the train. He was telling his story to everyone that would listen. The story was about how they made "the Jews get of the train and climb into lorries." (page 4) He also talked about how they murdered people for no reason at all. But most of the people in Sighet just ignored Moshe and thought he was making everything up.
The second warning was that the people of Sighet ignored was on the radio. The first radio announcement said "the Fascist par .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Atticus Is Kind, Smart, And Wise
<view this essay>.... Robinson case, he proved Mr.Ewell
to be a bad witness. He also understands how people think and how to react
to them.
Atticus seeks the truth in everything, like in the Tom Robinson
case. Even Judge Taylor knew that Tom was innocent, which is why he got
Atticus to defend him. Still Atticus sought the truth in the case, even
though it was the 1930's and a black man's word was not as good as a white
person's word. Atticus believed in Tom. He makes a good lawyer because of
this trait of seeking the truth.
Atticus would be kind to everyone. He gives Mayella the title
Miss..., and treats her nicer than people usually would. She wasn't
comfortable with it, but that .....
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Othello 2
<view this essay>.... received.
One of the means Iago uses to carry out his plan is the use the other characters. Emilia’s part in his plot is to steal Desdemona’s handkerchief, but she is not aware that she plays such an essential role. Desdemona is also an unwilling and unknowing accomplice in Iago’s plan. Her only role is to play on Othello’s tragic flaw, jealousy. The greatest use of another character is Iago’s usage of Roderigo to finance the enforcement of his plan and to do the “dirty work.” This is probably the most unscrupulous component of his plan. It produces sympathy for the other characters because they are oblivious t .....
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Love Medicine
<view this essay>.... She is taken under the wing of the twisted Sister Leopolda who beats and abuses Satan out of her soul. Yet, Marie puts up with her abusive treatment. Sister Leopolda explains her harshness to Marie as a difference between herself and the Devil. "He wants you. That's the difference. I give you love." Marie both does come to hate and love her. This nun made her as strong as she was. She gave her pride in herself; pride to prove to Leopolda that the Devil was not within her and that she could succeed even as the wife of an Indian.
There are relationships in the novel that contained true love. Many of these relationships were not marriages, but they outlasted every .....
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