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English Essays and Term Papers
1984 Thematic StatementsThe thematic statements chosen from the novel 1984 have a lot to do with the policies and way of life in the George Orwell novel. They reflect the story's bleak image of life and the type of world that Winston lives in. Three of the thematic statements chosen are the names of chapters in The ...
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Joy Luck ClubSince America and Asia are far apart, there are a lot of differences between American and Asian culture. Everybody knows it, but it brings to mind a question, "Why are they different even though we are human-beings who are all same?" I found out why there is a difference when I read the . ...
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Continental DriftOn the surface, and The Oddyssey are very different. The two protagonists, Bob Dubois and Odysseus, are as unalike as two men can be. Bob is an average man with an average life. He works for one man so that he can pay bills to others, trying to make what little money is left supply his family ...
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American Revolution EssayFrom 1763, Americans had only to be convinced that an arbitrary ruler-whether Parliament or King-was violating their inherent rights, to feel that rebellion was justified. This conviction was bred in them by the series of events that occurred between 1763 and 1776. The language used to protest the ...
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Personal Writing: James Marcia's Identity Status Of MoratoriumI think I am in James Marcia's identity status of moratorium. In
other words "crisis with no commitment." I am in what I feel is a crucial
decision making period of my life. I will graduate from Rock Valley at
the end of next semester with an Associate in Science degree. I do not
know where I ...
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Love And Lust In Shakespeare�sonnets
Shakespeare� sonnets are on a variety of themes such as time, love, gender, politics, sexuality, law, methaphysics and many others. They express strong feelings and strong arguments. However shakespeare struggle with love and lust is evident in his sonnets. Troughout the reading of ...
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Cyrano De Bergerac - Book Review
Cyrano de Bergerac was written by Edmond Rostand and
translated by Brian Hooker. It tells the story of a man named
Cyrano with a long nose. Cyrano is in love with a woman named
Roxane. However, Roxane loves Christian and asks Cyrano to teach
Christian how to write about love. Cyrano helps ...
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Great ExpectationsThe very title of this book indicates the confidence of conscious
genius. In a new aspirant for public favor, such a title might have
been a good device to attract attention; but the most famous
novelist of the day, watched by jealous rivals and critics, could
hardly have selected it, had he ...
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"Why Don't We Complain": Man De-evolving??
Technological advances in today's society have caused people to become "helpless." In William F. Buckley's essay "Why Don't We Complain," he discusses this reality and the consequences of a society primarily made up of "helpless" people.
Buckley describes how American's lifestyles have evolved ...
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During A Son S Dangerous IllneAn Essay on “During A Son’s Dangerous Illness”
Death can strike at anytime, sometimes expected, but too often unannounced. Denise Levertov wrote a poem entitled “During a Son’s Dangerous Illness” about the unmerciful side of death. This poem emphasied on ...
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Blind ObedienceWhile sitting in church on Sunday going through the same motions of every Sunday, my son leans over to ask, �Why do we have to stand up for this prayer?� My response �because we are supposed to�.
Reading �The Children�s Story� by James Clavell, made me think a little more about this question ...
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A Land RemberedThe novel, A Land Remembered, is the epic saga of three generations of MacIveys. The novel begins with a flash back, from the last generation MacIvey, Sol. Sol was a real estate tycoon in Miami and the surrounding areas. He has chosen to give up his life in Miami to live his last hours in the ...
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Frankenstein- The Question of Morality in the Novel
Morality. It has been questioned by people, honored by people
and revered since the beginning of time. Yet even today not one
person can say what is morally right. It is a matter of opinion. It
was Dr. Victor Frankenstein's opinion that it was ...
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Soldiers Home'SOLDIER'S HOME': ANOTHER STORY OF A BROKEN HEART
He knew he could never get through it all again.
"Soldier's Home"
"I don't want to go through that hell again."
In the works of Ernest Hemingway, that which is excluded is often as significant as that which is included; a hint is often as ...
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A Good Man Is Hard To FindThe short story "" by Flannery O'Connor could be viewed as a comic strip about massacre and martyrdom. What stops it from becoming a solemn story is its intensity, ambition, and unfamiliarity. O'Connor blends the line between humor and terror. She introduces her audience to the horror of ...
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OthelloWilliam Shakespeare`s is a play set in Venice. The plot is based on a story about two people who love each other dearly and the problems and conflicts they face from the start. The conflicts are, for the most part, tied in with racial issues and questions of loyalty. These conflicts stem from the ...
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The Joy Luck Club: Cuture GapThere are numerous conditions in human life that mold people into who they presently are. A person's identity and way of thinking are influenced greatly due to their family's surroundings, and relationships they are involved in. In the novel, The Joy Luck Club, the characters are generic, in the ...
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Learning Experiences(To Kill Abeing. On a smaller scale, Scout learns numerous things about numerous people; she
becomes aware of the difficulty of being a lady, particularly when under dressed; and she
learns when to fight and not to fight.
Many of scouts learning experiences being in clearly insignificant scenes. ...
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The Glass MenagerieIn , none of the characters are capable of living in the present. All of the characters retreat into their separate worlds to escape the brutalities of life. Laura, Amanda, Tom and Jim use various escape mechanisms to avoid reality. Laura retreats into a world of glass animals and old phonograph ...
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Tennessee Williams' Characters: EscapeFor Tennessee Williams� characters, escape is clearly defined by the aura of the �memory play.� This is so because everyone of them transposes their difficult situations into shadows of the truth. Laura, our fragile daughter-figure, finds herself escaping life at every turn. She induces sickness ...
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Julius Caesar - Mark AntonyMark Antony, in the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, was a brave, intelligent, pleasure-loving, and cunning man. He was loyal to his friend, Caesar, whom he considered a true friend. He looked at life as a game in which he had a signified part to play, and played that part with excellent ...
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Lantau's "Do You See What I See": Main PointsIn the short essay written by Kelly Lantau entitled �Do you see
what I see?� she describes her feelings about how certain people see the
world around us. I agree with Kelly's point, every person in this world
sees things differently than another person. I mainly believe this because
people are ...
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A New Day - Book ReviewA New Day written by Margaret Johnson-Hodge was the first book I have read by a female black author. She became serious about writing when she attended a workshop with another writer Brenda Conno-Bey. She lives in the northeastern United States.
This book features two people: Carol Anne ...
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Summary Of Slaughterhouse-fiveSlaughterhouse-Five tells the story of Billy Pilgrim, the main character, in chronological order, starting with Billy's capture and imprisonment by Germany during World War II. This story is interspersed with incidents of Billy's life on earth before and after the war, and from his fantasy ...
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