The series of adventures happens in a small village of St. Petersburg. In your opinion, how does this contribute to the turn of events of the story? Particularly, what do you think the cave represents? In my opinion, since the story happens in a small town, it would be easier for the author to...
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Our political beliefs are often a driving force behind how we look at one another, make choices, and generally live our lives. In The Count of Monte Cristo, author Alexandre Dumas incorporates the conflict between the followers of Bonapartism and the followers of monarchy, or Royalists, of his time...
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The Odyssey In The Odyssey, Odysseus had to face many challenges during his travels; a few of these difficulties were a cannibalistic Cyclops, huge whirlpools, determined suitors, along with many hardships. Odysseus fought constantly to return to his homeland of Ithaca, but to accomplish this...
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Mr. Ramsay becomes a character that represents change in Virginia Woolf's novel, To the Lighthouse. With the changes his character experiences, Woolf is able to express the movement away from traditional patriarchal ideals that were in place in Victorian England. In many respects, he is the...
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A Christmas Carol By: Charles Dickens Many memories run through Scrooge’s head on Christmas Eve. He is always cranky and never appreciates anything. Ever since his partner Jacob Marley past away he turned into a mean bitter old man. He is so mean that if Bob Cratchit wants money he will have...
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What does Cash’s list of the 13 reasons for beveling the edges of the coffin tell us about him? In the novel As I Lay Dying, Cash has to build a coffin for his dying mother. He decides to bevel the edges, and he makes a list of thirteen reasons for doing so. This action tells a lot about his...
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The title of the novel Fallen Angels immediately emphasizes the theme of youth and innocence. As Lieutenant Carrol] explains in Chapter 4, all soldiers are "angel warriors," because the soldiers are still young boys and still as innocent as angels. In calling the novel Fallen Angels, Myers implies...
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Miles "Pudge" Halter Protagonist of the novel, enjoys learning famous last words of authors, becomes close friends w/ Chip Martin (aka "Colonel"), falls in love w/ Alaska Young Chip "The Colonel" Martin Miles' roommate, 5 ft tall ; "built like Adonis", grew up in trailer w/ only his mom in an...
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Discussion of the play Oedipus the King should be preceded by the notice that the plot for this play was not invented by Sophocles. On the contrary, the story was well-known to Greek audience and probably for this reason it was so popular. The story of king Oedipus served as a starting point for...
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Grace Chen English 6, Period 7 Mrs. Grunley March 22, 2010 Persuasive Essay Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Milred D. Taylor should be required reading for sixth graders. The book contains suspense and tension between the colored and whites during the 1930’s. Even though the book is unique and...
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An eye for and eye is the Count Of Monte Cristo concept for revenge toward Caderousse. Caderousse was a tailor. He was also the Count's father's landlord and neighbor. While Count was at sea, Caderousse demanded the return of his loan the Count from the Count’s father who by complying deprived...
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In Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the reader follows Raskolnikov from a first-person perspective, witness to both his actions and feelings. However, most, if not all of the supporting characters are just as important, as they serve as warped mirrors of Raskolnikov, warping...
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Blood ... Terror ... and Insanity are 3 words you can use to explain Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers. It recalls the Vietnam War through the eyes of Richard Perry, an African-American soldier. Perry goes through a lot of changes and sees some of his good friends die in battle fighting for a...
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Lord of the flies - appearance vs reality could be when the boys think they see a monster, when it is a trapped parachute. Also them generally imagining 'the beast' from nothing , out of fear their minds run riot and create unreal dangers. fate vs free will,, i suppose could be ralph not giving in...
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Roll of Thunder, Hear my cry : Character Study : Cassie Logan : In Roll of thunder, hear my cry, Cassie is the protagonist of the story, she is, the narrator. She is a nine-year-old child when the story begins and is starting to perceive injustices between people around her. Cassie is from the...
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The Odyssey The Odyssey was full of wonder, power, and surprises. It is packed with epic heroes, creatures, gods, and goddesses. The gods, goddesses, and creatures had supernatural powers that effected the lives of Odysseus, his crew, and his family. Their actions proved to be powerful, beneficial ...
