Category: Literature

  • Cannery Row Summary

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    The book “Cannery Row” doesn’t have a single storyline that can be described accordingly. The timeline is shifting, there are a lot of interchapters, that are completely unrelated to the main story. Omitting the interchapters and sorting out the timeline, we can get the following picture: Cannery Row is a poor small town where everyone…

  • Black Like Me Summary

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    ‘Black Like Me’ is written from the point of view of a white man, John Howard, during the 1950s, who keeps a journal starting from the year 1959 when he decides to temporarily change his skin color to black in order to have some firsthand experience of the racism African-Americans have to face on a…

  • Caroline Bascomb Compson

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    Mrs. Compson is the mother of 4 children: Quentin, Candace, Jason and mentally deficient Benjy. She is always aching, considering herself sick, but in fact a healthy, manipulative, unpleasant, passive-aggressive woman. Her brother Maury, who lives with the Compsons, is a lazy alcoholic. After her daughter’s disappearing Mrs. Compson swears that her granddaughter, Quentin, would…

  • Northanger Abbey Summary

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    This novel, though it is often considered quite lighthearted, touches some of the very important topics for its time. Mostly the readers see the average coming-of-age story of a young girl experiencing her first love. But the background is equally important to the main storyline: we see that feelings even of the young people are…

  • Sir Toby Belch

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    Sir Toby Belch is represented by a mundane, cheerful fat man. He is witty, ironic, does not give up drinking. He is ready to compose humorous numbers and present them to the public. Sir Toby evaluates people not by their appearance, but by their inner content. This is vividly demonstrated by the episode with Maria,…

  • Sula Essays

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    Comparisons of Sula and Breath, Eyes, Memory The Most Complex Relationship In Breathe, Eyes, Memory, Tante Atie usually tells about the chunk of the sky and flower petals story to explain from where Sophie was born, but of course, Sophie is not an exception of nature. Like billions of girls all over the world, she…

  • Ragnar Danneskjöld

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    One of the strangest personages in the novel. His temper inspires fear and doubt, so people in business do not want to have affairs with him. His biography is decorated with exorcisms and terrible gossip, retelling his predatory raids. In fact, he is a pirate of the new time with the principles of a seasoned…

  • Emmanuel

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    This guy is the one we love and care about from the first sight. He is also a friend of Meursault. The first time they saw each other was in the office. And luckily continue being good friends for a long time. They first met in the office and continued being friends even after they…

  • And Then There Were None Summary

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    The story begins with eight strangers all on their way to an Indian Island they have been invited to near the coast of England. Some are taking the train and others are travelling by car to the ferry that will bring them to the island. They have all received mysterious invitations for varying reasons, from…

  • Pride and Prejudice Quotes – Page 4 | Just Great DataBase

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    My style of writing is very diffrent from yours. Pride and Prejudice 24 Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret. Pride and Prejudice 24 An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents.…