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The Scarlet Ibis: Summary
Number of pages: 1 | Number of words: 263.... the handicapped boy, is mentally developed slower and is
challenged to learn how to walk with the help of his brother, six years
older than he is. Doodle's brother didn't want to take Doodle everywhere
in a go-kart, so the both of them were determined to make Doodle walk by
his birthday, and he does.
Throughout the entire story Doodle and his brother are faced with
challenges that people believe he won't be able to accomplish, but they
show them wrong.
As Doodle grows older, his brother makes sure that he doesn't fall
behind the other kids and tries to keep Doodle ahead o .....
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The Red Badge Of Courage
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1120.... it mentally matures them. War matures boys into a men is by experiencing new, unpredictable environments and adjusting to unfamiliar smells, sounds, and emotions. Think about it, being there on a battlefield witnessing deaths of friends and comrades would have to have an effect on a human being. Being in a war and to be around new faces, new personalities, confusion, and trauma would force one to adapt to an environment faster than you usually would. Just imagine leaving your country home and entering a new and frightening world on a battlefield. What can make one a her .....
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Frankenstein: Morality
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 773.... another monster there will be twice the power and possibly twice the evil, which could hurt or kill his family. When and if Frankenstein commits the moral sin of creating another monster he may be rid of both monsters forever. "With the companion you bestow I will quit the neighbourhood of man,"(pg 142) promises the morally corrupt monster to the doctor upon the completion of his partner. When the doctor, if and when he, finished his first creation's mate there is a chance that the monsters will not keep their promise and stay in Europe envoking fear into townfolk.
The good doc .....
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Great Gatsby
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 807.... when tainted with wealth the dream becomes devoid and hollow. Jay Gatsby, the central figure of the story, is one character who longs for the past. Surprisingly, he devotes most of his adult life trying to recapture it and, finally, dies in its pursuit. In the past, Gatsby had a love affair with the affluent Daisy. Knowing he could not marry her because of the difference in their social status, he leaves her to amass wealth to reach her economic standards. Once he acquires wealth, he moves near to Daisy, "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay (p .....
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H.g. Wells The Time Machine
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1828.... a time a great culture flourished"(Bennett 430). Wells, known for his social consciousness, gives the illusion of a perfect society free from all worry. The surroundings seem to indicate a time of great learning ,of art, and beauty. The Time Traveler states " I saw mankind housed in splendid shelters, gloriously clothed and as yet I had found them engaged in no toil" ( Wells 38 ). The Time Traveler believed that the future held a perfect society. He assumes that these people who live here live in perfect harmony with no worries at all. The Time Traveler is introdu .....
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Running Wild: Essay About The Novel Hiroshima
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 700.... some clothes. While these innocents civilians were carrying out there
lives, yet unknown to them, a plane called the Enola Gay silently passed
unnoticed overhead and quietly dropped the worlds deadliest bomb that
changed history forever. All they saw was split second, tremendous flash of
light which gave them just enough time to turn there heads and then chaos
rang out like church bells on a Sunday morning.
When the bomb detonated all hell broke loose. Miss. Sasaki was
knocked unconscious when her bookcase trampled her to the ground. Dr.
Masakazu Fugii was tossed, like .....
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Oedipus Rex
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 307.... he is the problem. This is hidden from him, when he is made
aware of this, and the atrocities he has committed, he endures great
suffering. His wife and mother commits suicide, and due to the emense
emotional burden this situation puts upon him, he gouges his eyes out. Due
to his level of suffering, the audience or reader feels a sense of pity for
Oedipus, which is another characteristic of a tragic hero.
His flaw causes him to commit an atrocity, the emotional and physical
consequences of which destroy him, causing the audience to feel pity for
him. Oedipus Rex meets .....
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The Devil's Shadow
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 786.... supernatural. Many people, especially the uneducated, firmly believed in
the existence of witches and warlocks. They believed that such individuals had
the power to perform "black magic" that caused some kind of trouble. Every time
something bad happened they would blame it on witches and witchcraft.
Main Characters: One of the main characters in this story was Tituba, an
African slave woman from Barbados. She was purchased in Barbados by a merchant
named Samuel Parris. She lived in Barbados until Samuel Parris brought her to
Salem to work as his servant. She was known .....
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