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Brittany N. Rice February 27, 2009 English 204 As I Lay Dying Animals In Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, he used animals to symbolize characters. The Bundren children are obsessed with animals throughout the novel. Vardaman is convinced that his mother is a fish, Darl declares that Jewel’s mother is a...
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A foil is a person that by contrast underscores or enhances the distinctive characteristics of another. In Crime and Punishment, the main character Raskolnikov has many foils. Some accent his characteristic and some are the same as him, but all have thier own quirks like him. Razumihin is an old...
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“We’re all dead and just hoping that we come back to life when we get into the world again. ” The book “Fallen Angels” by Walter Dean Myers is the tale of a young man named Richard Perry to Vietnam. Perry is just a young man and so are many of his fellow soldiers. Throughout the story they all...
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Oedipus and Hamlet are two great tragic heroes in literature. Sophocles and Shakespeare made use of almost all the basic elements of tragedy while writing two of the best tragedies: Oedipus Rex and Hamlet. There are many similar and dissimilar qualities in Oedipus and Hamlet. These two characters...
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Roll Of Thunder: Hear My Cry Book Report 1. The setting for the short novel, Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, is in the state of Mississippi, in the early 1930’s, which means that it is right during the middle of the Great Depression. I believe the setting is very important to the book because in...
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain Thesis Statement: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is Mark Twain’s best novel because of its use of satire, imagery and symbolism. Tom Sawyer, the main character of the Adventures of Tom Sawyer, written by Mark Twain is an average boy who is bored with his...
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The Count of Monte Cristo is a very sourceful book with characters creating different and new identities. Fernand changes to Count de Morcerf during the time of Dantes' imprisonment, Mercedes changes to Countess de Morcerf after her marriage to Fernand, Cadderouse changes to M. Pilletin, Benedetto...
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house on mango street essay In the novel The House on Mango Street By Sandra Cisneros violence plays a large role in the characters lives. Violence is shown throughout the story through the eyes of Esperanza who is the main character. She has friends and neighbors all who are affected by violence...
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The Odyssey: Telemachus Telemachus recounts his confrontation with the Old man of the sea who could change his appearance in order to escape danger. Telemachus reveals the information which he obtained from the Old man of the sea to the reader. The Old man told Telemachus of the sorrowful tale of...
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Wint Hlaing EN100-26 Analyzing essay 20 September 2010 A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol is a famous Christmas movie based on Charles Dickens’ novel. The director is Robert Zemeckis and the main actor is Jim Carrey. The movie was made in the background of London, Victorian age (1819-1901) when...
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As I lay Dying Epilogue Summary Andre 1 Hannah Andre Mrs. Rollings Honors English 10 Period 3 13 May 2011 Darl’s Epilogue Darl chases the patterns on the white wall with his numb fingertips. He is alone. He shivers as he lies on the cool pavement exhausted thinking to himself with a smirk scrolled...
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Death, a word that creates the image of fear and seclusion. We either suffer emotionally or physically. There is never a time when death brings happiness. Death is a foreshowing of misery, and suffering. Raskolnikov has an internal battle with himself throughout the story. The two murders are the...
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In Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, the author uses a style of writing combining factual, journalistic writing with the mystery and intrigue normally found in traditional fiction novels to develop a new genre that critics found unique from the modernists of his time. In the beginning of this book...
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Lord of the Flies Final Project Choose one of the following to complete as a summative assessment. This will be due on March 5th (A day) or March 6th (B day). No late assignments will be accepted. 1. Write a 2-3-page paper exploring the concept of “pig” in several cultures. Compare/contrast those...
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In the novel Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry, by Mildred. D. Taylor, an important character is T. J. Avery. During the course of the novel, T. J. ’s personality develops as he consorts with the Simms brothers. He becomes even more arrogant as he begins to associate down at the Wallace store with the...
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The Count of Monte Cristo Review Chapters 1-4 1. The book begins in 1815, It is the end of Napoleons rule 2. Mercedes is his Fiancee 3. Dantes Is the new captain of the Pharon 4. Dantes finds this dad has been starving 5. Fernand Mondego is talking to Mercedes 6. Danglars, Caderousse, and Fernand...
