In the book The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton, the Socs are the ones to blame for all of the problems. After all they are the cause of the rumble. The Socs are no good drunk 24/7 idiots who need to turn their ego down, and intelligence up. They screw up MANY times in the book. Yah yah, greasers are...
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Kristine Pham H. Freshmen Lit & Composition Summer 2014 Dialectic Journal Assignment FAHRENHEIT 451 TEXT CHAPTER & PAGE RESPONSE (Question, Predict, Connect, Clarify, Reflect, Evaluate) 'With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting it's venomous kerosene upon...
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? S. E. Hinton: The Outsiders A Term Paper In Partial Fulfillment For Language Arts 11 By Eduardo Rivera Rivera 5/22/13 Mr. Jesus Ramos Period 6 S. E. Hinton is one of the best known American authors. She has written many stories and novels, none of which are as famous as her young-adult novel...
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Importance of Ambition In the play, Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, it is evident that ambition plays a very important role in the play. Ambition is when someone has a strong desire for success, achievement, or a goal. It is a motivating factor that drives one towards success. This is a...
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Macbeth is a play about subterfuge and trickery. Macbeth, his wife, and the three Weird Sisters are linked in their mutual refusal to come out and say things directly. Instead, they rely on implications, riddles, and ambiguity to evade the truth. Macbeth’s ability to manipulate his language...
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Q1. With evidence from the text, explain why the text is entitled “The Outsiders”. The text is entitled “The Outsiders” is show there in the social system of a teenager’s world, for example, Ponyboy’s, there is a huge difference between groups. One example is...
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Breaking A Label Ponyboy, a Greaser (hoody group), from S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders once said: “That's why people don't ever think to blame the Socs and are always ready to jump on us. We look hoody and they look decent. It could be just the other way around - half of the...
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Velee Patel Ms. C. Fornini English IV, Period 5 28 April 2014 Faulkner’s Characterization of Dewey Dell in As I Lay Dying William Faulkner’s diction, point of view, and syntax in his polyphonic novel, As I Lay Dying, strategically employs the miserably pessimistic yet juvenile voice of Dewey Dell...
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Power and Greed: The Driving Force behind the Story of Macbeth The rise of an individual and the gain of power can often be intoxicating. This control placed in the hands of one can often ignite thoughts and actions of greed found deep inside. This can often be seen in the history of civilization...
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Macbeth's Corruption and Downfall In this essay i will explain and give examples of how Macbeth is corrupted by power and as he is incompetant to become king. I will describe how Macbeth is driven to his downfall and how his life falls apart piece by piece. In Macbeth Shakespeare pesents three...
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People change a lot throughout a period of time. In the book The Outsiders by S. E Hinton, there is a lot of character change. There are changes in relationships with others as well as with self. People can evolve into almost completely new beings. When you live in a very tough society, such as...
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Throughout Bram Stokers novel Dracula and William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth, the female characters Mina, Lucy, and Lady Macbeth represent the negative and positive aspects of the presence of women in certain situations. Throughout the entire novel, Mina possesses a 'good heart' and...
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As I Lay Dying Essay "Sometimes I think it aint none of us pure crazy and aint none of us pure sane until the balance of us talks him that-a-way. It's like it aint so much what a fellow does, but its the way the majority of folks is looking at him when he does it" (Faulkner 233). After the death...
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The Outsiders: Essay Response Demonstrate how the major events that take place in The Outsiders affect the values and attitudes of 3 main characters. The 1967 novel The Outsiders by S. E Hinton is about the social outcasts; the Greasers and their rivalry against the high class Socs. In the...
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The Outsiders – Film or Novel People like to watch movies because it is animated and they can watch with others. Some like to read novels because they can escape from the world and prefer some time to themselves. People who love to read novel have a different personality to those that love...
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“The Outsiders” S. E Hinton S. E Hinton published her book, “The Outsiders” on April 24, 1967. Sixteen years later in 1983, The Outsiders was then produced and was showed in theaters. SETTING The author never mentioned exactly where this all took place; In 1965 in an...
