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Catcher In The Rye 5
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1418.... reality verses allusion, to demonstrate how the mind of some adolescents are so unwilling to face the truths of society. As stated above, Holden wishes to accomplish an futile task, save children from growing up, and protect them from the corruption of adulthood. The following presents an example of Holden's inability to grasp the differences between reality and allusion. "Somebody written 'Fuck You' on the wall. It drove me damn dear crazy. I thought how Phoebe and all the other kids would see it, and then how they'd wonder what the hell it mean, and finally some dirty k .....
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Taronga - Victor Kelleher
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1606.... away. This is another example of Ben's submissiveness - he chose to sneak away from Greg quietly in the dead of the night, instead of a fight or a loud confrontation. He is also a humanitarian, as he cares for other animals, even when killing them. This reinforces my attitudes and views on heroes, as I believe that most true heroes are quiet, usually introverted, and do things to make the community better - often without receiving the recognition they deserve. The extroverted heroes, such as Superman, is what society expects, and because of this they often overlook t .....
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Humor In Wonderland
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1209.... before seen a
rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, .
.."(Carroll 7-8). Even the mouse becomes humorous as he recites
"historical facts about the Anglo-Saxons..." "...which are the driest
things he knows, to restore Alice and the other creatures after their
involuntary swim in the Pool of Tears"(Avery 325). After the Caucus-race
in which everyone wins, the Dodo solemnly performs a humorous ceremony for
Alice saying "We beg your acceptance of this elegant thimble"(Carroll 23).
They presented the thimble to Alice as a prize for the race which nob .....
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The Last Of The Mohicans
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1106.... reader. The mystique of the frontier entices the reader and allows their imagination to soar. Fred Lewis Pattee expresses his feelings on the use of the setting in “The Historical Romance: Cooper’s ,” when he says:
At every step throughout the romance the reader finds himself in dim, mysterious forests that stretch on every side into the unknown. All of the nameless thrills of a wild life under the open sky sweeps over him. In some mysterious way Cooper makes us feel his environments, and catch to the full all that they hold of mystery and romance. It i .....
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Fahrenheit 451
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 525.... his books by the fire chief, Captain Beatty. "A natural error. Curiosity alone … We let the fireman keep the book twenty-four hours. If he hasn’t burned it by then we come and burn it for him." (pg. 68) Beatty lets Montag keep the book until that night when Montag will return to work. Meanwhile, Montag meets with Professor Faber, a retired English teacher after a phone call cut short. While at the meeting, Faber is extremely careful due to the fact that Montag might not be able to be trusted until Faber notices the book Montag has brought with him, the Bible. Montag goes t .....
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The Time Machine
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 604.... them with fire. The Morlocks had hidden his machine. He finally found it and returned back to his own time and home in England. certainly makes you think. We picture the future as very advanced and evolved with much more technology than we have now. But in this novel, the reader can see that the progress of mankind could almost go in a cycle. We start off at a low level and as a species, we grow and evolve becoming more advanced. We can only reach a certain peak before we go back down again, which is what happened to the Eloi and the Morlocks. It is interesting to note .....
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An Analysis Of The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1185.... out of the moral trappings of the
town, and live sloppily, doing whatever he wanted to do. "It was kind of
lazy and jolly, laying off comfortable all day." (24) After some time, and
being unable to endure the abuse of his father, he runs away. Huck is as
dissatisfied by one extreme as he is by the next. Huck chooses not to take
sides on any matter, but instead be indifferent towards it. Huck avoids
moral decision making throughout the book as much as possible. In the end
of the book Twain saves Huck's indifferent persona by bringing in Tom to
make the decisions for him.
Some .....
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The Great Gatsby: Nick Was A Neutral Character
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 812.... called up Daisy half and hour after we found him, called her instinctively and without hersitation. But she and Tom had gone away early that afternoon, and taken baggage with them. Therefore, Nike Carroway's analysis was right by these clear observation. However, Nike Carroway is a good narrator, he sees everything happen and does not trust everybody easily. So during the people discuss about something at a time, he does not believe it is true. After he proves it, he will accept the truth. Moreover, when Nike went to Gatsby's party, there is a drunk lady telling everyone Gatsb .....
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