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All Quiet On The Western Front
Words: 1059 / Pages: 4 .... no one else could. Once he went out to "explore," then came back over an hour later with bread and meat for dinner.
Albert Kropp
Albert was one of the students that enlisted at the same time as Paul. He was also a close friend of Paul's. So close that after both had been wounded and were on a train home, when Albert became sick and was scheduled to be taken off at the next stop, Paul went off with him. After this stop they were sent to a hospital to be treated for their wounds. Paul after a few weeks ended up healing fine, the opposite was true for Albert. An infection spread through his leg leading for the need for it to be amputated at the t .....
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The Art Of Persuasive Speaking
Words: 448 / Pages: 2 .... a slight difference in how much attention you’ll get. Though, screaming may get you some attention for the moment, no one likes to be yelled at and they will eventually lose interest in what you are talking about and continue with whatever they were doing before you interrupted them. To keep people’s attention you have to talk in language that they understand, and find a compromise between shouting at them and quietly asking for attention.
After you get an audiences attention and are able to keep their attention, you’re home free. People are gullible. You can make them do whatever you want with the power of your voice; you just have to mak .....
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Toni Morrison's Beloved: Sethe, A Brave Mother In Love, Or Is She Selfish In Her Weakness?
Words: 1508 / Pages: 6 .... captivity. In examining Sethe’s character we can see that her motivations derive from her deep love towards her children, and from the lack of love for herself. Sethe’s children are her only good quality. Her children are a part of her and in killing one she kills a part of herself. What hinders over Sethe is her refusal to accept responsibility for her baby’s death. Does she do this because she is selfishness or because it need not be justified? Sethe’s love is clearly displayed by sparing her daughter from a horrific life, yet, Sethe refuses to acknowledge that her show of compassion is also murder.
Throughout the work, seems to h .....
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To Kill A Mockingbord: Atticus Finch
Words: 658 / Pages: 3 .... very dangerous. Atticus
excepted this task because he knew it was wrong to unfairly judge a person.
As expected a mob formed and demanded Tom Robinson be given to them.
He in there, Mr. Finch? a man said
He is, we heard Atticus answer, and he's asleep. Don't wake him.
...You know what we want, another man said. Get aside from the
door, Mr. Finch.
You can turn around and go home again, Walter, Atticus said
pleasantly.(153-154).
Atticus stayed and protected a black man when an angry mob came for
him. The towns people could not believe he would do such a thing. Atticus
does not care what the towns people thinks r .....
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Grapes Of Wrath
Words: 1741 / Pages: 7 .... Oklahoma and leaves the Joad family with no other choice, but to move. The Joad’s journey to California is as slow as a turtle. Heat in the desert, car problems, and the death of the grandparents make the journey long and painful. A turtle shelters himself by pulling his head, legs, and tail inside his shell. The Joad’s gather together as a family to comfort and shelter themselves. A turtle feels safe when it enters his shell and the Joad’s feel safe when they gather as a family. There is symbolic significance in the names of characters throughout The . Tom, one of the main characters, is hitchhiking home when he stumbles upon a preacher by the .....
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Chopin's A Pair Of Silk Stockings: Mrs. Sommers
Words: 526 / Pages: 2 .... little brood look "fresh and dainty". To those around her, Mrs.
Sommers is this innocent family lady. However, the minute she buys the silk
stockings is the minute she becomes a different Mrs. Sommers. All of a sudden
everything she has in not good enough, she looks at her shopping bag as
"shabby" and "old". Her parcel is "very small". At this point, she wants more.
She begins to think without reason, and loses her sense of responsibility when
she puts the stockings on in the ladies room. Mrs. Sommers is "not going
through any acute mental process or reasoning with herself", she is "not
thinking at all" at this point.
Mrs. Sommers's mind is .....
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In To Kill A Mockingbird: Scout
Words: 798 / Pages: 3 .... …and he did it so quick, like…I hafta to aim for ten minutes fore I can hit something,…’"(Lee 97). That is when they realize that their father is a humble man who doesn’t like to show off his talent.
Another misperception that Scout has is about Mrs. Dubose. She always thought of her as a mean old lady who had nothing better to do than to yell at children. But, they soon found out that she was in withdrawal for a very serious addiction which was why she was so angry all the time. "Mrs. Dubose was a morphine addict. She took it as a pain-killer for years"(Lee 111). After she dies Scout starts to grasp the fact that Mrs. Dubose had a ver .....
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Everything That Rises Must Converge
Words: 907 / Pages: 4 .... for him. In his mind she is a "little girl" ignorant of the changing times. He comes to view himself as her savior who must teach her a thing or two about her outmoded viewpoints. And although Julian's criticisms of his mother do have merit, she is not the oblivious southern racist he makes her out to be. And either is he the free-thinking poet he struggles so hard to make his mother believe he is. In reality, Julian's mother has sacrificed a great deal for her son's well-being. She's allowed her own teeth to rot to afford him braces, has worked hard so that he might attend college, and makes excuses for his unemployment. Although she talks only thr .....
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All The Kings Men
Words: 855 / Pages: 4 .... used him the split MacMufee’s vote in the Governor race against Harrision. Willie’s campaign gained steam towards then end of his first governor campaign lost, however he was for certain the next Governor of the state.
After Willie’s overwhelming victory, he passes bill after bill for the people. Aside from this, soon we see his corruptness. He begins to make deals, blackmail those against him, and had countless affairs. Tom, his son, gets into a bind by killing a girl in a car wreck. Willie tried to cover it up and bribe the father, yet he is unsuccessful. Willie comes under suspicion, and is impeached in the house. After .....
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