Category: Study Guides
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God
In the book and life we see the God as the main power, the ruler of the heaven and Earth, creator of all creatures. God sees everything, but in a poem, he is described as someone who sees less amount of things. In the text God has nice humor; he understands everything and even laughs…
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Mina Purefoy
Mina Purefoy is the minor character of the novel. Mina Purefoy, the fertile mother, is dubbed “goddess of unreason.” According to Gilbert’s annotations, in real life, Mina Purefoy was married to a Dublin obstetrician who in 1904 was former master of Rotunda Lying-in Hospital on Rutland Square. In the book, she is married to the Methodist Theodore Purefoy, who is an accountant. Throughout the…
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The Secret Life of Bees Summary
The story tells about one summer of a fourteen-year-old girl named Lily Melissa Owens, the summer that changed her life. Lily lives with her father, who is a widower, on his peach farm and at first she seems to be an ordinary, though unpopular girl. She is quite lonely in her small town of Sylvan,…
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Godot
Even taking into account that Godot is never shown to the readers and viewers, he is considered to be a decisive figure in Waiting for Godot. He does not say a word; nonetheless, all the protagonists feel his significance and are influenced by his words. Throughout the major scenes, Estragon, Vladimir, Lucky, and Pozzo are…
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Margot Frank
Margot Frank is an older sister of Anne. The reader gets acquainted with Margot at the very beginning of the diary when Anne writes about her sister’s excellent notes at school. When Margot gets the call-up from SS, the family decides to hide earlier than planned. The girls do not have the best relationships during…
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Siddhartha Essays
Siddhartha Personal Reflections “He no longer saw the face of his friend Siddhartha. Instead he saw other faces, many faces, a long series, a continuous stream of faces – hundreds, thousands, which all came and disappeared and yet all seemed to be there at the same time, which all continually changed and… 466 words Buddha:…
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Paper Towns Summary
Prologue When Quentin (narrator) and Margo were just nine-year-old kinds, they found a dead body while playing in the park. While Quentin was scared, Margo behaves bravely and nearly reaches to touch a dead man’s foot. At last, the boy grabs the girl, telling her that they should not stay here anymore; they ride home…
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The House on Mango Street Summary
Based on the lead character Esperanza Cordero’s self-empowerment and her coming-of-age through a series of events involving her family, neighborhood and even her dreams, the novel The House on Mango Street is a masterpiece of Sandra Cisneros. The novel does not follow the traditional pattern of the novels that we are accustomed to, as it…
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The Old Man and the Sea Essays
Santiago: A Code Hero Introduction The Old man and the Sea is one of the novels written by the famous Ernest Hemingway. Just to give a little background, he is a well-known American author. He wrote a number of novels, short stories, and nonfictions. He earned an award for The Old Man and the Sea…
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Much Ado About Nothing Study Guide
Much Ado About Nothing Study Guide Author: William Shakespeare Original title: Much Ado About Nothing Even great literature lovers don’t start their Shakespeare experience with “Much Ado About Nothing”. His other plays, such as “Romeo and Juliette” or “ Othello” are much more typical for the first encounter with the greatest poet of all times.…