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A summary of Books 1 & 2 in Homer's The Odyssey. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of The Odyssey and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
- Books 3 & 4
Summary: Book 3. At Pylos, Telemachus and Mentor (Athena in...
- Books 3 & 4
One night a guy named Dustfinger comes to see Mo, and they talk about some dude who's on his trail (Capricorn). Mo decides to bail with Meggie, and Dustfinger tags along as they go to visit Mo's absent wife's aunt, Elinor. Mo entrusts a book to Elinor, but is all secretive about it.
To avoid this, Grant suggests framing a dispute as a debate rather than a disagreement. In a good fight, he concludes, one’s adversary is not a foil, but a propeller. With twin propellers spinning in different directions, ideas can take flight. different opinions and ideas. A summary of Part 1: Chapters 1-4 in Adam Grant's Think Again.
- Summary: Chapter I
- Summary: Chapter II
- Summary: Chapter III
- Analysis: Chapters I–III
At work one morning, Winstonwalks toward the men’s room and notices the dark-haired girl with her arm in a sling. She falls, and when Winston helps her up, she passes him a note that reads “I love you.” Winston tries desperately to figure out the note’s meaning. He has long suspected that the dark-haired girl is a political spy monitoring his behav...
Executing their plan, Winston and the girl meet in the country. Though he has no idea what to expect, Winston no longer believes that the dark-haired girl is a spy. He worries that there might be microphones hidden in the bushes but feels reassured by the dark-haired girl’s evident experience. She tells him that her name is Julia, and tears off her...
The next morning, Julia makes the practical preparations for their return to London, and she and Winston head back to their normal lives. Over the coming weeks, they arrange several brief meetings in the city. At a rendezvous in a ruined church, Julia tells Winston about living in a hostel with thirty other girls, and about her first illicit sexual...
Like the Two Minutes Hate, the Party’s parading of political enemies through public squares is a demonstration of psychological manipulation. The convoy channels the public’s hatred away from the Party into a political direction that is helpful to the Party. Additionally, the Party’s use of such displays illustrates how war serves to preserve cultu...
Capricorn One—the first manned mission to Mars—is on the launch pad. Just before liftoff, astronauts Charles Brubaker, Peter Willis, and John Walker are suddenly removed from the spacecraft. Bewildered, they are flown to an abandoned military base in the desert.
Need help with Book 2, Chapter 1 in George Orwell's 1984? Check out our revolutionary side-by-side summary and analysis.
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While he has vague memories of other people on Garland Farm, for most of his life it has just been Capricorn and Rain. Rain is raising Capricorn with the values and ideals that caused her and the other members of “The Farm” to drop out of mainstream society in the late 1960s.
