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Philosophy - Davide Hume
Number of pages: 11 | Number of words: 2817.... one of two categories: impressions and ideas. Ideas are memories of sensations claimed Hume, but impressions are the cause of the sensation. In other words, an impression is part of a temporary feeling, but an idea is the permanent impact of this feeling. Hume believed that ideas were just dull imitations of impressons.
Hume also attacked the idea of casualty. This idea states that for all effects there is a cause. Hume said that even though the cause preceded the effect, there is no proof that the cause is responsible for the effect's occurence.
Mr. Hume was a firm believe .....
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The Stand
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 532.... own. She
dreams of an old lady named Abigail, in Colorado. This lady is
kind and loving and promises to protect them from the evil. In the
dreams there is also a "Dark Man". He is always there lurking,
waiting to attack.
Harold admits to himself that he is in love with Fran and goes
crazy when he realizes how serious Fran has become with Stuart
Redman, one of the newcomers to their traveling group. Harold
becomes insanely jealous and plots to separate them, even if it
means murder.
Harold doesn't admit it to any of them, but his dreams .....
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King Arthur And Beowulf: A Comparison
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 547.... Excalibur was carried and shown with
dignity. Immense care and respect was imposed into the weapons of the king.
The noble King Arthur utilized the arms of his time, opposed to Beowulf's
unarmed way of battle.
Described as the strongest man in the world, Beowulf voyages across seas
slaying evil demons with nothing but his bare hands. "…Knew at once that
nowhere on earth had he met a man whose hands where harder." In the
confrontation of Grendel and Beowulf, our hero brings forth a force greater than
the unmerciful dragon. Weaponless, Beowulf slays the dragon w .....
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Everything That Rises Must Con
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 551.... black race.
There is a repetition of the words “meet yourself coming and going”, in which she implicates her kind, as the party responsible for the tension between black and whites. In fact, what she really means is that, “we dominated this race of people”, and feels threatened by it. Also, Mrs. Chestney truly meets her match when the black woman who boards the bus with her son refuses her charity. Julian becomes overjoyed when he notices that the woman’s hat is identical to his mother’s. Thus, Mrs. Chestney fears materialize- she truly ̶ .....
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Anthem 3
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 692.... hair was white and their faces were cracked as the clay of a dry river bed” (26). Each profession has a housing center and trains the citizens to the specific profession, also known as a “house”. In this section, his dream of going to the House of Scholars is lost and he is sent to the House of Street Sweepers instead. Here the rules are very strict. He is not allowed to laugh or sing for any reason.
Entertainment was a part of daily life for all citizens within this society. Every day they would sing three hymns and watch a play after that. Amo .....
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Contrast In Do Not Weep, Maide
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 410.... never to not be faced with it.
The phrase "war is kind" is mentioned several times throught out the poem, which is not what most people would use to describe the war. That is probably the reason that the certain phrase was used. By saying that war is kind, it made the reader think, really think, about why would Crane use that phrase about the war. The reader then would figure out that the war wasn't kind, and think of reasons why it wasn't kind. That wouldn't have happened if Crane had stated that the war is not kind in the first place. By using a phrase that isn't .....
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A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Number of pages: 10 | Number of words: 2672.... O'Connor reinforces the horror of self-love through her images. She contrasts the two houses, The Tower: the restaurant owned by Red Sammy, and the plantation house. The restaurant is a "broken-down place"- "a long dark room" with a tiny place to dance. At one time Red Sammy found pleasure from the restaurant but now he is afraid to leave the door unlatched. He has given in to the "meanness" of the world. In contrast to the horrible Tower is the grandmother's peaceful memories of the plantation house that is filled with wonderful treasures. However, the family never reac .....
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Thomas Paine - Common Sense
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1088.... He is alluding to the relationship, also calling it a “violent abuse of power” (693). This choice of words is similar to those of Jefferson, who asserts that the king had established an “absolute tyranny” over the states. Both men set an immediate understanding about their feelings towards the rule of Great Britain over the States. However, where Common Sense seems to be an opinionated essay, Thomas Jefferson writes somewhat of a call to battle. Paine generally seems to be alerting his readers to the fact that there is more going on than they are awa .....
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