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Their Eyes Were Watching God

English · 101 words

• When the book was first published it angered many Blacks who felt that the book showed Whites at the time in too favorable of a light and reinforced many of the stereotypes of obedient Blacks obeying their masters. I agree someone that this wasn't very accurately portrayed in the book but I don't...

Cats vs. Dogs

English · 473 words

• "A dog is man's best friend." That common saying may contain some truth, but dogs are not the only animal friend whose companionship people enjoy. For many people, a cat is their best friend. Despite what dog lovers may believe, cats make excellent house pets as they are good...

Throughout the Hard Times

English · 146 words

• Ellen Foster has a difficult life that she tries to find the most luxuries out of. Her life constantly throws her obstacles to overcome, and Ellen tries to make the best out of each situation. She changes her name to her aunt Nadine's because of the better situation her aunt puts her in. In the...

Cat In The Rain

English · 297 words

• Name: Wong Shin Nin Matric No : 120716 Group: 3 Course: Graphic Communications 3. Which character do you dislike the most in either " Cat in the rain" or " A Question of Dowry"? Why? From Cat in the rain, the character that I dislike the most is George. In my opinion, I think...

Lord of The Flies

English · 298 words

• The next morning, Ralph and Piggy meet on the beach. They are bruised and sore and feel awkward and deeply ashamed of their behavior the previous night. Piggy, who is unable to confront his role in Simon's death, attributes the tragedy to mere accident. But Ralph, clutching the conch desperately...

Guests of A Nation

English · 221 words

• "" by Frank O'Connor is a story that can really change a person's perception of duty and what is morally right. A man named Bonaparte is forced to make an extremely tough decision when it comes to his "pals" and his obligation to the Irish nation. The decision he makes decides the...

Mark Twain Reasoning

English · 251 words

• Zayne Tindall American Literary Masterpieces/4[th] Mr. Hubbard 3/7/11 Mark Twain's Intent Mark Twain's intent on writing "The Boys' Ambition" was to show what the effect steamboats had on young boys, and the people of Hannibal, Missouri. The town of Hannibal was calm and quite, until the...

To Kill A Mockingbird

English · 652 words

• Chapter discussion for chapter 28 Three important quotes * "It is a scary place though, ain't it?... Boo doesn't mean anybody any harm, but I'm right glad you're along." (...)"...Ain't you scared of haints [ghosts]?" (...)"We laughed. Haints, Hot Steams, incantations, secret signs, had vanished...

Rose For Emily

English · 298 words

• Miss Emily is most notably a woman with a firm will but for whom the distinction between reality and illusion has blurred out. She refuses to become a member of her community by alienating herself. This independence of spirit and pride made her a monster; yet her refusal to accept the herd values...

Jack and Macbeth starting paragraph

English · 107 words

• Jack & Macbeth Jack is a main character from Lord of the Flies who is 2 sorts of people, a nice guy but a not so nice guy as well. He is always ready for a fight and is a bully. Macbeth, Thane of Glamis and later Thane of Cawdor, is was a nobleman of Scotland and a captain in the Kings Army. He...

A Bladed Caesar

English · 240 words

• He held me steady in his hand, my cold hilt cool against his warm sweaty palm. He held me still not to be obvious to my next victim, my pommel close to his thigh as to not yet be ready to strike. Then as the governors surrounded Caesar, at the opportune moment my master struck; my blade's icy...

Rowing The Bus

English · 165 words

• Amy Flores 2-29-16 During my eighth grade, I witnessed one of my friends being a victim to bullying. Because she has dyslexia and has a hard time reading. I felt sympathy for my friend so I went and confronted the bully. I decided to act as a bully myself and bullied the person who bullied my...

Wife of Bath's Tale

English · 213 words

• Hubbard,Marquel A2 Galloway 11/05/13 The Canterbury Tales is a poetry that has a lot of different little tales in it. It is hard to understand it if you don't understand fifteenth century writing. The wife of bath's tale is about a guy that is able to read the minds of women....

All the King's Men

English · 292 words

• In "", characters seem to be motivated by three main sources of power: the life that has private meaning, the force that lives within Willie Stark, and the vitality of Nature. These sources of power are identifiable primarily, if not solely, through the image patterns found in the...

Green Grass, Running Water: Lionel

English · 230 words

• Lionel is a character living in a permanent state of arrested development. Early in the novel, he recalls several bad decisions that he made that forever changed his life. Perhaps the most significant of these bad decisions is Lionel's accidental involvement with a radical Native American movement...