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To Kill A Mocking Bird
<view this essay>.... and family’s safety for Tom’s life. He ignored Tom’s race he tried his had and gave very convincing evidence that Tom did not rape Ms.Ewell. He was a wise man and a good father.
Tom Robinson was also very brave for being a black man going to a white court. I thoght it was nice of him to help her and for free considering she was white and he was black. Most blacks hated whites in those times. I could understand why he felt sorry for her. She had all that work to be done and no one to do it for her. Not because Tom was black and she was white, but I honestly believe that he was innocent.
All my favorite characters were brave in some way. These are all example .....
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Brave New World A Comparison T
<view this essay>.... it Illustates how like our world when something upsets us instead of trying to solve the probelm we use drugs to mask them.
Linda's addiction to soma is also an illustration of the similarities of drug abuse between our two worlds. Linda's retuen to brave new world after many years brings her to the abuse of soma. She uses it as an escape from reality. Some of us use drugs to escape from the harshness and the tough brutality of reality. We always dream of the perfect utopia and expect our world to transform into it. Some of us always look for the easy way out and drugs allow us that.
A further similarity of Brave New World to us, si when John is in the hos .....
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The Rest Are Just Boys Clubs
<view this essay>.... I would be on my own left to fend for myself with no comfort from family or the familiar faces that greeted me everyday of my adolescence.
Coming from a small town as I have, I had never been subjected to a wide variety of people. Walking through campus I would pass strangers and wonder who they were, where they come from, and what they were like. Wondering was all I had enough guts to do. I’ve never really been very good with meeting new people, well I didn’t have to where I come from I knew everyone. The fraternity has opened new doors for me, I’ve met so many people through them, relationships that I hope will be around for many years to come.
I .....
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A Seperate Peace
<view this essay>.... deceit, and jealousy by his best friend.
Gene couldn't imagine that a person of Finny's stature would want to be his best friend. Gene envied Finny for all that Gene believed Finny to be. His envy grew to a point where he was subconsciously willing to injure Finny for being the great athlete that he happened to be. To Finny's dismay, Gene succeeded in injuring his leg, shattering it in multiple places. Finny's perfection was the basis for Gene's resentment towards him. Gene envied everything that Finny did. Finny seemed to be so perfect to Gene. Finny was so confident that he didn't care what others thought about his appearance. One example was when Finn .....
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The Author To Her Book
<view this essay>.... time did not have the talent or training to do. Many would wonder why she would be disturbed about these works being printed when they had brought many people pleasurable reading and had brought Bradstreet herself much personal fame. Therefore, Bradstreet can not just write a straightforward poem to tell how she feels about her stolen thoughts. Unless her reader happens to be a writer, he or she would not be able to sympathize with Bradstreet in this matter. Instead, she had to use a situation in which her readers could comprehend the many emotions she experienced. No doubt, many women read her poetry, and the majority of women during that time were, or would .....
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The Tradgedy Of Julius Caesar
<view this essay>.... These words, spoken by Caesar, show how
he thought of himself. He believed that no one would be fool enough to try to bring any harm
to him, for he was powerful and godlike. However, this train of thought was what led
Caesar to his downfall.
Many people thought of Caesar as an egotistical and unyielding man who had the
heart of a tyrant and who could be expected to crush any remaining liberties of the Romans
under his feet. Most of the time, he spoke about himself in the third person which gives an
arrogant feeling of Caesar to the reader. This is shown as Cassius spoke to Casca about the
upcoming conspiracy. "What trash is Rome, what rubbish and what .....
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Why Do Convenient Stores Have Locks On Their Doors If They Are Always Open?
<view this essay>.... idea of adding locks onto the doors is only going to cost the
store more money. Also, it would give the managers one extra key on their
already big key chain that they really have no use for. Since they are
open every second of the year, they never need to lock the doors between
shifts. When one person's shift is over then the next person will come in
and take over. It's not like most stores where at night when the store
closes they lock the doors and go home. Then, in the morning whoever is
going to be opening comes in and unlocks the store and gets it ready for
the first customers of the day. This situation would never happen at a
store that is open .....
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The Sly Side Of Portia
<view this essay>.... he has designed a means of judgement by leaving three caskets from which a suitor must choose: gold, silver, and lead. The correct casket contains a picture of Portia. If the wrong casket is chosen, then that suitor must never pursue another woman concerning the subject of marriage. Portia views her suitors as; "Oh, these deliberate fools! When they do choose, they have the wisdom by their wit to lose" (Shakespeare 39). She says that the Prince of Morocco is "A gentle riddance! I curtains, go. Let all of his complexion choose me so" (Shakespeare 34). This shows not only harsh criticism, but also her prejudices against color. When Bassanio comes in howeve .....
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