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Dune
Words: 420 / Pages: 2 .... (pg. 30)
The plot of this science-fiction story deals almost entirely of the two
major houses that at this time are sworn to destroy each other and the emperor.
The two major houses want control of the spice on the planet of Arrakis which
allows anyone who has it to fold space. Folding space means traveling anywhere
in the universe without actually having to move. The House of Attreides gets
destroyed by the House of Harkonnens in the fight over the spice. But on the
planet of Arrakis, the local people of that world known as Fremen had had a
prophecy that one day a savior would come and make peace where there was war on
the planet of Arr .....
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A Priest’s Death: An Examination Of Uncanny Elements In James Joyce’s "The Sisters"
Words: 987 / Pages: 4 .... the boy looks toward the window for the reflection of two candles; those commonly placed at the head of a corpse. Additionally, the old man was paralyzed and often told the child that he was "not long for this world" (9). While the narrator awaited the Reverend’s death, news of the event startled him:
I knew that I was under observation, so I continued eating as if the news had not interested me…I felt that his [Cotter’s] little black beady eyes were examining me, but I would not satisfy him by looking up from my plate (10).
Seemingly unwilling to accept the news on face value, he goes to see the for himself the following day. After seeing th .....
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Flowers For Algernon: Charlie's Psychological Traumas
Words: 725 / Pages: 3 .... was
ashamed of him. His mother always thought her son was normal and would grow up
and be somebody. "...He's like a baby. He can't play Monopoly or checkers or
anything. I won't play with him anymore..." Charlie's sister also ignored him.
To her, Charlie was dumb and could not do anything. Charlie had dreams of his
sister yelling at him and making fun of him. He also had memories of the night
his parents took him to the Warren Home. He was terrified and his dad would
never answer his questions. Charlie remembered his childhood and through his
memories, he felt guilty for hurting his family.
After the operation, Charlie also suffered fro .....
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Oedipus The King
Words: 1059 / Pages: 4 .... would not endure, and I [he] was doomed to be murderer of the father that begot me [him]. When I heard this I fled” (Sophocles 45, 1.792-4). Ironically the pride which caused him to attempt to avoid his fate, put him on a path to it. On his trip away from Corinth, he unknowingly met with his father, King Laius. When Oedipus tells Jocasta of his encounter he says that he met with a carriage at an intersection and they fought over the right of way. He also mentions one man (King Laius) struck him and said that:
“He (King Laius) was paid in full and … my stick had struck him backwards from the car and he rolled out of it. And then I .....
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Orwell's Animal Farm: Summary Of Characters
Words: 403 / Pages: 2 .... the leader is doing is not best for them.
In both cases, Stalin and Napoleon get tired of the competition and run
them off by turning the animals and people against them.
Boxer is a cart horse who works night and day on the windmill and
for Napoleon's cause. When he hurts his hoof and is unable to work,
Napoleon is uncaring and sends him off to the slaughterhouse since he is of
no further use. Some of the animals come to realize what is happening and
are mad at Napoleon, but Napoleon talks his way out of it by convincing the
animals that they are mistaken and the hospital uses vehicles marked
"slaughterhouse" to pick up injured animals. Stalin .....
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Wright's "Native Son": Capitalist Or Communism?
Words: 572 / Pages: 3 .... very dirty and disgusting by today's standards . The
author wanted to show how some families live under these severe conditions.
He made us see vividly how they lived with this quote . "A huge black rat
squealed and leaped at Bigger's trouser-leg and snagged it in his teeth,
hanging on." This showed how broke they were by showing that there were
giant rats living with them and how it had no fear of them .
Richard Wright did not just not just want to show the con sides to
Capitalism, he also wanted to prove the Capitalism has its good sides to it
also . For instance, Richard Wright purposely placed the Daltons in a
spectacular house and made them ve .....
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A Rose For Emily: Emily's Life
Words: 910 / Pages: 4 .... which we make ourselves.
Emily had a hard life. Everything that she loved left her. Her father probably impressed upon her that every man she met was no good for her. The townspeople even state "when her father died, it got about that the house was all that was left to her; and in a way, people were glad being left alone. She had become humanized" (219). This sounds as if her father’s death was sort of liberation for Emily. In a way it was, she could begin to date and court men of her choice and liking. Her father couldn’t chase them off any more. But then again, did she have the know-how to do this, after all those years of her father’s past .....
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1984 Thematic Essay
Words: 638 / Pages: 3 .... of history with the objective of making the party look good. They also make up things it has the people believe through its telecasts, which the entire population watches. The main character is Winston, who works for the Ministry of Truth, which is an ironic name since it makes up what the people are to believe. Winston has thoughts all the time against the party, but luckily has never been caught by the “thought police”. He keeps on seeing some woman and eventually they meet and he finds out her name is Julia. They differ in their view of how best to oppose the party. He believes in a widespread rebellion while she believes in just going against .....
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Critique Of Snow Falling On Cedars
Words: 660 / Pages: 3 .... gives the Miyomotos their money back
and buys an apartment in town where she spends the last of her lonely days.
Kabuo and Carl both come back from the war to find the land sold. Their
once close-knit friendship is shattered by their families' disagreement.
They both become fishermen. Along with the Kabuo/Carl tension and
subsequent trial is another relationship filled with stress: that of
Kabuo's wife Hatsue and her high school sweetheart, now local reporter
Ishmael Chambers. He cannot get over the loss of their relationship that
ended when Hatsue was sent to a relocation camp. All of these conflicts
are interwoven with the trial that rocks a sma .....
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Kahlil Gibran
Words: 920 / Pages: 4 .... heart and
mind.
Introduction
This book is one of Kahlil Gibrans masterpieces and has become a beloved
classic of this era. This book contains poetry about a prophet-called Al-
Mustafa- who tells people about different subjects which are all related to
subjects in everyday life; for example love, hate etc.. The book also contains
a series of illustrations created by the author himself. The book is based
slightly on fiction, but the topics discussed in the poetry are all very
realistic. If a person read the poetry today it would still be relative to the
things happening around us. The poetry is in composition form, and a major part
of the book c .....
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