The Chronicles Of Narnia: Book Report
.... touch the rings, but it was to late. She disappeared into
the air. Digory was confused. He wondered what the rings did. Did Polly just
disappear or did she go to some distant land? Uncle Andrew explained how that
one ring would take you to this land and that the other one would bring you back.
Uncle Andrew was not sure that it worked yet because the only things that
entered before were guinea pigs.
Digory put two rings in each pocket with gloves(so he would not
disappear). Two were for Polly and two for him. He put the disappear ring and
felt funny as he went speedy to the new land. It felt as if he was swimming.
He swam .....
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Brave New World: The Perfect World?
.... everyone in Brave New World is slotted to
belong to a specific social and intellectual strata. In conjunction with this
idea, all births are completely planned and monitored. There are different
classes of people with different intelligence and different "career plans." The
social order was divided into the most highly educated, the Alpha+, and then in
descending intelligence, the following divisions: Alpha, Beta, Beta -, Gamma,
Delta, and Epsilon, which is the last group comprised of those citizens of the
lowest intelligence who are necessary to perform society's most menial jobs.
Another of the problems with the society whi .....
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Call Of The Wild
.... and Francois, Buck was traded
to a gold seeking family. They knew nothing, or hardly nothing, about managing
a sled team. There trip began with a very bad start. The family had loaded up
their wagon with too much unneeded baggage, and it was top heavy. As the dogs
began to pull away and pull around a curve, the baggage tipped over along with
the sled and thus the unnecessary baggage was discarded, and the trip was barely
completed because of harsh weather, wrong supplies, and poor management skills
of the dog handlers. All except a man that went by the name of John Thornton,
perhaps the only sane one in the group. After one o .....
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The Intentional Death Of Francis Macomber
.... and Francis have very different personalities.
This is clearly seen when the narrator states, (Hemingway 1402).
With this small amount of background information, the true motive for an
intentional killing can be found. This can clearly be seen in the
conversation of Francis Macomber after killing the buffalo when he states,
(Hemingway 1408. "(Hemingway 1409). Robert Wilson, the guide on the hunt,
gives the reader an outside perspective into this complex and troubled
relationship. In response to the quote above Hemingway 1409).
Robert Wilson seems to be right in his descriptions of the couple, and
their relationship through .....
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The Catcher In The Rye: Creative Writing Assignment
.... in the stadium really is not that bad, but after that they charge an arm
and a leg for whatever you buy. They do not let people bring their own food
into the game so when the spectators get hungry the sunuvabitch's charge
outrageous amounts on the same food that they sell in a supermarket for a
quarter the price. People almost have top be as rich as the players to bring a
whole family to the game and be able to feed them without going broke in the
process. Anyway, the thing that pisses me off the most is these innocent kids.
It is not really the kids that piss me off but the fact that they look at these
moron in uniforms and .....
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Catcher In The Rye: Holden's Insight About Life And The World Around Him
.... to fit in. He drank, cursed and
criticized life in general to make it seem he was very knowing of these habits.
I myself have found me doing this at times, also. I, at times, feel the need to
fit in to a group and do things similar to what others do in order to gain
acceptance by them. I smoked a cigar once with two friends of mine because they
kept going on and on about how great cigars were, but that was only once.
Holden and I both place people on levels other than our own for amount of
knowledge and likeness to ourselves.
Holden used the term 'phonies' to describe more than a few people in
this book. He used the term to be .....
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Medea: Summary
.... places such as Medea/Jason's home, and the palace
of the king and princess are also spoken of and used in the play. It has
an ancient Greek setting as well.
Theme: "What goes around comes around."
The theme of revenge in the sense of Medea's strong desire to seek revenge
on Jason.
Another possible theme of Medea may be that at times a punishment of
revenge should justify the crime - no matter how severe. Only a person in
such a situation (and greater beings) may know what to action to take in
this position.
Characters: Medea - The strong willed woman who would do anything for her
husband is victimized by him and turns dead .....
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Cultural Literacy According To E.D. Hirsch
.... an egalitarian
society is eventually possible. One common body of knowledge for everyone will
be the glue that holds society together.
Hirsch also points out the senselessness of concepts such as multi-culturalism
and multi-lingualism. He acknowledges the importance of the numerous cultures
and ethnicities of which United States is comprised. Hirsch mentions the
"hyphenated American: the Italo-American, the Polish-American, the Afro-
American, the Asian-American and so forth." He points out that he is in favor
of each minority's protection, nurture, and respect; however, he strongly feels
that people need to decide what "ŒAm .....
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David Copperfield
.... throughout his novels. Dickens father was constantly
in debt and was eventually sent to jail. This memory was agonizing for young
Charles as years later he wrote: "No words can express the secret agony of my
soul. I felt my early hopes of growing up to be a learned and distinguished man,
crushed in my breast." This directly relates to Dickens discussion of David in
a wine house later in the novel. A couple of years later, Dickens attends
school at the Wellington House Academy where he fell in love with Maria Beadnell
but her father opposed the marriage and nothing became of it. David Copperfield
is more of a biogra .....
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Michael Korda's "Defining Success"
.... education then you wouldn't
have any ideas where to start on how to become successful. Also, you wouldn't
have any confidence because you would be afraid and wouldn't know how to face
obstacles that might be in the way of your dream. Education would at least give
you ideas on where to start and how to prosper. Education makes you a more
excellent person. It helps you to socialize better with other people. It takes
more than just a common sense.
Last thing is that the person you know could make you become successful.
It's like connection. If you know an important person such as a movie director,
actor, actress or even manag .....
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Mernissi
.... hadiths by the male elite was probably the first
and most popular way for them to protect their interests. The people
governing knew how important it was to "seek legitimacy in and through the
sacred text" (Mernissi 43). Mernissi talks about al-Bukhari, who
methodically and systematically collected and verified true Hadiths. He
was exiled from his native town because he refused to bring the knowledge
of the Hadith to the governor of the town and have it corrupted. He knew
that the invitation from the governor was made only for him to probably
fabricate some Hadith which would benefit the politicians. Many did not
follow al-Buk .....
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Metamorphosis: Response
.... was well
over without deflecting you from your orbit, you could take heart of grace
for the rest of your day.
Gregor woke up one morning to find himself turned from a human being to a
beetle. People found that to be extremely hard to grasp. Many felt as
though Gregor should have been more shocked at this change, or at least
less understanding towards it. But really, why should he? The only part
about being a beetle that seemed to truly negatively shock Gregor was that
he could no longer attend to his job at the office. Gregor's family life
did not change drastically. His loss of relation with his family was
nothing very new, there .....
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