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A White Heron SummaryNine-year-old Sylvia has come from the city to live in the New England woods with her grandmother, Mrs. Tilley. As the story begins, Sylvia has been living with her grandmother for nearly a year, learning to adapt to country ways. She helps the old woman by taking over some of the more physical ...
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Summary of Immigrants Face Barriers in Realizing the American DreamSummary of Immigrants Face Barriers in Realizing the American Dream
Immigration contributes magnificently to national and local economies in America while they themselves often confront difficult hurdles on the way to achieving the American dream. There are mainly three things getting in their ...
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Study Smarter Not Harder SummarySUMMARY OF STUDY SMARTER NOT HARDER BY KELVIN PAUL.
Part one which is the introductory part of the book talks about knowledge explosion. It introduces the concept of how knowledge is doubling every now and then and how what we are learning will oneday become obsolete or unuseful as the world ...
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Philip Gourevitchs' Travels To Rwanda SummaryThis is a summary of Philip Gourevitchs' travels, a reporter for the New Yorker, to Rwanda shortly after the atrocity of the genocide between the Hutus and Tutsi stopped. Gourevitch collected first-hand accounts of those who actually lived through the genocide. The book goes on reporting to ...
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Traveling Through the Dark: Summary and Critical AnalysisTraveling Through the Dark : William Stafford - Summary and Critical Analysis
In this poem Traveling Through the Dark the poet William Stafford describes how he was moved by the death of a pregnant doe when he was driving a car along the mountain road at night. At the side of a Wilson River road ...
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Othello SummaryOthello - Act I Summary
Act I - Scene I
1) Gives the setting - the time and place of the play. The first act takes place in Venice, the last four on the island of Cyprus. This island was subject to the republic of Venice, and was attacked by the Turks in 1570, which gives us the period of ...
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A Summary Of The Play’s Things: In Defense Of Video GamesA summary of the play's things: In defense of video games
In "The play's things: In defense of video games," an article from the June 10, 2001 issue of the New York Times, editor Ted C. Fishman tells that the greatest good on the latest generation of video entertainment is to be "immersive," ...
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Malcolm X SummaryMalcolm X Summary
In Malcolm X's essay, "Learning to Read," he reflects on how his life changed while in prison, from his homemade education, and self taught knowledge of the race power struggle in history. While incarcerated X wanted to learn how to read, write, and ...
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Animal Farm: Summary and AnalysisAnimal Farm: Summary and Analysis
Animal Farm starts with Mr. Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, drunkenly heading to bed. The animals gather for a meeting to hear Old Major, the prize boar, who tells them about how the humans exploit the farm animals and how they can get rid of their oppressors ...
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Summary of “High and Inside” by Mark StarrSummary of "High and Inside" by Mark Starr
In the Newsweek Magazine article "High and Inside" by Mark Starr, the issue of illegal drug use among professional sports players is given focus. Citing particularly the case of American baseball stars, Starr puts forth the argument that the issue ...
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Summary of Kate Chopin's The Story of an Hour and The StormBrooke Weiss
Mrs. Winningham
English 1302.N01
18 September 2017
Summary of "The Story of an Hour" and "The Storm"
In the short story "The Story of an Hour," it is quickly mentioned that Mrs. Mallard, one of the main characters, has an extremely weakened heart. The author, Kate Chopin, ...
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Foster Wallace: This is Water SummaryLewi Hagos
Professor Jerrod E. Bohn
English 101
12 October 2017
Foster Wallace: This is Water Summary
David Foster Wallace, an American writer and university instructor, was invited to do the commencement speech at Kenyon College in two-thousand and five. His speech, This is Water, was ...
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Summary of Animal FarmGeorge Orwell’s Animal Farm is an allegorical novel of the coming of the Soviet Union. It fables the revolution of animals living on farm fluctuation for complete equality. Detailed are the conniving political tactics and tyrannical govern of Napoleon, a pig characterizing Joseph Stalin. In ...
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David Copperfield Summary & AnalysisDavid Copperfield Chapter 1Summary & Analysis
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David announces his intention to relate his life story, saying that the narrative itself will ultimately show whether he is the "hero of [his] own life." He begins with his birth, which took place in his family home ("the Rookery") in ...
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Hamlet Act 1 Scene 1 SummaryAct 1 Scene 1
Summary
The scene is played out in the cold, dark hours between midnight and dawn. Barnardo arrives to take over the watch from Francisco. The men are tense and anxious. In the heavy darkness, the men cannot see each other. Barnardo hears a footstep near him and cries, "Who's ...
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd SummaryEmily Bosley
Mr. Mans
English 4
April 1, 2020
Chapter 1-5 Summary
In the first two chapters we dive right in the novel, the narrator, Dr. Sheppard tells us of Mrs. Ferrars death. He explains he was called early in the morning to her house, but when he arrived she was already dead. When he ...
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Room: Chapter 1 SummaryRoom Chapter 1 Summary
The novel starts with Jack turning five and Ma giving him a drawing she did of him as a gift. The book is from Jack's perspective. He describes his interactions and daily routines with inanimate objects. Jack and Ma sing some songs together. Ma takes two painkillers for ...
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: SummaryBook report / Ruth y.
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The book is: "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" by J.K Rolling.
It is a fantasy book.
The main theme of "Harry Potter" is that good triumphant over evil. This means that it's better to be good then evil.
I like this book mainly because of ...
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