He grew up in the early 19th century and as a young teenage boy who claimed to have a series of visitations, revelations from God and visitations from angelic messengers, while he was praying in a grove of trees. ... The context of this book, along with the literary passages from the bible became guidance for Mormons. As time passed people from all societies questioned and criticized Joseph Smith's claims and his construction of this new practice, yet he was naive and constantly reminded of the vast amounts of acclaim he received from adults, as he was a young teenager. ... Throughout the...

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• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There are many aspects to the theme and form of the labyrinth in this novel. ... This novel is separated into four levels which tell the story from four points of view. ... This is when Zampano's book notes are found by a man named Johnny Truant who makes it his goal to organize the material left behind by Zampano. ... The Labyrinth as Theme and Form in Mark Z. ... The final cut of his video is far from the ideal. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

All the managers and superintendents and clerks of Packingtown were all recruited from another class and never from the workers. ... Purpose of the research: I have chosen this book The jungle by Upton Sinclair because I think that working class people of the 1990's..still live in a capitalistic jungle. ... In addition I have chosen as my theme? ... I have chosen this theme because it reflects how most businesses operate today in the 1990. ... I have learnt from the book The Jungle that business is a dog eat dog world. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Jack also suffers from a severe case of insomnia. ... Upon his returning from a business trip, Jack discovers that his precious condominium, containing all of his possessions, has been destroyed in an explosion. ... Tyler explains that the idea is to blow up all financial institutions so that the debt record will be erased and everyone can start from zero, completely freed. ... When the boss confronts Jack asking what he thinks about the matter, Jack responds: "I say, it sounds like some dangerous psychotic killer wrote this, and this buttoned-down schizophrenic could probably go over the e...

• Word Count: 3618
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• Grade Level: High School

According to the text book "Introduction to Sociology" Culture is defined as all that humans learn to do, to use, to produce, to know, and to believe as they grow to maturity and live out their lives in the social groups to which they belong. ... In her book, "I Come To Get Me," Arlene Nash Ferguson says it best: "It became a mirror in which black Bahamians saw the true reflection of their essence, their moods, their feelings and deepest yearnings. ... John Canoe, from which the name Junkanoo came, was an African trader on the West Coast of Africa for the duration of slavery. ... Competition...

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• Grade Level: High School

It might imply his understanding of the world came from a different view point, one of the future. ... However, Jane Austen does show characters growing through out the book. ... They lived their life through this romantic framework in their head and did not stray from it. ... We learn a great deal about Henry Tilney from John Thorpe. ... The different backgrounds that Catherine and Henry come from show differences in the way that they each handle society. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

At a very young age, I was taught how to make the sign of the cross, I was given a kiddie book about the Life of Saints and a sort of children's bible and that going to Mass every Sunday was a requirement. ... At first, it will seem unusual why or what this book has got to do with a Political Science student's academic life. ... And aside from that, this is an interesting starter for delving into how the concept of Church and the State resulted to countless debates since then and until now. The book has a wide-ranging scope; psychology, political thought, Christian-apologetic theor...

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• Grade Level: High School

He is a renowned strong general who is much in demand from the Venetians. ... Though it only forms the backdrop to one of the acts, Venice as a place is one of the most significant themes in the play. ... I don't think the essay has really discussed Venice as a theme. In any case, you need to be careful about the word - the play's locations are part of the dramatic representation of themes in the play, and certainly provide a key contrast between the 'old' society of Venice and the 'frontier' world of Cyprus, but it is not really a theme in itself. ... Roderigo ...

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• Grade Level: High School

By choosing this structure, it helps to create little mysteries throughout the book that enthrall the reader. ... These mysteries are cleaned up later in the book. ... It also makes the book more like a novel - which is generally structured around the reader's desire to know "what happened next". ... Therefore, the structure she has chosen enhances the impact of the issues that are raised because we are more inclined to accepts what she says. ... So this text links closely with "My Place" in regards to its portrayal of the theme that "Change is better than no change at all." ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Display Models/Theme 3. ... Like Paul (2012) mentioned that being driven by the market by the 1980s, the object-based art shifted in the exhibition-makers' role from curator-as-mediator to curator-as-author. ... The earliest type of decorative art was ancient pottery, notably the Jomon style Japanese ceramics pioneered from about 14,500 BCE. ... This type of art includes the creation of furniture and accessory furnishings, rugs and carpets, tapestry, embroidery, book illustration, floral decorations, ceramic pottery, basketry, goldsmithing, enamelwork, silverware, and jewellery art and mo...

• Word Count: 6796
• Approx Pages: 27
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The time and place where the book was written is unknown, but probably it was written at mainland Greece, around 750 B.C. Date of first publication and the first publisher for the book is unknown. ... Major themes of the poem are the glory of war; military values over family life; the impermanence of human life and its creations. ... Themes of the poem are the primacy of fate; the suffering of wanderers and the glory of Rome. ... This was the theme of both books. ...

• Word Count: 8864
• Approx Pages: 35
• Grade Level: High School

This element becomes a recurring theme in a great portion of religious texts, especially in the Bible and the Koran, both of which are celebrated in a wide construct as being among the main sources of religious literature. ... Both holy books have common themes, stories and/or parables featuring similar characters. ... They also show the consequences that can occur when people choose to ignore Gods messages and warnings that he gives through these figures, of which he has chosen. ... God began to believe that the mankind he had created had turned wicked, and through fore God wanted to, "...

