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Charlie Gordon Is Algernon
857 Words - 4 Pages.... are used as objects in an experiment.
Both, Charlie Gordon and Algernon, were treated of no worth until they became smart. Even after the operation, everyone kept talking about Charlie as if he were some kind of newly created thing, that Doctor Strauss and Professor Nemur, were presenting to the scientific world, even Charlie thought so, "No one in this room considered me an individual," (Keyes 111). They both had to undergo similar tests everyday, and day-to-day, Algernon and Charlie were changing in comparable ways. Charlie and Algernon, were always being watched carefully, everything about them; their results, abilities were always recorded. Therefore, this proves ....
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Rainbow Six - Tom Clancy
494 Words - 2 Pages.... resources and authority to fight terrorism wherever it flourishes. It will be composed of the best and brightest counter terrorism experts from every country and armed with state of the art weapons and equipment. It will operate in absolute secrecy. Its existence known only to the most senior government officials. It would attack swiftly and silently cutting off the head of the viper before it had a chance to strike. Such an organization already exists. Its code name: RAINBOW…
John Clark, the well-known maser of secret operational missions, is about to face the world’s greatest fear- and his own- in Tom Clancy’s, Rainbow Six. As the Newly named head of ....
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Frankenstein: Morality
773 Words - 3 Pages.... 162) Trying to scare Frankenstein for not creating his mate the monster resorted to threats. If the good doctor does create a companion for his first creation he may be endangering others. "The miserable monster whom I had created," (pg.152) says Victor upon looking back at his work. If there is 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 p ....
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The Stone Angel: Hagar Shipley
971 Words - 4 Pages.... pride was the reason she could not show love
nor affection to those around her. She inherited her pride from her father
and from an early age she always refused to show emotion because she was
too proud to let anyone see her weaknesses. Her father made aware that she
had "backbone" (p.10) and that "she took after him" (p.10). The first sigh
of Hagar's excessive pride was shown when her father scolded her for
telling a customer that there were bugs in the barrel of raisins. She
refused to cry before and after the punishment: "I wouldn't let him see me
cry, I was so enraged" (p.9). She continued to build a wall around herself
to hide her emotions. Her pride inter ....
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The Catcher In The Rye
1929 Words - 8 Pages.... the good and bad, until distinctions between the two disappear. Holden believes throughout the novel that certain things should stay the same. Holden becomes a character portrayed by Salinger that disagrees with things changing. He wants to retain everything, in short he wants everything to always remain the same, and when changes occur; Holden reacts. However the most important aspect of Holden Caufield's character can be attributed to his judgment of people. Holden Caufield, a character who always jumps to conclusions about people and their phoniness, can be labeled as a hypocrite because he exemplifies a phony himself.
Holden Caufield the 16 year old protagonist and main ....
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Walden
853 Words - 4 Pages.... of human battles and people is to the Trojan War. Thoreau makes many references to this great struggle which has popped up many a philosophical debates. “The legions of these Myrmidons covered all the hills and vales in my wood yard, and the ground was already strewn with the dead and dying, both red and black.” This is the first reference to the Trojans and their war. The Myrmidons were the people of ancient Thessaly who followed their king, Achilles, to the Trojan War. “Or perchance he was some Achilles, who had nourished his wrath apart, and had now come to avenge or rescue his Patroclus.” This statement was in reference to a little red ant, wh ....
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Crime And Punishment: The Importance Of The Funeral Dinner
585 Words - 3 Pages.... to spend her last savings on a “traditional social ceremony” to show others that she was “not to be looked down upon” (Dostoevsky 308). Her motivation to plan and give the dinner was a way of dealing with her poverty level by proving to others she could entertain others, being from an “aristocratic” family.
Katerina’s idea of a perfect dinner was spoiled when she saw the guest that actually arrived. No one had replied to the invitations—which reflects the bad manners of the people—but Katerina expected for “everyone” to be present. Only the poorest and most insignificant people came to the dinner, while the more respectable people stayed away ....
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The Glass Menagerie
719 Words - 3 Pages.... the fire escape to smoke, showing that he does not like to be
inside, to be a part of the illusionary world. Laura, on the other hand,
thinks of the fire escape as a way in and not a way out. This can be
seen when Amanda sends Laura to go to the store: Laura trips on the fire
escape. This also shows that Laura's fears and emotions greatly affect her
physical condition, more so than normal people.
Another symbol presented deals more with Tom than any of the other
characters: Tom's habit of going to the movies shows us his longing to
leave the apartment and head out into the world of reality. A place where
one can find adventure. And Tom, being a poet, can u ....
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