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  • Mr. Poole

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    Mr. Poole is the butler of Jackie for the last twenty years. He is the head of the suburban estate, who coordinates the work of staff, monitors the use of engineering systems at home, maintains a budget (in part related to general economic costs). He manages the construction of new facilities as well. Mr. Poole takes care…

  • To Kill a Mockingbird Quotes – Page 2 | Just Great DataBase

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    She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl. To Kill a Mockingbird 259 Try fighting with your head for a change…it’s a good one, even if it does resist learning. To Kill a Mockingbird…

  • Antigone

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    The main feature of her character is the strength of the will that she manifests in the fight with Creon for the right to bury her brother in the established rite. She honors the ancient law of the tribal society. She does not doubt the correctness of the decision. Feeling true, Antigone boldly challenges Creon.…

  • Jerry Cruncher

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    This character is a perfect match for the Paris of that times, especially for the Tellson’s Bank. He is gruff, short-tempered, and very superstitious. What is the most important – he was very stupid, or better to say uneducated. His family was from very poor ones, that is why they hadn’t got money at all.…

  • Crime and Punishment Summary

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    In the 60s of the XIX century, a poor former student Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov rents a small room in the attic and desperately tries to find some more finances for living. We see him as sickly and untidy young man in old clothes but his thoughts (and sometimes talks to himself) are quite intelligent and…

  • The Bluest Eye Summary

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    The heartbreaking story of the black girl, abused and ashamed of herself is as scattered as the girl’s identity itself. It consists of two simultaneous narratives: the memories of the girl’s childhood friend and the tale of the omniscient narrator who reveals to the readers what really happened. The first narrator is the woman named…

  • The Rise of Silas Lapham Essays

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    “The Rise of Silas Lapham” by Dean Howells Introduction The “Gilded Age” in American history is marked by the growth of industry and wave of immigrants along the territorial arena. Coined by Mark Twain, the age refers to the period of conspicuous luxury yet corrupted beneath. There was a development in railroad industry, and steel…

  • The Emperor

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    We can clearly recognize the English King George I in this personage. His full name is Golbasto Momarem Evlame Gurdilo Shefin Mully Ully Gue, and he is the most powerful emperor of Lilliputians. He is the pleasure and horror of the universe, his possessions occupy about twelve miles, and spread to the extreme limits of…

  • Cyrano de Bergerac Summary

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    The play also starts in the theatre, where the main character is preparing to watch a play. He sits near to his friends: Ragueneau, Le Bret and Lignière, a drunkard and poet. Another spectator is a young man named Christian. The friends are chatting before the start of the play. They say that the actor…

  • Morrie’s Mother

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    Unfortunately this hero is a complete mystery and secret in the book. We never know the name and profession of this woman, though we know that she was caring mother to Morrie and his little brother. She took care of them and her husband. She had a lot of dreams and desires, and her biggest…