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English Term Papers and Reports
Brave New World And The Giver: Similar Yet Different
846 Words - 4 Pages

.... John. They are basically the main characters and both endure severe inner troubles, but are they similar enough to make the novels similar? In Brave New World, there is definitely a caste system of community members. Each level of society keeps to themselves. They work and live according to how they were conditioned. They do not have a certain ordinance on manners or behavior; they are promiscuous and, for the most part, outgoing. The characters in Brave New World do not know the meaning of the world love. They do not have the slightest inkling of what it is like to have a family; the idea of parents and childbirth repulse them. The Giver has a society that believes in havin ....


Citizen Kane: An Accurate Portrayal Of William Randolph Hearst?
3889 Words - 15 Pages

.... newspaper man of the time, one of the most powerful men in the nation, the man Citizen Kane portrayed as a corrupt power monger, namely William Randolph Hearst. One cannot ignore the striking similarities between Hearst and Kane. In order to make clear at the outset exactly what he intended to do, Orson Welles included a few details about the young Kane that, given even a rudimentary knowledge of Hearst's life, would have set one thinking about the life of that newspaper giant. Shortly after the film opens, a reporter is seen trying to discover the meaning of Kane's last word, "Rosebud." He begins his search by going through the records of Kane's boyhood guardian, ....


To Kill A Mockingbird -
3149 Words - 12 Pages

.... though he is seen every day. Heck Tate: The sheriff, who is also good friends with the Finches Tom Robinson: A hard-working Negro man who is accused of a crime against Mayella Ewell Bob Ewell: The irresponsible and disgraceful father of a brood of children, who receives welfare checks and uses them for alcohol Mayella Violet Ewell: Bob Ewell's daughter, who later accuses Tom Robinson of attacking her Reverend Sykes: A Negro minister who takes care of Scout and Jem during the trial. Chapters 1-7 The beginning of chapter one opens up with Scout telling us that Jem has a broken elbow. She then takes us back to summer of 1933 where we meet a young ....


Barn Burning: The Symbolism Of Fire
508 Words - 2 Pages

.... Abner that thinks he can destroy anything to make things better relates perfectly to fire. Fire destroys anything in it’s way, and has respect for nothing. It will not stop until it is forced to quit. Just like fire, Abner does not respect boundaries. He stops at nothing and respects no ones property. Abner’s son, Sarty, was the person trying to stop this “fire” when he was not going to lie for his father. Sarty was sick of his family’s way of life and was ready for a change no matter what it would take, even going against his own blood. Abner's behavior makes him unwanted in any community so he is constantly moving his family from place to place. The family h ....


Tragic Differences
1260 Words - 5 Pages

.... her personal life. It is much easier to learn something from someone else’s mistakes than from your own. So it is possible that people who really enjoy tragedy do not really enjoy it, but use it to prevent their future misfortunes, if there are any. Otherwise, how can someone enjoy the pain and the suffering of others? But like everything else tragedy has laws. One of the laws is Hubris. A Rose for Emily, by William Faulkner, can easily be classified as a tragedy. It is a repulsive story about a woman, who died just as she lived: lonely. Emily Grierson was a peculiar woman, who owned a large house, which was a mystery to many people. She never had any real frie ....


Review Of Ernest Hemingway And Writings
1492 Words - 6 Pages

.... The society he grew up in was one of strict disciplinarians. His parents were no exception. In fact he spent much of his life trying to escape the "repressive code of behavior" (CLC, 177) that was pushed upon him as a child. After graduating high school in 1977 he chose not to go to college and instead became a reporter for the Kansas City Star, where he remained for seven months. His oppurtunity to break away came when he volunteered as a Red Cross ambulance driver in Italy. In July of 1918 while serving along the Piave River, he was severely wounded by shrapnel and forced to return home after recuperation in January 1919. The war had left him emotionally and physically ....


WOMAN AND ABORTION
502 Words - 2 Pages

.... with this. These groups will protest at this trial to ensure what they wish to happen occurs. The Supreme will decide whether pregnant women can be tested for drugs. If being tested for drugs just means taking blood then it would not be harmful towards the unborn fetus. In this case the Supreme Court is deciding whether or not a woman can be given an injection to be tested for a drug. But will this injection hurt the baby, or is it for the good of the baby so that the mother may be given help if she is in fact a drug addict. It was recorded in 1985, in South Carolina, that a hospital in the south would take any measure necessary to make it possible for the unborn fetus ....


Jamestown
2641 Words - 10 Pages

.... help English visitors. The colony was made up mostly of people on the middle to lower social and economic ladder. These people were willing to work for a living, farming or do crafts to form an English society on American soil. Each colonist was in turn given 500 acres for their trouble. 150 persons intended to start the voyage to America in the spring but because of financial troubles only 118 were finally able to set sail. The voyage was an unhappy one because White and his chief pilot, Simon Fernandes, spent a majority of the time quarreling. Fernandes was a suspected of wanting to steal the Spanish ships, but White interfered with his plans and the ship arr ....



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