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Johnny Got His Gun Book Report
Words: 354 / Pages: 2 .... exists in a living hell. He can't distinguish between reality and his dreams. Joe has fantasies of his youth, his father, his best friend, his girlfriend, and Jesus Christ. Eventually he finds a way of communicating with a nurse through Morse Code. She informs the soldiers.
At the end of the movie Joe wants them to put him in a sideshow where, as a freak, he can make a living by making people see what happened to him in the war . If they won't do that, he wants them to kill him. The army does not do either. The nurse tries killing him but does not succeed because a army officer walks in on her when she was in the middle of the act. The irony of it all .....
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In Cold Blood: Summary
Words: 922 / Pages: 4 .... two main characters. Dick is the first one that I will talk about.
Dick was 33 years old and he did not have the best character. Dick was one who
helped participate in the killing of the Clutter family. I didn't like him from
the very beginning. He struck me as the type that is your friend one minute and
enemy the next. Perry is the other charecter that I will talk about. Perry
wasn't as bad as Dick but yet he still struck me as having a bad character for
what he did to the family. It took me awhile to get a good impression of Perry.
Perry was a really nice guy and I think that he just got mixed in with the wrong
crowd. At the beginning, when they .....
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Night
Words: 1221 / Pages: 5 .... had finally gotten all of the people of the town of Sighet onto the train and had started the journey towards Auschwitz. The condition on the train is something I don’t think I could have stood for. The Germans were put in charge of the train in the middle of the journey. The officers were told to collect any valuables from the people on the train and if they refused to yield their valuables, they were to be shot. As I have said I hated carrying around this gun but I did have a job to do and I was willing to follow orders if need be. Luckily I never had to unload a single shot on that train. Some people on the train were in very bad shape. Th .....
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Great Expectations 2
Words: 551 / Pages: 3 .... This is the beginning of Pip’s dynamic change.
In order to make more money Pip’s uncle sends Pip to a psychotic old ladies house named Mrs. Havisham. Mrs. Havisham is a mean and nasty character who constantly bickers at Pip and tells him of his unimportance. Pip continues to be mild mannered and respectful to Mrs. Havisham yet he begins to see that he will never get ahead in life just being nice. Mrs. Havisham uses Pip as sort of a guinea pig to feel her passion of revenge against men. She does this by using her daughter Estella to torment Pip.
Pip’s first and only love is Estella. Estella is very mean and nasty to Pip. Althoug .....
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Ethan Frome: Life As A Failure
Words: 656 / Pages: 3 .... his senior and
always seemed to have some kind of illness. It seemed all she ever did was
complain, and he resented this because it stifled his growing soul. Since his
wife was continuously ill, and her cousin needed a place to stay, they took her
in to help around the house. Ethan took an immediate propensity to her cousin,
Mattie, because she brought a bright light upon his dismal day. He seemed to
have found someone that cared for him, was always happy and could share his
youth, unlike his sickly wife who always nagged him. He longed to be with Mattie,
however he had loyalty to his wife. Being married to the wrong person proved to
be Ethan's firs .....
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How Does Macbeths Characterist
Words: 1055 / Pages: 4 .... and just England. As this play was seen by the masses in Shakespeare's Globe Theater, this was excellent "PR" for James.
It was written for his new patron, James I (James VI of Scotland), following the death of Queen Elizabeth. James was interested in witchcraft and Scotland, and hence the themes in the play. Banquo is James's ancestor. The play itself tells the story of a man, urged by his wife and foretold by prophecy, who commits regicide in order to gain power. Unfortunately, due to numerous quirks of language and obscure allusions, the play is difficult to understand without assistance. Using this annotated version along with external links an .....
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Diary Of Anne Frank: Notes
Words: 563 / Pages: 3 .... Van Daan was Anne's boyfriend who was picked on by Mr.Dussel. He
loved his father but thought his mother was a pain.
Mr.Van Daan was a loving father that always stood up for his son. He often
argued with his wife and Mr.Dussel.
Mrs.Van Daan loved her son, Peter, and her husband, although they argued
most of the time. She clinged to one material possession, her fur coat
given to her by her father.
Mr.Dussel was a Jewish dentist that picked on Peter van Daan for every
little thing. He wasn't a very religious Jew, but he still wore the blue
star.
Mr.Kraler was one of the people that helped them survive in the lonely
attic. He with Koop .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Where The Blame Falls
Words: 449 / Pages: 2 .... in her punishment. She must wear the scarlet letter for the
rest of her life, no matter what she does to redeem herself. Hester, and
Pearl were not the same as the rest of the townspeople. No one ever talks
to her, and she was not allowed to make any clothing for the other Puritans
weddings. Pearl was picked upon by the other children often. Hester was
no longer accepted by the Puritans.
Dimmesdale has had as much punishment as Hester for their sin.
Dimmesdale is putting the blame upon himself. Dimmesdale is the minister,
and he should know better than to commit a sin. Dimmesdale is dying inside
ever since he had committed the sin with .....
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A Review Of Lord Of The Flies
Words: 3443 / Pages: 13 .... in The Hot Gates.
About the book
Allegorical presentation - why ?
I think that the author compare this little abandoned island, with the real
world. On the island there were war, peace, etc. just like in the real
world. It`s not hard figuring out why there's war in the world, when
abandoned kids on an deserted island can't make peace. The happenings on
the island are something that the author uses as an image of the world war
2, were Jack symbols Adolf Hitler, a dictator. Ralph and Piggy symbols the
judes - the hunted ones.
The Plot
A group of boys has been dropped on a tropical island somewhere in the
Pacific Ocean, their plane having been .....
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The Revolt Of Mother: The Power Of Decision
Words: 1259 / Pages: 5 .... brought about by forty years of non-
decision. Mother stays content with her shack. "She was a masterly keeper of
her box of a house. Her one living room never seemed to have in it any of the
dust which the friction of life with inanimate matter produces"(LACpg.284).
This shows the lack of empowerment mother has at this time of the story. This
state is partly due to the society—a time that was male dominated and
discouraged the wife to speak out—and partly because mother just feel into a
routine that included everything except her happiness. I felt that mother
centered her life around providing for her family but forgot to look towards her
own .....
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