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In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy Buchanan is an important woman character, but only in relation toga Gatsby dream. Ever since Gatsby had come back from the army, he had longed to have Daisy back in his life, and so everything he did and built up was in some way for her (e...
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William Faulkner wrote As I Lay Dying in 1930, around the time when the theories of Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, were gaining popularity. In his story about the death of a mother, Addie, and her family’s reaction and grieving process, Faulkner adheres to many of Freud’s...
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In the play “Macbeth”, William Shakespeare uses belief in the existence and power of witches to create and influence the audience’s understanding of the play. Our initial impression of Macbeth is one of a brave and capable warrior, however once we see his interaction with the three “evil sisters”...
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Dramatic Irony is the result of information being shared with the audience but withheld from one or more of the characters. Example: In Act 1 Scene 4, line 50 , the witches hail Macbeth, “thane of Cawdor! ” Dramatic irony: At this point, Macbeth is unaware that the king...
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World Literature Online Love Is All You Need Love….. Love is one of the driving forces behind humanity, an emotion that transcends time and cultures. It’s no wonder that love is a theme often repeated in our literary works, such as The Odyssey and The Ramayana of Valmiki. The Odyssey and The...
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As I Lay Dying Essay In the novel As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner each chapter is written through a different character's perspective. The book follows the Bundren's family on their journey to fulfill Addie's dying wish. There were many motifs and themes throughout the book but one of the most...
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<center><b>"Through the use of many characters monologues the narrative point of view presents an objective view of what really happened. "</b></center> <br> <br>This statement is not adequate in connection with William Faulkner's novel, As I Lay Dying. Though...
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Kalini Stevens The Odyssey- Homer and his narrative structure The structure of the Odyssey renders Homer’s epic an interesting perspective of the tale he tells. One of the first things that may strike many readers about the Odyssey, especially in contrast to the Old Testament or even much of the...
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As I Lay Dying: Character's Words And Insight To Underlying Meanings Fulfilling a promise they had made to their mother, Addie, Cash, Darl, Jewel, Dewey Dell, and Vardaman, in William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, journey across the Mississippi countryside to bring her body to be buried in Jefferson...
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2When he says that Duncan will leave "to-morrow," she responds, "O, never / Shall sun that morrow see! " (1. 5. 60-61). The sun will rise, but not on a tomorrow in which Duncan is alive. She goes on to give him a little advice, which is that "Your face, my thane, is as a book where men / May read...
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This essay is about temptation in the Odyssey, more specifically temptation and its role in the book. Showing how food displays everyday temptation and how Odysseus recklessness causes his own troubled journey home. Temptation in laments terms is the desire to do something you know you...
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Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963, once written, "The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head. " He meant to say was that...
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Finnian Shardlow Shakespeare Controlled Assessment Shakespeare communicates many moods in Macbeth and Romeo & Juliet; the main moods are love, and hate fuelled betrayal, and in my work these are the themes I will analyse. In Romeo & Juliet and Macbeth, vital characters have had to betray in order...
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?Homer begins the Odyssey with the Telemacheia to add drama, colour and epic significance to the story. The first four books establish the desperate situation in Ithaca and at the same time we witness Telemachus’ coming of age. Homer also uses retardation of Odysseus’ character to build...
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The reader’s response to a text is influenced by his or her understanding of the author’s contextual influences and the time during which the text was composed. Context plays a crucial role in establishing plot and how meaning is shaped throughout the text. By analysing The Odyssey and The...
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Shereidy Mancheno Ayn Rand, the author of Anthem, uses the house of the Unmentionable Times to illuminate the eyes of the protagonist, Equality 7-2521. The house symbolizes individuality and more of an understanding of the enriching past before the nuclear holocaust. Not only is the house of the...
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?Amechi Nwandu Mr. Lutz Honors Literary Analysis 1/9/14 QUOTE LIST HOMEWORK THE ODYSSEY: 1) “Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy…” This quote is spoken and composed by Homer, the original...
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Fulk1 Athena Fulk Senior English September 16, 2014 Comparison Essay Anthem is a story about a 21-year old boy named Equality 7-2521 and a 17-year old girl named Liberty 5-3000 who are both different from the others in their secluded society which lacks individualism and self-interest. The movie...
