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Catch 22
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1103.... the men must fly. Yossarian's attempts to avoid flying are met with the Army's Catch number 22, which is a sort of mythical stumbling block to free will and reason. In the end, Yossarian defects and takes a stand against his situation by running away from it. The moral of the story seems to be that nothing is truly worth dying for, but there is plenty worth fighting for.
Yossarian is an antihero: the reader sympathizes with him despite, or perhaps because of, his unsavory beliefs and actions. It is easy to sympathize with him: he seems to be the only sane person in a crazy wo .....
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The Deerslayer: View Of The Native Americans
Number of pages: 9 | Number of words: 2277.... the passage in which the
two hunters find each other. "The calls were in different tones, evidently
proceeding from two men who had lost their way, and were searching in different
directions for their path" (Cooper, p. 5). Bewley states that this meeting is
symbolic of losing one's way morally, and then attempting to find it again
through different paths. Says Bewley, "when the two men emerge from the forest
into the little clearing we are face to face with... two opposing moral visions
of life which are embodied in these two woodsmen" (cited in Long, p. 121).
Critic Dona .....
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Twain And Finn: Breaking The Language Barrier
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 559.... just merely jealousy on his
father's part. Huck's father warns Huck about going to school any more, yet
Huck goes anyway, showing great willpower in the character of Huck in that
he was gaining an education that he never really wanted in the first place,
but soon came to realize that it was something actually useful, and in the
fact that he was disobeying his father's orders.
Huck's feelings about slavery are shown when he helps Jim, Miss
Watson's slave, to escape. Huck's constant statement that “Jim talks like
he is white inside” shows that Huck was unique amongst the socie .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Scout
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 802.... show off his talent.
Another misperception that Scout has is about Mrs. Dubose. She always thought of her as a mean old lady who had nothing better to do than to yell at children. But, they soon found out that she was in withdrawal for a very serious addiction which was why she was so angry all the time. "Mrs. Dubose was a morphine addict. She took it as a painkiller for years"(Lee 111). After she dies Scout starts to grasp the fact that Mrs. Dubose had a very hard time being happy.
Alike many other children her age, Scout is very curious. She is very interested in the p .....
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The Adventures And Maturing Of Huckleberry Finn
Number of pages: 13 | Number of words: 3407.... profits. The boys kept the money with Judge Thatcher for safe keeping while they continued their normal childhood. Tom and Huck liked to fool the Widow's slave, Jim, and make him believe witches were around. They also formed a gang whose only line of business was to rob and kill; of course the boys only pretended to rob and kill. While out one night, Huck discovers that Pap is back and Huck knows he's after his six thousand dollars. Huck hurries to give his money to Judge Thatcher then asks Jim to tell his future. Jim tells Huck to leave, but it's too late. A drunken Pap takes .....
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The Color Purple
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 513.... Vs man, and unfortunately, Celie doesn't have the power to fight back physically. Secondly, Celie and herself that show the conflict of man Vs him/herself. She can't win over herself and that is why she doesn't have enough courage to stand up and be in command for her own life. Thirdly, the tradition of men had high social status then women. That shows the conflict of man Vs society. At the end of the book Celie eventually fight over the tradition. Men are no longer in charge for her life. In the book, , Alice Walker used several symbols and personifications to describe Celie's .....
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Bill Budd
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 483.... to nature.’” These two people who are clearly on opposite sides of the spectrum contrast one another in a plethora of ways. Where Billy is sweet, John is bitter. Where Billy is naïve, John is knowledgeable. Where Billy is content, John is jealous. Lastly, where Billy is good, John is bad.
The ugliness that results in the death of both men portrays the triumph of sinister forces over the meek. John Claggart, who is a powerful and feared man aboard Bellipotent, lashes out at Billy who is for the most part defenseless. This is an injustice of biblical proport .....
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Dove
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 356.... it. Others
helped him while he was docked, but when he was out on the ocean, he was
all alone. He considered stopping his journey to be with Patti, and he
would've too if National Geographic hadn't stepped in. They offered to
help him pay for a bigger boat in which to sail in.
Robin was very lucky to find Patti and fall in love, had he not found
her, there's no telling what loneliness would lead him to. Robin and Patti
grew very close and even had their own marriage by themselves, not legally
at first. There love for eachother was very strong throughout the story.
Fo .....
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