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Portrayal of the Ten Commandments in King Lear Literature Book Report/Review
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Shakespeare’s play portrays such families and the fact that these families belong to nobility does not do much to change the dynamics of the relationships. The violations of the different commandments by the different characters in the play reveal the contradictions inherent within the Elizabethan society
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The Complete Taj Mahal and Living Architecture: Islamic Indian Literature Book Report/Review
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Ebba and Andreas main theme in their respective books is the theme of Indian architecture, specifically the early Mughal Agra architectures. Moreover, Mughal architecture is a unique, symmetrical and ornate style developed by the Mughals in the 16th to 18th centuries.  
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Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer Literature Book Report/Review
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Even after knowing all these monstrosities conducted by these corporate farmers, people prefer to buy and eat at fast-food restaurants and delis, who are their biggest clients. This is a sad moment for the nation because much healthier food is available at these smaller and better farms which are pretty much equal in price with these restaurants but vary a lot regarding the level of quality.
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Dollhouse by Henrik Ibsen Literature Book Report/Review
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In the case of the play, these three dramatic ironies strike me as important in that they represent the whole theme of the story in which it revolves. One is the fact of how Torvald treats his wife as a sweet, pretty, fascinating, and charmingly perfect wife. She was his pride and joy when in truth she was capable of doing things he hated most.
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The Black Family by Sady L.M. Logan Literature Book Report/Review
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The book The Black Family, by Sady L.M. Logan, is about the unique inner workings of the African-American family. The relationships in these families are much different than the relationships that occur in white society and much of this is because of how African-Americans got their start in the United States.
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I Stand Here Ironing by Tillie Olsen Literature Book Report/Review
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First and foremost there must be an overall analysis of the literature itself, which will be done not only by summarizing the actual work but as well by using other authors’ opinions and other works of literature revolved around this particular piece of work so that the best overall judgment can be made.
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War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges Literature Book Report/Review
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In "War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning," Chris Hedges eviscerates the heroic and nationalist myths peddled during the many wars he's covered over the past quarter-century. Those conflicts, he found, gave people from El Salvador to Sarajevo a sense of purpose - and Hedges admits he, too, got hooked on "the battlefield's ecstasy of destruction."
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The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin Literature Book Report/Review
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Louise Mallard’s marriage ensured the stifling of her personal growth and freedom. The marriage had made her forfeit her right to her own life. She had lived for her husband. The years of her married life had belonged to him. He had bent her will to his own. Her marriage had deprived her of the basic right of every person: the right to live for oneself.
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Analysis of Woman at Point Zeroby Nawal El Saadawi Literature Book Report/Review
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In “Woman at Point Zero” Nawal El Saadawi, a prominent Feminist not afraid of airing her views has provided an eye-opener that powerfully focuses on gender discrimination which unfortunately still exists today. It is hoped that others like her take up cudgels for this good cause to influence society to conform to feminist ideas.  
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The Winds of Change and the Relic Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that though the story can be considered a fairytale, its political ramifications affix it in the specific context of the American Revolutionary War between the 1770s and 1790s. Published in the year 1819, the story adapts the earlier fairytale versions of the story in German and Chinese origins to reflect on the sudden social change.
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James Joyces Eveline Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that for Eveline, the choice is not a simple one. She can escape the hardship of Dublin and her difficult familial surrounding for a new, yet unknown life in Buenos Aires with Frank, a man who has asked her to marry him or she can remain tethered to duty and hardship in Dublin.
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Joan of Arc by Mary Gordon Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that the human person that is Joan of Arc was published on a hardcover of 208 pages in a factual yet creative manner that can be considered as an interesting read. Due to the interest that it can bring about to the readers, it is a privilege to be able to present a review on the said published work.
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Analysis of Death of a Salesman Written by Arthur Miller Literature Book Report/Review
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Dreams give us a reason to live and as Joyce Carol Oates says ‘dreaming is required of us, even if our dreams are very possibly self-willed delusions’. The most unfortunate part is that like Willy, it is easy for people to keep pretending that they are best and refuse to see the reality until finally, the whole illusion crashes around them.
