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  • The Color Purple Character Analysis

    The Color Purple Character Analysis

    The main character of this book is a lady named Celie. She doesn’t really state that this is her name but during the few times she is referred to this is what they call her. She starts off at the age of 14 in the book, but the book progresses through many years at a time. Celie writes the whole book in letters to God. Celie was raped constantly by what was assume was her

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Anna
  • What Is Prejudice? What Causes one to Be Prejudice? in to Kill a Mockingbird, There Were Three Types of Prejudice: Racial, Social, and Sexual

    What Is Prejudice? What Causes one to Be Prejudice? in to Kill a Mockingbird, There Were Three Types of Prejudice: Racial, Social, and Sexual

    What is prejudice? What causes one to be prejudice? In To Kill a Mockingbird, there were three types of prejudice: racial, social, and sexual. Racial prejudice was shown in many ways. For example, Tom Robinson was accused of raping a white woman. It was clear to see that he was a disable Black man. Even though Atticus had provided enough evidence to acquit Tom of all charges he still went to prison. In addition,

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    Essay Length: 494 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Victor
  • Act III of Luigi Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author

    Act III of Luigi Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author

    In this selection from the beginning of Act III of Luigi Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author, the Father tries to make the Producer and the actors understand the difference between illusion and reality. In the beginning of this selection, the leading actress uses the word “illusion” to describe the scene they are working on. This word greatly offends the Father because it belittles his family’s story of their lives. Their story is

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    Essay Length: 590 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Mike
  • A Time to Kill

    A Time to Kill

    the novel that I am reviewing is entitled A Time to Kill by John Grisham. This is a very special comtroversial story that takes place in a southern state where racism and the Ku Klux Klan are very big factors in the lives of manu inhabiting in the small southern town. It tells the story of two white males who commit a sadistic crime by beating and raping a young black girl and leaving her

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • First They Killed My Father

    First They Killed My Father

    FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER -2 How many of us have ever experienced sorrow, true starvation and death; all by the age of nine? Is it even possible for us to comprehend the intensity of those emotions if we haven’t yet experienced them ourselves? Probably not. Yet this is the task Loung Ung had set upon. I believe she succeeded in providing us at least a ghost of those emotions by providing us an honest

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    Essay Length: 700 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • To Kill a Mockingbird

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    105 Elm Street Maycomb AL 44945 December 12 2006 Mayella Ewell 332 3rd street Maycomb Al 44945 Dear Mayella Ewell, I'm Jem Finch, the proud son of Mr. Atticus Finch. I'm not sure if you remember me, but if you do, I know you will probably want to throw this letter out when you remember me or who my father was. I don't know if you realize how much pain and drama that your actions

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    Essay Length: 698 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Mike
  • Similarities and Differences of Characters in the Sound and the Fury

    Similarities and Differences of Characters in the Sound and the Fury

    The Sound and the Fury is one of the best novels in history. It is a compelling story that shows different aspects of a family that is slowly deteriorating. William Faulkner made it clear that one of the most important aspects of this novel is the theme of lost. Faulkner gave the views of four different individuals who all had one main obsession, their sister Caddy, who in a way symbolizes the lost that each

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    Essay Length: 1,385 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Yan
  • Character Overvew of one Flew over the Cockoo’s Nest

    Character Overvew of one Flew over the Cockoo’s Nest

    2-The development of Chief Bromdem was inevitable. As soon as McMurphy arrived at the ward the chief was intrigued by the way he was. Since the very beginning McMurphy started to work on the chief’s character. The fact that he had to act deaf and dumb in order to not face reality is enough to show that he was very weak. As the development story went on the chief developed also. McMurphy started to

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    Essay Length: 341 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Artur
  • To Kill a Mocking Bird