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A Home in the Heart is Not One to Depart* In the novel, The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros’s narrator, Esperanza, gradually learns there is no real correlation between a physical structure and a home; rather a home is made from things such as love, family, culture, tradition, and memories...
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The Greeks, as portrayed by Homer, are a very vengeful people. Throughout The Odyssey, a theme of vengeance is dominant. These displays of retribution come from different entities for fairly different reasons. So why is revenge such a factor in The Odyssey? Fear and the overwhelming feeling of...
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Scrooge has changed after the three spirits showed him what happened, what was happening and what was going to happen. Before the three spirits casted by Jacob Marley came, Scrooge was a selfish, dismal man, he thought that Christmas was a waste of time and money. Scrooge after the haunting...
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Resurrection can be defined as revival from an inactive state. As a theme, resurrection is very prevalent in the plot in the book of a Tale of Two Cities. Dr. Manette experiences resurrection when he is released by the French government after being imprisoned for eighteen years. The prison term is...
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Heroism with Conflicts of As I lay Dying Summary .The novel As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner is filled with moments of great heroism and with struggles that are almost epic, but the novel’s take on such battles is ironic at best, and at times it even makes them seem downright absurd or mundane...
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Chapters five and six demonstrated even more horror in the war. Peewee finds out from a letter he has receved that his girlfriend has married another man. He becomes very depressed and he spends days on end listening to the radio and watching the same movie over and over. Perry shows great loyalty...
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We have not done anything. We have not done anything. That’s right. We have not done anything to stop the injustice that roams in the valleys and mountains of this country. We have not done anything to stop our children from facing the cruelty of these white people. We have not done anything to...
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Per. 7 11/16/10 Count of Monte Cristo & Dark romanticism To understand where Dark romanticism comes from, we must first know about Romanticism in general. Romanticism was found in the 18th century, it represents imagination and expression of emotion in poetry , art, and literature. Dark...
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How Important is Beauty in One’s Life? “Someday, I will have a best friend all my own. One I can tell my secrets to. One who will understand my jokes without me having to explain them” (9). These are the longing words spoken by Esperanza. In the novel The House on Mango Street, Esperanza is young...
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The Odyssey is the product of a society in which the dominant role was played by men. In ancient Greece, just as in the whole of the ancient world, and in America and Western Europe until the last century, women occupied a subservient position. Society was organized and directed by men, and all of...
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Jekyll does deserve his final miserable fate because he commits several selfish deeds to the point where he brings his miserable fate upon himself. In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson uses Jekyll to represent how man prioritizes by putting himself over others...
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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Charles Dickens wrote this novel because he was keenly touched by the lot of poor children in the middle decades of the 19th century. This is the reason which motivated Dickens in doing this, before writing this novel. Before he decided to this he thought of...
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A Tale of two cities is a fictional book written by Charles Dickens which is set in Paris and London. It is the most printed original English Book. The historical source of the novel is The French Revolution: A History written by Thomas Carlyle who asserts that history runs a cycle of death and...
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As I Lay Dying Journal Question #8 17 November 2009 In Chapter 24 of As I Lay Dying, Vardaman simply states “My mother is a fish. ” At first, this may seem like a child’s ridiculous association of his mother’s death with the death of a fish. However, this connection allows Vardaman to overcome the...
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In the book “Crime and Punishment”, Dostoevsky explores the path of Raskolnikov who has faced many difficulties and obstacles throughout his life. He commits murder and is faced with the long and extremely painful journey of seeking redemption. Raskolnikov believes that by the law of...
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Film 270 25th May 2011 Fallen Angels Fallen Angels is the first movie I have seen which Wong Kar Wai directs. The plot of the movie revolves around three main characters: A hit man, his partner and a mute petty criminal. The story that unfolds first is of Leon Lai playing a hired killer who works...
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One of the main ideas of this book, commonly associated with America and the way we live, is that there are a wide range of people living in this country. America has been well known as the "melting pot" of the world. We have many ethnicities and races, and countless cultural differences. Within...
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'“Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Bash her in. ” (p. 75) The hunters were chanting this as they were circling the pig that they had tortuously beaten to death. This part of William Golding's novel “Lord of The Flies” foreshadows the theme Civilization vs. Savagery. The three main points in the story...
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