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Fahrenheit51
<view this essay>.... Guy Montag, goes against society and steals books to read at home, meets a friend to help him in his brave stand against society but gets discovered, then barely escapes his punishment to join a group of people who attempt to preserve knowledge through memorization.
At the beginning of the novel Guy Montag is described as a "minstrel man" (4). He is a fireman who "never questioned the pleasure of watching pages consumed by flames." (Back cover). He is a brave individual who decides to rebel against society. Montag meets a crazy and imaginative seventeen-year old girl named Clarisse McClellan. She tells him of a time when firemen used to put out fires instead .....
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The Little Prince
<view this essay>.... that is written as a children's book but can be analyzed on many different levels. It is necessary to make clear this statement: one is defined as 'child' or an 'adult' not by age, but by state of mind. Maybe it is better to explain that it is a story for children, but not specifically for them alone. The story of exists on many different levels.
Saint- Exupéry explains the importance of seeing beneath the surface by beginning his book with the story about drawings of closed and open boa constrictors. Later, he relates a story about the Turkish astronomer who discovers 's home, Asteroid B-612. When he presents his findings to the International Congress of As .....
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Quests Not Dreams - A Raisin I
<view this essay>.... her dream was to be a doctor and to somehow raise her people up. When Mama set aside the money for Beneatha's education, Beneatha believed that her dream would be realized. When the money was discovered to be lost, she thought her dream blew up in smoke. This dream wasn't the quest that she was intended to do though, her quest was to find her "African side" and to connect with it. Beneatha started to fulfill this by talking to Asagai (a man from Africa). She told him, "Mr. Asagai-I want every much to talk with you. About Africa. You see, Mr. Aasagai, I am looking for my identity." Asagai became a link to Africa for Beneatha, a guide to her ancestry/roots. In A .....
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Romeo And Juliet (old Vs. New)
<view this essay>.... it to the newer version of Romeo and Juliet.
What stuck out as being most different between the two versions of the movie were how the characters acted. In the classic version, Juliet is a much more timid girl and seems much less "experienced" than in the newer version. I feel that her shyness makes her more desireable. It makes their romance seem much more innocent and more meaningful at the same time. I feel that the new Romeo is much less shy in the newer version. This makes their love seem much more lustful, rather than meaningful. Another actor that seemes to change drastically is Tybalt. In the original version, he seems to be much more in .....
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The Time Maching (analysis)
<view this essay>.... H. Huxley. Wells went into teaching and writing text
books and articles for the magazines that were of that time. In 1894 he began to write science-fiction
stories. -James Gunn
Wells vision of the future, with its troglodytic Morlocks descended from the working class of his
day and the pretty but helpless Eloi devolved from the leisure class, may seem antiquated political theory. It
emerged out of the concern for social justice that drew Wells to the Fabian Society and inspired much of his
later writing, but time has not dimmed the fascination of the situation and the horror of the imagery.
The Time Machine .....
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Crime And Punishment
<view this essay>.... religious, believes that everyone deserves a second chance. Sonya then shows Raskolnikov how to be forgiven in God’s eyes. Then convinces Rodia to confess to everyone the murders of the old money lender so that in God’s eyes will be forgiven.
Against Sonya’s meekness and love, Raskalnikov begins to break. At first, Rodia is argumentative, mocking Sonya’s childlike faith. "‘She’s a holy fool!" Raskalnikov thinks to, but yet Rodia is still drawn to Sonya’s strength. At last, Raskalnikov begins to realize that he is not alone, and it is because of this realization that the great sinner began to confess to Sonya. It can be said that, in this confession, Raskal .....
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Mengele A Psychological Analys
<view this essay>.... of all of his duties. His personality is characterized as "dual." An inmate doctor characterized him as "the double man" who had "all the human feelings, pity and so on," but also had in his "psyche" an "impenetrable, indestructible cell, which is obedience and received order." This description, of a gentle man, is exemplified by the almost father like way he treated the twins in his captivity. The methodical monster side is best shown by a case of a set of male twins who showed a symptom of tuberculosis. When the inmate doctors reported that they couldn't find the disease, Mengele took the twins in another room, shot them in the neck and proceed .....
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Death Of A Salesman 2
<view this essay>.... learns that it can be a dangerous drug, because of it's addictiveness and it's deadliness.
The first time Willy is seen lapsing off into the past is when he encounters Biff after arriving home. The conversation between Willy and Linda reflects Willy's disappointment in Biff and what he has become, which is, for the most part, a bum. After failing to deal adequately with his feelings, he escapes into a time when things were better for his family. It is not uncommon for one to think of better times at low points in their life in order to cheer themselves up so that they are able to deal with the problems they encounter, but Willy Lowman takes it one step f .....
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