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  • Saint Maybe

    Saint Maybe

    Saint Maybe By: Shanna Gonzales English 3- 4/5 December 7, 2005 Ann Tyler’s Saint Maybe is a complex work that analyzes the grieving process and the human need to reconcile for our sins or wrong doings. At the beginning of the book the Bedloe’s are described as the perfect family, much similar to that of a 50’s sitcom. Mr. Bedloe is a hard working husband and caring father. And Mrs. Bedloe is a neat cheerful

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    Submitted: December 18, 2009 By: Artur
  • Salem - Witches Today and Yesterday

    Salem - Witches Today and Yesterday

    Witches Today and Yesterday What is the difference between witches in today’s society and witches in the past? Why were people accused of being witches? What were the punishments people got when they were accused of being a witch and found guilty? How is the witch trials repeated in history? When someone talks about witches what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Most people think of witches from movies such as the witch in

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: July
  • Salem Possessed

    Salem Possessed

    Salem Possessed Salem Possessed is a novel that explores the social, economic, political, and geographical divisions within the Salem Village community. It is written as an attempt to understand the accusations of witchcraft in 1692. It is believed that the village of Salem is split into two factions: one interested in gaining more of a society based upon political independence and led by the Putnam family, and the other, interested in the mercantile and political

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    Submitted: April 16, 2010 By: Artur
  • Salem Witch Trials

    Salem Witch Trials

    The need to understand the mechanics of exchange rates and their developments has generated a vast theoretical and empirical literature. The flexible price monetary model, which subsequently gave way to the overshooting or sticky-price model, the equilibrium and liquidity models as well as the portfolio balance approach have characterised three decades of research, from the 1960s to the 1980s. More recently, since the publication of Obstfeld and Rogoff’s (1995) seminal “redux” paper, the new open-economy

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    Submitted: January 8, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Salem: A Result of Good or Evil?

    Salem: A Result of Good or Evil?

    In every story, the setting plays a mayor role in how to interpret, understand, and make sense of the whole content. It represents the structure that lead to the continuing process of the scenario. In Young Goodman Brown, Hawthorne uses the forest, the time of the day and, the path Goodman follows to symbolize the struggle between God and the devil. In the beginning of the story, there is a conversation between Goodman Brown

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    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: Victor
  • Sammy’s Insanity

    Sammy’s Insanity

    Sammy’s Insanity “Honey, it was if he had a major lapse in judgment. I am very disappointed in him and his parents will definitely be getting a call from me first thing in the morning.” Lengel said hastily to his wife. They were just sitting down to a late supper in the yellow lit room filled with little trinkets, and a picture on the wall of a kitten and a dog cuddling that read, “Can‘t

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    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Top
  • Sample

    Sample

    This book is funny and at other times the mood is more serious. The few chapters in the beginning were the funny ones. In these chapters he writes about his childhood and works his way forward to when he starts to work in the District Attorney's Office. Specifically he tells about how he was caught stealing a Hostess Fruit pie at the corner store, sneaking crackers from his house pantry, and being teased about having

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    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: Mike
  • Samuel Beckett’s - Waiting for Godot

    Samuel Beckett’s - Waiting for Godot

    In Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting For Godot, the role of Lucky excites “thoughtful laughter” in the reader by use of satirical situations. When Lucky first enters the story, the two main characters Estragon and Vladimir are waiting for a man they are hardly acquainted with, Godot. When Lucky enters he is in front of his master Pozzo, tied to a rope carrying a lot of baggage and other miscellaneous items while being whipped to

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: regina
  • Sanchez Written by Richard Dokey

    Sanchez Written by Richard Dokey

    The short story "Sanchez," written by Richard Dokey, is a story about Juan Sanchez and his family. "Sanchez" is told in many different settings, which are all unique and represent various feelings that Dokey portrays to his readers. The settings are described realistically; they affect Juan and Jesus in personal ways. The settings vary from a small village in Mexico to the Sierra Nevada in California. At first the story is set in Stockton in

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    Submitted: May 25, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Sankofa

    Sankofa

    Sankofa is an Akan (Ghanaian) word meaning "one must return to the past in order to move forward." Written and directed by Ethiopian-born filmmaker and Howard University professor Haile Gerima, Sankofa is the story of the psychospiritual journey of Mona, a self-possessed African American woman who faces an identity crisis. From the African continent through the Middle Passage and the Americas, Mona relives her past and is transformed. A seductive model in the United States,

