Book IX is heavily focused on the fall of Adam and Eve, here we can see many of Satan's characteristics and see if he is qualified to be noted as the hero of Paradise Lost. In book IX from lines 124-143 we hear a section of a speech by Satan, in this speech is thinking to himself so we can assume these are his actual feelings and thoughts. From Satan's speech we can see some admirable qualities such as ambition, and pride; however, as these qualities are closely examined in the context of book IX it is not difficult to prove that Satan is more closely related to an anti-hero or even ...

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The book I read was Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. ... I think the protagonist in this book is the savage John. ... The main antagonist in this book is society and what it has become. ... I would definitely recommend this book. ... It was entertaining because I've never read a book like it. ...

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Introduction- The Red Badge of Courage is a book that takes place during the Civil War. ... The internal conflict in the story is really the main theme that is continuing through the book. ... The author probably thought that this book would be interesting to any young person who has thought about fighting in a war. ... The book would be good because it relates to our study of the civil war in social studies and tells about the actual fighting conditions of that war. ... Probably the biggest reason why I would not recommend this book is that a lot of the wording in this book is very diffi...

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The Guide "is a book. ... Nevertheless, a wholly remarkable book. pg 2." ... This book has some of the most ironic yet sensible symbols in a modern book. ... Another symbol used in the book is Thursday. ... This book definitely a fun read. ...

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Of mice and men was a great book that I could read over and over. ... This book is a great example of how a friendship can be tested to its limits. ... This book just seemed to grab me from the first word until the last. ... I would recommend this book to any one that is searching for a good read. I really liked the book. ...

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Brave New World The author of this great book Brave New World is Aldous Huxley. ... I usually do not enjoy reading books but this book captured me. ... I am now going to give you a summary of the book. Second I would like to discuss how this book relates with society today. ... At the end of the book John leaves the perfect world to be alone. ...

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This book explains some of the decisions that were made. ... He does make this book interesting, as he gives great detailed explanations of strategy, battles, and politics. He also illustrates this book with maps, showing where the allies advanced and retreated. ... This book helped me understand what happened in that war. ... I don't know how or what value this book has contributed to historical knowledge, but it helped me get a good understanding of what took place. ...

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When the book began, she behaved like a traditional housewife, taking care of the children and cooking and keeping quiet while the men talked. ... Now through the rest of the book, Ma is the head of the family. ... When he is first introduced in the book, Casey is a lost soul searching for his purpose. ... By the end of the book he seems tired, wore out, and hopeless. ... Also, by the end of the book he is forced to go because of his temper and he tells Ma that he is going to be like Casey and help people. ...

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The Call of the Wild This book is called The Call of the Wild and is written by Jack London. First, the book takes place in California. However, for the majority of the book, it takes place in Alaska during the Alaskan gold rush. The main characters in this book are Buck, Spitz, Francois, Perrault and John Thornton. ...

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Between the movie and the book there are many events that take place that are different. ... The book is different from the movie in many ways. ... The book gives a little more history on shoeless Joe Jackson then the movie. ... The book is not based on Ray and his father fighting. ... In the book Ray was just happy that Shoeless Joe showed up to play on his field. ...

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Steinbeck uses animal imagery to describe Lennie in the book "Of Mice and Men." ... The death of Candy's dog is an important event in the story and helps foreshadow the end of the book. The animal imagery and death of Candy's dog are parallel later in the book when Lennie was killed....

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In this book he explain that he is ready and capable of attending a university at his age. ... He read a book by Oughtred named Clavis Mathematicae. ... His first book about math was Treatise of Angular Sections which went unpublished for 40 years. In this book he explained that he discovered methods of solving equations to the degree four. ...

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After several of Newton's readings, his teacher, Isaac Barrow, gave him a book of many mathematical findings. It is said to be that this book inspired Newton to study original mathematical work. ... His book caused great excitement throughout Europe, and many famous scientists and mathematicians came to England to make Newton of their personal acquaintance. ... He also revised his book for a second edition which appeared in 1713. ...

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He once tried to be a sea captain on a boat but things as Journey To The Center of the Earth, Five Weeks in the Balloon and his most famous book 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. Theis book combines information about life under the sea. The book begins with some great suspense, a fantastic submarine commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo, seems to some people as sea-monster! ...

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His first book, A Boy's Will, was accepted by a London publisher and brought out in 1913. This was followed a year later by North of Boston which was the first book to be published in the United States. ... It also allowed him to place new poems in literary periodicals and publish a third book in 1916, called Mountain Interval. ... This poem was later included in the book, Mountain Interval. ...

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My opinion of the book was that it was very interesting and exciting. ... I felt the lead was very good because it made me want to keep reading the book. I would recommend this book to people who enjoy reading historical fiction and books with some suspense and adventure. Overall, My Brother Sam is Dead is a very good book and is fun to read. ...

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I do not agree that this book should be banned because of the religious aspects of it. ... Romanticists maybe be offended by Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream since all of the love that the characters have in the book for each other may not even be real. ... Therefore, I agree with the potential challenge to this book. ...

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One of my favorite lines in the book is where John London writes; "Buck's first day ashore was like a nightmare." ... Learning how to pursue his food is but one of the many milestones in the book that Buck must overcome. ...

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The characters in this book are used to exemplify this. ... The main character in the book, Gene Forrester, has the most apparent change in the novel. ... By the end of the book Brinker appears less aggressively competitive. ...

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Henry, referred to as "the youth" in the book, starts his enrollment in the army by having to wait a long time for battle. ... My Opinion of the story: I thought this book was an exceptionally well read. ... Anyway I would recommend this book to most age levels....

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First, notice that the book is divided into three chapters. ... The triplet that binds the book is the various views of Africa from the adventure, economic, and religious standpoints. The start of the book is set on the River Thames in England in contrast to where the journey takes place on the River Congo. ... Not to forget that Conrad closes the book with classic symbolism of Marlow in the lotus position closing his spiritual journey. ...

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Holden feels sorry for himself he if depressed majority of the book he feels alone in life. He also gives his opinion twice in the book about how he feels people don't relay messages because they don't really care. ...

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Almost from the beginning of the book Kurtz is present near Marlow because he gets more and more intrigued by this character and it seems like the only goal of his voyage through the jungle has become to talk to this man. ... Unconsciously he associates the civilized world, the colonialists with darkness, an association that the book will not deny. ... The book broadly discusses Marlow's encounters with the savages in Congo. ...

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Early in the book, George sets the lonely mood by stating, "Guys like us that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world." ... At the beginning of the book when she is introduced she seemed like just a flirt, but as the book progresses she is revealed as just a girl that wants to find someone to talk to. ...

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Captain Beatty is a book burner with much knowledge of literature seeing as he quotes many famous quotes from classics such as Julius Caesar while he explains to Montag the evils of books. Beatty is obviously a once-was bookworm and now a book hater; all caused by the government. ...

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