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Dr. Jekyll And Mr. HydeThe focal point of this essay is to define the life of Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the transformation he went through in becoming Edward Hyde. Dr. Henry Jekyll is a physician in London. He is very well respected and is currently experimenting the dual nature of man kind. Edward Hyde is a manifestation ...
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The Old Man And The SeaThe book by Ernest Hemingway, is about an old man, Santiago, and his genuine fondness of the sea. Every day he travels out to sea to go fishing which is his occupation. For the past eighty-four days the old man has not caught a single fish. On the eighty-fifth day he sails out to sea as usual, ...
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A Clockwork OrangeThe freedom of choice and the rehabilitating form of corrections encase
the realm of , by Anthony Burgess. It produces the question
about man's free will and the ability to choose one's destiny, good or evil.
"If he can only perform good or only perform evil, then he is a clockwork
orange-meaning ...
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Antitranscendentalism In MelviMelville’s primary focus in his classic novel Moby Dick is the evil of mankind, a point of focus consistent with his anti-Transcendental philosophical alignment. In Moby Dick, Melville shows man’s evil toward fellow man and nature through his thoroughly-developed plot and characters, ...
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I Am . . . ?But it is not enough to be American only in the eyes of the law and it is not enough to be only half an American and know that it is an empty half. I am not your son and I am not Japanese and I am not American . . . . I wish with all my heart that I were Japanese or that I was American. (Okada ...
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Silicon Snake Oil Second Thoughts On The Information HighwayThe book Silicon Snake Oil : Second Thoughts On The Information
Highway affected me by making me look at the internet and the information
explosion of the 1990's from a different perspective. The author states his
ideas on the subject and uses personal experiences to state and supports
his ideas. ...
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The English Patient: CaravaggioIn Michael Ondaatje's novel, The English Patient, Caravaggio remains an enigmatic character who greatly influences each of the other characters as well as their complex inter-relationships. His role as a Canadian-Italian thief has ultimately engulfed his life by lies: "He [has] lived through a ...
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A Lesson Before Dying 2In the novel, A Lesson Before Dying, By Ernest Gaines, the main character, Grant Wiggins gives a man meaning in his last days alive. Wiggins gives him a book to write his thoughts in, and helps him to realize that he is not a “hog.” He shows him that he is truly a good person, and ...
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A Rose For EmilyWilliam Faulkner's "" tells the story of a young woman who is violated by her father's strict mentality. After being the only man in her life Emily's father dies and she finds it hard to let go. Emily was raised in the ante-bellum period before the Civil War. This story takes place in the ...
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Rand's "Anthem"Anthem, a science fiction novel, deals with a future primitive society in
which the forbidden word "I", which is punishable, has been replaced by "We".
Anthem's theme seems to be about the meaning and glory of man's ego. In this
novel, Rand shows that the individualism needed for building a ...
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Around The World In Eighty Day�s�
By: Jules Verne
Adventure Novel
Theme:
The themes of this novel are calmness and persistence. These two themes are exemplified by one character, Mr. Fogg. Mr. Fogg is always calm in the novel not once in this novel does he show any anxiety or nervousness. Mr. Fogg, under a prolific amount ...
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The Jordan Rules By Sam SmithThe book The Jordan Rules, written by Sam Smith, was a biography about
the year Micheal Jordan led the Bulls to win the National Basketball
Association Championship. The Jordan Rules talks a lot about the tough
road that the Chicago Bulls had on their way to a championship. Jordan
might not be ...
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The Canterbury Tales: Wife Of BathIn the Hollywood blockbuster Basic Instinct, Sharon Stone plays a devious,
manipulative, sex-driven woman who gets whatever she wants through her
ploys for control. Stone's portrayal of this character is unforgettable
and makes the movie. In book or film, the most memorable female characters
are ...
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Fahrenheit 451: The Hope Of The PhoenixThe word phoenix had symbolize immortality, but for the people in Fahrenheit
451, their only hope was that the phoenix would be burn out, and be reborn again.
The myth of the phoenix gave optimism to the life of Montag, to the books, and
to the world of Fahrenheit 451. The world was now dying, ...
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Animal FarmNapoleon and his new friends sat down while taking a sip of their beers, we all
thought to ourselves; what have we done? The rebellion has done nothing for us
except make us friends with our initial enemies, the humans. Something is very
wrong here. We started off with the hopes and dreams of a ...
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Our Man LemuelBy the end of Book II in Gulliver's Travels, it is very clear that the character of Gulliver is not the same man who wrote the letter in the beginning of the story. In fact, he is not the same man he was in Book I. From the onset of Gulliver's Travels, Swift creates for us a seemingly competent ...
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Grapes Of WrathJohn Steinbeck uses symbolism to enrich his writing. Several of these symbols can be found in his book, The . The Joad�s, a family from Oklahoma, are in search of a better life. They leave their home in journey to California because of the dust bowl. The symbols in the book are the dust, the ...
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Three Aspects Of Destructive Relationships In Wuthering HeightsMany people in the world are trying to find a perfect companion.
Some of these may marry and not know what their new husband or wife is like.
This kind of situation often leads to separation or hostility. Other
situations may develop between two friends that stem from jealousy, desire
for ...
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Conflict In "The Child By Tiger"�The Child by Tiger� is narrated by a man who is remembering an
event from his childhood. The story centers on Dick Prosser, who is a black
hired hand for Mr. Shepperton. Dick is involved in several levels of
conflict throughout the story.* These include intrapersonal conflicts, a
conflict with ...
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Audens Dystopia - The MerchantAuden, W.H. "Brothers and Others." "The Dyer's Hand" and Other Essays. New York: Random House, 1948. In a casual but seminal essay on the play, Auden calls The Merchant of Venice one of Shakespeare's "Unpleasant Plays." The presence of Antonio and Shylock disrupts the unambiguous fairy-tale world ...
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The Great Gatsby: Being SuccessfulThe Great Gatsby is considered an American classic, or as Noel Perrin says in his story �one novel that nearly all educated Americans have read.� I found the book very hard to get through. It contained many confusing story elements; for example, the valley of death that they drive through on ...
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Dystopia In Aldous Huxley's Brave New WorldIt's hard to imagine yet somehow so extremely close to us is the
possibility of a world of ideal perfection where there is no room or
acceptance of individuality. Yet, as we strive towards the growth of
technology and improvement of our daily living we come closer to closing
the gap between the ...
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Tom ClancyIn 's The Cardinal of the Kremlin, there are many characters who play significant, but small roles. They may show up at one part of the book and never resurface again, due to the fact that this book is more about a situation than a person. There are three characters, however, that do appear more ...
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