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To Kill A Mockingbird: Summary
1167 Words - 5 Pages.... Rachael is Dill's aunt that lives in Maycomb. Dill is a friends
with Jem and Scout. According to Scout they are married. (Boo) Arthur Radley is
the person that takes Jem back to his house after Jem gets hurt by Bob Ewell.
Tom Robinson is a black man that was accused of raping Mayella Ewell. Bob Ewell
is Mayella's father. He is out for revenge on Atticus for what he did to him and
his daughter. Mayella is Bob's daughter who supposedly got raped by Tom Robinson.
Judge Taylor is the Judge of Maycomb County. Heck Tate is the county law
official.
I think the protagonist in the story is Atticus Finch because he has the
main part and he has the biggest decision to make. The deci ....
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Comparison: Mary Reilly And The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
2813 Words - 11 Pages.... until finally he performs an atrocious murder. His saner self determines to curtail those alternations of personality, but he discovers that he is losing control over his transformations, that he slips with increasing frequency into the world of evil. Finally, unable to procure one of the ingredients for the mixture of redemption, and on the verge of being discovered, he commits suicide.
Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin, is a powerful and moving novel. It takes the story Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde, and gives a fresh take on the distinguished Dr. Henry Jekyll and the nefarious Mr. Edward Hyde. It is told through the psyche of a Victorian servant named Mary Reilly. The book ....
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The Influence Of Realism In Tolstoy's The Death Of Ivan Ilyich
870 Words - 4 Pages.... As Ivan Ilyich was becoming sick, many of
the doctors came to check on him. Ivan had a problem with these doctors
because they dodged the fact that Ivan was going to die. Ivan saw right
through these “celebrated physicians,” knowing that they were clouding
their diagnosis. Ivan's friends, too, became Tolstoy's target for illusion
of reality. When they went to Ivan's funeral, they thought that they “
should” or “have to” go and comfort the widow. Their real reasoning behind
everything was to see who would take Ivan's position at work. Another
example of illusion of reality is when Ivan is lying down in excruciating
pain and his wife, daughter, and son-in- ....
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The Last Of The Mohicans
613 Words - 3 Pages.... led by A Indian chief named
Magua. During the battle Hawkeye escapees With Cora and Alice. The Cora and
Alice are captured by Magua. Then Hawkeye and Uncas go after them and Cora and
Uncas are killed. Chingachgook and Uncas are the only Mohicans left and when
Uncas dies Chingachgook is the last one giving the book its title.
The main character of the book is Hawkeye. Hawkeye is described as having a
big head and narrow shoulders. His arms are long and skinny and he has small
hands. He also has thin legs which are very long. Hawkeye is much like a Metis
Because he is white and educated but raised an Indian.
Hawkeye at first does not want to get involved in the war he ....
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The World As Will And Idea And Young Goodman Brown: Symbols
748 Words - 3 Pages.... sensory experiences.
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was well known for his masterly use of symbols to evoke the 'power or darkness'. Edgar Allan Poe and Herman Melville two great writers who also base most of their works on the use of symbolism and imagery praised his work.
In Young Goodman Brown (1864), Brown a young Puritan, leaves Faith, his wife for a nighttime journey in the woods. Meeting an older man with a twistered staff, he learns that others have traveled the path before him. Sick at heart, he observes a witches' Sabbath and discovers the presence of his own wife. The next morning Goodman Brown returns to Salem a changed man, stern, sad and gloomy, he believ ....
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Raymond Carvers Cathedral
1247 Words - 5 Pages.... than another. An awakening such as the narrator's, however, ruptures the protective shield that surrounding steadfast biases, and forces the person to assess their position in the greater schema of humankind. A bias that surfaces early on, is the mention of Robert's wife, "Beulah!" The narrator exclaims, "That's a name for a colored woman." (Carver, "Cathedral," 182) Here, by attaching a stereotype to a simple name, he exhibits the precise indiscretion of a closed-minded bigot,
and then eventually reaches humility through his awakening. The narrator
possesses several other prejudices that also hinder his humility. Later on, for
example, the narrator sees Robert for the fir ....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Everyone Is Not Prejudice
208 Words - 1 Pages.... and the jury are all prejudice.
The Cunninghams are prejudice because of the things they do. Mr.
Cunningham showed up at the jail for Tom Robinson's lynching. After the
lynching Mr. Cunningham does not seem very prejudice as he did before.
"Get aside from the door Mr. Finch"
Likewise the Ewells are Prejudice because of the decisions that
they make. They accused Tom Robinson of Raping Mayella. Mr. Ewell spit in
Atticus's face at the court house. After Tom was dead Mr. Ewell told Mrs.
Robinson that she couldn't walk down the street anymore.
"You Niger Lover."
Furthermore the jury is also prejudice because of the way that they
treat Tom Robinson. They automatically be ....
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A Summary Of The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
1065 Words - 4 Pages.... Both women are fairly old
and are really somewhat incapable of raising a rebellious boy like Huck
Finn. Nevertheless, they attempt to make Huck into what they believe will
be a better boy. Specifically, they attempt, as Huck says, to "sivilize"
him. This process includes making Huck go to school, teaching him various
religious facts, and making him act in a way that the women find socially
acceptable. Huck, who has never had to follow many rules in his life,
finds the demands the women place upon him constraining and the life with
them lonely. As a result, soon after he first moves in with them, he runs
away. He soon comes back, but, even though he becomes somew ....
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