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All My Sons 2
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 982.... to weld, cover up any cracks in any way he could, and ship them out.” That is a passage from the play and is a very important scene, where the truth comes out about what the two men did. In a state of panic, the men let defective parts which went into airplanes be shipped to the Army. They were used, causing the death of 21 men. Keller and Deever were brought to trial, where Keller went free and Deever went to prison.
At the same time during the war, Joe Keller’s son, Larry was pronounced missing. Kate Keller, Joe’s wife and mother of Larry and Chris, we .....
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Wuthering Heights - Catherine And Heathcliff
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1696.... when all is said and done, Heathcliff and Catherine are the story. Their powerful presence permeates throughout the novel, as well as their complex personalities. Their climatic feelings towards each other and often selfish behavior often exaggerates or possibly encapsulates certain universal psychological truths humans are too afraid to express. Heathcliff and Catherine’s stark backgrounds evolve respectively into dark personalities and mistaken life paths, but in the end their actions determine the course of their own relationships and lives. Their misfortunes, recklessnes .....
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Great Gatsby - Comparison Of N
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 311.... prominent people. Those people Gatz wanted to be around, he used to just look down at East egg and admire it. Little did nick know that all the time Gatz was throwing the parties for Daisy. Gatsby wanted to turn back the clocks and maybe get back together with Daisy at the parties he was throwing. She was his dream golden girl he always wanted but couldn’t get.
Nick sees Gatsby at the end as a romantic dreamer who seeks his ideal by amassing wealth as a racketeer. Gatz was a symbol for the whole American Experience When his dream becomes unfulfilled and not expected what it wou .....
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What Philosophy Might Do To Us
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 733.... Dialogues. Socrates wanted the people of Athens to think about things the way they are instead of accepting public opinion. "The unexamined life is not worth living," said Socrates (Plato 38a). The Athenian people rejected the idea that man has control over himself, instead they believed that everything was dictated by the Gods. The fact that Socrates strived to live a virtuous life was his undoing. The people of Athens killed him because he challenged their tradition way of thinking.
For Socrates there was a choice, one could live for pleasures of the body or one could live .....
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Lord Of The Flies 4
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1555.... of the novel. Ralph is an example of the ethical citizen, intelligent and responsible but, on many occasions, is caught up in the opinion of others. The leadership that Ralph offers isn’t as stable and organized because he isn’t able to control the “littluns” and the others after a certain point. This is when the society that Ralph tries to create starts to break apart and Jack takes control.
Then immediately comes Piggy, a chubby asthmatic but intelligent kid, who becomes “friends” with Ralph. He is teased relentlessly by the .....
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Comparing Prince Hal And Henry's Models Of Statescraft
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1047.... think he is fit to suceed him to
the throne.
Prince Hal on the other hand has a different idea of statecraft. He expresses
his ideas in his speech in Act I, scene ii when he says "If all the year were
playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work; But when they seldom
come, they wish'd-for come,...My reformation glitt'ring o'er my fault, Shall
show more goodly and attract more eyes than that which hath no foil to set it
off." He is saying that he may be acting like a common ruffian now but when he
does take up his duties as heir to the throne and begin to act .....
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Fahrenheit 451 4
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 539.... that would take your things and rule you cruelly. Without their own king Scotland would just be a meaningless province that is guarded by soldiers at all times. Why should you live in constant fear when you can have freedom and live in relative peace and you don't have to worry about what you say or do about the English because they have no rule there?
The consequences for all of Wallace's actions led to the deaths of many people, but it also led to freedom. The negatives of the war were starvation, torture, and deaths of your friends and companions. They all fought and many .....
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Jilting Of Granny Weatherall
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 560.... Granny Weatherall’s self-pity gives the reader a negative initial impression of a woman the author eventually expects us to miss. The ailing octogenarian is so incredibly annoying at the beginning of the story that one almost welcomes the idea of her passing. The second theme is the acceptance of immenint death. At first, Granny Weatherall could not accept the fact that her days were numbered. She shows this when the doctor is summoned and she says "I won’t see that boy again. He just left five minutes ago." (p.1490) Later on, she continues her denial when Cornelia .....
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