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Lord Of The Flies: Primal Instincts

When put under new circumstances and surroundings, some people may experience physical, psychological and/or mental changes. However, some people do not change at all. In the Nobel Prize-winning novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding, the author, has placed a group of British schoolboys on an ...

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1984

-George Orwell Summary Chapter 1 and 2 We are introduced to Winston Smith the main character of the story. Works at Ministry of truth. Ministry of truth is one of four government buildings in destroyed London, the main city of Airstrip One, a province of Oceania. Year is 1984 and three contries ...

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The Cathedral

The narrator in Raymond Carver’s Cathedral is not a particularly sensitive man. I might describe him as self-centered, superficial and egotistical. And while his actions certainly speak to these points, it is his misunderstanding of the people and the relationships presented to him in this ...

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The Work Of Stephen King

The main quality of literature in our society is its ability to entertain the masses. Some authors use horror and mystery to keep their reader's attention. Stephen King is the epitome of horror writers. In writing horror mystery novels, Stephen King utilizes small towns, a unique writing ...

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The Adventures Of Huckleberry

In Finn, by Mark Twain, Huck considers himself to be an ignorant fool, and an over all bad person that should be looked down upon. However, through out his story, without ever realizing it, Huck manages to live through many incredible advetures, and commit unselfish acts that would consider him ...

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The Odyssey By Homer

In The Odyssey , Homer uses guest-host relationships as an ethical norm against which behavior is measured. When the ritual is preformed correctly by guest-host, good results ensue. In contrast, the violations of this ethical norm results in misfortune. This idea was taken very seriously by people ...

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Creative Story: The Dark House

Earlier today, John and I were taking a walk in the outskirts of the town, when we saw an old house on top of a hill. I wanted to take a closer look at it, but John looked a little spooked, and mumbled something about not wanting to go there. I convinced him that there was nothing to be afraid ...

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Critique Of Snow Falling On Cedars

Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson, is a truthful tale about a post World War II trial in which a Japanese-American fisherman, the first American citizen in his lineage, is accused of killing a well known American fisherman. The accused is Kabuo Miyomoto; dead is Carl Heine Jr. The book ...

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Analysis Of Children's Fairy Tales

Week 1-Fairy Tales I was fascinated by reading fairy tales, especially the ones by the Brothers Grimm. By analyzing them according to the protagonists, settings , themes, and occurrences I have noticed many similarities in the fairy tales. I found the protagonists of all the stories to be ...

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Lit. Crit. Jaws

In the novel Jaws written by Peter Benchley, Critics are correct when they claim that the novel has a lack of characterization, the book is used as an escape, Benchley is a master of suspense writing, the novel displays the facts of Great White’s and critics claim that the novel also displays ...

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Lit

"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" The visible sign of the poet's preoccupation--the word is not too strong--is the recurrent image, particularly in his earlier work, of dark woods and trees, Often, as in the lyric with which we have begun, the world of the woods..., a world offering perfect ...

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A Marine Diary: My Experiences on Guadalcanal

http://www.gnt.net/~jrube/index.html A Marine Diary: My Experiences on Guadalcanal An Eyewitness Account of the Battle of Guadalcanal. "Before Guadalcanal the enemy advanced at his pleasure -- after Guadalcanal he retreated at ours." - Admiral "Bull" Halsey My name is James R. ...

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Punk Rock View on 9/11

On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, my life changed forever. The life of everyone I know changed forever. My city was attacked by terrorists. Typing those words seems like a surrealist joke. It doesn't seem real. I can't comprehend the things I have witnessed with my own eyes in the last two days. I ...

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Oh, Lights and drugs

Pieces of The Lit Paper Jim Carrol’s The Basketball Diaries is an intense collection of journal entries of the author’s teenage life published in 1978, while Jay McInerney’s Bright Lights, Big City is a second person narrative containing many significant events that have taken place in the ...

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley enjoyed a long reign as the King of Rock N' Roll. He succeeded in not only stealing the hearts of every teenage girl in America, but also in redefining pop culture. Not only did Elvis redefine the world of pop culture but he helped to create the genre of Rock-n-Roll. According to ...

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Huckleberry Finn Superstitions

In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Jim and Huck use and believe in many superstitions. There are many examples from the book, that show this in the characters. Most of the superstitions are very ridiculous, but some actually make a little sense. Huck seen a spider was crawling on his ...

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Kidnapped

It was chilly for a summer night, Damen had noticed. In the middle of August, he was wearing just a T-shirt and was almost shivering, for his jacket was on the shoulders of the girl walking next to him. She was very pretty, Chrissie. Her golden hair flowed behind her, due to a sudden breeze. Her ...

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Contrast of Society on the River to the Shore in Huck Finn

In, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, author, Mark Twain contrasts what life is like on the uncivilized shore compared to the peaceful life on the river. Huckleberry Finn is a character that rejects society's behaviors and values because he does not want to be "civilized" like everyone wants him to ...

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The Romantic Eminem

English II E 27 May 2010 The Romantic Eminem “Will the Real Slim Shady Please Stand up…” the line which made him famous. Marshall Bruce Mathers III better know as Eminem, or Slim Shady, is the white, modern day rapper that made it big from never giving up and rapping about the controversy in ...

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Obon-Japanese Cultural Holiday

AC0622398 AN 310 Cultural Anthropology Social Anthropology #8 November 22, 2010 OBON I am writing my paper on the Japanese cultural holiday “Obon”. Obon is a Japanese Buddhist custom which honors the departed spirits of one’s ancestors. Obon is an abbreviation of the Sanskrit word ...

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