Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry “You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. ” Exactly how important is family? Can you live without a friend? In the book Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor the Logan family were always there for each other when they were...
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1. Edmond wears a few masks throughout the Count of Monte Cristo. In some parts he hides his true feelings about people and in some parts he openly confronts them. The people in the Masque of the Red Death shadow a mask over them. They fear death yet they try to hide it. 2. What kinds of masks do...
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The Trees of Hope and Courage In The House on Mango Street, the author Sandra Cisneros takes you into a completely different world through the eyes of a young, insecure Esperanza growing up in a poor section of Chicago. A vignette that especially stood out was “Four Skinny Trees”. In this vignette...
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To truly appreciate the greatness of the short psychological thriller and science fiction novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, one must approach this 19th century novel with new eyes, unfettered by the recent film versions of the tale, and of the common cultural knowledge of...
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Jim Hawkins’ development in Treasure Island Treasure Island by Robert Stevenson is an adventure story about a young man, Jim Hawkins, and his journey as he searches for treasure with pirates. Although only a child, Jim Hawkins matures and shows many signs of independency due to his experiences...
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A Clockwork Orange (1962) by Anthony Burgess is a famous satirical novel. It is written in a form of political commentary. The major anti-hero, Alex DeLarge, and his band robbed people depriving them of their freedoms and possibilities of moral choice. The dystopian society of A Clock Orange is a...
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There is no doubt that “A tale of two cities” is a tragic novel. It certainly contains a large number of melodramatic and sensational incidents and situations, but Dickens has not given us these scenes and situations merely for the sake of melodrama and sensationalism. It would be unfair to say...
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Journal response Lord of the Flies How did anonymity play a role in this chapter? How did “the mask” impact Jack’s decision(s)? Why is the “mask” representative of their decent toward savagery? * Remember to follow journal response structure (text to text, text to self, text to world connection)...
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor End of Unit Social Studies Project Prejudice is one of the main themes in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. The novel is set in the American South during the 1930's, but working to overcome prejudice is as important today as it was during the period of...
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In The Aeneid, Virgil uses many prophecies. They begin in the first few lines and last throughout the poem. Many are directed toward Aeneas, but some are to his relatives and friends. The prophecies shown allow the reader to better understand the situation and also provide insight about Rome...
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The movie The Count of Monte Cristo took place in France in the nineteenth century around 1814 on the islands of Elba, Chateau d’If and Monte Cristo. This was during the time after the fall of Napoleon’s empire. The Count of Monte Cristo tells a story of betrayal, ultimate revenge, and undying love...
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The House on Mango Street: More than Just a Story Essay #2 In The House on Mango Street, the author Sandra Cisneros addresses the countless social problems facing the seldom seen lower class. Throughout the story Cisneros does a thorough job explaining and showing how these issues affect the public...
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The Odyssey and Its Themes Homer’s great literary classic, The Odyssey, represents and illustrates many emotional and mental values. All of these values can be classified under three different main themes that are constant throughout the epic tale. These themes are: A boy’s struggle to...
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Robert Louis Stevenson is a very elusive writer in that he both hints and broadly tells you that he believes that all man has a double side. This is self evident in the generally evil Mr. Edward Hyde and the antonym Dr. Henry Jekyll. He was not secretive in informing the reader of this dual side...
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Paragraph V: Evaluation But my mother is a fish. Vernon seen it. He was there. “Jewel’s mother is a horse,” Darl said. “Then mine can be a fish, can’t it, Darl? ” I said. Jewel is my brother. “Then mine will have to be a horse, too,” I said. “Why? ” Darl said. “If pa is your pa, why does your ma...
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The concepts of crime and punishment in the fiction of Roald Dahl Roald Dahl is probably one of the most noted writers of his time. His style of writing has earned him quite a large following of readers. His books cater to all ages from children to adults. He is equally popular for his children’s...
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Fallen Angels Essay Many people believe that wars do not always have a valid reason to be fought. Some of the arguments are that it brings death of civilians that could have been avoided. But in truth, people die every day. War may cause some harmful things, but, if you think about it, don’t people...
