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Lord Of The Rings Black Riders
1,103 words
... etter for a certain Frodo Baggins, which
Butterbur forgot to send to the Shire. Frodo and
his company seem to match the description Gandalf
gave to Butterbur, so he gives the letter to
Frodo. Among other things, this letter contains
Gandalf's advice to accept the help of a friend of
his, a man called Strider (with the true name
Aragorn), should they meet him. Thus Frodo decides
to accept his help as a guide to Rivendell. Merry,
who has earlier gone out to get some air, now
returns and tells ...
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Hundred Years War Canterbury Tales
1,128 words
... r to Chaucer's position before he left.
Chaucer's next occupation was serving as the clerk
of the kings works just a few months after King
Richard II began running the government for
himself. This job was a challenging one for
Chaucer, with many responsibilities such as
overseeing building repairs, paying wages,
obtaining materials, and recruiting workmen. After
that job was finished, he stayed in Kent and wrote
his Canterbury Tales, his most highly acclaimed,
most beautifully written and mo...
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Life Of Arthur Conan Doyle
1,198 words
... Doyle met a new student by the name of George
Budd. George Budd was a key part in Doyle's
literary career, because he was amazed at Budd's
extraordinary thinking while they were having
conversations. Doyle explains that Budd could, 'at
a moments notice take up any subject with intense
enthusiasm, weave the most amazing theories, carry
his listeners away with him until they were
gasping with excitement, drop the subject
suddenly, take up another, and repeat the process.
' (Pearson 19) He then...
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Lonely Mountain Lake Town
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Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit, one of a race of short,
timid creatures who live in cozy tunnels and who
prefer to keep their lives ordered and
predictable. One day, he unexpectedly finds
himself playing host to Gandalf the wizard and
thirteen dwarves. The dwarves, with Gandalf's
help, plan to travel to the Lonely Mountain to
recover the treasure that a dragon named Smaug
stole from their people long ago. Gandalf has
selected Bilbo to be their burglar. The dwarves
are not too happy with the wizard's ...
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Lord Voldemort Sci Fi
489 words
These books would be classified as fantasy, but
could be classified as also romance, action,
adventure, mystery, and sci-fi. It has romance
when Harry falls in love with Cho Chang, a girl in
Ravenclaw, another house at Hogwarts,
Harry^aEURTMs school. There is action and
adventure in every book (Harry fights Voldemort,
discovers a werewolf, joins a tournament, etc, ).
Mystery rises when a mysterious person rights with
blood on the wall about murder. It has a lot of
sci-fi like dragons, trolls, we...
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African Congo Book Type
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Title: Congo Publisher: Ballantine Books City of
Publication: New York Year of Publication: 1993
Number of Pages: 313 Type of Literature: Science
Fiction This story takes place on June of 1979 in
the African Congo. The main characters of this
book are Dr. Karen Ross, supervisor of Earth
Resources Technology Services, Dr. Peter Elliot, a
zoologist who trained a gorilla named Amy how to
speak using sign language. Another main character
is Charles Munro, whom leads the troop through the
Congo. This...
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Enkidu And Gilgamesh Hold Back
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The story of Gilgamesh begins in the ancient
Middle East, a land that was mainly war-faring and
used "take by force" tactics to gain leadership,
power, and fame. Since this was the prevailing
opinions, the authors, few may it be, tended to
define their heroes as men of quick, vicious
action. Those who hesitated were run over by those
who didn't. Character was built based on one's
ability to act quickly and without uncertainty.
Gilgamesh was involved in several situations in
which he could choose...
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Huck Finn A Journey
886 words
Huck Finn The Hero's Journey Joseph Campbell
describes a hero's journey as a cycle where the
person is a hero from birth. This holds true for
the character of Huck Finn because he fits the
description of a hero in the book Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn. There are different parts of the
hero's journey that can be applied to Huck, such
as the first stage which is known as the Innocent
World of Childhood. A stage further on in the
journey is the Initiation while the last stage is
known as the Free...
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Don Quixote And The Ethical Self
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Don Quixote and the Ethical Self By far, book Don
Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra is the
most famous and respected book in the Spanish
literature. Originally Cervantes intended to
present this work as a derision of the popular
ballads, but it appeared that he also made a
parody on the chivalry romances of the time. as a
result of Cervantes ambitions, he created a book
that became one of the most entertaining adventure
stories of all time, presenting two most
interesting characters of the...
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Forbidden City Civil Rights
640 words
The book The Forbidden City is written by William
Bell and contains 299 pages. The theme in this
serious, fiction adventure novel is about a
seventeen-year old boy named Alex Jackson, his
father, a CBC news cameraman, and their adventure
in China and how they survived the worst of times
during China s history. The place is Beijing,
China and the time is 1989, a year that Chinas
Government tries desperately to cover up and keep
buried forever. It starts with Alex Jackson, the
main character, and ...
