Book Review Of Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squardron
.... Loor. While Corran and the
Rogue Squadron are off fighting TIE fighters and Star Destroyers, Kirtan is
hunting down information on the squadron and it's pilots.
Personal Reaction : I found this book a little hard to read because of the
long complicated sentences and the complex words Michael Stackpole chose
for his book. I would say the reading level would probably be around grade
11 or 12 because of the intricate words and long sentences. I liked this
book because it not only was exciting and kept me on the edge of my seat,
but because of the easy to read dialogue that was in the book. I would
recommend this to anyone wh .....
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Book Report On "The Lost World"
.... people to take to the island himself, Ian Malcolm Sarah
Harding, Jack Thorne, and Eddie Carr, the top employee of Thorne. They
were going to leave in two weeks when Thorne finds out that Levine has left
for the island early wanting to be the first one to “officially” find it.
He and the small crew of people he took with him were attacked and all but
Levine were killed. He would be found later. The team left for the island
soon after to try and find him. Unknown to anyone, two of Levine's students
at the middle school where he helps, sneaked into the cargo of the plane
and went to the island with them. His two star pupi .....
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Brian's Search For The Meaning Of Life In W.O. Mitchell's Who Has Seen The Wind
.... realization that "God isn't very considerate"(166), for
sometimes he lets things like the two headed cow come into this world, only
to suffer and then die.
The Second instance in which Brian is confronted with the meaning
of life, comes to him when he sees death, and asks himself why. When
Brian's pigeon died, he asked his father why it had happened.
"Why?" said Brian.
"It happens to things," his father said.
"Why does it happen to things?" He turned up his face to
his father, cheeks stained with drying tears.
"That's the way they end up."
Brian looked down at the baby pigeon in his hand.
"It was an egg .....
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Of Mice And Men: Burdens Of Responsibility
.... dog. Candy becomes very eager to attach himself
to George and lennie and purchase a house with them as a result of the loss
of his only real love in his life.
The responsibilities of aspiration and hope play a major role in the
structure of George, Lennie and Curley's wife's character. To an extent
their aspirations protect them from reality for short stints and acts like
a recharge to their motivational batteries. This is a good thing more often
than not. Examples of these instances are when Lennie and George are
sitting on the bank of a pool of the Salinas river in the last chapter.
George is in the process of telling Lennie how .....
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Machiavelli's "The Prince": By Any Means Necessary
.... Machiavelli on a
personal, sincere level. By placing himself at the feet of the reader,
Machiavelli puts himself and his argument in a position of power. He wastes
no time in using this power to gain more control over the reader. In the
next sentence he states that his intention is to create an outline for
behavior in public office “ of use to those who understand”. This statement
compels the reader to agree with the points that the trustworthy,
forthright Machiavelli argues, or be relegated the ranks of those ignorant
dullards that do not understand. Machiavelli then presents his thesis,
that a ruler must use both good and evil .....
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An Analysis Of The Novel Candide By Voltaire
.... along the way who all have their own
interesting story of misfortune and the inhumanities of mankind. Candide
ends up on a small farm, married to Cunegonde and living with two
philosophers. He argues with others at the end of the book if this really
is the best of all possible worlds and they conclude the we must "work
without reason" and "must cultivate our garden".
In this novel Voltaire is extremely influenced by his frame of
reference and mindset. He finds room to include almost all of his
political views. He takes Candide on a journey through all of the wrongs
he beleives in the world in order to prove that it was n .....
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Summary Of The Canterbury Tales
.... a deliciously bawdy story of seduction aimed at the Reeve (an
officer or steward of a manor); the Reeve takes revenge with a tale about
the seduction of a miller's wife and daughter. Thus, the tales develop the
personalities, quarrels, and diverse opinions of their tellers.
After the Knight's tale, the Miller, who was so drunk that he could
barely sit on his horse, began screaming," I know a tale that can cap the
Knight's tale off!" "But first, said the Miller, "I admit that I am drunk;
I know it by the my voice. And therefore if I speak as I shouldn't, blame
it on the beer, I beg you; for I will tell a life a .....
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Wright's "Native Son": Capitalist Or Communism?
.... 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 very rich and famous . Another trademark of
Capitalism, the upper class. The author showed how some of the Capitalist
folks lived . The upper class is very wealthy and basically gets what they
want . Mr. and Mrs. Dalton had it made. They had chauffeurs, a huge house,
and cars . They had too much money . They were giving away things to the
needy, though they were giving aw .....
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The Awakening: Casting Shadows
.... 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. Some may see
this as selfish but everyone is entitled to “me” time and space. Although
I admit she did not go about it in the best way at times; Edna still was in
going in the right direction.
Edna's marriage to Leonce Pontellier was to spite her father the Colonel
because Leonce was of a different religious faith. Also, Leonce was
unceasingly devoted to Edna which was something .....
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An Analysis Of Catch 22 By Joseph Heller
.... in America. Throughout the
novel, he tries to find a way to live a fuller life as a real human
individual. He looks to many of the other characters in the book for help
but only finds unsatisfactory answers.
Each of the characters in Yossarian's life at the base shows the
reader one more example of how bad society has become. Clavinger tries to
live life by reasoning. He looks for a reason in everything. In constantly
looking for a reason why, he never enjoys life to it fullest. As further
proof that this life leads nowhere, he is shot down and killed, certainly
not an event with a rational explanation. Major Major is the per .....
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The Catcher In The Rye: Connection To The Title
.... The little boy is described by Holden in
gentle caring terms: "The kid was swell. He was walking in the street,
instead of on the sidewalk, but right next to the curb. He was making out
like he was walking a very straight line, the way kids do, and the whole
time he kept singing and humming." (Page 115). Holden notes that the
child's parents pay no attention to him. To Holden this child represents
innocence and youth unspoiled by adult immorality.
Holden wishes to serve humanity by safeguarding the innocence and
purity of children, by protecting them from the evils of life. His little
sister, Phoebe, asks him what he would .....
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The Catcher In The Rye: Unreachable Dreams
.... do.' I thought about it for a minute. ‘But not too
much, I guess,'” (14). After leaving Pencey, he checks into a hotel where
he invites a prostitute up to his room. He gets cold feet and decides not
to have intercourse with her, though. Later, Holden decides to take his
old girlfriend, Sally Hayes, to the theater. After taking her to the
theater, Holden formulates a crazy plan which entails running away with
Sally, getting married, and growing old together. Sally thinks that he is
crazy, and she decides to go home. During his stay away from home, Holden
drinks and smokes, showing even more misdirection. However, when Holden
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