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    Submitted: January 7, 2010 By: July
  • Sarah, Plain and Tall

    Sarah, Plain and Tall

    Final Exam Kim Hatfield The first book I will discuss is Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan. This historical fiction novel is set in the 19th century. To me this book meet all of the requirements that are discussed in the book about historical fiction. First of all the characters were very well rounded and complex. Sarah Elisabeth Wheaton is my favorite character because she is such a good role model. She always is

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    Essay Length: 390 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Victor
  • Sarcasm While the Irony’s Hot

    Sarcasm While the Irony’s Hot

    Flannery O’Connor’s Use of Irony ‭ Irony is used in stories to show that there is a difference in reality and the way things appear to be either in terms of meaning,‭ ‬action,‭ ‬or situation.‭ ‬In two of Flannery O'Conner's short stories entitled‭ "‬Good Country People,‭" ‬and‭ “‬A Good Man Is Hard to Find,‭” ‬she uses the technique of irony to help her create various different degrees of abnormal characters and situations.‭ ‬These seemingly intellectual

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    Submitted: February 10, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Saree of the Gods

    Saree of the Gods

    Boumati Stuck Between Two Worlds in G.S Charat Chandra's "Saree of the Gods" Aghiles Boumati 1330177 International Literature 603-103-1444 Instructor: Elizabeth Koper Friday March 13, 2015 Outline Introduction: * The short story "Saree of the Gods", by G.S. Sharat Chandra.............. * Theme: The story suggests that through alienation one can be often misunderstood, but also can misunderstand others. * Thesis: The author effectively conveys this theme through the use of characterization, irony and symbolism. Body:

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    Submitted: April 5, 2015 By: boumati10
  • Sarny a Life Rememberred

    Sarny a Life Rememberred

    Title: The Title of this book is Sarny: A life remembered. Author: The Author of the book is Gary Paulsen. The Setting: The Setting of the book takes place on a Plantation, Southwest United States, The war, and in New Orleans. Main characters: Sarny Is the main character of the story she gives everything a strong sense of mind. In the story Night John Sarny is a slave girl who is taught to read

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    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: Jack
  • Satellite Communication

    Satellite Communication

    Therefore after considerable research and development efforts within the next few years in the development of space qualified electronics, the active repeaters were discovered. The first of Newton's laws, which was a logical extension of earlier work by Johannes Kepler, proposed that every bit of matter in the universe attracts every other bit of matter with a force which is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of

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    Submitted: May 14, 2011 By: husaini1988
  • Satire in Catch-22 and Good as Gold

    Satire in Catch-22 and Good as Gold

    Satire in Catch-22 and Good as Gold Joseph Heller who is perhaps one of the most famous writers of the 20th century writes on some emotional issues such as war. He does not deal with these issues in the normal fashion instead he criticizes them and the institutions that help carry these things out. Heller in fact goes beyond criticizing he satirizes. Throughout his two major novels Catch-22 and Good as Gold he satirizes almost

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Edward
  • Satire in Huck Finn

    Satire in Huck Finn

    The journey taken by two people down a river, is rarely thought of as anything more than just an adventure. However, Mark Twain uses his novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, to explore and poke fun of many problems facing American society. Huck, the main character, is considered an uneducated boy who is constantly under pressure to conform to the civilized aspects of society. Jim, who accompanies Huck, is a runaway slave seeking freedom from

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    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Satire in Huckleberry Finn

    Satire in Huckleberry Finn

    According to Ernest Hemingway, "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn." Along with Hemingway, many others believe that Huckleberry Finn is a great book, but few take the time to notice the abundant satire that Twain has interwoven throughout the novel. The most notable topic of his irony is society. Mark Twain uses humor and effective writing to make The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn a satire of the

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    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Satire in Pride and Prejudice

    Satire in Pride and Prejudice

    Satire is used in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen to show the deficiencies in morals and ethics of the characters that Austen disapproves of. Satire is used to "attack" characters and to bring about change. The different characters types she satirizes are "suck-ups," hierarchical, and/or ignorant. Austen disapproves of Mr. Collins and that is why she attacks and satirizes him. Mr. Collins is a "suck-up." His living with Lady Catherine has caused him to

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Jon
  • Satire of Huck Finn

    Satire of Huck Finn

    Samuel L. Clemans, whose pen name is Mark Twain was one of American’s greatest writers who was known around the world for his works like Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. He is recognized as many to be one of the greatest American writers. I just finished one of his books The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn which I felt was a very moving book . The book is about a young boy (Huck Finn) whose father

