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Essays on Book Reports
Title: Catcher In The Rye: How Holden Deals With Alcohol, Sex, And Violence
Details: Words: 1041, Pages: 4... friends to
think he is a coward so he does. Then the rest of them follow.”
In the book, Between Parent and Teenager, it states the substance abuse
is the number one cause of death amongst teenagers. Studies show that among
high school students age 14 - 17, 60% of the students use alcohol once a week,
75% use it at least once a month, and 85% have used it once in the year.
In the novel, Holden Caulfield has very easy access to alcoholic
beverages. Throughout the novel, it seems that every time Holden gets depressed,
he turns towards alcohol. in Chapter 12, Holden is at Ernie's night club and he
got served even though he was only a minor. In Chapter ...
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Title: Paradise Lost: Connections Still Used Today
Details: Words: 577, Pages: 3... admits to God's
almighty power - "I now of force believe almighty, since no less than such
could have o'erpowered such force as ours." - after losing an entire battle
force of Angels to him. God being all powerful is evident within the
Catholic and many other faiths as they pray for his power to extend unto
themselves. The power of God helps to stir within all, Catholics
especially, a feeling of strength. This strength comes from knowing God
shares his power among each of us. His power is shared amongst us because
we do not doubt him or tempt him, as Satan did. As Satan witnessed
firsthand, many people dare not risk angering God to his fullest extent.
Ano ...
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Title: Evelina: Madame Duval
Details: Words: 2136, Pages: 8... our heroine. We know from experience, that any man (besides our hero) who attempts to solicit our heroine is most likely an enemy. Therefore when we meet Sir Clement Willoughby, we instantly dislike him because of the character he plays in our novel. Our keen sense of depravity is quickly rewarded when we are shown the way in which Sir Clement treats our precious heroine. He is more than an insolent fool who embarrasses Evelina; he also physically violates her throughout the novel and we are horrified.
Evelina and Sir Clement Willoughby first meet at an assembly in London. He asks Evelina to dance with him and because she wants to be available for our hero, she ...
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Title: The Bluest Eye: Quest For Personal Identity
Details: Words: 2830, Pages: 11... that quest" (Trescott). This theme is present throughout the novel and evident in many of the characters. Pecola Breedlove, Cholly Breedlove, and Pauline Breedlove and are all embodiments of this quest for identity, as well as symbols of the quest of many of the Black northern newcomers of that time.
The Breedlove family is a group of people under the same roof, a family by name only. Cholly (the father) is a constantly drunk and abusive man. His abusive manner is apparent towards his wife Pauline physically and towards his daughter Pecola sexually. Pauline is a "mammy" to a white family and continues to favor them over her biological family. Pecola is a little ...
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Title: Frankenstein
Details: Words: 1286, Pages: 5... as well. Just
because they are looked down upon by society that still does not stop them
from enjoying what has been provided for them.
Society itself which is supposed to be good is actually ignorant. They
wrongly treat the monster on the assumption that he actually is a monster.
They scorn, attack, and shun the monster just because of his outward
appearance. This is not justified by anything except his demeanor. They
are also afraid of it because they are afraid of things about which they
no nothing. Society also unjustly kills Justine because she is the only
person that could have possibly have done such an evil act. They again
wrongly label Justine as th ...
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Title: The Glass Menagerie: Symbols
Details: Words: 1144, Pages: 5... and
function for each character. For Tom, it is a means of escape from fire,
not the type of fire that was considered in its building, but “the slow and
implacable fires of human desperation.” This is especially true of Tom's
apartment. His mother, devastated after her daughter Laura's failure to
cope in business college, becomes obsessed with finding her a gentleman
caller so that she can marry and be well supported. When this caller
finally comes, and it seems like it was meant to be, as they dance and kiss,
he announces he is engaged, and dashes their hopes. The ever-fragile Laura,
temporarily drawn out of her dream-world shell of her glass collection and
th ...
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Title: Yanomamo
Details: Words: 1351, Pages: 5... women or political alliances. The trades are often practiced in the culture. Polygamy is also a part of the culture. women are kept in the male’s possession. The man tries to collect as many wives as he possibly can in order to demonstrate his power and masculinity. As polygamy in American Culture is referred to as bigamy which is against the law.
Besides, polygamy, the practice of infanticide plays a role in the lack of women in their society. prefer to parent a male child rather than a female child, so in case a female is born she is killed at birth. This again proved their sexist beliefs that women are inferior. Many women fearing their husban ...
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Title: An Analysis Of “The Cask Of Amontillado
Details: Words: 1268, Pages: 5... that he is going to continue to smile in Fortunato’s face, but use the
pride his victim has in wine to lure him into the catacombs to taste some
of his non- existent amontillado. At this point, the reader knows the
conflict will be one of man versus man. It is an external struggle because
Fortunato and Montresor are in a life and death fight. However, the
conflict is largely internal, because Montresor has a fierce hatred that
Fortunato is unaware of. The narrative hook seems to occur when Fortunato
follows Montresor into the vault. Even if the reader was confused by the
language of the first paragraph or is puzzled by the motive of the narrator,
he/she is cur ...
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Title: Death As A Theme In Hamlet
Details: Words: 975, Pages: 4... responsibility for his (Iago’s) actions. In the meantime he goes off to inform Othello that Roderigo is accountable for telling Barbantio about the relationship and saying horrible things about Othello. Iago later brings Roderigo back into his quest for revenge when he tries to get Cassio fired from the position that Iago originally wished to obtain. Although Cassio knows it is against his better judgement to drink, Iago manipulates him into getting drunk then stages a fight between Roderigo and Cassio. He even goes as far as to try to make Cassio look bad by telling Montano that he gets drunk regularly. Upon Iago’s explanation of the situation Oth ...
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Title: Malamud’s The Assistant: Frank Alpine's Metamorphosis From Bad To Good
Details: Words: 1450, Pages: 6... the fact that St. Francis was “born good”, which Frank refers to as a talent.
Frank Alpine and Morris Bober finally get acquainted and have a revealing conversation. In this conversation, Frank discloses some personal information about his past. “I’ve had a rough life……I mean I’ve been trough a lot. I’ve been close to some wonderful things……but close is as far as I go….sooner or later everything I think is worth having gets away from me in some way or other.” (P39-40) Frank does not have any clear justification for his actions. However, his defense is that after such a rough childhood, what else can be expected of him, other than evil. Frank ...
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