9/26/03 Frazier's References to Emersonian Philosophy in Chapter 12 of Cold Mountain In chapter 12 of Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain, entitled freewill savages, Frazier portrays two of the main characters, Ruby and Stobrod, with Emersonian ideals in mind. ... Early in the chapter, one can recognize the occurrence of the Emersonian philosophy of being one with nature. ... Even more ironic is the fact that Stobrod of all characters displays the theme; throughout the novel, one sees Stobrod as a lifeless, dead character with little significance, but now, after his part in the war is...

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Chapter four really hits on the theme of loneliness. ... Having this belief has kept him from talking to any white person and you sense his hostility when he is talking to Lennie at the beginning of chapter four. ... Lennie also has a part in chapter four that deals with loneliness. ...

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These themes are all addressed in chapter 4, which is the chapter that I explained in detail to my friend, Kyle. I chose Kyle in part because he grew up without a father for much of his life. ... Chapter 4 begins at Harold's farm, a rival of Larry's. ... " Not a bad analysis for someone who had only read a chapter. ... To give him a more concrete example, we examined Ginny's reaction to Jess Clark in the chapter. ...

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The chapter starts with saying that a treacherous sin had been committed amongst the Israelites, and that Achan the son of Carmi had committed this trespass. In verse 2 of this chapter, Joshua sends out some spies to go and spy out the land of Ai. ... The people not only had to witness Achan's death- they also had to take part in killing him. ...

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Upon beginning Writing Project 4, I had a particularly difficult time with figuring out specific solutions that were relevant to my topic. Honestly, I think that I chose a topic that was much more complex than I could handle. I knew that the transfer of credits was really common among students acros...

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Was Frankenstein's Behaviour in Chapter 5 Understandable? In this essay I am going to be discussing a chapter of the novel Frankenstein' by Mary Shelley. ... In this essay, I aim to examine Frankenstein's behaviour in Chapter 5; the chapter that the monster was created and deserted in. ... In Chapter 5, Frankenstein is in his laboratory fusing life into his creature. ... This chapter - and the rest of the book - is written in first person view, from the point of view of Frankenstein. ...

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First, I would like to give a brief summary of what went on in the chapter to outline how I will analyze the chapter. ... This part of the chapter helped me to understand where slave trade initially started and it made me realize why the people felt they had to take charge of the African people, because they were afraid of them. ... The next part of the chapter goes on to tell the treatment of the African slaves. ... The most heartbreaking part of this chapter though, wasn't even what a black servant said but it was when a white servant said, "I thought no head hand been able to hold so m...

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The Terminal Man Michael Crichton Part 1: Chapters 1-7, pp. 3-55 I really liked the way the author opened the first scene of the novel. ... Part II: Chapters 1-7, pp. 59-103 The first thing I highlighted in this section was the revelation of the fact that Morris, who had performed hundreds of operations, had never experienced one himself and that he imagined it to be awful. ... Part III: Chapters 1-5 - Part IV: Chapters 1-2, pp. 107-153 I found the whole interfacing process quite intriguing. ... July 12, 2001 Part IV: Chapters 3-9, pp. 153-194 Except for Benson killing Ang...

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We first learn about Gatsby in the first chapter. ... Then when Nick asks from what part of the Midwest, Gatsby responds with "San Francisco". ... Right here, we learn another important part of Gatsby's past. ... It is an awkward part of the story for both of them. ... Chapter 6 is the chapter that blows everything into the open. ...

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In Chapter 1, Aristotle states that "every community is established for the sake of some good." ... In the second part of this chapter, Aristotle explains how a city-state is formed. ... Chapter 3 deals with why a man rules his household and the concept of wealth acquisition. ... In Chapter 7 Aristotle further differentiates between the different types of rulers. ... He uses examples of different ways to gather food to exploit the differences in the two, but concludes that one may in fact be a part of the other....

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In the first chapter John Steinbeck tells us about George and Lennie thinking about the future and filling their minds with happiness. ... Lennie is a big part of Georges shared finances with Lennie because he more or less made about as much as George did. This is made clear in the part where George, Lennie and Candy talk about their financial plans. ...

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Riesman himself states that his second part, "life as lived,"" is "quite artificial- (Riesman, 1). ... In Part One: The Tawaangal of the Jelgobe, Riesman begins by introducing the setting in which his research took place. ... "The Authority Conferred by Age- is Riesman's next section in this chapter. ... Riesman waits for the second part of his book to truly let his voice show. ... The framework of this chapter is extremely important because it is a smaller scaled example of how Riesman structures and conceptualizes the entire first part of his book, beginning with a general overview...

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Steinbeck alternates action chapters with what are called intercalary chapters. ... In chapter 21, he refers to the migration as " the people moved like ants and searched for work, for food." In this intercalary chapter, he relates the movement of the Joads to ants. Steinbeck intermits every other chapter as an intercalary chapter to give the reader a break from the action of the book, but more importantly does ! ... Instead, Steinbeck starts with an intercalary chapter reading: "To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut ...