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Two Contrary States of the Human Soul: William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience Literature Book Report/Review
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 The Chimney Sweeper is portrayed in the songs of innocence as well as in the songs of experience. Both the songs talk about a child who works as a chimney sweeper. The children, as portrayed in the poem, are compelled to work as chimney sweepers regardless of the dangers of death. 
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Memory as a Source of Salvation in Wordsworth's Tintern Abbey Literature Book Report/Review
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In spite of his journey to France where he spent almost two years of his life, he remained faithful to the district where he was born, that is Lake District, “whose landscapes and people were to inform many of his poems”. Wordsworth’s first significant work is his mutual collection of poetry with Coleridge, “Lyrical Ballads”, first published in 1798. 
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Inferno by Dante Alighieri Literature Book Report/Review
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The poem as a whole is divided into three sections comprising of 33 cantos in each, which corresponds to the life of Christ on Earth. So totally there are 100 cantos in the poem which has great lyrical and epical value. In his hand, indeed, the "thing became a trumpet," sounding from earth to heaven, to call the dead to judgment.
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The Dreams in Paradise Lost by John Milton Literature Book Report/Review
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Paradise Lost’ one of John Milton’s greatest epics of all time, is certainly not the first epic to integrate a dual mix of Christian and traditional epic conventions. In referring to this states that “In Paradise Lost, Milton is adept at drawing from both Christian and pagan sources and integrating them in such a way that they reinforce one another.”
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Homeless Youth on the Road and in the Streets Literature Book Report/Review
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The book, with each chapter dedicated to one aspect of the life of a kid living on the street like the circumstances under which and the reasons why these kids leave their homes, their social lives, their travel habits and the importance it holds, drug and alcohol usage that progressively metamorphosed into abuse, their victimization and street socialization and finally and most importantly their ideas, dreams, aspirations, long-term plans.
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Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman Literature Book Report/Review
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Willy Loman is an aging salesman who is unhappy and confused and suicidal. He returns to his home in Brooklyn one night, exhausted from a failed sales trip. He tells his wife Linda, about an accident he had and the ensuing dialogue, reveals that he has had many accidents before (they are actually suicide attempts).  
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Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates Literature Book Report/Review
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At the start of the story, April is a young mother of two. She is an artist, specializing in acting, though she was having problems landing worthwhile roles. Being different from the rest of the automatons of her suburban neighborhood, April longed to move to Paris, thinking that it would help her in her career.
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Snow Falling on Cedars Literature Book Report/Review
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San Piedro Island, north of Puget Sound, near Washington is a remote place, where everyone seems to be connected with the other resident, silently. However, in 1954, a local white fisherman is found drowned under suspicious conditions and a Japanese American named Kabuo Miyamoto is charged with the murder of this white fisherman.
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Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville Literature Book Report/Review
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Bartleby represents the workers who perform their tasks under dehumanizing work conditions.  He faces blank walls all day with very little light in the window.  He is forced to tolerate the loneliness and barrenness of living in the office. The story shows him literally living in the office, though that figuratively may also apply.
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Mande's Cultural Views of Women and Family Literature Book Report/Review
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The story revolves around the journey of Sunidata to the highest position in Mali facing hurdles in this journey. Several individuals play a role in Sunidata’s journey towards the highest position. This paper would further revolve around the characters of Sogolon, Sassouma, Sogolon Djmarou, Sogolon Kolonkan and Nana Triban and tell their roles played in stopping or helping Sunidata reaching his destiny.
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The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka Literature Book Report/Review
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The classic novel “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka shows how this society acts toward humans in term of loneliness and isolation. It is a representation of the indifference towards the members of the society who fail to cope up with the norms that had been set by the influential groups and struggling with the circumstances.
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Epic of Gilgamesh Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that if he had been around in the middle east all those thousands of year ago he might well have written: “Gilgamesh discovers the secret of eternal life”. Oscar Wilde a century earlier had written ‘The Picture of Dorian Grey’ with the same theme and just one of several possible examples.
