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Lost Heritage In Alice Walker's "Everyday Use"
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 821.... mercilessly as a man. I
can work outside all day, One winter I knocked a bull
calf straight in the brain with a sledge hammer and
had the meat hung up to chill before nightfall. (Walker
289)
And Maggie is the daughter, "homely and ashamed of the burn scars down her arms
and legs," (Walker 288) who helps Mama by making "the yard so clean and wavy"
(Walker 288) and washes dishes "in the kitchen over the dishpan" (Walker 293).
Neither Mama nor Maggie are 'modernly' educated persons; "I [Mama] never had an
education myself. Sometimes M .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Symbolism In The Title, Names And Objects
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 762.... I can do about folks except laugh, so I’m gonna join the circus and laugh my head off.’” Finally Jem’s name was used to symbolize his qualities. Jem was like the valuable stone. He was rough on the outside but inside was nice. Jem was not always mature to other people in the beginning but at the end he treated all people like he was an adult. “How he could tell I was feeling bad under my costume I don’t know, but he said I did all right, I just came in a little late, that was all. Jem was becoming almost as good as Atticus at making you feel right when things went wrong. .....
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Midsummer Nights Dream
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1857.... unwelcome deceit and shrewdness and what is discovered A. Since Demetrius only has two lines throughout the entire first act, it shows that he can't stand up for himself, likewise, this lack of speech displays his lack of self-confidence and image: Relent, sweet Hermia, and, Lysander, yield Thy crazed title to my certain right. (Demetrius, 1.1.93-94) Demetrius believes that since he has Egeus' approval, that Hermia should relinquish to him and states that Lysander is going against his privilege. B. Demetrius takes advantage of his stature by claiming Hermia as a right, w .....
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The Great Gatsby - Tom Buchana
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 402.... abusive towards. He also shows abusive actions towards his mistress Myrtle when he meets with her in New York. Tom believes solely that he is more important than anyone else. He also has much hate towards Gatsby when he first meets him, since Tom is particularly jealous of Gatsby’s wealthiness over his own. We see his jealousy when he gets a favour from a friend in New York City to look into Jay Gatsby and the life he has led.
The reader develops much hate towards Mr. Buchanan when we learn of his mistress. His disprovement grows when he strikes her across the face and s .....
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The Bluest Eye: Quest For Personal Identity
Number of pages: 11 | Number of words: 2830.... Pecola Breedlove, Cholly Breedlove, and Pauline Breedlove and are all embodiments of this quest for identity, as well as symbols of the quest of many of the Black northern newcomers of that time.
The Breedlove family is a group of people under the same roof, a family by name only. Cholly (the father) is a constantly drunk and abusive man. His abusive manner is apparent towards his wife Pauline physically and towards his daughter Pecola sexually. Pauline is a "mammy" to a white family and continues to favor them over her biological family. Pecola is a little black gir .....
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The Great Gatsby As A Satire
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 592.... famous during the twenties. An example of carelessness is when a large group of people at one of the huge soirees, decides to continue the party in the massive, expensive fountain in Gatsby’s lawn. They just jump right in and begin to dance without concern for their health, much less concern for the well being of the fountain. After the galas had died down, most of the participants went home, leaving a monstrous mess and sometimes even their clothes or shoes.
Although Gatsby himself did not seem as dissolute as his guests, he did have flaws. On outward appearance, Jay .....
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A Streetcar Named Desire - Com
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 767.... of her sister's new life. Stella tolerates Blanche's continual criticism of her husband, home and friends very well. From this and many other incidents throughout the play we see what a tolerant and adaptable person Stella is.
Stan and Stella's relationship is far from ideal. Stan is a violent man. On occasions he hits Stella, but comes after her to satisfy his sexual needs. This is not to say that Stella is unhappy in her marriage to Stan. She has adapted to the way of life in "Elysian Fields" where it's accepted that women have arguments with their husbands and as a re .....
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The Time Machine By HG Wells
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 377.... times.
As he traveled through time he slowed down to take a closer look at the
changes that were taking place, but he never left his lab. Finally hestoped when
he saw a White Sphinx with wings that made it look like it was hovering. He
stopped to fasted and the time machine fell on its' side and he had to pull it
up by a bar onit's side.
He was walking through a forest with trees filled with fruit, until he
came to a large round building. Inside the bulding there was nothing but tables
with bowls of fruit on them. He went utside to a riverthere he save Weena from
drown .....
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