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A Clockwork Orange
Words: 894 / Pages: 4 .... in their lives. is a very intriguing story that deals with many social problems, not offering a solution, but pointing out obstacles in the way of the creation of a more perfect society.
is written in the first person by the main character, Alex. Three of his "droogs"(friends) that help him in his crimes are Dim, Pete, and Georgie. Throughout the story, the author creates his own language called "nadsat", which is used by the youth of the futuristic world. "Nadsat" is a mix of Russian, English, and the slang words of both.
The story begins at the start of a wild and violent night with Alex and his friends sitting in a diner. To start a ty .....
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The Untouchables
Words: 576 / Pages: 3 .... liquor sales in the Chicago area. It gives good information of
who was responsible for what, and how all their investigations took place.
Eliot Ness is the author and main character in this book. It was written in first person, so we get all the information he was thinking. Through his actions as a prohibition agent he affected history by enforcing the 19th amendment like no one else ever did. He set a new standard for young law
enforcing agents to live up to. He helped in remolding our police forces from
the corruptment it had been in. Eliot Ness helped to establish police training
programs, and was a said hero in Chicago for his figh .....
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Tom Clancy
Words: 1083 / Pages: 4 .... he would be educated and trained in modern ways. The archer knew that he must avenge the hardships brought on to him. In the following passage it is shown that the archer is a bitter vigilante who feels that he himself must right societies injustices, "The teacher of Algebra and Geometry neatly stacked his books on his desk and walked out of the small town of Ghazni and into the hills. A week later he'd returned to the town after dark with three other men and proved that he was worthy of his heritage by killing three Soviet soldiers and taking their arms." The Archer later goes on to pronounce, "I still carry the knife that once belonged to my firs .....
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Lord Of The Flies: Ralph Creating A Society Based On Survival
Words: 2205 / Pages: 9 .... again his voice was low, and seemed breathless.
`What have I done? I liked him-and I wanted us to be rescued'
Again the stars spilled about the sky. Eric shook his head, earnestly.
`Listen Ralph. Never mind what's sense. That's gone-'
`Never mind about the Chief-'
`-you got to go for your own good.'
`The Chief and Roger-'
`-yes, Roger-'
`They hate you, Ralph. They're going to do you.'
`They're going to hunt you to-morrow.'"(1)
Here, the reader is basically told on what the two groups have to offer.
Ralph's group is based on being rescued, while Jack's group is pro-hunting
and other games in the wilderness. .....
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Lord Of The Flies
Words: 2319 / Pages: 9 .... his rejection from
their society of savage boys forced him to fend for himself. Piggy was an
educated boy who had grown up as an outcast. Due to his academic childhood,
he was more mature than the others and retained his civilized behaviour.
But his experiences on the island gave him a more realistic understanding
of the cruelty possessed by some people. The ordeals of the three boys on
the island made them more aware of the evil inside themselves and in some
cases, made the false politeness that had clothed them dissipate. However,
the changes experienced by one boy differed from those endured by another.
This is attributable to the physical .....
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Wuthering Heights: Summary
Words: 438 / Pages: 2 .... and irrestibly brilliant eyes.
Catherine and Cathy is emotional aspects also contrast a great deal. Young
Cathy's emotions are calm, while her mother's rage, and are as unpredictable as
a storm. Catherine's emotions are so passionate that she is unable to control
them. To the point of causing her own death. Before she dies, she says that
she wants both Heathcliff and Edgar to suffer-Edgar, because he never understood
heraffection for Heathcliff; and Heathcliff, because he never understood why
she married Edgar. Cathy has a mind of her own and some of Catherine's
willfullness. She is also capable of great sympathy towards Linton, whom she
marr .....
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Tarrou: The Plague's Only Hero
Words: 785 / Pages: 3 .... to the plague since he believes it was divinely sent. Rambert
chooses to run from the problem rather than face it. McCarthy also points
out that he neglects his basic duty as a reporter by failing to record
anything (109); a duty which Rieux and Tarrou fulfill. Grand produces two
sentences and does nothing to fight the plague, which McCarthy interprets
as a parody of Rieux's inability to explain the plague (109-10). Cottard
wholeheartedly embraces the plague, revels in it, and attempts to profit
from it. The rest of the people either waste their time, waiting for the
end (the old man spitting on the cats, the bean-counter, etc.) or join the
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John Dos Passos' Manhattan Transfer
Words: 1292 / Pages: 5 .... innocent immigrants often
killing them. If one were black things were even worse. There were many
laws that separated them from white men and made their lives very difficult.
They were constantly beaten by white men and found getting jobs very hard.
As well people became firebugs and often burned down buildings in which the
immigrants lived. The majority of Americans resented the immigrants because
they represented lost jobs. the only people who did like the influx of
immigrants were the rich because they represented a large pool of labour
that cost next to nothing.
America was very much separated from the rest of the world. The Monroe
Doctrine .....
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Black Boy Essay
Words: 1793 / Pages: 7 .... succeed. For Richard going north was the main goal in his early life; but because of Mississippi’s racial indifferences Richard would be forever separated from whites, the tension would always be there and he would never trust a white person enough to let his guard down. Racial prejudice had indefinitely effected Richard’s early life.
Racial prejudice often leads to physical violence. Richard’s life was invariably surrounded by racial tension and had often seen as well as experienced the hate violence. When Richard had once worked at a cheap clothing store in Jackson, he had seen the boss and his son drag a poor black women into the bac .....
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With And Without The State In
Words: 1825 / Pages: 7 .... them.
This eyewitness account demonstrates how the outside world does not
provide resolutions their desolate existence and to help alleviate the conditions of daily life.
The distance between the state, the outer world and the people,
the inner world, creates an ignorance that the state refuses to attend. It
is widely known the two factors for the makeup of a civilization lies in
the people and the state or the state and its people. Without one or the
other to depend on, reliance hinders stability. The functional branch or government in Rome is thousands of miles away that there is a barrier
between the Italian peo .....
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