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The Catcher in the Rye Summary
Brief Summary The narration goes on behalf of a 16-year-old boy, expelled from the school for academic failure. Holden Caulfield finds no interest in teaching and in school activity: he fails four subjects out of five, and he is kicked out of school; in a trip to competitions in fencing he forgets the sports equipment…
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The Diagnoses of Phaedra in the Play Hippolytus The Diagnoses of Phaedra in the Play Hippolytus Theatre History 111: Dr. Jennifer Wise Student: Jessica November 14, 2005 The intimate play Hippolytus by Euripides is a story of love, lust and loathing, where one woman’s feelings for a man lead to her self-destruction. Phaedra is the…
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A Separate Peace: Gene Forrester Gene Forrester’s difficult journey towards maturity and the adult world is a main focus of the novel, A Separate Peace, by John Knowles. Gene’s journey begins the moment he pushes Phineas from the tree and the process continues until he visits the tree fifteen years later. Throughout this… 775 words…
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I’ll explain to her, even though I don’t have to. Why I did it. How if I hadn’t killed her she would have died and that is something I could not bear to happen to her. Toni Morrison Beloved 3 That’s my middle-west – not the wheat or the prairies or the lost Swede towns…
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Oh, as I stood above the Neva this morning at dawn I knew I was a villian. Fyodor Dostoyevsky Crime and Punishment 9 Where do you want to go?” was his responce. “I don’t know” Alice answered. “Then,” said the cat, “it doesn’t matter. Lewis Carroll Alice in Wonderland 9 You’re necessary to me, and…
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Bentham, Jeremy
Jeremy Bentham English utilitarian philosopher, born in London. Son of a solicitor, he was a precocious and prodigious student. After graduating from Oxford in 1763, he studied law under Blackstone but was dismayed by its anomalies and illogicalities and thus abandoned the idea of going into practice. The publication of his Fragment on Government in…
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Mystery
The world of literature wouldn’t be the same without the contribution of the literary critic, poet and writer Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849). His ingenious poems and short stories explored feelings of despair, melancholy, and loss with fierce psychological…
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Go Tell It on the Mountain Summary
The story revolves around a character named John who turns out to be a chosen preacher. The story begins with how John wakes up on his birthday and leads his normal life. Then the story deepens and connects the dots through descriptions about his Father, Mother and Aunt’s past lives. In the end, he decides…
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Persepolis Study Guide
Persepolis Study Guide Author: Marjane Satrapi Original title: Persepolis Published: June 1st 2004 by Pantheon (first published 2000) Setting: Iran, Islamic Republic of Tehran, 1980 (Iran) Persia ISBN 037571457X (ISBN13: 9780375714573) The revolutions are always a source of great literary inspiration and occupy a large part of world literature plots. But there isn’t much written…