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World Of Reality Amanda And Laura
714 words
The Glass Menagerie The play The Glass Menagerie,
by Tennessee Williams, Williams uses many symbols
which represent many different things. Many of the
symbols used in the play try to symbolize some
form of escape or difference between reality and
illusion. The first symbol, presented in the first
scene, is the fire escape. This represents the
bridge between the illusory world of the
Wingfields and the world of reality. This bridge
seems to be a one way passage. But the direction
varies for each ...
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Ernest Hemmingway Oak Park
858 words
Hemmingway's Literary Influences As one of
Americas greatest writers, Ernest Hemmingway
recounted his personal life experiences to create
his novels. Hemmingway lead an interesting life,
filled with romance, travel, and adventure. It was
this lifestyle that provided him with much of the
material that he used to write his greatest
novels. Writing was more of a story telling
exercise for Hemmingway, because he had firsthand
experience at most of what he wrote about.
Hemmingway was also influenced ...
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Amanda And Laura World Of Reality
956 words
In Tennessee Williams play The Glass Menagerie,
Williams uses many symbols which represent many
different things. Many of the symbols used in the
play try to symbolize some form of escape or a
link to a world of illusion. Just a few of these
are the fire escape, the movies, and even more
important, Laura's glass unicorn. Williams uses
numerous representations in his play to create a
more elaborate story for the reader. Some are very
subtle such as the blue roses flashed across the
screen. These ...
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Aunt Abby Frado Starts Bellmont
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In Frado- Our Nig FRADO In Harriet E. Wilsons only
known work, Our Nig; Or, Sketches from the Life of
a Free Black, I read about a young black girl who
grows up as an indentured servant to a large
Bellmont family. In the readings I read, the young
girl has three names: Frado, Frado and Nig. In
this essay, Ill refer to her as Frado. Although
Our Nig is an actual fictitious novel, our
literature book only gives us three chapters. Each
of these small chapters tells us a great story. In
Chapter IV A...
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Pieces Of Literature Connecticut Yankee
559 words
King Arthurs Britain, a vastly different Britain
than we know today, is revealed through many
timeless classics in literature. Two of these
pieces of literature are Thomas Malorys seriously
toned Le Morte Darthur and Mark Twain's satirical
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court. These
works show distinctly different visions of the
Arthurian legend. King Arthurs Britain in Twain's
A Connecticut Yankee and Malorys Morte Darthur may
be compared through the unique portrayal of living
conditions,...
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Thanksgiving Dinner Rich Kid Mother
982 words
The worst movie I have seen lately has to be
Dutch. A less than heart warming movie about a
misunderstood little rich kid and his mothers
working class boyfriend traveling home for thanks
giving dinner. They go on to a have a not so
exciting adventure with a totally ridiculous story
driving this train wreck. Not only is everything
that happens in this story totally unbelievable.
Each event gives you another reason to dislike one
of the characters a little more. By the end of
this movie I found m...
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Coffin Without Removing Coffin Without Removing One Nail Tom
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THE GLASS MENAGERIEA PLAY ABOUT FREEDOM Tennessee
William s play The Glass Menagerie isa play in my
opinion focuses on Tom Wingfieldsdesperation for a
better life. Tom is portrayed as the person who
holds the household together, but throughout the
play he is crying out for freedom. Many people
whereas this play may have thought that Amanda or
Laura were the victims of the play, however I
seemed to think that Tom is the real victim. Even
though all three ofthe characters are victims of
the harsh ...
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Sir Walter Scott King Richard
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Review of Ivanhoe By Sir Walter Scott The Jackal 2
/ 22 / 99 Ivanhoe is an adventure story set in 12
th century England during the Holy Crusades of
Richard the Lion-Hearted (King of England). This
novel is one of great suspense and action, which
elicits out great emotion such as valor and love.
The author, Sir Walter Scott can be considered a
historical storyteller. He brings together
characters of his imagination and places them in
the harsh environment of the medieval world, which
gives the re...
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Darkness Be My Friend Leader Of The Group
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Title: Darkness Be My Friend Author: John Marsden
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Publishers Publishing
Date: 1996 Setting: This book is set in fairly
modern times about 1990. I know this because the
teenagers speak the same way my friends and I do
and dress just like people do now. I also know
this because of the way they describe the country
town they live in. It sounds just like the average
country town in our time. I think it is set is in
a country town in Australia away from the cities.
I think th...
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Darkness Be My Friend Leader Of The Group
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Title: Darkness Be My Friend Author: John Marsden
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Publishers Publishing
Date: 1996 Setting: This book is set in fairly
modern times about 1990. I know this because the
teenagers speak the same way my friends and I do
and dress just like people do now. I also know
this because of the way they describe the country
town they live in. It sounds just like the average
country town in our time. I think it is set is in
a country town in Australia away from the cities.
I think th...
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