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994 wordsIn 1903, Jack London wrote his best selling novel, concerning the life of a sled dog that travels throughout Alaska, the Yukon, and the Klondike. Throughout this book Jack London uses personification to illustrate the dog's viewpoint. London describes what adventures the dog encounters after being kidnapped from his Santa Clara Valley home to be taken to Alaska as a sled dog to help men pursue gold in the gold rush of 1897. Buck, is the name of this sled dog who experiences his primitive life st...
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Upton Sinclair Wage Earners
1,593 wordswas fact. Upton Sinclair visited Chicago in November 1904 to do research for the book. Sinclair lived in a neighborhood called Packingtown for seven weeks. While in Packingtown, Sinclair interviewed workers, lawyers, doctors, saloon keepers, and social workers. The book deals with the greed and ruthless competition that turned America into a brutal country, which Sinclair referred to as a 'jungle. ' The Jungle also tells how those at the bottom of the economic ladder, who were wage-earners and t...
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Golden Fleece Important Theme
525 words"Love and Deception" There are many pieces of literature that may entail more than one theme throughout the story. The tragedy, Medea, by Euripides is very good example of this. Throughout this story, the themes of betrayal and love, revenge, and women's rights arise. Euripides brings these points up to help the reader to realize that women are powerful also. Betrayal is a very important theme throughout this story. Her husband Jason betrays Medea, when he abandons her and her children for anoth...
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King Of Ireland Gawaine Gareth Agravaine
712 wordsIn the Queen of Air and Darkness Morgause raises four boys. She is not a good mother, and she does not give her boys a sense of right and wrong. She often ignores them for days at a time and beats them when they displease her. She acts as if they were pets rather than human beings, to be loved or not at her convenience. But despite this common maltreatment, the boys turn out very differently. Gawaine is the oldest of the boys and in many ways the most normal. He becomes a knight in Arthur's cour...
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George And Lennie Mice And Men
1,513 wordsMice and Men Book Report By: Claudia Yaeger 6 th Hour C. P. English 11 Due: April 15, 2002 1. ) Title: Of Mice and Men Published: Random house, INC Author: John Steinbeck Where book was acquired: Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School Library 2. ) What type of book: Fiction 3. ) Characters: 1. ) George- A small man who travels with, and takes care of, Lennie. He frequently talks about how much better his life would be without having Lennie to take care of. George's behavior is motivated by the desire...
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Work Place Broadcasting Companies
1,613 wordsWorkplace privacy has always been monitored by employers on their employees. Each and every communication made by employees is monitored by the employers. This system although prevalent today in most western countries, it has met resistance from employees who feel that their privacy has always been violated. Workplace monitoring is done on telephone, electronic mails and voice mails as well as computers are being monitored by the employers. Workplace monitoring is done in order to ensure that em...
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Order To Avoid Oedipus The King
619 wordsOedipus the King In his tragedy Oedipus the King Sophocles uses the myth of Oedipus the King to show collision between the gods and the human will. The tragedy comprises of number of incidents that make cause-and-effect chain. Each of Oedipus actions brings him closer to collapse and each of his actions can be explored as a reversal of intentions. Oedipus is the son of Thebes king Laius. Laius was told that his own son will kill him. In order to avoid death, the king orders to stab the childs le...
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Worlds Religions Socio Political
1,880 wordsMenstrual Meanings (1) Throughout the history of humankind, such physiological aspect of womens existential mode as menstrual cycle, used to be traditionally surrounded with many controversies. There are different theories that strive to explain this from socio-political, psychoanalytical and philosophical perspectives. However, the majority of psychologists agree that society's popular attitudes towards menstruation correspond to the fact that people subconsciously entitle blood with mystical p...
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Trojan War Anchor Books
919 wordsAeneas and Achilleus Both Aeneas from Virgil's Aeneid, and Achilleus, the protagonist of the Homers Illiad, are supernatural heroes who represent symbols of Roman and Greek cultures respectively. Achilleus possesses phenomenal strength and has a close bond with the gods; he may strike contemporary readers as less than heroic. He has all the symbols of a great warrior (one of the necessities for heroism), but his deep-rooted character flaws continually obstruct his ability to act with honesty or ...
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Circle Of Hell Epic Of Gilgamesh
1,580 words- - World Lit Book Summaries Gilgamesh The Gilgamesh epic is very interesting and historically important because of its very early position in world literature. It tells us about an actual Sumerian king Gilgamesh of Uruk in Babylonia, on the River Euphrates in modern Iraq. He lived about 2700 B. C. In the epic the deeds of Gilgamesh and his companion, the wild man Enkidu are described. All these stories were composed into a long poem, which is considered as the earliest epic cycle yet known. The...