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Impending Death - Tuesdays with Morrie Literature Book Report/Review
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Morrie was not diagnosed with ALS until he was in his seventies (p. 6).  I found this interesting because he seemed to have everything he wanted and then this happened. Most people are accustomed to winding down by the time they are in their later years, but to have a debilitating disease seemed unfair.  
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His Dark Materials Literature Book Report/Review
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The opening scene of the play i.e. the Scene One of Act One sets the ambience and prepares its audience for a journey and an unknown quest set forth. This scene not only prepares its audience to accept the world of imagination that one is about to travel through but also is one of the key scenes helpful for understanding.
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A Life for a Life by Ernest Hill Literature Book Report/Review
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 D'Ray Reid tries to find the desperate remedy for a desperate situation. Suddenly he is involved in a challenging deal, not sought but thrust upon him by Kojak, the drug dealer. Kojak throws the deadly demand that contains life or death option about his younger brother. Ernest Hill describes the situation thus: “One hour,” Kojak responded coldly. 
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The Garden of Eden and the Hope of Immortality Literature Book Report/Review
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Overall, Burr’s proposition is an enticing one. Rather than a scene of downfall and punishment the Garden narrative instead becomes one of failed potential. This is a radical shift from what most Christians would attest to believe. Indeed, the sin motif is so ingrained into the Garden story that one wonders if it can be disassembled.
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The Theme of Love and Hatred - Romeo and Juliet Literature Book Report/Review
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The story has become so well known that it has also been incorporated into movies and dramas. The story revolves around two main characters of Romeo and Juliet who are madly in love with each other. Both of these characters belong to families who are against each other and this hatred leads to many untoward incidents in the story.  
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Victorian Jane Eyre and Adam Bede, What Do They Share Literature Book Report/Review
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Adam Bede is essentially a study of the common people, hence it is based upon close and detailed observation of illiterate village people, and it’s a work that sheds a considerable amount of light on the psychological underpinnings that move and shake these people. “Jane Eyre” on the other hand is a study of upper-class people because Jane herself belongs to an upper-class family is forced to grow up poor.
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Literature Book Report/Review
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This novel is often fondly referred to as ‘The Great American Novel’, both by the readers and the critics. It is the author’s first novel that deals with the essence of life with great profundity. There is a total of nine chapters in this book and each of them carries the unique style of the author in them.
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Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah Literature Book Report/Review
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The term ‘refugee’ refers to those people who flee from their own land to another foreign location because of several reasons like war, natural disaster, illness among others. As a refugee, a person goes through psychological distress from the pre-migration traumatic events that a refugee has to face in their own country. 
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Swift, Pope and the Nature of Satire Literature Book Report/Review
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The author has chosen a topic or person for the sole ego-gratifying purpose of mockery. This stance comes without consideration that the motive of such satire might indeed be to bring about improvement — social, personal or otherwise--by pointing out the ludicrousness at times of human behavior.
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The Greasy Lake by Boyle Literature Book Report/Review
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Thomas Coraghessan Boyle’s short story ‘The Greasy Lake’ emphasizes the theme of maturation. This is similar to the work of James Joyce, ‘Araby’ where the little boy is disillusioned in the end after living in his world of fantasy. The central character of the story helps in giving shape to the essence of the story through the narration of his life.
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Raymond Carver Story Analysis Literature Book Report/Review
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The story succeeds in developing certain characters that are very commonly seen in day-to-day life, and hence, the story looks like a chapter from an autobiography. What we talk about when we talk about love can be considered one of the best stories of Carver. The story tries to explore the notion of different people about love.
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Nomad and Viper by Amos Oz Analysis Literature Book Report/Review
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This is shown in the way a tribe of nomad refugees suffered as they were forced to leave their homes and move into Kibbutz, a neighboring area. However, s/he feels even though what conditions these people had to face are mentioned in dramatic detail there seems to be the key aspect of not knowing what these exact hardships were.
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Song Yet Sung by James McBride Literature Book Report/Review
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The author of the essay explains that Liz Spocott is taught the Code. The Code is the major communication for the slaves and it shows who can be trusted and who cannot. The Code was something the slaves developed so they could move around secretly without white people knowing what was going on.