• Word Count: 2532
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• Grade Level: High School

From the courages in defense of Scotland is significant in the opening scene. ... From then on, after the murder of Duncan, Macbeth entered into a life of evil. ... /Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood/Clean from my hand? ... He now had different views from which he had in the beginning of the play. ... At this point in the book, no guilt is felt on behalf of Lady Macbeth leaving Macbeth resembling a boy crying for help when no one is listening. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Lewis' central theme in this book is obsessive love. ... Lewis draws a parallel of this type of love and explains it more in his book The Four Loves. In this book he outlines what possessive love is and how it is laden with selfish ambitions and can easily turn from love to hatred. ... The root of the problem stems from the fact that Orual is estranged from the gods. ... She still cannot see this even towards the end of the book; she is adamant that the gods stole Psych's love from her. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Ondaatje's next novel, 1992's The English Patient, won the Governor General's Award and the Booker Prize, and was made into an award-winning film. ... In the course of his adventures, Patrick's life intersects with those of characters who reappear in Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning The English Patient. 256 pp. ... He was an abashed man, an inheritance from his father. ... The central theme behind many stories is the loss and regaining of identity. ... One of many themes in this novel is the search for identity and light. ...

• Word Count: 3985
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

Part of this reactioncomes from the Friar misunderstanding Juliet and Romeo's love. The otherpart comes from the Friar's self concern. As a result from Friar Lawrence'sbetrayal Juliet commits suicide. ...

• Word Count: 11808
• Approx Pages: 47
• Grade Level: High School

All three chosen texts explore these relationships differently; Jane Eyre's close friendship with Helen, Jeanette's amorous tryst with Melanie and the apparent hatred between Tamora and Lavinia. ... Indeed, the full title of the book is "Jane Eyre: An Autobiography" and it is therefore written in first person. ... The relationship between Jane and Helen is often a shelter for the characters, a place away from the rest of the world away from their problems, something that I have noticed across literature that explores female relationships. ... Helen advocates living accordi...

• Word Count: 3018
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It becomes clear that Magua has chosen this hill as a resting-place because its view and elevation make it well suited for defense. ... Magua is obsessed by Cora and will to trail her throughout the book. ... Gamut asks him where in scripture he has proof for this heresy, and Hawkeye replies that he requires only one book for his beliefs, the book of nature. ... David is still sufferings from his bullet wound. ... Hawkeye leads the party up a mountain, from which they can see the fort and the tents of the French encampment. ...

• Word Count: 3072
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• Grade Level: High School

Introduction As the title of this chapter suggests, the discussion here will approach our experimental findings from three different perspectives. ... So we decided to take a second look at natural texts and the opportunities available for learning from multiple encounters, this time using more sensitive measures and a case study methodology. ... We have also shown that R and W profited from meeting the words often, regardless of whether they were important to the story or occurred in information-rich contexts. ... Evidence for this perspective comes from a study of Japanese ESL learners by Ro...

• Word Count: 7274
• Approx Pages: 29
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Macbeth Essay Macbeth is a play, which encompasses such themes as witchcraft, fate, murder and the lust for power. ... She goes on to say that she would- "Chastise him with the valour of my tongue All that impedes the from the golden round." ... God puts the king there, and Macbeth knows that everybody has their place, chosen by God. ... There is an underlying theme throughout the play of good on the surface and evil underneath. ... She also says- "Your face, my Thane, is a book where men May read strange matters." ...

• Word Count: 2772
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• Grade Level: High School

In this paper, the marriage cases of most characters in the book we taken as typical to analyze how money influenced their matrimonial value orientation. ... After reading the whole book, we will find that money acts as the cause of each plot and the clue of its development. ... The narration above describes the British country squires' life picture from one aspect. ... But all this, together with her ability of administrating the county, derives from her rank and fortune. ... A blunt restatement of this sentence would read, " it is an acknowledged truth in our particular society that a s...

• Word Count: 4276
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• Grade Level: High School

The second boy is different from the others through his abnormal appearance but why did the first boy throw the rock? ... From witches to coloured people, from women to physically and mentally challenged individuals, the human race at one point or another has isolated and despised these people who are different, only because of misunderstanding and misinterpretations of their lifestyles and appearance. ... Huxley shows how misinterpretations caused by inaccurate explanations creates hatred towards a society or another being in this passage: " They laughed and laughed till the tears streamed do...

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A shy, self-conscious young woman from a lower-middle class background, she begins the novel as a paid companion to Mrs. ... She employs the heroine as a companion while she travels from one European resort town to another. ... At the end of the drive, the heroine notices a book of poetry in the car, and he insists upon giving it to her. She reads it that night, and notices that it is inscribed, "Max--from Rebecca." ... Rather, their exile is a spiritual one, and one freely chosen, to escape the ghosts that haunt Manderley's ruins. ...

• Word Count: 3026
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• Grade Level: High School

This is the first distinguishable fairytale as a subgenre of folklore, as it had been removed from the oral tradition of storytelling. ... The best known from this collection is The Princess on the Pea. ... All most of them ever seem to do is wait patiently for the right prince to come, or for someone else to rescue them from dangers and enchantments. ... With the launch of Madonna's new book, The English Roses, she acknowledged her questioning of the moral (immoral?) ... It is not right to say that all old fairy tales are written to put women down, it is simply because those that were...

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Each one of these "coffee lovers- invested $1,350 and borrowed another $5,000 from a bank to open the Pikes Place store. ... For most of the first year, Starbucks ordered its coffee beans from Peet's, but then the "3 teachers- bought a used roaster from Holland to set up roasting operations in a nearby "broken down- building. ... Such was the success arising from this first store that a second Starbucks store was opened in 1972. ... Baldwin showed Schultz some new beans that had just come in from Java and suggested they try a sample. ... People used the local coffee bar as the third pl...

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