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A Tale Of Two Cities: Recalled To Life

... one with a very functional life. In doing this Lucie and Mr. Lorry in a way, gave Dr. Manette’s life back to him or “ recalled him to life.” Another instance in which someone is “recalled to life” involves Charles Darney. Charles Darney is on trial for treason in England. C.J. Stryver and Sydney Carton are representing Darney in this trial. Sydney Carton saves Darney from death in this trial with his miraculous wits. Throughout this Darney is given another chance at life, and therefore he was “recalled to life.” The last and ...

Number of words: 456 | Number of pages: 2

The Invisible Man

... first people he meets is Brother Tarp, a veteran worker in the Harlem district, who gives the narrator the chain link he broke nineteen years earlier, while freeing himself from being imprisoned. Brother Tarp's imprisonment was for standing up to a white man. He was punished for his defiance and attempt to assert his individuality. Imprisonment made him similar to the invisible man: he lost part of his identity, However, he regained it by escaping and making a name for himself in the Brotherhood. The chain becomes a symbol between the na ...

Number of words: 483 | Number of pages: 2

Things Fall Apart: Okonkwo's Life

... degrading chapter in a biased book. Okonkwo was a man dominated by the fear of showing emotion, and of being thought weak. From his early days, this had been his one obsession. When he was young, he saw his lazy father waste away, barely supplying enough food for his family. Okonkwo suffered numerous untold terrors; fears of being labeled agbala like his father before him. He was ashamed of his father and everything that his father had loved. Supporting his family at a very young age, Okonkwo made up his mind. He would not, could not be weak ...

Number of words: 1115 | Number of pages: 5

Great Gatsby Party Comparison

... small living-room, a small dining-room, a small bedroom, and a bath."(p. 33) The entire place gives the feel of being closed in and too small for its contents: "The living-room was crowded to the doors with a set of tapestried furniture entirely too large for it...”(p. 33) Even the photograph on the wall is labeled as being "over-enlarged."(p. 33) Gatsby's party, however, spares no expense; much like his house. Fruit is sent in every Friday, caterers bring enough lights to "...make a Christmas tree of Gastby's enormous garden"(p. ...

Number of words: 762 | Number of pages: 3

Anna Karenina: Foreshadowing

... just met Vronsky and as Anna and Oblonsky were leaving, a train personnel was hit by the train. Anna burst into tears and exclaims that it is a bad omen. Her brother calms her down but it is clearly evident that this part of the story gives an inclination to the mess Anna ends up being entangled in. Late one evening, the doorbell rings and Oblonsky goes and greets the visitor. As Anna is walking to her bedroom, she glances over to see who had called at such a late hour. She immediately recognizes it to be Vronsky and she feels ‘a stran ...

Number of words: 470 | Number of pages: 2

An Analysis Of Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse Five"

... not considered a military target. Because of it's apparent safety, thousands of refugees from all over Europe converged on Dresden for protection (Klinkowitz 2-3). Dresden's neutrality was broken and the resulting attacks laid waste, what Vonnegut called, "the Florence of the Elbe." Kurt Vonnegut was a witness to this event and because of fate, had been spared. He wrote Slaughterhouse Five to answer the questi on that resounded through his head long after the bombs could no longer be heard. "Why me?"- a frequent question asked by survivors of ...

Number of words: 2126 | Number of pages: 8

Summary Of The Grapes Of Wrath

... a short time of traveling, the Joads stop and camp by a couple named the Wilsons. Granpa dies of a heart attack in the Wilson’s tent, and the two families decide to help each other during the trip. The Wilson’s car breaks down, and there is a moral dilemma. Al (Tom’s brother) and Tom want everyone else to keep going while they stay back and fix the car, but Ma refuses because she doesn’t want the family to split up. The family stops at a rest area to sleep, and after the car is fixed, Al, Tom, and Casy join them. During t ...

Number of words: 658 | Number of pages: 3

Shaping A Nation

... form economic and social stability. As the first president, he created a pattern whereby all future presidents were given the opportunity to make their own improvements to the country, yet, allow a continuity of leadership. Abraham Lincoln came to the presidency in a time of turbulence. Although he faced hardships while in the office of president, he faced challenges before he was elected that helped him know how to cope with controversy. He was born into poverty, failed in business, and suffered a nervous breakdown. Also, he lost eight el ...

Number of words: 395 | Number of pages: 2

The X-Files, X Marks The Spot: Book Report

... lot of suspense. There was suspense as soon as I got into the second chapter. I didn't want to put the book down. I sometimes have trouble trying to find a book that's actually interesting, but I didn't have any trouble with this book. I got through the whole book fast, I was always reading it in study hall, and trying to get as far as I could in readers workshop. It was easy to understand. I've read a lot of science fiction books that are very complicated. Some books have too many characters to remember, or they have something that is rea ...

Number of words: 265 | Number of pages: 1

The Witching Hour

... of his life and emptiness, then he slipped and fell to his fatal doom in the sea. Found by a woman known as Rowan Mayfair , he discovered that he was dead for over an hour as he rested in the hospital. Michael also discovered that he had received the gift of seeing images by using his hands to touch objects, and that he chose to come back. He was burdened by the images and the vision after his death, that he had a purpose, that he was sent for a reason. Something that had to do with a doorway, and the number thirteen. After isolation from ...

Number of words: 1554 | Number of pages: 6

Othello 2

... also despises Cassio because of the promotion he received. One of the means Iago uses to carry out his plan is the use the other characters. Emilia’s part in his plot is to steal Desdemona’s handkerchief, but she is not aware that she plays such an essential role. Desdemona is also an unwilling and unknowing accomplice in Iago’s plan. Her only role is to play on Othello’s tragic flaw, jealousy. The greatest use of another character is Iago’s usage of Roderigo to finance the enforcement of his plan and to d ...

Number of words: 423 | Number of pages: 2

Native Son

... two women (one of whom is the daughter of a rich white family) to demonstrate that he is fed up with his life being controlled by fate. The author does an exceptional job in creating a theme that illustrates how racism takes away the self-control of the oppressed, thus leaving their lives in the hands of fate. The theme that racism doesn’t allow the oppressed to control their lives can be demonstrated through the symbolism of the rat, the poster outside of Bigger’s apartment, and Bigger’s encounter with the “nut” in jail. To Bi ...

Number of words: 1219 | Number of pages: 5

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