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Why The Unicorn Must Lose Its Horn
Words: 670 / Pages: 3 .... of a younger person it is as though she was thirteen as well. Laura tells Jim that the unicorn has a "single horn on his head"(1752). Laura too has just a single difference from everybody else, her handicapped leg.
Laura is lonesome in this house where she is different from both her mother and brother. Jim says that the unicorn "feel[s] sort of lonesome"(1752). Laura is alluding to herself when she talks about the unicorn being the only one among the other horses. When Jim says that the unicorn is lonesome Laura replies with, "Well, if he [is] he doesn’t complain about it. He stays on a shelf with some horses that don’t have horns and all of the .....
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The Awakening: Casting Shadows
Words: 869 / Pages: 4 .... as they may seem.
This story took place in the late 1800's when women's liberation was never
heard of. In this era women were supposed to find happiness in serving
their husbands and taking care of the children. There were no other
options within the restrictive boundaries of marriage, and divorce was
never an alternative. Women's lives were austere and self enrichment or
self gratification were often times cast aside relative to the more mundane
tasks of daily life. Most women accepted this but Edna did not. She
figured that life was more than constantly doing for someone else. She
wanted time for herself in order to figure out who she was. S .....
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Gimpel The Fool: Golde Vs. Elka
Words: 1236 / Pages: 5 .... that Golde was a pushover. She was able to put Tevye in his place when necessary, and she was not scared to do it. When he would carry on, quoting the bible, she would get fed up and say, “Spare us your bible!” (Aleichem 42) This would quiet him immediately. Where Golde would silence Tevye because his speeches were tiresome to her, Elka would simply make fun of Gimpel, keeping him quiet because he did not know how or want to retaliate. “Look who’s here! He’s come, the drip. Grab a seat” (Singer 6). She belittled him all of the time.
Golde was more sarcastic, than mean, to Tevye. Tevye did not always have the opportunity to be a gr .....
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Summary Of Steinbeck's "Of Mice And Men" With Background About Steinbeck
Words: 1975 / Pages: 8 .... that he ran away with him. Running
together, the two frightened men hid out in the Salinas River waiting for
dusk to come. When dusk arrived, the two men gathered wood and built a
fire. Luckily, George had three cans of pork and beans with him in his
backpack. They stayed there until morning to start walking again.
George told Lennie that he heard of a ranch that was four miles
ahead of them and they could get a job there. George told Lennie that if
he would get into trouble at the ranch, that he should come back and hide
in the bush. Sunrise had came and the two men began their walk to the
ranch. When George and Lennie arrived, they saw a h .....
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The Canterbury Tales
Words: 605 / Pages: 3 .... as God himself. The Friar’s job in the church was to help people, who committed crime, by giving them a guide to pray for a certain time so that they can receive absolution. But the Friar in was not honest and dedicated in doing his job. He abused his position by taking money from people who came to confess. He told them that they would get absolution if they pay him and thus broke the vow of obedience because it is against the Catholic Church. He broke the vow of chastity by having adulterous relationships with other women. By wearing expensive clothes, spending his time with wealthy people rather than helping beggars or sick lepers, he .....
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Review Of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights
Words: 642 / Pages: 3 .... The
actual duration of the book takes many years, approximately sixty, due to
the spreading of the story over three generations.
One chief character was Heathcliff. The entire story was written
around Heathcliff and yet he wasn't really the main character. Heathcliff
was adopted off of the streets at a very young age. Neither of his foster
siblings cared much for him at first. Eventually, his sister grew to like
him and his brother grew to hate him. As the years passed, Heathcliff's
brother Hindley continued to scar him emotionally and his sister Cathy grew
to love him with such a passion that when Cathy and Hindley died in their
middle .....
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Different Strokes For Different Folks
Words: 1179 / Pages: 5 .... may sound stupid, but she feels that all women
should put on an act. Daisy makes a statement to Nick about when her
daughter was born, “‘ She told me it was a girl, and so I turned my head
away and wept. ‘All right’ I said, ‘I’ m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’
ll be a fool- that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a
beautiful little fool’” (Fitzgerald 21). These statements explain her
opinion on how females should be, and also shows the insincerity in her
personality.
Daisy is also very confused about what she wants. When she is
faced with having to make a decision between Jay Gatsby, her old love, and
Tom Buch .....
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A Review Of I Heard The Owl Call My Name
Words: 473 / Pages: 2 .... is different. They use canoes and walking
for transportation. They do not have trucks or cars to get around, like
we do. Also, places where they live, and all the appliances they use are
more primitive, and the houses are wooden cottages. The native's way of
behaving and interacting with the outside people and world is also a lot
different. All the ceremonies including the costumes and poems, songs,
etc prove how they are protective of their native culture and heritage.
The natives do not trust the european dsecendents, because they took over
their lands. All these reasons add up to the fact that the natives are
being described in detail in this .....
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King Lear 2
Words: 329 / Pages: 2 .... animosity toward his brother and other legitimate children. The word "legitimate" means authentic or genuine and its tone is usually considered to be positive. In this case, however, Edmund uses the word "legitimate" sarcastically when saying, "well, my legitimate," since he does not mean it in a positive way. Again he mentions legitimate negatively saying that he, the base, shall top the legitimate meaning that one day he will exceed his brother. This sarcasm shows the bitterness with which Edmund views all legitimate children.
Another way of showing bitterness, which has almost the same effect as sarcasm, is ridiculing. Edmund feels that m .....
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The Cruicible
Words: 446 / Pages: 2 .... carried significant civil penalties. The church influenced the community “to keep the community together, and to prevent any kind of disunity that might challenge the church’s institutional values.”
In The Scarlet Letter, Boston even held special Election Day sermons. These were then followed by a special procession given by the town for the “minister whom they so loved.” However, these beloved church leaders were not the perfect devout workers of God that they professed to be. Reverend Dimmesdale, was an adulterer and father of an illegitimate child. Reverend Danforth of The Crucible, was a money hungry old man who app .....
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