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Uncle Tom; A Synopsis
Words: 1708 / Pages: 7 .... Tom is constantly paralleled to Christ during the course of events in the novel. Tom is the social leader of the slaves on the Shelby plantation. Uncle Tom’s cabin is the focal point of fellowship for the slaves. This is because everybody perceives Tom as a mentor, and also because Aunt Chloe, his wife, is a fantastic cook. His charismatic personality allows him to lead and organize their religious meetings which are held in his home as well. One can see how Tom’s faith allows him to be a social leader among the slaves. Stowe says on page 35 that,
Uncle Tom was a sort of patriarch in religious matters, in the neighborhood. Having, natural .....
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The Sun Also Rises: A Review
Words: 676 / Pages: 3 .... to absorb without engulfing. A man gets used to reading Star
Wars and pulp fiction and New York Times Bestsellers and forgets what literature
is until it slaps him in the face. This book was written, not churned out or
word-processed. Again, I thoroughly enjoyed reading.
I never noticed it until it was brought up in class, maybe because it wasn't a
point for me in In Our Time, but He doesn't often enough credit quotations with,
",he said," or, ",said Brett," or, ",Bill replied." In SAR it stood and called
attention to itself. I wasn't particularly bothered by His not telling me who
said what, but it was very...pointed. I first noticed around the hun .....
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Lord Jim
Words: 1109 / Pages: 5 .... when he left the eight hundred passengers to die. The Patna incident caused a chain of self hatred and self loathing that would go on until Jim’s death. Jim’s ever churning soul made him very unhappy. Fighting constantly within himself made Jim experience extreme guilt and anguish. The way Jim struggled on the inside caused Jim to seem lack luster and lazy on the outside. If Jim would have been more at peace with his soul he would not have been in such pain. Being that Jim was somewhat innocent when he first became a water clerk aboard the Patna; he lacked the mental toughness that would be crucial in key situations. With virtue and persever .....
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Heart Of Darkness: Themes In Garden Of Evil And Heart Of Darkness
Words: 1533 / Pages: 6 .... infamous Mr.Kurtz. Along Marlowe's journey he meets bands of cannibles
that are ever posing a threat to his life. At the end of Heart of Darkness
the story becomes a Quest of the self. Marlowe is searching deep within
himself to comprehend what he is seeing with Mr.Kurtz and within himself he
has to conquor the evil that could take him over. It is a Quest for Marlowe
to search for his self being.
Independent Novel Study-Style
1. Irony-Occurs when a set of circumstances turn out very differently from
what was expected..
Foreshadowing-Gives the reader a hint to what will happen later in the
story.
Flashback-When they look bac .....
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The Flivor King
Words: 514 / Pages: 2 .... machinery, produjcts could be produced with rapid pace and much less effort. Shutt was one of teh many who fled from his home town to beging working for Henry Ford at the Ford Motor Company. Wioth the promise from Henry himself that he would be able to better himself, Shutt got married, had four children, and purchased a home. He was rising in the wolrd, in fact he had already surpassed his father in that he was able to bring home a paper after a days work and still have the energy to read it.
Shuytt worked hard for the Ford Company, and before he knew it, he had moved up in his line of work from a spindle-nut screwer to the manager of spindle-n .....
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Historical Truth And Imaginati
Words: 768 / Pages: 3 .... ideological world of abolitionism..." (pg. vvi) It is a "tale of bondage, escape, and self-made public career." (pg. vvi) This Narrative truly captures the meaning of slavery. It details many of the traumatic experiences the slaves went through. In chapter one, the first thing we read is the story of Douglass' Aunt Hester being whipped. "He took her into the kitchen, and stripped her from neck to waist, leaving her neck, shoulders, and back, entirely naked. He then told her to cross her hands....After crossing her hands, he tied them with a strong rope, and led her to a stool under a large hook in the joist, put in for the purpose. He made her get up .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Summary
Words: 1167 / Pages: 5 .... they are married. (Boo) Arthur Radley is
the person that takes Jem back to his house after Jem gets hurt by Bob Ewell.
Tom Robinson is a black man that was accused of raping Mayella Ewell. Bob Ewell
is Mayella's father. He is out for revenge on Atticus for what he did to him and
his daughter. Mayella is Bob's daughter who supposedly got raped by Tom Robinson.
Judge Taylor is the Judge of Maycomb County. Heck Tate is the county law
official.
I think the protagonist in the story is Atticus Finch because he has the
main part and he has the biggest decision to make. The decision being whether to
defend or not to defend Tom Robinson.
To Kill a Moc .....
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Lord Of The Flies Character An
Words: 627 / Pages: 3 .... order
to the island just like a grown-up. When Jack was busy hunting pigs and
dancing about in the blood that engulfed him, Piggy just wanted people to
listen to him. He yearned for someone to listen to his ideas without asking
questions: when he suggested moving the fire to the beach, he just wanted a
ship passing by to see them. Piggy mimicked adults, he did not run about in a
savage nature, he was good. Being the only boy that wasn't violent, shows
how diverse Piggy was from the other boys on the island. "I got the conch I tell
you" Piggy screamed in attempt to gain the boys' lost attention, "I tell you I got the conch." Good finally prevai .....
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Cry, The Beloved Country: John And Stephen
Words: 719 / Pages: 3 .... am a man of some importance, of some influence. I have my
own business, and when it is good, I can make ten, twelve, pounds a
week"(35), showing his concern for money and political influence over his
own homeland. Msimangu describes John as having "not enough courage, for
he would surely be sent to prison"(39), showing his view that while John
may speak for a cause, he will not go as far as to be put in jail for it.
Later, the narrator of the story says:
There are some men who long for martyrdom, there are those who know
that to go to prison would bring greatness to them, these are those who
would go to prison not caring if it brought greatn .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Innocence To Experience
Words: 1393 / Pages: 6 .... her to ask questions about why whites treat blacks the way they do.
These questions are crucial in Scout and her older brother Jem’s search
for their own identity. They must find their own position and what roles
they will play in the whole racial game. When Atticus tells Jem and Scout
to, "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember
it's a sin to kill a mockingbird," he is referring to the notion that a
mockingbird is a harmless creature and does nothing but sing and bring
happiness to the world. Harper Lee takes the title for her novel from this
passage because the imagery of the mockingbird is comparable to the
character .....
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