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Raigan McGuire Jensen/ Period 2 12/10/13 QWA Compare/Contrast Anthem vs. The Hunger Games In today’s society, a lot of people tend to take for granted what they have. Every once and a while, something drastic will ensue them, and that’s when they finally grasp what’s been right in front of them...
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Both Romeo and Juliet were victims of their limited choices and social values discuss. The story of Romeo and Juliet truly demonstrates a play of love, tragedy and romance at a time, when social status dominated decision making and women always fell second to the men. Juliet’s choices were...
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In the Odyssey, temptation is defined as hunger- both literal hunger (temptation for food) and figurative hunger i. e. temptation for luxury, ambition, wealth, women, power, glory etc. This “hunger”, whether literal or figurative keeps Odysseus’s men from reaching their homes and uniting with...
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What part do dreams, visions and premonitions play in Romeo and Juliet? In Romeo and Juliet, dreams, visions and premonitions play a very Important role. They foreshadow the eventual tragedy, tell us about a character's view over a particular matter, and reflect underlying messages In the play...
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Ayn Rand's novella, Anthem, displays a dystopian and totalitarian society that is in opposition to individualism. As shown in Anthem and many other real and fictionalized totalitarian societies, children live apart from their families. Why? Because dictatorial leaders enforce this living...
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Rebellion for a Better Future Rebellion of an individual occurs when there is a difference of opinion. This conventional trait among society allows diverse ideas to be suggested and added upon for a better future and eventually an all around Utopia. Rebellious attitude is depicted throughout...
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Both The Handmaid's Tale and Beloved are stories about slavery: escape from slavery and the effect slavery has on people. In The Handmaid's Tale, the protagonist, Offred, tells the reader of her experience as a reproductive slave in a society that no longer exists. Beloved gives the reader a look...
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Study Gulled for Intro to Literature Romeo and Juliet & Shakespearean Tragedy Vocabulary words: Tragedy = is a dramatic work that presents the downfall AAA dignified character. Tragic hero = characters who are involved in historically or socially significant events. Soliloquy = is a speech in...
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Names are a very important thing that most people are given shortly after birth. A name is “the word or words that a person, thing or place is known by” (Cambridge Online Dictionary (2011), Retrieved November 6th 2012). Names are given to identify an individual in replace of calling someone “it”...
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While both Mercuric and Table can be considered the competitor archetype, Benevolence acts as a fool wrought the peacekeeper, or mediator archetype. In this tragedy, Shakespeare uses the comparison of Mercuric, Table, and Benevolence to prove that, though honor seems Like a worthy cause to, the...
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Through careful analysis of Shakespeare's language, characterisation and dramatic technique,discuss the nature and development of Romeo and Juliet's relationship. Romeo and Juliet's relationship begins and only lasts for only three days however through that short period of time the two...
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?The Cop and the Anthem by O. Henry While reading the following story, note its plot structure 1. All the events in the following story are arranged chronologically. Due to its humorous nature and big attention to details, they catch attention. As events change each other rather quickly the...
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The Great Gatsby is a magnificently written story about the loss of love, the problems of American wealth, and the reality of life. With these themes in mind, it is important to remember that in our complex reality, not all men are only sexually attracted to women as some would commonly assume...
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Romeo and Juliet Essay The media piece I am writing about is Romeo and Juliet. It was directed by Bag Allurement and was made In 1996. In the film 'Romeo and Juliet', Allurement uses a mixture of sound and visual techniques to make a Shakespearean play appeal to a modern audience successfully. The...
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In chapter 5 of the book great Gatsby ,Analysis Memorable Quote Daisy Is overwhelmed by the great value of the shirts from England. Also overwhelmed by Jay Gatsby wealth. Strong emotional reactions shows what a materialistic person Daisy is - comes from the fact that Gatsby Is finally wealthy...
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Through the hustle and bustle of any ordinary day, the individual takes on what is called life and Its struggles. The individual eventually tends to develop a round; a sense of what Is reality to him or herself. Reality Is quite persistent, and tends to maintain Its uphill progress In a usual way...
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