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The Hobbit By J.R.R. Tolken
857 Words - 4 Pages.... and so one spring morning he finds
himself setting out for Lonely Mountain with Gandalf and the thirteen dwarves.
He does not prove very helpful at first. But then something happens that changes
Bilbo's life. He finds a magic ring that makes him invisible, and has several
opportunities to use it to rescue the dwarves from danger and imprisonment. They
become quite impressed by him, and even rely on him, just as Gandalf foretold.
Bilbo and the dwarves finally reach Lonely Mountain, the home of Smaug the
dragon. The dwarves send Bilbo down a secret passage to the dragon's lair. Bilbo
has more confidence in himself now and not only steals a cup, but manages to
hold his own ....
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Revenge In The Crucible
698 Words - 3 Pages.... hatred and violence toward anyone and anything under a sheet of "righteousness". People could accuse anyone or anything of being sinful and "against gods will" just by stating that they had truth to the matter. This led to complete chaos and miscommunication among families and townsmen. Now that society was down everyone could break the rules and get feelings out that had originally been kept inside them due to the fact that if they had expressed them earlier they would have been punished by society. With the trials keeping all of the city officials busy,
People took matters into their own hands. This led to even more conflicts between men in the town, which then led to m ....
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The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer: Summary
609 Words - 3 Pages.... or a home.
Beckey Thatcher: Tom's "love" Becky is a smart girl that never wants to get
in trouble, and saves Tom at the end.
This story takes place during the 1800's in the village of "St.
Petersburg" where Tom lives with his aunt. Later on when Tom goes with the
Pirate crew the story goes to Jackson's Island. But most of the story
occurs in the village.
In the story Tom had to whitewash his aunt's fence which he did not
want to do. Later on Tom's friend Jim came along he had to get a pail of
water from the town pump so Tom said that he would get the water if Jim
would whitewash some. Jim said no so Tom was stuck with whitewashing until
Ben Rogers came eating a apple ....
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Hills Like White Elephants
944 Words - 4 Pages.... move at will from one place to another and from one character to another and can even speak their views directly to the reader as the story goes along. With this point of view the story would have been easier to follow and the reader would have been better about to understand the character and their feelings. Form the Limited omniscient point of view. The author still narrates the story but restricts or limits their revelation of the thoughts of all but one character. With this point of view in the story the reader can be put into the mind of one of the character again helping to better understand their feelings and thoughts. The reader will be able to know why things ....
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Name And Naming In Beloved
995 Words - 4 Pages.... utilizes naming to convey many important aspects of the narrative. Throughout Beloved, the dehumanisation of slavery, the significance self-definition, and interpersonal relationships are all communicated through naming.
Sixo, perhaps the most absurd name in Beloved, epitomizes the dehumanisation of slavery in Beloved. While the origin of the name Sixo is not specifically stated in the novel, it can be assumed that it was derived from the number given to him when being bought and sold. The recognition of a person by number is indicative of sub-human status, common to institutions such as a prison camp where efficiency takes precedence over humanity. It is difficult ....
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Ordinary People Vs. The Catche
624 Words - 3 Pages.... anything with one another.
Dr. Tyrone C. Berger helps Conrad by taking him back through the death of his brother and anguish of life without Buck, his older brother and idol. He teaches Conrad and his family that love, openly shared, is the only thing they can count on to give them strength for the test they call life.
In Catcher in the Rye, Holden loses his brother Allie at a young age just like Conrad. He cannot find a meaning in life afterwards. School and friends don’t matter to him anymore and he wanders through the city of New York searching for some kind of answer. In both books the characters are teenagers and still full of youth. Conrad is on the swi ....
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The Catcher In The Rye: Holden's Thoughts And Feelings
720 Words - 3 Pages.... at once and travels to New York by train. He
decides that, once in New York, he will stay in a cheap motel until
Wednesday, when he is to return home. His plan shows the reader how very
impetuous he is and how he acts on a whim. He is unrealistic, thinking
that he has a foolproof plan, even though the extent of his plans are to
"take a room in a hotel.., and just take it easy till Wednesday."
Holden's excessive thoughts on death are not typical of most
adolescents. His near obsession with death might come from having
experienced two deaths in his early life. He constantly dwells on Allie,
his brother's, death. From Holden's thoughts, it is obvious that he ....
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Essay On Romanticism In Frankenstein
910 Words - 4 Pages.... differently than they had before. They saw nature as all beautiful,
powerful, and perfect. Previously, the inspiration for literature was law, order,
and religion; now, it is in the writers imagination and powerful emotions. This
change in the attitude of the people is called Romanticism. The Romantic
Movement is one of the most important literary periods in history; affecting the
literature, music, and art of the period. It encouraged spontaneity, and acting
with emotions, not common sense. In the more classical style of writing, writers
addressed their books to the upper class, but now writers addressed the common
man and his problems. Their was a new feeling of spiritua ....
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