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Book Reading Essays and Term Papers
The Count Of Monte CristoBy: Alexandre Dumas
Type of Literary Work: Historical Novel
This book is an example of a historical Novel. It is historically accurate, and consists of characters that could have existed in the nineteenth century.
Theme:Judgment Day comes to us all inevitably. We all pay for all evil and ...
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Justify The Knowledge Or It Will be Taught in Vain
If you were to ask a teenager today if he or she would rather study or watch television, what do you think the answer would be? From what I have seen in myself when I was a teenager and in almost everyone that I meet, nobody would rather study. Today's fast food culture has ...
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Maurice Sendak may be the best-known children\'s author / illustrator in the world today. His artwork has become somewhat of an American icon; some even became the basis of an advertising campaign for Bell Atlantic. This extremely gifted genius was actually cultivating within Sendak since his childhood, ...
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Greasy LakeWhile reading by T. Coraghessan Boyle, the reader notices that the writing voice of Boyle is quite distinct. Boyle's voice is distinct because he has a satirical way of writing stories about the everyday life of people. He focuses on the unusual people and their peculiar circumstances, which in ...
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A Report On Japanese CultureWhile most countries have business cards, Japan has taken it to a higher level.
For in Japan everyone has at least one. Known as ‘Meishi’, these cards are an important part of social interactions. They are used for starting conversations, for if you know what the other person you are ...
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In Dubious Battle This story opens with the main character named Jim Nolan leaving behind his former life and going to meet Harry Nilson, a leader of the "Party." Jim had a father killed in a riot, a mother who died, and a sister that was missing. He wants to join the "Party" because he ...
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Cry, The Beloved Country, FromMany books in conversion from paper to film get changed or even lose important details. Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Patron is one such book that has gone through this process. The differences ranged from characterization and setting to the plot and the overall meaning of the book.
One of the ...
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Orwell And Marx³Every line I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism," quotes George Orwell in the preface to the 1956 Signet Classic edition of Animal Farm. The edition, which sold several millions copies, however, omitted the rest of the sentence: "and for ...
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A Lesson Before DyingI thought that the book was all right overall. I think Ernest Gaines did a good job with the plot but the idea of the book was not to interesting to me. A book about a black man becoming a man on his way to the electric chair is a very dull plot to me. I give Gaines credit for making the book ...
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Heart Of Darkness - Ignorance And RacismJoseph Conrad develops themes of personal power, individual responsibility, and social justice in his book Heart of Darkness. His book has all the trappings of the conventional adventure tale - mystery, exotic setting, escape, suspense, unexpected attack. Chinua Achebe concluded, "Conrad, on the ...
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King Learis one of William Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies which involves a
common story of three daughters vying for the love of their father. Jane Smiley parallels
the story of in her novel A Thousand Acres. Though this novel is derived from
the roots of and the basic plot is similar, the reader’s ...
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Analysis Of The Sacred PipeThe book that I read was The Sacred Pipe. It is an incredible account of the religious rights and culture of the Oglala Soiux. The God of the Soiux is Wakan Tanka and they believe that it is a three in one similar to what we would believe to be the God head. They believe that he is in all that ...
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The HobbitIntroduction The book I read and analyzed was “The
Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkein. I shall discuss the plot and
character development, setting, author’s style and my
opinions about it. Plot Development There are too many
characters in the story and so it is hard to follow and know
each one of them. ...
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Charles DickensINTRODUCTION
This report will talk about the life of a famous author, . It
will tell you about his early, middle, and later years of his life. It will also
talk about one of his great works of literature. In conclusion, this report will
show a comparison of his work to his life.
EARLY ...
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The Catcher In The RyeThe theme that the world has an outward appearance that seems fair and perfect but really they're as Holden put it "phonies." This is shown countless amount of times in his journey through New York and even before he left. The setting is in the 1950's; so I'm pretty sure that he didn't encounter ...
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Analysis Of Karl Marx And Communism
Karl Heinrich Marx was born on May 5, 1818, in the city of Trier in
Prussia, now, Germany. He was one of seven children of Jewish
Parents. His father was fairly liberal, taking part in demonstrations
for a constitution for Prussia and reading such authors as Voltaire
and Kant, known ...
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Conversation With A DoctorOf All Things
Well doctor, we realized we needed help because, because it just
wasn't working out. You can only work out your own problems for so long.
I'm sure you are, doctor. No, Dr. Pasquali recommended you, he's our
family doctor. He thought it might help for us to see you.
Oh I ...
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The Pearl: A ReviewThe Pearl is a story about an Mexican Indian man and woman, set in the early to
mid-1900's, in Bolivia. It was written by John Steinbeck as a short fiction
book that tells of the family's life just before, during, and just after find a
great pearl. The book was an amazing and discussed many ...
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Coming Of Age In MississippiAnne Moody's "" was a good book for people who , just kidding . I found the book altogether insightful into the life of an African-American raised in the deep south during the civil rights movement . Although some parts played into the old stereotypes I heard over and over growing up , it did ...
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