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At first interpreters believed that Isaiah of Jerusalem of the eighth century only wrote chapters 1-39 (or less), and that a second unknown prophet wrote the second part (chapters 40-66) in Babylon sometime before or at the time of the return from exile in the sixth century BC. Later some interpreters limited the Deutero-Isaiah to chapters 40-55and attribute chapters 56-66 to a third author (Trito-Isaiah) in Palestine after the return from exile, maybe in the fifth century BC. ... The critical theorists deny that part of the book could have been written by Isaiah the son of Amoz or even Deute...

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Chapter Summary's Ch.1 What is psychology? ... The second part of the word also comes from the Greek language, and indicates knowledge or science. ... People live in society, and as a part of that, we learn how to act with other people and how to recognize experiences that we have in common. ... States of mind The chapter explains the psychology of consciousness. ... For a human being work is a deeply important part of life. ...

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Part one of the book is called "Root Sources". ... (p.67) Turner utilizes Part one to set the stage for the "new Islam" of the twentieth century discussed in part two. ... The last part of the chapter is spent discussing the stories of some of the first known African Muslims in America such as Yarrow Mahmout and Bilali. ... During the later part of the second chapter, Turner highlights how the changing face of global Islam in the twentieth century influenced Islam in America. ... The second part of the book, called "Prophets of the City", begins in the early part twentieth century just a...

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This book, journal, started when they were leaving to go to Carson City; and ended when Mark Twain decided to move to New York instead of living in San Francisco or any part of the wild west. ... My report is on the Mormons and their history, their part in the book and many other things. ... So Utah became part of the U.S.A. and Brigham Young was really upset. ... This is only a part of the Mormon history. ... On a scale from one - ten this book deserves a one at max because the only good part was about Slade and it only lasted a couple of chapters. ...

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ABOUT THE BOOK The bibliography of Stalin, is divided into 7 chapters. ... This chapter will be explained in more details in the next page. ... THE SEMINARISTE AND THE MYTHOLOGY: CHAPTER 1 This chapter gives an overview about Stalin's life before he took the power. ... I think he divided the book pretty well; each chapter has a specific focus on a part of Stalin life and allows us to read whatever part of Stalin's life we are interesting in without being lost thanks to a brief chronology of the events and notes about the main characters that are written. ... In a sense he gives ...

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There are 81 chapters in the book and each chapter is a poem that focuses on Taoism and the more spiritual level of being. ... Chapter nine on the other hand speaks of avoiding extremes. ... In chapter eighteen, the next chapter, it brings to attention that thought that kindness and ethics need to be taught. ... In chapter 28 it reminds man to retain integrity. ... A good man may seem to do little or nothing, but he in turn leaves nothing undone, while on the other hand, a foolisth man must always strive while in part leaving much undone. ...

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Novel: The Grapes of Wrath Author: John Steinbeck Entry for: Part 3, Chapter 22 "There was color in the light now, a reddish gleam the image of the mountain and the light coming over it were reflected in their eyes" (Steinbeck 397). ... Entry for: Part 3, Chapter 23 "The migrant people, scuttling for work, scrabbling to live, looked always for pleasure, dug for pleasure, manufactured pleasure, and they were hungry for amusement" (Steinbeck 444). ... Entry for: Part 3, Chapter 25 "The spring is beautiful in California. ... Entry for: Part 3, Chapter 26 "The black cloud had ...

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Society has a part in it, but not all of it is to be blame. ... Your beginning of a chapter usually start externally. ... This chapter in your life has ended, leading you into the internal renewal of this chapter of life cyclical plan. ... This is the ending of a chapter in life transition. ... The first thing the class learned was the way each view plays a part in life changes. ...

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Charles Murray's third part of Losing Ground, which is accurately called "interpreting the data" explains how the information gathered is used and interpreted. ... "The bare fact that a cause-effect relationship links certain social policies to some of the trends we examined in part two has been established. ... Secondly the chapter on constraints of helping deals with designing programs to help the poor, choosing the size of the reward that should be given when a goal is accomplished, designating what goal or accomplishments should be made in order to receive the reward and the eligibi...

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The two authors wrote alternating chapters, switching first-person narrators between Jack and Amy (the two main characters) this gives the book some originality. ... The first chapter comes to a close when jack turns up to the bar to celebrate Matt's birthday. ... The second chapter begins on the Saturday morning, with Amy recounting events from the night before to her friend Helen. ... I think I preferred the Amy-narrated chapters just a bit more, but perhaps that was because I identified with her better. Jack spends the first part of the book as a relentless operator, constantly en...

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(p.52, Chapter 16) The author goes on for several paragraphs describing all of the rich, sensory experiences that being a Hindu brings, and explains that all of these are embedded in him, as a part of who Pi is. ... (p. 57, Chapter 17) The author explains Pi's attraction to Christianity. ... (p. 50, Chapter 15) 4. ... I will tell you a secret: a part of me was glad about Richard Parker. ... So Pi, in the animal story still represents himself, just the human, humane, decent part of himself, the part that would never do horrible things or hurt others. ...

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The authors present this chapter for students, researchers and writers. ... Evaluating the quality and reliability of resources, as well as their strengths and weaknesses, is an essential part that authors mention next. ... But on one hand, the chapter lacks efficiency. ... On the other hand, I really benefited from this chapter. ... For instance, Chapter 6 is a good guidance in which it presents various strategies and techniques to follow. ...

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