Red Badge Of Courage
.... a runnin' like the
sky's a fallin'. Damn neer busted his shoulduhr tryin' to run. Them grey
wombats are gonna womp on all dem soldr's behint me so I'ze a better get a
move on. Lucky I ain't back wit dem.
Thar's shells all 'round me, whistling lik' a dixy, each a wontin' tuh
chew me up. Whoa! That missile just exploded rit five feet in front o' me.
Packs quite a kick dar. Better dust off meh breeches and keep on a runnin'.
Whew... All the soldiers are a behind me. Dem wombats are uh gonna have a
tastey meal.
An' look it dat dar other batt'ry a fittin'. Dem fools. They'll all be
dead! That boy on that horse'll be eat .....
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The Little Prince: An Analysis
.... is a time when the
little Prince is about to embark to an unknown well of water. The pilot
sees the Prince wondering off and says, “Where are you going?” The little
Prince replies, “to the well”, with great contentment. An adult might pass
that off as simply just part of the plot. If they would ask, “why?” and
read on they find that there is a curious Prince with and open mind
clashing with the pilot who's database of so called impossibilities tells
him that there is no way a well could exist somewhere out in the desert.
The pilot continues on by saying, “you'll get lost and will never get back
to the plane!” In the end it is th .....
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Red Badge Of Courage - Henry Fleming
.... he started to become afraid that he might run from battle
when duty calls. He felt like a servent doing whatever his superiors told
him.
When the regement finally discovers a battle taking place, Jim gives
Henry a little packet in a yellow envelope, telling Henry that this will be
his first and last battle. The regiment managed to hold off the rebels for
the first charge, but then the rebels came back like machines of steel with
re-enforcements, driving the regement back. One man started to flee, then
another, and another still. Henry was scared, confused, and in a trance as
he saw his forces depleating. He finally got up .....
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To Sir With Love - Change
.... with respect;they learned to address
each other as their last names, inthe case of the boys, and "Miss", for the
girls. For the students,they learned to respect and really learn from their
teacher,something they had never cared to do before. Braithewaite helped
them to break out of the the pattern of intolerance and roughness that
society had placed them in. They began to respect themselves and then to
respect others. In short, it was obvious that both the teacher and his
students were able to adapt their way of thinking to their advantage;they
did not get stuck in their original set of preconceived notions about each
other. T .....
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Oliver Twist And Hedda Gabler: Commentary On The Social Conditions Of That Time
.... feather flock
together", it has been said. It has certainly been true to the characters
in Ibsen's and Dickens' work.
In Oliver Twist, Fagin and his gang are of like qualities, all
being thieves and gangsters, with whom poor Oliver unwittingly falls in
with. Oliver, being a kind and innocent soul, is beguiled by Fagin and his
boys into joining them for time. He uses double talk to keep his true
motives from others.
"You'd like to be able to make pocket-handkerchiefs as easy as Charley
Bates, wouldn't you, my dear" (p. 36, Oliver Twist)
He means that he will try to make Oliver steal like his other boys. But
Oliver, b .....
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The Scarlet Letter - Punishment And Death
.... is emotionately worn out by all the work and penance for her sin.
Midway through the novel she no longer appears as a hidden beauty. Hester
now wears her hair in a cap, and the only effort of considerable worth is
that which she expends in her teachings to Pearl. She has earned the towns
people respect. People now regard the letter as representing the word
"able."
As the Reverend Dimmesdale refers to Pearl in his argument for
allowing the child to remain with her mother, "God gave Pearl as a blessing
and as a reminder of her sin." The girl herself is a much more considerable
punishment to Hester then the letter "A" is. Pear .....
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The City Of Gold And Lead: Summary
.... feild of gravity in wich the masters live in. In the city the
humans must wear suits that breathe oxygen because the masters breathe
different air. Each of the boys are then chosen by a master to be there
personal slave. Will was chosen by one of the nicer masters in the city,
while Fritz was chosen by a mean master who beat him for pleasure. Now in
the city it was Fritz's and Will's job to find out all they could about
the masters and their weaknesses. One day while Will was being beaten he
struck his master in a soft spot on his forehead and killed him. Will had
found their weakness. Will and Fritz plan to exit the city was thr .....
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Sea Wolf
.... Hump was nice, proper and believed everyone was unique
and we all should live and that one person can make a big difference and
change in the world. Wolf also tried to turn Hump into a strong man, since
Hump was a wimp in everyone's eye on the boat. Wolf had one disadvantage
though, during his voyages, he read many books, but was never able to say
what he read or really talk about anything he read. When Hump came along,
they shared and exchanged knowledge and each learned new things about the
books they read.
One scene that stands out the most from the book was when Wolf Larsen
was engaged in a battle with his brother. .....
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: Early Influences On Huckleberry Finn
.... the women place upon him constraining and the life with
them lonely. As a result, soon after he first moves in with them, he runs
away. He soon comes back, but, even though he becomes somewhat comfortable
with his new life as the months go by, Huck never really enjoys the life of
manners, religion, and education that the Widow and her sister impose
uponhim.
Huck believes he will find some freedom with Tom Sawyer. Tom
is a boy of Huck's age who promises Huck and other boys of the town a life
of adventure. Huck is eager to join Tom Sawyer's Gang because he feels
that doing so will allow him to escape the somewha .....
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A Deeper Look Into Sexuality Of Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums" And Its Literary Criticisms
.... was quiet and sensual. The only men that picked up on
this picked out some overtly sexual innuendoes and chose to ignore the
subtleties as Eliza's mood changes and tone of voice. The other men
attributed any sexual tension to Eliza's need for children, which is a
valid point, but it ignores too many other things in the story to fit it
well.
I found the words of R.S. Hughes to be a little trite. He seemed
unable to grasp some uniquely feminine emotions. He doesn't quite catch
onto the eroticism of the story, and in stead, chooses to focus on the more
crude innuendoes. “...The chrysanthemum stalks seem to be phallic symbols, .....
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Silicon Snake Oil Second Thoughts On The Information Highway
.... program needed to
complete the specific task. If you do not know how to use a computer or are
just learning how to use one, performing new tasks can be very difficult
and frustrating. This is because computers are difficult to learn about and
understand because they are different from most other equipment. Even
someone who knows how to use a computer proficiently can still have a hard
time using new software because every program is different and requires the
user to learn the commands for it. This book presented a perspective on the
internet and the information highway that differed from most people's ideas.
I enjoyed readin .....
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The Worth Of Huckleberry Finn
.... quietly without
doing anything. This summarizes the basic view Mark Twain held of the
average southern person.
Mark Twain demonstrated the way a child might think when Tom Sawyer
started a band of outlaws in which everyone had to sign an oath in blood in
the beginning of the book. In Tom's band of thieves we see a stubbornness
in Tom whenever anyone tries to disagree with him, and a view of the world
that had a rather loose grasp of reality. An example of this fact would be
the incident where they ambushed the "A-rabs" (who turned out to be a
Sunday school picnic), and the fact that Huck later quit the group because .....
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