    To Kill a Mocking Bird

    To Kill A Mocking Bird, By: Harper Lee This report is on To Kill A Mocking Bird, by Harper Lee. The story takes place in a sleepy little Alabama town called Maycomb. The story is portrayed in the Great Depression time period. It's about a little girl named Scout Finch, who lives with her brother Jem, and her widower lawyer father, Atticus. Scout, the main character, is a very tomboyish girl that is both intellegent,

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Atticus

    Atticus

    From time to time in literature, an author creates a character that is memorable for moral courage. Atticus Finch of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird is just such a character. Atticus is a small town lawyer living in Alabama over the years of the two world wars and the great depression. In the story line he realizes the hardships of parenting and the price of principle. His children Jem and Scout, share in his

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Kevin
  • To Kill a Mockingbird

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a novel which consists of a number of positive and negative themes. Lee has utilised the way of life and the attitude towards ‘Negros’ in the 1930’s to create a intriguing novel which has enlightened the wider community on the matters of racism and prejudice in America in the 1930’s. Even though the novel has a dark plot line there are a number of positive themes presented

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    Essay Length: 964 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Andrew
  • To Kill a Mockingbird

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, there was tolerance and intolerance from the people of Maycomb County towards different races. Harper Lee shows us the type of intolerance in the novel. She also shows us signs of hope in the plot and characterization. There were types of intolerance in the novel that were clearly stated. For an example, there was intolerance between the white and black people. The main quarrel that stands out

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Stenly
  • To Kill a Mockingbird

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1. Show how at least two individual episodes, sections or events in your studied text held your interest as a reader. This essay will discuss how two individual events in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, held my interest as a reader. The two individual events are Tom Robinsons court case and the pageant at Scouts school when she plays the role of “Pork”. I will discuss what techniques were used in both events

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Artur
  • Use of Characters in No Sugar

    Use of Characters in No Sugar

    Throughout Australian history a racist attitude towards Aboriginals has been a significant issue. The instant the early settlers arrived on our shores and colonised, the Aboriginals have been fighting for the survival of their culture. The Aboriginals haven been take in and dominated to bring them in line with an idealistic European society. These themes have been put forward by Jack Davis in his stage play, No Sugar, the story of an Aboriginal family’s fight

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    Submitted: January 30, 2010 By: Tommy
  • The Crucible – the Main Character of John Proctor

    The Crucible – the Main Character of John Proctor

    In the novel The Crucible, author Arthur Miller uses varying degrees of goodness and evil to control the flow of the story while showcasing a Puritan town's superstitions and fear of the devil to justify the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. The central character in Salem is John Proctor, an outspoken, successful, and well-respected farmer who chooses to maintain a certain distance from the church. Religious at heart, this man who has sinned, openly condemns

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    Submitted: January 31, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Discuss the Characters We Hear but Do Not See Why Are They Significant in Terms of the Themes of the Play and in Comparison with Willy?

    Discuss the Characters We Hear but Do Not See Why Are They Significant in Terms of the Themes of the Play and in Comparison with Willy?

    Discuss the characters we hear but do not see why are they significannot in terms of the themes of the play and in comparison with Willy? The first character that I would like to discuss but we never see is Willy’s father. Willy would have people believe that Willy’s dad was a great to success that he left a legacy to Willy a legacy of greatness. This cannot be so because Willy says in act

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    Submitted: January 31, 2010 By: Max
  • During the Course of the Initial Three Scenes in Othello We See the Character of Othello Turn from Valiant Othello a Character of True Principles and Values into a Vengeful and Mistrusting Monster

    During the Course of the Initial Three Scenes in Othello We See the Character of Othello Turn from Valiant Othello a Character of True Principles and Values into a Vengeful and Mistrusting Monster

    Perhaps the most obvious change in Othello’s character is his loss of ability to reason. Early into the play, we see him command respect amongst his peers and �diffuse’ tension between characters to prevent a fight breaking out, “Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them. Good signor, you shall more command with years than with your weapons.” (I.2 .59) However, contrasted with his later impulsive and careless actions the difference is

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    Essay Length: 560 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 31, 2010 By: Mike
  • Oedipus Rex: Your Character Is Your Fate

