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The Stranger Meursualt And Soc
<view this essay>.... that his mother has died. His reaction to her death is far from typical, and he simply says, “Maman died today, or yesterday maybe, I don’t know.” As he prepares to leave town to attend the funeral, he expresses a sort of general discomfort. This discomfort can be seen in his extremely uncomfortable conversation with his boss, in which Meursault simply tells his boss, “it’s not my fault.” Meursault also wishes that the funeral were already over so that, “the case would be closed, and everything will have a more official feel to it.”
On the way to the funeral Meursault is greatly affected by the sounds and s .....
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Summary Of The Great Gatsby
<view this essay>.... have responded with nothing but praise for the novel.
Fitzgerald's use of creative writing "tricks," his description of American myths, and his parallel between Gatsby and the American identity produce a novel of perfection. His twisting and interesting plot also adds to my enjoyment as a reader. The focus of this novel being based on love of money, he also adds mystery and deception however that adds just the right "spice" to the novel. This novel begins with the generous, distinguished Jay Gatsby, who, surprisingly, comes into his wealth illegally. Fitzgerald uses an interesting icon to represent the rich, upper class, by making Gatsby appear as a sort o .....
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The Code Of Chivalry In Sir Gawain And The Green Knight
<view this essay>.... take his place in the battle in order to avoid endangering the life of the king. But King Arthur’s men all turn their heads in shame instead of standing up to fight. Sir Gawain is the only of Arthur’s men to volunteer to fight the Green Knight in his Christmas battle game.
After the game is over and a year has passed, Sir Gawain goes to find the Green Knight, as he agreed to do the year before. While riding along, Gawain comes to a castle where he is greeted warmly by the lord and lady of the castle. The lord and Gawain decide to make an agreement to give each other whatever the other receives over the next three days. On the third day of this agreement, .....
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A Separate Peace: Gene And Finny's Relationship
<view this essay>.... first jump from the tree into the chilly Devon River during the Summer Session. As time passes, a greater bond is formed between Gene and Phineas. The trip to the beach later shows more of their relationship: "I know I kind of dragged you away at the point of a gun, but after all, you can't come to the shore with just anybody, and you can't come by yourself, at this teenage period in life, the proper person is your best pal...which is what you are..." In that passage their relationship has taken on a greater meaning; from that point on they are emotionally attached. After Finny's first accident, the relationship grows stronger. "Listen, pal, if I can't play s .....
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Ernest Hemingway: Allegorical Figures In The Sun Also Rises
<view this essay>.... There was much wine and ignored tension, and a
feeling of things coming that you could not prevent.”
D. Condition represents a peculiar form of impotence.
E. Restrained romantic.
F. Private grief with Cohn's public suffering.
G. Strongly attracted to Pedro Romero.
H. Later, when Barnes says that he hates “homos” and wants to
hit them. III. Lady Brett Ashley.
A. First appears with a group of homosexuals.
B. Wears man's hat on short hair.
C. Refers to men as fellow “chaps”.
D. All complete distortion of sexual roles.
E. The war has turned Brett into the equality of a man.
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To Kill A Mocking Bird
<view this essay>.... commit and then he was killed because someone was lonely. She got him in trouble, which drove him to his death. In this example, life is definitely not fair because he never should have been accused of something he did not do. I could give several examples of smaller, less important situations that have the same theme as this story does “do not harm people who do not harm you.”
The setting of this book was in Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930’s. Scout, Jem and Dill spend the summer trying to get Boo Radley out of his house. None of them had ever seen him. Scout started to school and on his way there and back, he and Jem would find gifts in a hole in the tree .....
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Hounds Of The Baskervilles
<view this essay>.... never seen. Dr. Mortimer was the physician and friend to the late Sir Charles Baskerville, who recently died of fright on the Devonshire moors near that same ruined abbey. Holmes is very skeptical, but agrees to meet Sir Henry Baskerville, who has just arrived in London to claim the estate. Sir Henry is cold and aloof but becomes convinced he's in danger when he's almost bitten by a tarantula. Holmes insists that he is not go to Baskerville Hall alone, so Holmes sends Watson to Devonshire with Sir Henry. As I read through the first 7 or 8 chapters of this Sherlock Holmes mystery, I noticed how well Sir Arthur Conan Doyle can describe the characters as well as t .....
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Ray Bradbury's The Martial Chronicals
<view this essay>.... in Wonderland, Tarzan, Grimms' Fairy Tales, and the works of Poe.
In 1934 his family moved to Los Angeles, where Bradbury attended high
school and joined the Los Angeles Science-Fantasy Society. While a member,
Bradbury published four issues of his own magazine, Futuria Fantasia.
After graduating from high school in 1938 he took various jobs which
allowed him to devote much of his time to writing. His first story,
published in 1940 by Script magazine, was "It's Not the Heat, It's the
Hu" and established Bradbury's popular theme of social irritation. By 1942,
Bradbury was able to earn enough money writing that he could give up his
job selling news .....
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