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To Kill A Mockingbird - What M
<view this essay>.... The language is fresh and unburdened by the moralizing which frequently cripples prose narrative (especially books which deal with sensitive issues as this one does).
Lee made a perfect choice in personalizing a socio-political issue. To Kill a Mockingbird is predominantly the coming-of-age story of Jem and Scout Finch, and the themes of racism, injustice, conservatism and the Depression are all the better served this way. Issues do not come alive except through the living, breathing experience of their participants and Scout Finch's particular take on the events of this book only makes those events gain in moral strength, not diminish.
Boo Radley, Atticus Finc .....
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Sir Gawain And The Green Knight
<view this essay>.... stroke, and agree to accept another in payment, when my turn arrives." (I, 292) Sir Gawain took this burden and took the ax from the king who was prepared to do this deed. Gawain knows full well that he would receive a blow in return and would have to find the Green Knight in order to receive his blow. He accepts these terms and gives the Green Knight his blow with no haste. Time passes and it eventually is time for Sir Gawain to start to look for his fate and find the Green Knight and his chapel. Starting his crusade, Gawain was given a feast and many thought he would never return again, as some of the knights would comment, "Better to have .....
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Hamlet - Revenge A Chain Reaction
<view this essay>.... Claudius had killed him. The ghost says this to Hamlet
regarding Claudius, "Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder." This is
where Hamlet is first inrtoduced to the revenge plot between himself and
Claudius. Hamlet wants to insure that the ghost really was his dead father
before he kills Claudius. To do this Hamlet has people act out the death of
his father in front of Claudius and declares him guilty by his reaction to
the play. " O good Horatio, I'll take the ghost's word for a thousand pound."
Hamlet declares Claudius' guilt to Horatio and now realizes that he must
continue on with his revenge plot. The conflict between Hamlet and .....
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Bradstreets Views Towards Male
<view this essay>.... uses apologetic tone, drawing the reader in, forming interest for the reader to read her poems despite the fact that she is a female. In the beginning, she talks about “wars”, “captains”, and “epics”, specifically written by brilliant male writers, worrying that her poems will shame the art of poetry: “My obscure writings shall not so dim their worth”(stanza 1, line 6). Later, in continuation of her self-demotion and apologetic tone, she talks about the Great Writer Bartas, admiring his works, and sarcastically admitting that she will never be as talented as he is: “A Bartas can do what a Bartas will / But simple I according to my skill”(stanza 2, .....
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The Outsiders
<view this essay>.... is about a gang. They live in a city in Oklahoma. Ponyboy Curtis, a 14 year old greaser, tells the story. Other characters include Sodapop and Darry, Ponyboy's brothers, Johnny, Dallas, and Two- Bit, that were also gang members and Ponyboy's friends. This story deals with two forms of social classes: the socs, the rich kids, and the greasers, the poor kids. The socs go around looking for trouble and greasers to beat up, and then the greasers are blamed for it, because they are poor and cannot affect the authorities. I hope you would enjoy and learn something about the book from reading this analysis. Plot Development The plot development in the book, “” by .....
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One Hundred Years Of Solitude
<view this essay>.... McMurphy is defeated when Ms. Ratched makes him get a lobotomy.
When you first pick up the book, you will first notice that the story is told by one of the men who live in the ward. This is Chief Bromden; a half-Indian who is one of the long time committed men. In my eyes, the Bromden is a key character in the whole book. The Chief, in reality, is 6 foot 7 inches tall, but in his mind he sees himself as a man only two or three feet tall. This is because he has received over 200 electro-shock treatments and has been physiologically beaten to think that he is an inferior being to all others but he is not alone. All of the patients in the ward have had this don .....
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Odysseus By Homer
<view this essay>.... is gathered against him. He must then flee after many of his men are killed. Afterwards Odysseus and his crew land on the island of the Cyclops. they are attacked and someof the men are eaten by Polyphemus. After getting the giant Cyclops drunk, Odysseus and his medn blind the monster with a spear in his one eye. The could have made an escape without misfortune but Odysseus mocked Polyphemus and shouted his real name, when before Odysseus had told Polyphemus that his name was "Noman". With this new information Polyphemus prays to his father, Peoeidon, to have Odysseus and his men punished. because he agnered Peoceidon, Odysseus must wander throughout the sea w .....
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Briar Rose
<view this essay>.... Becca then sets off on a journey to Europe to discover her grandmother's true identity.
I felt this book was more for adults than for young adults. It was complicated and probably difficult for a young teen to follow. It had language that may not suitable for a young adult. Such as a line like, "Stan expertly braked and simultaneously turned the wheel slightly to the right. "Asshole!" he muttered." (Jane Yolen, 67).
It was a remarkable book. I usually don't enjoy reading what I "have" to, but I truly adored this book. When I first started the book I wasn't very enthused but once I read the first four chapters (for the second time) I started falling into th .....
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