|
» Book Reports Essays and Papers
Friends Cannot Be Objects (zen
<view this essay>.... he showed for his son shouldn't happen again and he starts over with his daughter, Nell, letting her know how much she is loved and appreciated.
Sometimes all a person needs in life is a second chance, and Phaedrus accomplished this more than once. The first time was with his new personality, the second, his daughter, Nell. Like this, sometimes all a friendship needs is a second chance. If two friends get upset at each other, if they have a good enough relationship, they'll at least attempt to work things out. Obviously, if they have enough in common to be such good friends, they'll have enough patience with the other person to compromise. Compromise .....
Number of words: 359 | Number of pages: 2 |
|
Duddy Kravitz 2
<view this essay>.... beginning of the book, that it takes away the importance of each event. This might have been a costly mistake by the author because it is during the first chapters that the reader has to get hooked. Many times this is the most difficult part of a book to write. Without a strong opening the rest of the story can be perfectly written but it will never have the same impact on the reader because of the slow start.
After the first section of the book, we finally are able to see where the story is headed and we are able to settle down and develop a true sense of who Duddy Kravitz is. At this point the author slows down the rate of which events come and allows th .....
Number of words: 493 | Number of pages: 2 |
|
My Antonia 2
<view this essay>.... ways Cather is able to invoke these emotions in the reader is through the ongoing theme of inevitable destiny and separation.
Cather sets the tone of the story at the very beginning, a young Jim Burden's parents have died leaving him to go to Nebraska to live with his grandparents. Right from the start Cather plants the seeds of abandonment, with the finality of death, in Jim's life. When he arrives in Nebraska he is very numb to life, but he is soon caught up in daily life on his grandparents farm. He is blissfully happy when he first meets Antonia. They become great friends and share numerous adventures.
Cather uses brief, beautifully descriptive and no .....
Number of words: 905 | Number of pages: 4 |
|
Wright's "Black Boy": An Oppressionist Impression
<view this essay>.... the use of an intimidating, heartfelt
tone.
“The cosmic images of dread were gone and the external world became a
reality, quivering daily before me. Instead of brooding and trying
foolishly to pray, I could run and toam, mingle with the boys and
girls, feel at home with people, share a little of life in common
with others, satisfy my hunger to be and live.”
Wright fills the chapter with a calm and mesmorizing tone; like that of
a preecher drawing his audience into a hymm. Omisdt violence, under anger and
fear, Wright converses with the reader as though he were a youth leader telling
a story to a group of boyscouts o .....
Number of words: 882 | Number of pages: 4 |
|
Myths In Human Civilization
<view this essay>.... I will be analyzing three articles
that deal with a myth. With each of these articles, I will attempt to explain
how the author uses the term within the context of the article. Finally, I will
be concluding the analysis of the articles with reference to class notes on what
we have learned to date.
The first article is "Phyllis Burke: Exploding Myths of Male and Female." which
is a book review. The author of the book, Phyllis Burke, writes of Gender
Identity Disorder or GIS that effects both male and female children. A child
labeled with GIS occurs when the child is not confirming to appropriate gender
behaviour. For example, if a boy wants to p .....
Number of words: 958 | Number of pages: 4 |
|
The Great Gatsby As A Metaphor
<view this essay>.... American History, the human faculty of wonder is on the one hand, and the power and beauty of things is on the other. The book dramatizes this, directly in the life of Gatsby, how he changed his name and life from the already settled (Europe), for his dream (America). Gatsby's dream, is the American Dream, that one can acquire happiness through wealth and power.
Jay Gatsby had a love affair with the affluent Daisy, and knowing he couldn't marry her because of the difference on their social status, he leaves her in order to create wealth and reach her economic standards. When he amasses this wealth, Gatsby buys a house that is across the bay to Daisy's hou .....
Number of words: 708 | Number of pages: 3 |
|
“Style Critique On The Hot Zone”
<view this essay>.... of the viruses. The height of the story occurs when Ebola Zaire is discovered in a monkey house near Washington, D.C. and the Army has to decontaminate the entire facility. Luckily, the airborne strain only affected monkeys and didn’t infect humans. Preston concludes with his own trip to Africa to look at a possible reservoir of the viruses.
Preston’s style is sensational journalism. He uses graphic detail when describing the effects of the viruses to make it sensational. Doctors would be brief and scientific in their reports on the symptoms. Preston description’s are not brief and are graphic. “ His face lost all appearance of life and set itsel .....
Number of words: 882 | Number of pages: 4 |
|
The Great Gatsby Book Report
<view this essay>.... up with the Jones”. And we still have those who seem to think that they are better than everyone else. The harder we work towards the American Dream, as in the Gatsby, the further we get sometimes.
Love is an intense of feeling of deep affection or fondness for a person or a thing. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, Daisy's love for Gatsby is very shallow. The affections she has for him are only feelings of respect of his success because Jay prospers in all his intentions.
Daisy highly regards Gatsby because of his determination of getting anything he wants. Hence, love is not shown very profoundly by Daisy towards Gatsby. She has already married Tom .....
Number of words: 472 | Number of pages: 2 |
|
|