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Michael Korda's "Defining Success"
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 521.... also plays an important role in success. Not unless they got
lucky on becoming a movie star or on a cover of a magazine because they were
noticed or spotted by some important person. Without education then you wouldn't
have any ideas where to start on how to become successful. Also, you wouldn't
have any confidence because you would be afraid and wouldn't know how to face
obstacles that might be in the way of your dream. Education would at least give
you ideas on where to start and how to prosper. Education makes you a more
excellent person. It helps you to socialize bett .....
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Catcher In The Rye, Compares T
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 742.... for “around ten hours”. When Stradlater finally gave in and let
Holden get up, the struggle started again, ending with a bloody nose
for Holden. Afterwards, although Holden was somewhat offended by
the actions, he did not seem to care about his dripping nose. He went
directly over to Ackley’s room, not even stopping to wipe up his nose.
He also did not seem to care about the overall fight, because he
talked of it like it meant nothing to him. “I had a little goddam tiff
with Stradlater,” he explains to Ackley. “Do you feel like playing a
little Canasta?” T .....
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Fahreheit 451
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1734.... from work.
The Hearth and the Salamander
As he walks home, he meets a 17-year old girl named Clarisse McClellan. She talks to him about his job and they talk for a while. He finds out that this girl lives upstairs from him. He returns to his home after talking to Clarisse, and finds his wife lying on the bed with an empty bottle of sleeping pills next to her. He calls the emergency hospital and an ambulance comes, pumps her stomach, and replaces her blood with clean blood. The next day Mildred remembers nothing about overdosing on the sleeping pills. After breakfast, Mo .....
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Fahrenheit 451 - A Charred Exi
Number of pages: 13 | Number of words: 3555.... and hatred. He challenges the reader to remain open-minded by promoting individualism, the appreciation of literature, the defiance of censorship and conformity, and most importantly, change.
Bradbury’s inspiration to convey the themes involved in the novel resulted mainly from the social situation of the time. First of all, the novel was written shortly after World War II and increasing numbers of authors began writing about serious topics. Also, the invention of the atom bomb had aroused the Cold War and the use of technology as a form of destruction (Touponce .....
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Sundiata
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1029.... for his departure in detail and informing him of his destiny. Balla Fasseke’s influence could be seen again on the eve of Krina before went into battle with Soumaoro. That evening Balla Fasseke sat down with and discussed everything with him from the history of the Mali to his role as a leader. Finally ’s dedication to consultation was obvious when the fighting finally ceased. Instead of keeping all the land he acquired for himself, returned it to the leaders. He also set a system up whereby all the leaders would get together and discuss their problems. Ihamim Bakayoko w .....
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Black And White
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1682.... tale was
true or if Uncle Julius had conceived of it merely to satisfy his own desires.
Chesnutt has added to the end of each story an ulterior motive of Uncle Julius
that seems to be met by the telling of his tales. By doing this, Chesnutt
discretely satirizes whites in general.
In the first story, The Goophered Grapevine, Uncle Julius tells of a
conjure woman putting a “goopher” on the grapevines, causing all blacks that eat
the grapes to die within one year. This story is relayed upon the first meeting
of the northern white couple (John and Annie) and the native South Ca .....
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Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 712.... this strange year Halloween came early. A lightning rod
salesman, come to the town predicting a humongous storm that is coming this way.
The clouds speak their own words, telling the same. Jim Nightshade and William
Halloway, neighbors and best friends, one born a minute before October thirtieth
and one born a minute after October thirtieth, both lay there in Jim's front
yard. The salesman stopped and told them that the storm was coming and it was
coming for them. One of their houses would get struck by lightning and who was
to say which one. "This," said the salesman, "is .....
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The Sacrilege: Caesar A Political Mastermind
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 554.... manpower. He was
always on his horse leading his pack through the bloodshed, not like many other
leaders.
When Decius was talking to Milo towards the beginning of the story he
says that Caesar is known for being "reckless." He recounts the story of the
pirates that captured him. Also in that conversation, Decius puts down Caesar
because he says that Caesar has no money and that even as Pontifex Maximus, he
still doesn't have any money. So he thinks less of Caesar when Milo tells him
about a huge loan from Crassus to Caesar because he couldn't pay off his debts.
Decius .....
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