    Oedipus Rex: Your Character Is Your Fate

    Does character determine fate, or is fate responsible for shaping one’s character? In Sophocles’ dramatic tragedy, Oedipus Rex, character plays a very important role in determining the protagonist’s fate. The extent to which this occurs is difficult to conclude, for during the play it seems character isn’t the only factor that led to the final result. Although character can be influenced by external circumstances, a situation’s outcome will be arrived to as a result of

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    Submitted: January 31, 2010 By: Yan
  • Burr, Hamilton, & Jefferson: A Study in Character

    Burr, Hamilton, & Jefferson: A Study in Character

    This is a controversial book that is well worth the read. The author comes at his subject from outside academe, albeit with impeccable credentials. Although he has authored nine books, has served as Director of the National Park Service and Director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, and was once a White House correspondent for NBC, his approach remains outside the mainstream of history or journalism. To begin, it is refreshingly place-oriented

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    Submitted: January 31, 2010 By: Kevin
  • To Kill a Mockingbird

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    To Kill a Mocking Bird, written by Harper Lee contains many issues about prejudice and justice, which are reflected on our daily lifestyles and cultural history. It portrays the dream that black people were not permitted to have in American society. It is a classic novel that has still contains relevance in today’s young society. The key theme in To Kill a Mocking Bird, which also forms the backbone of the story, is Prejudice. The

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    Submitted: January 31, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Who Killed Norton McCarthy

    Who Killed Norton McCarthy

    Who killed Norton McCarthy ? To figure out the case of who may have killed Norton McCarthy on November 30th we must examine if the prime suspect is at fault. Even though Simon Fletcher has an alibi there are holes in his story. By analyzing what Simon Fletcher did on the day of the murder we can come up with conclusions on what might have happened and the time frame we are looking at

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    Submitted: February 1, 2010 By: Jon
  • To Kill a Mockingbird - Similarities in Tom’s and Boo’s Lives

    To Kill a Mockingbird - Similarities in Tom’s and Boo’s Lives

    Certain uncanny resemblances between Tom Robinson and Boo Radley's lives exist in Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird. Often large groups of people misunderstand certain unusual individuals. Sometimes they stereotype the person; other times, they simply do not bother to find out the truth. When such circumstances occur, the ostracized person's actions become unfairly misinterpreted or not understood at all. Sometimes rumors circulate about the individuals, that might then be assumed as the truth. In

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    Submitted: February 1, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Crash Character Analysis

    Crash Character Analysis

    Challenging and thought-provoking, Paul Haggis’ “Crash” takes a provocative, unflinching look at the complexities of racial tolerance in contemporary America. Diving headlong into the diverse melting pot of post-9/11 Los Angeles, this compelling urban drama tracks the volatile intersections of a multi-ethnic cast of characters’ struggles to overcome their fears as they careen in and out of one another’s lives. In the gray area between black and white, victim and aggressor, there are no easy

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    Submitted: February 2, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Character Essay

    Character Essay

    My favorite television character is Raven Symone from the show "That’s So Raven". Raven is the main character of the show. Raven is the average teenage girl in high school she goes through the same types of trouble that any regular kid goes through. Raven has issues with friends, family, boyfriends and, enemies. There is just one thing about Raven that is not like other people, Raven can tell the future. Raven’s special powers cause

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    Submitted: February 2, 2010 By: Artur
  • Thelma and Louise Character Analysis

    Thelma and Louise Character Analysis

    The film begins with Thelma (Geena Davis) and Louise (Susan Sarandon), living repressed lives in Arkansas. Both women have stereotypical roles in this movie. As best friends, they decide to go on an adventure that takes a dramatic turn and ends up being an adventurous police chase to the sudden death. Thelma is an unhappy housewife who despises her husband (Daryl), who is a bumbling, controlling and narcissistic. Her character is somewhat infantile, in

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    Submitted: February 2, 2010 By: Tommy

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