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Critical Analysis of Malcolm X's Learning to Read Literature Book Report/Review
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The discrimination against the black and colored American’s might not have ended. Equally important with Malcolm X’s political assertion is also his emphasis on the importance of education in his essay “Learning to Read”. His essay taught us that education is not merely confined to universities or “Alma Mater” but can be acquired if one will it whatever the circumstances are.
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Analysis of the Tolstoy Story The Death of Ivan Ilych Literature Book Report/Review
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Peter develops a similar perception though he is a little more touched by death. On arrival at Ivan’s house, Peter finds Schwartz, who is equally unaffected by the death, and Schwartz proposes a game later in the day. Peter is however emotionally touched and he notices an expression of fulfillment and a sense of warning, to those who are still alive, on Ivan’s face.
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The Emergence of American People by Helen Zia Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that the book is an experience of a minority girl torn asunder between the identity which she possesses and the identity which she retains. And this is the story of every immigrant in the United States. The book minutely observes the transition of the culture these small ethnic groups undergo from a close contour.
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Aspects of Zamyatin's We Literature Book Report/Review
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The character of D-503 undergoes various changes that are consistent with the external realities that determine the manner in which individuals live in the One State. His character is constructed by the social realities that surround him in a way that is consistent with the society that is rigidly built on mathematical realities.
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Milton's Freewill in Paradise Lost Literature Book Report/Review
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In spite of the test placed on free will and its existence in reference to God, there is a depiction of a potential existence and proof that there is no way God would be altering freewill. This is based on a logical argument that there is no way that God would create a man for being a puppet that is easily manipulated to the point of lacking sense. 
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Literature Book Report/Review
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta, written by an award-winning science writer, Rebecca Skloot, tells the story of Henrietta Lacks, who had been diagnosed with cervical cancer in the twentieth century. A sample of her cells had been taken, without her or her family’s knowledge, to create the first immortal line of cells.
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Event on Alice in Wonderland Literature Book Report/Review
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She finds herself scarcely clarify to the Caterpillar about who or what creature she is. So she naively replied to the Caterpillar that she did not know precisely who or what individual she is that instance. She confused about what occurs to her because by that dawn she woke up as a typical girl in an ordinary world got herself associating her sister with the bank. 
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Zeitoun by Dave Eggers Literature Book Report/Review
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Zeitoun, a non-fiction book named after Abdulrehman Zeitoun, is written by Dave Eggers. The protagonist of the book is a middle-aged Syrian-American businessman. He is considered a hero in real life for he sculled from house to house in a canoe; helping his neighbors and giving out food supplies after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, America.
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Rhetorical Analysis of Daddy Issues by Sandra Tsing Loh Literature Book Report/Review
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The work provided is the rhetorical analysis of narration regarding “Daddy issues”, the literature work depends on how well it is formatted and presented to the reader. Writers have many stylistic devices to choose from with the aim of entertaining and bringing out the message. The studied story of “Daddy issues” falls in the category of literature, whose work entails rhetoric devices.
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Morale in George Saunder and Sherman Alexie's Short Stories Literature Book Report/Review
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The short story “93990” by George Saunders was written in a medical study format. As an experimentation report, it seemed highly realistic and used all of the correct scientific jargon enough times. The study presented within the story still managed to give the reader a horrific insider look at the unregulated world of animal testing.
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Analysis of The Ministers Black Veil by Reverend Hooper Literature Book Report/Review
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The minister’s veil can be considered to be a symbol of the sacrifices that individuals in the society have to make to ensure that they live lives that are devoid of sin. The fact that the people of the town are afraid of the minister’s wearing the black veil across his fact is a testimony to these people not really knowing each other.
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Character Analysis of Katniss Everdeen Literature Book Report/Review
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The Hunger Game is a novel which presents a post-apocalyptic world. In this world, a powerful metropolitan authority, known as Capitol, controls a large country called Panem. Annual competitions are held in Panem where contestants must kill each other. That who survives after the game is the winner of the Hunger Games. 
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