You have to read up to the very last page and once you get there, its jaw dropping! ... Every critique that I have read about this book has been nothing but positive. ... The novel was to be du Maurier's masterpiece and a classic of 20th-century fiction that continues to enthrall today" (House 1). The public even states they have read the book more than once and every time they read it, they discover and learn something new. ...

• Word Count: 3228
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• Grade Level: High School

Written by Anthony Burgess, it spans twenty one chapters and serves as a cult classic to this day" (http://www.geocities.com/athens/academy/1974/ summary.html). ... This being my first read work by Anthony Burgess, it has inspired me to read more of his literature. ... He also produced non-fiction books on English literature, linguistics, and the works of James Joyce, D.H. ... The first victim to this violence is a young scholar, who is carrying important books. ... They read parts of the books, then rip them to shreds, and finally beat the man nearly to death. ...

• Word Count: 2894
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

At first glance, Lewis's popular satirical novel Babbitt would appear to be a completely different work from Thoreau's philosophical classic Walden, uninspired by and possibly even disputing Thoreauvian principles. ... The polar views of conformity and rebellion portrayed in the two books serve to get the same basic point across, which is that ultra conformity is bad. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

To get a better understanding of the masculinity in Batman, we must take a look at the role of females. ... One of these women even have a shirt that reads "All This and Brains, Too!" ... Another reference for what masculinity is within The Dark Knight Returns, we must look at how pain is used. ... Returning to the fight with the mutant leader, we do see the classic comic book version of masculinity. ... At that moment, when Batman leaves his armored Batmobile, you truly see a classic comic book manly man (Page 78). ...

• Word Count: 2609
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• Grade Level: High School

Monomania Written By Monomania Outline 1) Introduction a) Contrasts and comparisons introduced for: i) Moby-Dick ii) Billy Budd Compare 2) Fate and the role it plays in the two novels 3) Obsession and the role it plays in the two novels 4) The role and appearance of religion in the two novels Contrast 5) Openness and recognition of monomania in the main characters 6) Origin of the evil nature of main characters 7) The concept of innocence and how it does or does not apply to the main characters 8) Concl...

• Word Count: 3225
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Later, I went to the library where I checked out 6 books and a video that I was psyched to watch. ... After watching the video I began to read my books. ... As I read I wrote sayings directly quoted from the books or in my own words on notecards. ... It is not a classic battle between good and evil. ...

• Word Count: 4167
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• Grade Level: High School

To truly understand the role that these two books, 1984, and Animal Farm played in our society, we must first understand the man that wrote them. ... She instead took it upon herself to get it published, and after much bullying it was read by one Leonard Monroe, a literary agent at the house Gollancz. ...

• Word Count: 8146
• Approx Pages: 33
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The two books share a great deal in common, especially in tone and theme. ... The story itself is a parody of the classic British children's story Coral Island by R. ... In addition to the background, both of the books' titles lend a great deal to the book's overall tone and themes. ...

• Word Count: 4223
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• Grade Level: High School

Introduction There was a time when negotiating with your children involved little more than harsh punishment. Little Johnny would ask "why?" and the response was similar to "because I said so". If Little Johnny rebutteled into "that's not fair", he was likely to find out just how unfair life can ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Strenghts and Weaknesses of Immanuel Kant's Concept of Nature A philosophical reflection on a disturbed relation with nature in the light of the ecological crisis Summary This study seeks to identify the frameworks of philosophical-theological co-operation between intuitions, ideas, beliefs and convictions within Western history, which prepared the ground for what is now known as the ecological crisis. This crisis confronts us with a human self-understanding in relation to nature particular to our time, which has become life threatening to the existence of large sections of ma...

• Word Count: 4223
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• Grade Level: High School