|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Book Reports Term Papers and Reports |
|
|
Two Themes That Affect Marlow And Kurtz In Heart Of Darkness
777 Words - 3 Pages.... a "miracle".
The chief accountant has the restraint that it takes to get the job done.
He keeps up his apearance and his books are in "apple-pie order." Marlow
respects this fellow because he has a backbone.
"The cannibals some of those ignorant millions, are almost totally
characterized by restraint." They outnumber the whites "thirty to five"
and could easily fill their starving bellies. Marlow "would have as soon
expected restraint from a hyena prowling amongst the corpses of a
battlefield." The cannibals action is "one of those human secrets that
baffle probability." This helps Marlow keep his restraint, for if the
natives can possess this quality Marlow feels ....
|
The Natural: Fate
512 Words - 2 Pages.... room for a quick thrill I had an
idea of what kind of person Roy was, I mean even I would have though that
he learned his lesson about messing around with people he just met after
she shot him. Well, that's all right, its only fifteen years off his
career and the end of his pitching. Strike one!
I guess that he didn't learn his lesson because one night while
Roy's new so-called friend Bump leads him to a hotel room knowing that his
girlfriend Memo is lying buck-naked on the bed. When Roy notices her there
he doesn't stop and think,”Hold on a second their is a naked woman in my
bed mabey I should turn on the light and ask her what she's doing here” No,
he jus ....
|
The Bluest Eye - Protrait Of A
1410 Words - 6 Pages.... Morrison’s uses her critical eye to reveal to the reader the evil that is caused by a society that is indoctrinated by the inherent goodness and beauty of whiteness and the ugliness of blackness. In an interview with Milwaukee Journal staff writer Fannie Leflore, Morrison said that she “confronted and critiqued the devastation of racial images” in The Bluest Eye.
The narrative structure of The Bluest Eye is important in revealing just how pervasive and destructive the “racialization” (Morrison’s term for the racism that is a part of every person’s socialization) is (Leflore). Morrison is particularly concerned about the narration i ....
|
A Mind To Murder
1478 Words - 6 Pages.... considered themselves entitled. However, James urges us to understand, this does not matter. Murder, for whatever reason it is committed, is still murder, and it is always wrong.
However, the murder of Enid Bolam is not the only violation of the social order which James describes in this book. Chief amongst his other villains is Peter Nagle, the young and attractive porter at the Steen Clinic. Peter is also a gifted painter, and is only working at the clinic to pay his living expenses while he waits for a prestigious arts grant to come his way. However, Peter is infected with the arrogance of those who feel that their talent entitles them to liberties unavailable to the re ....
|
The Scarlet Letter: Hester Prynne And Adultery
1472 Words - 6 Pages.... society that has resurfaced in Boston, New England.
The novel begins in the marketplace, which serves as a meeting ground for the entire community. This is where Hester first feels the wrath of her milieu. The townspeople are angry and anxious, ready to punish her. "Those who had before known her, and had expected to behold her dimmed and obscured by a disastrous cloud, were astonished, and even startled, to perceive how her beauty shone out, and made a halo of the misfortune and ignominy in which she was enveloped" (Hawthorne 1185). The environment surrounding Hester is instrumental in making her pay for her sin. Hester can actually feel the burning on her chest as t ....
|
Things Fall Apart: The Loss Of A Tribe's Livelihood
1550 Words - 6 Pages.... could have been prevented or channeled to produce a positive outcome. History tends to repeat itself within specific cultures, and this is possibly the most valuable tool we can harness to provide us a means of escaping the destruction of the mistakes we have made in the past.
In Things Fall Apart the Igbo village Umuofia fell apart in two distinct fashions. The first aspect of Igbo culture to break down was the village's spirituality, which was led by the arrival of the Christian mission. Second, this mission acted as a channel to allow a new government to infiltrate Umuofia and challenge the laws and customs that held together the former Igbo way of life.
Igbo spirituality ....
|
BEOWULF ANALYSIS
1078 Words - 4 Pages.... lines 110-111). “Dripping with my enemies’ blood...drove five great giants into chains...hunting monsters out of the ocean, killing them one by one...”(Beowulf, lines 153-1580). Beowulf takes it upon himself to save the Danes from Grendel. In his battle with Grendel, Beowulf chooses not to use weapons; he relies on his super strength. “...the monster’s scorn...so great that he needs no weapons and fears none. Nor will I...”(Beowulf, lines 167-169). During the fight, Beowulf's strength takes over and Beowulf wrestles with Grendel until he is able to rip one of the monster's arms out of its socket. Superhuman feats also appear in the fight with Grend ....
|
The Insanity Plea By Winslad And Ross: Summary
1164 Words - 5 Pages.... and Harvey Milk,
a city supervisor and the leader of San Francisco's politically active gay
community, had been shot and killed at death in the San Francisco City Hall.
The Police then sniffed-out and charged Dan White with the murders of the 3
people.
In 2 years the trial ended with the verdict of guilty on the account of
manslaughter. He was later sentenced to 7 years and 8 months in a Prison,
with a possibility of parole after 5. After the verdict there were Riots
breaking out in the streets because of the verdict. Before hand he was elected
a Supervisor and resigned because he didn't like the way that Politics worked.
The point before, that I may not have ment ....
|
|
|
|
|
Copyright © 2006 Paper University |
|
|
|
|
|