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Mr. Smith to the Kansas State Penitentiary What do we learn about Perry from this letter? Mr. Smith divides the letter into different sections, each corresponding to the stages of Perry’s life. In the first section “Childhood” we learn that: •Perry was a normal, healthy and well cared-for boy...
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Lord Of The Flies: Regression of Humanity To go backwards in life means to regress; This is shown excessively throughout the novel Lord Of The Flies by William Golding. It is about young boys who strive to stay civilized but ultimately regress back into a savage phase, where their primal needs for...
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Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry Paragraphs A. I think Mr. Morrison gets attached to the Logan family because of his role as a body guard for the family. He appreciates the kindness that he is offered and went through memorable moments with the family, such as the story he told about the night men...
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One of the Aeneid's main themes is that for both gods and mortals, fate always wins in the end. The direction and destination of Aeneas's course are preordained, and his various sufferings and glories in battle and at sea over the course of the epic merely postpone this unchangeable destiny...
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Jessica Harvey May 11, 2011 Mr Craine Philosophy To seek vengeance is to inflict injury, harm, and humiliation, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person. In the movie The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond seeks revenge on Fernand Mondego for many reasons. All of which were justified...
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Loyalty to family, community, and the gods is an important quality in the lives of ancient Greek citizens. These qualities are clear demonstrated in The Odyssey through Penelope, Telemakhos, and Odysseus. Penelope shows her loyalty in several ways. She shows loyalty to Odysseus by waiting for his...
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My Super-sweet Evil Twin gothic literature explores the mind, supernatural, and more. The term ? gothic' came to be applied to this genre of literature due to the fierce emotional ties and vastly dark themes. The settings of the novels and novellas add to the mysteriousness typical of a gothic...
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“A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens entails eternal themes of transformation and resurrection because nothing is permanent in the world and along with rapid run of life people are constantly changing to respond to emerging goods and evils. This eternal themes are of great value...
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Social Breakdown and Racial Injustice The society depicted in Cry, the Beloved Country, is an unjust one, divided on racial lines. The white people, made up of Afrikaner and English-speakers, have taken the most profitable farmland from the blacks. Blacks are therefore forced to leave their tribal...
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Science fair introduction Experimental Question: What are the effects of different types of antifreeze on the physical appearance on pansy plants? Most people could not imagine there lives without some sort of motor vehicle transportation. Although motor vehicles are great for getting around and...
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In Cold Blood Capote incorporates many literary devices in his breakthrough “non-fiction novel” to persuade the reader to his opposition of the death penalty. Tone is one of Capote’s most effectively used devices. When Hickock and Smith first arrive at the Kansas State Penitentiary, Capote...
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Lord of the Flies Persuasive Essay Choose one of the prompts below to write a persuasive essay regarding Golding’s intentions in writing Lord of the Flies. 1. Make a solid argument for who is the better leader, Jack or Ralph. 2. Agree with or argue against the idea that Golding’s intentions in...
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The great depression relates to the Roll of thunder hear my cry book in many ways. The Logan's lived during part of the great depression and also were very affected by it. In Roll of thunder hear my cry it talks a lot about them being in rough times with money and taxes. Papa and Mama worked...
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Throughout Book Four of the Aeneid, the evolution of the epic's plot revolves around the relationship between Dido and Aeneas. Aeneas comes to Carthage, and Queen Dido is extremely infatuated with him as soon as she sees him. Book 4 is set off with our first passage from lines 20-29 in which the...
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“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and do the right thing, the dawn will come” ~Anne Lamot. Illustrated in the novel, The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas uses the character of Edmond Dantes to portray that even in a dark place you can still have hope. In...
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There is a supposed "glass ceiling" when it comes to women in the workforce. This "glass ceiling" is a metaphor for a presumption that women are not able to reach the top of the business ladder because of their gender. Today, Hispanic-American women face challenges living between two cultures, and...
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Relationships in the Odyssey Essay Throughout the Odyssey, there are many relationships that represent love between two people. These relationships show loyalty, compassion, and the wanting to be near one another. Two of these kinds of relationships are between Odysseus and Telemakhos, and...
