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Sister Carrie: People Driven By Desire
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 466.... Once Carrie became accustomed to a comfortable lifestyle, her subconscious desire gave her the will to do what it takes to avoid change.
Drouet is born bachelor whose desire is flirtation and courting women. For him this is almost a natural instinct, as soon as he saw Carrie on the train he felt an obligation to introduce himself. “He loved to make advances to women, to have them succumb to his charms, ...his inborn desire urged him to that as a chief delight.” He is moderately wealthy and therefore can afford to support women periodically. Drouet constantly desires fe .....
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Sandra Street: Home
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 675.... of the good things in Sandra Street. Steve then goes on a walk with his teacher and realizes the significance of his home. Steve recognizes the finer aspects of his neighborhood and sees beautiful features that he had never notices before. By the end of the story, it did not matter what others said about his neighborhood because he was proud of living on Sandra Street.
In the story "Sánchez" written by Richard Dokey, home is seen as a emotional place where people are happy. The story is about a man named Juan Sánchez who is in search of a home throughout most of the story. .....
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David Korten's "When Corporations Rule The World"
Number of pages: 8 | Number of words: 2158.... is needed as never before"
(269).
Corporations have not always been as big and powerful as the are today.
Through economic globalization they have become very powerful. "Corporations
have emerged as the dominant governance institutions on the planet, with the
largest among them reaching into virtually every country of the world and
exceeding most governments in size and power" (54). Prior to the Civil War,
owners were personally responsible for any liabilities or debts the company
incurred, including wages owed to workers. Early Americans feared corporations
as a .....
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A Seperate Peace
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 423.... there is a war at all, and he partly convinces Gene of this idea as well. The war doesn’t hit any of them until Leper, the first to enlist, goes to war and comes back a complete mess. Although not children, they are not quite adults, and they share a rare time of carefree play that is completely isolated from the war. These young boys are separate from the reality of the world while they continue their studies just as they had always done, with the only difference being an extra school session in the summer. They have no concept of the danger many people are facing. At suc .....
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The Cask Of Amontillado
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 870.... is the characteristic of being sneaky. Montresor displays this in the cunning way he lures Fortunato into the catacombs to “taste” the Amontillado. This intrigued Fortunato’s senses because Montresor knew that Fortunato “prided himself in the connoisseurship of wine”. Montressor nonchalantly replies to Fortunato concerning the wine, “I have my doubts”. In other words, he blatantly blows Fortunato’s ego here by doubting his ability to detect Amontillado, this fine wine. To push this further, Montresor goes on to say that, “. . .I am on my way to Luchresi. If any has a .....
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Was Sir Tomas More's Decision Correct?
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 671.... and morality. The
pope believed that the state had no business meddling in the affairs and
powers of the church. Thus when the Pope declared that the marriage between
Catherine and Henry would stand, he was enforcing a law within the church
that his followers would have to live by. Therefore from the point of view
of the catholic church, which was represented in the play by Chapuys,
More's decision was correct. For if one believes, as More did, in an
everlasting sole and the catholic interpretation of life & death then you
must believe that More did do the right thing. Ther .....
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Ethan Brand
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 677.... the townsfolk. His peers see him as a man who has spent too long a time alone in front of the kiln. Stories arise; such as he "conversed with Satan himself in the lurid blaze of thus very kiln."(356) His search for self-gain leaves him detached from the world of mortals. steps into the world of gods, when he learns of the unpardonable sin, and yet he has not left the realm of man. He has eaten the forbidden fruit. He lives in a human world but cannot tell of the unpardonable sin. He is too proud or feels the burden is too great for any other. He is not welcome into society. H .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Visions Of A Past Society
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 743.... understanding little of the matter in hand except that it gave
them a half-holiday, ran before her progress, turning their heads
continually to stare into her face, and at the wink-ing baby in her arms,
and at the ignominious letter on her breast.
P. 52, 53
As this is happening, all the people see is the crime that Hester
committed, not the person behind it. They do not take into consideration,
that the crime itself, is not as evil as they make it out to be. Hawthorne
describes it as enjoyable to the spectators, by showing the childr .....
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