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Great Expectations: Pip
<view this essay>.... has many moral values, and is a very loyal
friend.
Able Magwich, a convict and Pip's benefactor, was extremely
thankful when young Pip supplied him with food and a file after he
attempted to escape. He worked many years in New South Wales, Australia, to
build a fortune to give to Pip. Underneath his outward frightening
appearance, "a fearful man, all in coarse gray, with a great iron on his
leg." Magwich is a sensitive and charitable man.
John Wemmick, one of the books openly good people, lives two lives.
The "London Wemmick" has a mouth like a "post box," and follows the
business procedures learned from Mr. Jaggers. The "Walworth Wemmick" is
calm, good-nat .....
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Jack London's White Fang: Summary
<view this essay>.... from being eaten. After departing the pack came
upon a 800 lb. bull moose. From there the pack split up to mate 3 wolves
followed the half wolf half dog or the she-wolf. The 3 wolves fought and One-
eye, a old fighting wolf, won and won the rights to the she-wolf. The she-wolf
gave birth to 5 wolf pups. The only one to survive was a spunky cub named White
Fang. White Fang became a pet of the Indians. He moved with the Indians
everywhere they traveled, yet he still heard the call of the wild. They
cherished him as he became a great fighter, fighting dogs. He became wise and
learned many tricks. His value to them was priceless except a man named Beauty .....
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Madame Bovary: Emma's Unorthodox Behavior Due To Childhood
<view this essay>.... books there, mostly from romance novels lent to her and the other
girls by an old maid who worked for the convent. In the fine pages of those
books, Emma read of parted lovers, excitement, romance, knights in armor, and
ladies in white satin dresses. These novels painted a world where palm trees
and pine trees lived together, where lions and tigers roamed the forest, with
Roman Ruins surrounded by virgin forests and lakes full of swans. "And the
shaded oil-lamp . . . lit up all these pictures of the world, which flowed by on
after another, in the silence of the dormitory, to the distant sound of a late
cab somewhere still rolling along the boulevards." (pag .....
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The Old Man And The Sea
<view this essay>.... for each other. Santiago does not treat Manolin as a young boy but rather as an equal. Age is not a factor in their relationship. Manolin does not even act as a young boy; he is mature and sensitive to Santiago's feelings. He even offers to disobey his parents and accompany Santiago on his fishing trips. Santiago is viewed as an outcast in his village because he has not caught any fish for more than eighty-four days and is therefore "unlucky". Nonetheless Manolin is loyal to Santiago and even when his parents forbid him he wants to help his friend. Their conversations are comfortable, like that of two friends who have known each other for a long time. Whe .....
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Freedom And Liberty
<view this essay>.... It contrasts with Orwell’s society of 1984 because
communication, personal beliefs and the people’s loyalty to the government
are all determined by the individual.
In order to keep the people of Oceania
in conformity with the desires of the governing Inner Party, the Inner Party
controls several aspects of the people’s lives. Communication, for one, is
controlled for the benefit of the nation. Newspeak is a modified version of
language that is enforced upon the people in order to limit their expression.
Syme and Winston, two middle-class workers in Oceania, discuss the concept
of Newspeak. Syme reveals that he supports the system, demonstrating ho .....
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Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde: Life Of Dr. Henry Jekyll
<view this essay>.... running somewhere. A large crowd had
gathered around and they saw the man, Edward Hyde. The crowd forced the man to
give money to this girl for trampling over her. Hyde did not run over her for
any reason. He just did it out of spite and evil. He represents all the evil in
the world. The reaction of others to him is one of horror because while looking
at him, others feel a desire to strike out at him and kill him. His physical
appearance brings out the worst evil in other people. Since Hyde represents evil,
he is symbolically represented as being much smaller than Dr. Jekyll.
I believe Dr. Jekyll created Hyde because he had a theory that man has a
good side .....
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George Dawes Green's The Juror: Annie
<view this essay>.... happened in our little run with the mob. Truly that has a
bit of foul humor because I can't run. If you keep on reading you will
understand the risks of serving for jury duty ¨Who will protect you?¨2
Before I met her, Annie was an unadorned artiste who had just transferred out of
Manhattan and into the country. To a small cottage by a lake. Her child, Oliver,
who loved to ride his bike, moved in as well. I have to say that when I met
Annie for the first time it was as Juror N° 224. She was a sparkling maid. Who
would have thought a rotten soul such as the teacher would try to harm her? I
confess that her recoil in the following days impressed me. This time th .....
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Huck Finn
<view this essay>.... hazards that can pop up at any time. , the son of the town drunkard, has had a hard time living with the Widow Douglas and her sister, Miss Watson. Huck grew up living wild out in the open, just going as he pleased. Now he living in a house, with two ladies that are very strict with manners. Although, he doesn’t runaway back to the woods, he still wishes he could go back to the easy living in the uncivilized outdoors.
When Huck’s father learns of his wealth, he kidnaps Huck, and takes him back to a
cabin on the other side of the river. After repeated beatings Huck escapes and makes the scene look as if he had been murdered. He then hides on Jackson Island, .....
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