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He put the glass to his lips, and drank at one gulp. A cry followed; he reeled, staggered, clutched at the table and held on, staring with injected eyes, gasping with open mouth; and as I looked there came, I thought, a change—he seemed to swell—his face became suddenly black and the features...
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Jim Hawkins is a young boy who lives at his parents’ inn, the Admiral Benbow, near Bristol, England, in the eighteenth century. An old sea captain named Billy Bones dies in the inn after being presented with a black spot, or official pirate verdict of guilt or judgment. Jim is stirred to action by...
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A Clockwork Orange Authors who write of other times and places help us to better understand our own lives. Discuss A Clockwork Orange in terms of that statement. A "clockwork orange" can be described as something that has a convincing outer appearance yet in the inside is merely controlled by...
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I. Description The book is called A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens published by Penguin books in New York first published in 1839. The book’s 449 pages talks mostly about the years leading up to the French Revolution and climaxes in the Reign of Terror perpetrated by the Jacobins. The story...
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8/17/12 English Honors Fallen Angels vs. The Catcher in the Rye Fallen Angels and The Catcher in the Rye are both award winning novels with a riveting story of two teens in need of knowledge and solutions. Fallen Angels, a story of Richie Perry’s experiences while fighting through the Vietnam War...
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The Unjust Trials of Dick and Perry Can murderers be justified by their actions and motives? There was surely a motive behind the murders of the Clutter family. Dick Hickock wanted to rob the family, but Perry Smith’s intention was yet unidentified. The Clutter case had become one of the most...
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Oedipus the King: Appetite for Destruction Of all the tragedies that Greek playwright Sophocles created in his illustrious career, the one that stands out as his masterpiece, and quite possibly one of the greatest of all the Greek tragedies is Oedipus the King. The tragedy focuses on the life and...
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Having to deal with the problems of the everyday world, “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros and “I felt a Funeral in my Brain” by Emily Dickinson provides concepts of insanity in different perspectives. Clearly different forms of reality, the author’s irony are similar. Two distinctive...
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"There is no safety in unlimited hubris" (McGeorge Bundy). The dictionary defines hubris as overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance. In The Odyssey, Homer embodies hubris into the characters Odysseus, the Suitors, and the Cyclopes. Odysseus shows hubris when he is battling the Cyclopes, the...
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Treasure Island Summary This book is called Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. This book is about a young man named Jim who goes off in search of treasure with pirates. First, a man missing two fingers on one hand arrives at the Admiral Benbow asking for a man named Bill. When Bill returns...
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In the novel A Clockwork Orange, the main character, Alex, is introduced as a fifteen year old with an uncanny vision for the life he so desires. As most teenagers do, Alex firmly believes that he knows all there is to know about the world, and believes that he and his 'droogs' (Burgess...
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This novel, “A Tale of Two Cities”, becomes Charles Dickens’s transition masterpiece. From doing fairy tale-like stories, he began to write something different that provokes enlightenment on the people of his time. The setting is memorable as well. He had chosen two interesting...
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'... what God has not done for South Africa man must do. ' pg. 25 In the book, Cry, the Beloved Country, written by Alan Paton, some major conflicts follow the story from beginning to end. Two of these conflicts would be as follows; first, the breakdown of the ever so old and respected...
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1 / 3 Isabel Chang Period 2 Mrs. Bowley November 13, 2013 Fallen Angels Essay Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers, tells the fictional story of a young man named Richie Perry and his struggles throughout the Vietnam War. The war takes place in Vietnam, where North Vietnam is trying to “unify” the...
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Fate and destiny were central parts of Roman mythology and culture, and consequently literature. Although Fate does seem at times to be a device to advance the plot of the Aeneid or to control the character's actions, fate, because of its place in Roman thought, actually plays a larger role. Fate...
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My reaction for the movie "the count of Monte Cristo" Reaction paper for the movie “The Count of Monte Cristo” “God will give me justice,” this line which was engraved in the wall on the prison was retained on my mind when I watched the movie” The Count of Monte Cristo. ” This movie amazed me very...
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