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Gender Roles Gender Identity
1,062 wordsGender Roles Which has more influence over a child's understanding of gender roles, the child's parent or the mass media? To answer this question, we need to conduct an experiment using all modern scientific psychological methods. However, these experiments demand time; therefore, here we will use the scientific researches conducted by others. We presume that this work will be useful both for parents and for everybody else who is interested in forming of a childs gender role. First, let us defin...
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1,053 wordsLove and Loyalty in Hamlet Love is a very powerful theme in Hamlet. Hamlets love was mainly driven by revenge of his fathers murder. Hamlet is too confused and shocked after his mother married his own uncle two month after his fathers death. Different feelings overflow Hamlets sole. Hamlets revenge is successful, but very costly. Hamlet had paid his revenge with his treasured Ophelia, his friend, and his own life. His love for Ophelia is dispersed. It can be seen as the reflection of the true lo...
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Cigarette Smoking Cigarette Smokers
1,467 wordsSmoking The biggest legal killer in the world, smoking kills at least 60 million people each year. Cigarette smoking is the most significant cause of lung cancer and also the leading cause of death in both men and women. Cigarette smoking is accountable for at least one-third of the deaths of cancer annually in the united states. Cigarette smoking is an addiction that can be prevented. However, once a person inhales a cigarette it becomes an addiction that can cause lung cancer, heart disease, a...
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Man Who Kills Death Penalty
969 wordsBloodthirsty America On June 7, 1998, James Byrd was decapitated when he was chained behind a pick-up and dragged down a country road, three men are being held without bail on charges of capital murder. James Byrd was a black man, and the three men accused of his death are white; thus, the murder is believed to be a hate crime. These three men, for no other reason than the color of his skin, took the life of this man; who was somebody's son, somebody's husband, and somebody's daddy. Now, I propo...
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Macbeth Witches Predictions
1,361 wordsDATE Bloody Macbeth BLOCK 4 TH DATE 09 / 10 / 00 Bloody Macbeth Macbeth was written by William Shakespeare in 1606. In Act 2, we see Macbeth assassinate the king, and get shaken from it. Later on in Act 3, Macbeth plans to kill Banquo by murderers to assure his own safety. On the other hand, the three witches appear with Hecate, and plan to show Macbeth some magic that will lead him to his own destruction. Act 3 also reveals Macduff going England for help in freeing Scotland from the tyrant Macb...
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Iago Plan Othello And Desdemona
871 wordsThe Mood of Othello Othello is a play that evokes many emotions from a reader? s mind. The mood is changing, yet throughout, it demands a lot of contempt for the villain, Iago. Beginning with act one, there is an immediate setting for suspicion which will remain characteristic throughout the whole story. There is a touch of happiness for the newlyweds, Othello and Desdemona, which quickly disintegrates with the mighty villains lies and deceit. There is a feeling of empathy for Othello when his e...
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Rest Of His Life Victor Frankenstein
1,160 wordsBook Brief Frankenstein Mary Shelley Novel Brief Synopsis: The book opens with a scene of a ship in the Arctic Ocean. The ship is stuck in the ice and unable to move. Robert Walton, the ship s captain, is writing letters to his sister back home. The letters tell of his explorations and the events that occur on the ship. Walton s crew pulls about a lifeless body and revive the man back to life. This man is Victor Frankenstein. Walton and Frankenstein talk about why Victor is in the Arctic and Vic...
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Othello Iago Cassio
502 wordsIago Othello Summary Plot Summary Iago is passed over for a promotion by his commander, Othello, a Moor and a general in the service of Venice, and vows revenge. Othello has just married Desdemona, the daughter of Brabantio, a Venetian Senator, and Iago enlists the aid of Roderigo, a rejected suitor, to tell Desdemona's father about the marriage. Brabantio goes to seize his daughter, but is interrupted by news of a Turkish attack on Cyprus. The Duke and the Senate convene, and after hearing Desd...
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Contributes To The Theme Oedipus Rex
750 wordsIn Oedipus Rex Oedipus Rex In many plays a character has a misconception of his her self and / or his or her world. When this misconception is destroyed it can be a major turning point in the story. Oedipus Rex by Sophocles is one such story. In the story Oedipus has such a misconception where he thinks he has a good life, but really his life is morally wrong. This contributes to the theme or themes of the play when they serve as the defining climax of the story. When the misconception is stoppe...
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Rose For Emily Town Of Jefferson
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