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Savage Inequalities

    Savage Inequalities

    Savage Inequalities, written by Jonathan Kozol, shows his two-year investigation into the neighborhoods and schools of the privileged and disadvantaged. Kozol shows disparities in educational expenditures between suburban and urban schools. He also shows how this matter affects children that have few or no books at all and are located in bad neighborhoods. You can draw conclusions about the urban schools in comparison to the suburban ones and it would be completely correct. The differences

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    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: Steve
  • Savagery According to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    Savagery According to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    GSTR 110J Essay #1 Tuesday, September 19th Savagery According to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Savagery, what is it and who is to draw the line? Most people in today’s society when asked to think of someone that is savage, their minds will automatically think back to the tribes seen on the discovery channel; half naked, dressed in war paint, tromping through the woods barefoot in search of prey they are going to kill with little

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    Submitted: February 1, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Savagery, Power and Fear

    Savagery, Power and Fear

    Many characters in the story help prove how man must have rules in order to control his savage side. Ralph is the chief and he represents civilization and its parliaments. Piggy is Ralph’s brain trust and an intellectual. Both Ralph and Piggy represent the struggle for order and democracy. Jack is the spark of wildness that burns hot and close to the surface, which later conflicts with Ralph. From the very beginning, Jack seems to

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    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Save Face or Do What’s Right?

    Save Face or Do What’s Right?

    Eng. 12 Essay #3 Revision Save Face Or Do What’s Right? In the essay "Shooting an elephant" George Orwell describes an incident he had while working as an Imperial Police officer in Burma. An elephant had gone out of control and was loose in a town. He was forced to make a decision on whether to follow the will of the local people, or to save the elephant's life. Orwell knew it was wrong to

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    Submitted: February 9, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Save Inequalities

    Save Inequalities

    In Savage Inequalities, Jonathan Kozol describes the surroundings of numerous public schools in America. Between the years of 1988 and1990, he visited schools in roughly 30 different neighborhoods and found that there was a wide gap in the circumstances between the poorest inner-city school communities and schools in the wealthier suburban communities. How are there such huge differences within public school systems of a country that claims to provide equal opportunity for all? It

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    Submitted: March 19, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Save the Children Campaign, the Analysis

    Save the Children Campaign, the Analysis

    Save the Children Campaign, The Analysis Introduction: The organization that I chose to analysis is the Save the Children Campaign. This organization relies heavily upon ethos and pathos to get support for their cause. This organization uses many means to get their point across to people. This organization uses the emotional appeal to their advantage and mostly they use this technique to get donations and volunteers. The use of credibility strategies has helped the organization

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    Submitted: April 21, 2010 By: July
  • Saving Private Ryan

    Saving Private Ryan

    Saving Private Ryan “Saving Private Ryan” was film about World War II when a mother (Mrs. Ryan) is about to receive a telegram about 3 out of her 4 sons died in battle. But the Army chief and staff wants to ease some of her grief so he sends a squad of 8 men to retrieve the fourth brother. In my opinion this film hits all the aspects of WWII, to the landing of

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    Submitted: June 1, 2016 By: redrock360
  • Saving Pvt Ryan

    Saving Pvt Ryan

    There was a movie that changed the way the media viewed war. The movie “Saving Private Ryan” has and will continue to leave a mark on anyone who sees it. It’s a movie so powerful that the men who lived through some of the actual events couldn’t bear to watch it. The movie starts out giving you look through the eyes of the men on the biggest marine and ground invasion in history, engaging in

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    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Scarlet Ibis

    Scarlet Ibis

    The Scarlet Ibis In the “Scarlet Ibis” Brother helped his little brother Doodle live life to the fullest. Brother was responsible for Doodle’s life and his death. Brother was usually good to Doodle and also mean to Doodle. When Brother was mean to Doodle he was very mean. Brother was a good person. In fact he Doodle how to walk. This show he wanted help Doodle so that he would not be dumb. Brother cared

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    Submitted: May 2, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Scarlet Ibis & Conflict

    Scarlet Ibis & Conflict

    Blood is thicker than water, but sometimes pride is thicker than both. Such is the case with James Hurst's "The Scarlet Ibis." This is a dramatic short story about two brothers, in which the older brother manipulates and is later responsible for the death of his dying younger brother, Doodle. Doodle is Handicap with a week heart and was expected to live no more than 1 year, but he proved everyone wrong. These actions proved

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    Essay Length: 357 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 11, 2010 By: Artur
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