B. Characters-The main characters in the story are Francis Cassavant, Nicole Renard, and Larry LaSalle. Francis is an eighteen year old who has no face. He is a very shy person. Francis was in World War II and the people he was in the war with are really his only friends. Francis has also been in love his whole life with one girl, Nicole Renard. He likes her but he is way to shy to talk to her. Nicole is a very nice young lady. She tried to help out in the war so she would knit things for the men in the war. Larry LaSalle is an older man probably in his early forty or late thirties. He is Francis's childhood hero. Larry is a very nice man.…
Room 101 is implied to be specifically tailored for each individual. Room 101 exists to cause the deepest betrayal towards someone. Room 101 manipulates people to the point that they abandon their own ideals and love for one another. Winston and Julia did not love each other enough to stay loyal to each other in Room 101. Betrayal is the principle moral in this society, whether it is betraying Big Brother, or being forced to betray the things that you love and believe in.…
I have recently read Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose and decided to write a letter based on your behavior in the jury. I’ll start my letter with your personal life, you started your business from scratch and now you have thirty-four employees working for you. How do you treat your worker: do you treat them with respect? By the way you were behaving in the jury, it seems like you disrespect your employees. You might be wondering why I called you a disrespectful person?…
An example of symbolism in “The Giver” by Lois Lowry is the sled. The sled comes to Jonas many times. The first time was just a peaceful glide down a snowy hill on the sled, which I think represents trails. The first ‘trial’ Jonas goes through is nice and enjoyable. The second time the sled appears is when Jonas is sleeping.…
In the film Twelve Angry Men produced by Reginald Rose begins when a young teenage boy was on trial for murdering his abusive father. All the evidence and facts brought to the trial was against him, however, the twelve jurors had to make a verdict whether the boy is guilty or not guilty, and they decision would concluded whether the boy should or should not be sent to the electric chair. In process of making a verdict, the twelve jurors came together to reason and decide the fate of the boy. The verdict began with eleven guilty to one not guilty. Juror number 8, who voted not guilty did not believe on the evidence because, he believed that the murder weapon could be available to anyone, so he had purchased a look alike knife. Which made some…
The director of the movie, the greatest showman is Michael Gracey. The screenplay was written by Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon, while the story is written by Jenny Bicks. The people who produced the movie are Laurence Mark, Peter Chernin, and Jenno Topping. The executive producers are James Mangold, Donald J. Lee, Jr., and Tonia Davis. The director of photography is Seamus McGarvey,…
"The Charmer" by Budge Wilson is a short story about a Canadian family that finds misfortune and conflict within their lives. Conflict being the predominant theme which directly affects all the participants in the family. The story is written in third person and narrated from the young girl Winifred's point of view. Budge Wilson uses Zack's smothered childhood, charming personality and irresponsible behaviour to create emotional conflict between members of the family.…
In the poem, “To This Day” By Shane koyczan he shows a bibliography about bullying and how it affects people. And how he got bullied as a kid. People need to understand that what they say doesn't just go one ear out the other. People can be extremely hurtful without knowing it. One thing that kids said from the poem is, “kids used to say she looks like a wrong answer that someone tried to erase but couldn’t quite get the job done”. That is just one of the many things kids said. The quote shows that even if people think i can't get worse that is usually when it does. But the problem is that people dont understand the scar that they leave when they do those…
Rileigh Leighton January 26, 2017 Mrs. Tiernan ELA “Usually it’s just a matter of birthweight. We release the smaller of the two”(Lowry 114). In the book The Giver the people who live in the community aren’t allowed to choose what they want to do with their lives. These people live under a strict set of rules solely focused on everyone being the same.…
“To This Day” by Shane Koyczan is a spoken word poem. This poem has a lot of symbolism showing how bullying can affect you throughout your whole life. There is symbolism shown when there is a picture of a tank going down the hallway representing that the “School halls were a battleground” (Koyczan 3). This shows how they were all alone and they had to fight everyday even though they found themselves “outnumbered day after wretched day” (Koyczan 3). This shows how hard it was for them to just go to school, because each and everyday they had to walk through those halls or as they called it, a “battleground”.…
“America” by Claude McKay is a poem describing the speaker’s alternating, yet passionate view of love and hate of their country due to the prominent racism they must endure. Throughout the poem the theme that a person's struggle teaches them to grow is revealed. The theme, a person’s struggle helps them to grow, is expressed through the metaphor, personification, and unique diction. Metaphors are used contribute to the theme, person’s struggle helps them to grow, and convey the speaker’s relationship with America. The speaker describes America as, “stealing my breath of life” (3).…
Out of the many female characters in To Kill A Mockingbird, Calpurnia plays a mother like roll, she has many views about the Tom Robinson case and the Maycomb town, and she has many of he characteristics and opinions shown in the novel. Calpurnia played a major roll in the novel because she was a mother like character, her views about Tom’s case and Maycomb illustrate what it is like where the book takes place, and last but not least her characteristics and behavior.…
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27th, 1756; in Salzburg Austria. Born with the full name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, he quickly shortened it to Wolfgang Mozart by his early teenage years. His father, Leopold Mozart, was the assistant concert master in the Salzburg royal court. While his mother, Anna Maria Pertl, was born into a family of wealthy community leaders. His sister Maria Anna, was given the knick-name of “Nannerl”. By mimicking her playing on the harpiscord, Mozart developed a strong concept of chords, until he was also playing alongside of her. Mozart started playing the violin when he was four years old, and was composing his own music by his fifth birthday. When Mozart became six, and when his sister was eleven, Mozart’s father started on their “tours” across Europe to showcase the duo’s young prodigal talents in 1762. They stopped in Paris, London, The Hague, as well as Zurich. When Nannerl became of age to marry, Mozart obtained the shot that kick-started his career.…
A tiny evil, demanding, and annoying child who has everyone in the neighborhood wrapped around her pinky is no angel child. Cora, seemingly innocent young girl found in Crane’s short story, assumes a de facto position of authority in her family’s home. The trouble further involves her keen ability to instigate conflict and persuade other children to take part. Her persona reverses, however, when she approaches her parents reflecting the very picture of angelic innocence. The parents, although somewhat naïve, begin to see through the veneer of her saccharine smile, and their development as characters, as well as her own, reveals a minor theme in the story.…