Category: Literature
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The Call of the Wild Summary
The story revolves around Buck, a large and powerful St. Bernard-Scotch Shepherd, and portrays his transformation from being a pampered pet to a feral beast after being separated from wealthy owners and sold in Alaska as a sled dog. The novel begins in 1987 with four-year-old Buck, a half St. Bernard and half Scotch Shepherd,…
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Agamemnon Essays
The Sacrifice of Learning Through Suffering Much can be expressed about the age old saying that the punishment must fit the crime, that if actions are committed, there must be an equal response, and that in all things there must—and will be—recompense. In the “Agamemnon” by Aeschylus, and later in the “Iliad” and the “Odyssey”…
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Agnes Wainwright
Well, when it comes to the heroes we do not have a lot of information it becomes a little bit hard to find out moments where we can see the depth of their characters. What facts do we know? Agnes is sixteen years old girl. She loves her family and likes spending time outside. She…
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George Greggson
George Greggson is a production designer on TV. When we first meet George, he is introduced as Jean’s boyfriend, a strange skeptic who is uninterested in the rush of Jean and Rupert. He later marries Jean Morrel, and they give birth to two children – Jeffrey and Jennifer. He is shocked by the events that…
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The Divine Comedy Quotes – Page 2 | Just Great DataBase
The hope is that here, as in other respects, the reader is invited into a critical and collaborative venture, seeing what Dante sees and constructing along with him (as he himself asks his reader to do, for instance, in Paradiso 13: 1–18) the relationships that define us humans in our own participation in existence. The…
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Dr. Pangloss
He is a philosopher in this novel. Also, he appeared to be a tutor of Candide. His main philosophy is that “our world is the best of all possible worlds.” This optimistic sentiment is the main target of Voltaire’s satire. During the novel life shows him that his philosophy is not true. Nevertheless, he remains…
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To Kill a Mockingbird Quotes – Page 7 | Just Great DataBase
in favor of southern womanhood as much as anybody, but not for preserving polite fiction at the expense of human life. To Kill a Mockingbird 3 It seems to me, that love could be labeled poison and we’d drink it anyways. To Kill a Mockingbird 3 Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can…
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Gabriel Oak
Gabriel Oak is a 28 years old man, very educated and talented herdsman, who can play the flute. Gabriel is a real “man of the ground,” he is kind, strong, noble, responsible, loyal and, as it has turned out, patient. At the same time, he is prudent and persistent in his decisions and actions. At…
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King Lear Act 2 Analysis
Main events of the act 2: Edmund persuades Edgar that his father wants to punish him for something so Edgar runs away; Gloucester disowns his son Edgar and gives all his heritage to Edmund; Regan knows that her father is coming to visit her but takes off to visit Gloucester castle; Lear complaints about Goneril,…
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The Pearl Essays
The Pearl By John Steinbeck John Steinbeck is the author of this text. His life dates from 1902 to 1968. He hails from Salinas, in a moderately well up family. His writing career dates from 1925. His first published work includes a series of humor filled stories about Monterey paisanos, widely known as ‘Tortilla Flat’.…