
|
Search Papers |
|
|
 |
|
Find Book Reports Term Papers
The Great Gatsby: Structure Of Novel Influenced By Foreshadowing And Flashback
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1105.... utilizes foreshadowing to the best of its ability to help
organize the novel. "Luckily the clock took this moment to tilt dangerously at
the pressure of his head, whereupon he turned and caught it with trembling
fingers and set it back in place. 'I'm sorry about the clock,' he said. 'It's
an old clock,' I told him idiotically." (Fitzgerald, pg. 92) This quote is the
first use of foreshadowing which is in chapter five. It pertains to all of the
trouble Gatsby causes as he tries to win Daisy back. The past is represented
by the clock and how Gatsby wants to repeat .....
|
Brave New World 5
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 682.... to please themselves. This shows that the people were brought up learning that sex with multiple partners was a belief practiced by everyone. "Have somebody else from time to time, that's all. He has other girls doesn't he" (Huxley 41). This quote is talking about Lenina's relationship with Henry. At this point, they had been "having" each other for almost four months. This was very unusual for this society. It was unheard of to have sex with only one guy for that long of a period. Sex was just looked at on a different level in this society. "Sex has been dissociate .....
|
A Lack Of Respect
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 786.... every thought he has. Even when faced with his own immortality, the man fights to contain himself and remain calm. London uses the dog traveling with the man to support some of the less obvious points in the story. We know from the dog’s thoughts that the climate is not simply cold, but closer to unbearable.
The central conflict in the story is the Traveler vs. Nature. He displays a total lack of respect for the environment in which he has chosen to travel. From the beginning, the reader understands that the man is undertaking a task where most would wait for mo .....
|
On The Road - The Role Of Wome
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 545.... great big blue things with timidities inside. O gruesome life, how I moaned and pleaded, and then I got mad and realized I was pleading with a dumb little Mexican wench and I told her so” (p. 80) This quote makes clear Sal’s intentions with this woman, and also the fact that he is somewhat racist. Then when Sal gets a job working in the fields with Terry, it’s as if he views it all as a camping trip, or even an experiment, to possibly further himself spiritually.
“There was a bed, a stove, and a cracked mirror hanging from a pole. It was delightful" ( .....
|
"Put Yourself In My Shoes"
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1319.... with little success. As the story opens he is depressed, " between stories and [feeling] despicable", when his wife calls to invite him to the office Christmas party. But he doesn't want to go, mainly because the textbook publishing company where she works is also his former place of employment. Like Marston in "What Do You Do in San Francisco?" Myers is feeling the guilt of the unemployed, which is intensified by the fact that he moves in a much more upscale setting that is typical of Carver's protagonists. Myers is also reluctant to pay a holiday call on the Morgan, alth .....
|
Homeland: A Book Review
Number of pages: 1 | Number of words: 213.... are the norm for Jakes; however, this story rivets primary attention on Paul Crown. A young German immigrant. Paul leaves behind a Germany of cholera, poverty and political upheaval only to face problems of equal magnitude in America.
Undaunted by a difficult ocean crossing Paul arrives at Ellis Island penniless but naively optimistic about his future. He makes his weary way to the opulent home of his Uncle, Joe Crown, a well-established brewer in Chicago. Jakes uses the Chicago setting as a backdrop for his “class struggle” motive, which is central to the plot of his story. .....
|
Crime And Punishment: Crimes, Who Solved Them, And Different Punishments
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 967.... of: Murder, armed robbery, burglary, larceny, rape, and assaults on
the police. The next called category is called " Summery " crimes which is
equal to our misdemeanor crimes. Summery crimes were all minor crimes such as:
Property crimes, Vagrancy, Drunkenness, Prostitution, Minor Larceny , and all
other minor offenses.
Probably the most famous criminal in the Victorian period was " Jack
the Ripper ". Jack the Ripper was " the first modern sexual serial killer" (
Sugden, pg.2) Jack's trademark was the killing of female prostitutes. But not
only did he kill them, h .....
|
Cahill's How The Irish Saved Civilization
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 741.... (Cahill, p. 115) Patrick, the
slave turned Christian, escapes only to return to convert the Irish. He was the
first missionary to the barbarians beyond Greco-Roman law “who looked into the
hearts of others.” (Cahill, p. 115)
Cahill notes Ireland is the only land where Christianity is introduced
without violence - there were no murdered Irish martyrs. (Cahill, p. 151) He
discusses the growth of monasteries in Ireland and their eventual spread to Iona
and beyond by Columcille and his “White Martyr” followers. (Cahill, pp. 171-
184) Growth continues as Columba .....
|
|