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By: kurt simpson
A Bright Lie Shining: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam Neil Sheehan has used this novel to tell the story of the Vietnam conflict utilizing the perspective of one of its most respected characters. This is the story of John P. Vann who first came to...
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In Lewis Carroll's novel , Alice is curious, well-
mannered, and confused while she tries to find her way out of Wonderland.
Alice meets many unique and weird creatures which eventually help her
escape wonderland. Alice shows that she is curious through...
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Babbitt vs. The Hobbit
Sinclair Lewis? character of George Babbitt is similar to J.R.R Tolkien's character of Bilbo Baggins, but they are also very different. These two characters are alike in two different ways: in personality and the heroic journey. However, on...
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A Homicide for Emily
?A Rose for Emily? is a short intriguing story written by William Faulkner. This is because the way Emily's character is portrayed, the mysterious death of Homer Barron, and the way Faulkner uses the narrator to tell the story.
Emily is...
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By: Aaron
Aaron Weiss Breaking Society's Rules American literature often examines people and motives. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter, and in Arthur Miller's dramatic classic, The Crucible, people and motives often depict patterns of Puritans...
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Did you read and enjoy Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland books as a child? Or better still, did you have someone read them to you? Perhaps you discovered them as an adult or, forbid the thought, maybe you haven't discovered them at all! Those who have journeyed...
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In the realm of critical thinking, Abelard undoubtedly ranked highly in his day. He was an expert dialectician, philosopher and theologian, and as a result led a movement towards individual thinking. He traveled a lonely path of individuality, and when his ideas...
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In Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, we find a group of British boys stranded on a tropical island while the rest of the world is at war. Their plane has been shot down and they find themselves without adults to tell them how to act. As they struggle to survive, they...
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Throughout my life I have read many novels. This book was very interesting. This is a compelling account of the turbulence that inflamed Kenya in the 1950s and its impact on people's lives. A brand new perspective upon the emancipation of so-called Third World...
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In Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, we find a group of British boys stranded on a tropical island while the rest of the world is at war. Their plane has been shot down and they find themselves without adults to tell them how to act. As they struggle to survive,...
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Michael Crichton
For unknown reasons, the almost flawless N-22 Norton aircraft suffers severe turbulence during TPA flight 545. As a result of three fatalities and fifty-six injuries, a spiral of investigations, terrible apprehensions, and horrible threats plague the...
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By: Mickey Mantle
_ Willy Loman - Jay Gatsby: The Pursuit of the American Dream Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby, and Arthur Miller, author of Death of a Salesman, both tell the stories of men in the costly pursuit of the American dream. As a result...
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One of the basic assumptions underlying any detective novel is a sense of social order. The novelist assumes that the reader agrees that killing people is wrong; it does not matter if the victims are exemplary citizens or odious individuals, it is the mere act of snuffing out...
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BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON
PLANET OF THE APES
COMPARITIVE ESSAY
The short story by the waters of Babylon and the movie planet of the apes were both futuristic stories. They also both showed the evil sides of today's man and the chaos and mass destruction that we...
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By: Trevor
in the Internet The 2000 Presidential Elections are upon us and who do we turn to for information regarding the candidates? What issues will be the hot topics for the election race? For that matter, what will be the hot topics in the media for next...
