Nastaran’s Book Report on ’The City of Bones’ City of Bones is the first book of The Mortal Instruments series‚ set in modern New York‚ the series include City of Bones‚ followed by City of Ashes‚ City of Glass‚ City of Fallen Angels and City of Lost Souls. The sixth book‚ City of Heavenly Fire‚ will be released in May‚ 2014. The author Cassandra Clare writes urban fantasy novels for young adults. City of Bones is set in a present time. Clare was born as Judith Rumelt‚ to American parents‚ in Tehran (Iran)
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Honey bees are one of the matriarchies in the insect kingdom. Colonies consist of one queen‚ a lot of male worker bees‚ and a few male drones. Ninety-five percent of the worker bees are female. A healthy hive is occupied by a collection of many generations. Tasks are divided up by age and colony through an intricate system of communication. Younger worker bees tend to the queen and the baby bees. Older worker bees forage for food and water for the colony‚ convert nectar into honey‚ construct wax
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She rose from her bed‚ quickly getting dressed and brushing her hair. She entered the kitchen where everyone was huddled closely around the television. “Good morning!” she stated happily‚ only to get yelled at to quiet down. “What’s happening?” she asked innocently. “Look‚” was the only thing her sister had to reply. Staring at Alice through her television screen was a mugshot. The mugshot of the man she had taken the picture of the day before. “What?” Alice replied‚ completely stunned
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DISTINCTION BETWEEN TRAGEDY AND EPIC POETRY Introduction In the Poetics‚ Aristotle has given a brief outline of how poetry could have evolved. We see from the beginning that Aristotle holds that the tragic evolved from the heroic strain‚ which in turn originated from the hjrmns of praise sung to the gods and the great men. Thus Aristotle establishes and affinity between the epic and the tragedy. The Affinity between Tragedy and Epic Aristotle’s treatment of the epic is slight as compared to
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Christian allegory about sacrifice and redemption. The book begins in 1775 where a man named Jarvis lorry is on his way to Dover England. He works for a bank and is leaving for France. A man named Jerry cruncher catches up with him and hands him a strange note. The following day Jarvis meets up with a woman named Lucie manette and gives her the news that her assumed dead father was alive and that he would take her to see him. Her father had been locked
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“How to tell a true war story”-Character Analysis Tim O’ Brien’s “How to tell a true war story” construes the relationship between the war experiences and the ways of storytelling. O Brien’s story telling as a narrator shows that the storyteller has the power to form his listener’s experiences and opinions. His way of describing situations are unique because his story distorted the reader’s perceptions of beauty and ugliness by making different situation and scenes seem pleasing‚ even though it
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teacher/examiners that you understand what is happening in the passage and how the passage connects to the wider text. Analyse – pull apart the text to show how it works‚ how meaning is created and the author’s intentions. Evaluate – discuss and comment on the effectiveness of the author’s choices and the tools (devices‚ themes‚ symbols and conventions) they have used Key areas to search for in a passage 1. Diction (word use): Look for strange or unusual words‚ descriptive words or words that
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With the play Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang‚ Hwang is trying to reach a very large audience. He knows he has a large platform from his previous award winning works and uses this to his advantage. Hwang uses this platform to eliminate labels‚ racism and unjust accusations. He reaches his audience in a very unique way; through a play written about his own life and experiences. Plays are generally works of fiction or about the lives of accquincese of the playwright. Hwang uses a different approach
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human body and DNA is so complicated and has so much to it that small things could make a big difference. Humans are made of so many cells and DNA with different functions and uses but it could all go wrong with one gene. Results of these things happening are known as disorders. From things like Down Syndrome and Heart defects. Heart defects may not seem genetic but could be passed and is a family matter‚ things in a family’s history can show signs. Heart defects also known as “congenital heart
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Euphemisms Euphemisms are everywhere in today’s society. They are a daily accessory used in today’s language and are such a normalcy that one does not notice them as strange. For hundreds of years people have used language to persuade people or even nations. With the more advanced society gets so does the language and thus this persuasion gets even more convincing. Many novels show examples of euphemisms. Among those novels includes 1984 by George Orwell. Euphemisms can range from being used in
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