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    being a hero or having hero-like abilities. Percy Jackson‚ in the novel The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan‚ lived that dream. Percy heads on a journey to fix the gods problems by going over the united states to collect orbs for them to get back to the real world. Percy fights many enemies on the way and through it all‚ he completes his task and get backs to where he belongs‚ Throughout the novel‚ The Lightning Thief‚ the hero’s journey is shown through the plot. Hero’s Journey shows the first part

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    not call Debbie. Complete List of Simple Past Forms USE 1 Completed Action in the Past [pic] Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes‚ the speaker may not actually mention the specific time‚ but they do have one specific time in mind. Examples: • I saw a movie yesterday. • I didn’t see a play yesterday. • Last year‚ I traveled to Japan. • Last year‚ I didn’t travel to Korea. • Did you have dinner

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    Year 11 Assessment: Changing Perspectives RELATED TEXTS ASSESSMENT – ADVANCED ENGLISH 1) Prescribed Text – The Book Thief a. Compose a summary/synopsis of the text (plot/themes/characters/key concerns). (100 words only) ‘The Book Thief’ by Mark Zusak The Book Thief is a story of a young german girl named Liesel Meminger in Nazi Germany during world war 2. At age nine her brother drops dead in front of her and when Death himself comes to collect his newest soul‚ he becomes fascinated with

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    Time After Time" is a song by American singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper‚ released as the second single from her album She’s So Unusual. It reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart on June 9‚ 1984‚[1] and remained there for two weeks. Worldwide‚ the song is her most commercially successful single after "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"‚ and reached number three on the UK Singles Chart and number six on the ARIA Singles Chart. The Rolling Stone and MTV’s 100 Greatest Pop Songs ranked it at

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    and cloudy night the notorious red furred‚ Felinae or werecat‚ Red Fur the Thief rode on his grey dragon named Chompy the Dragon to the colossal castle where the stone was being held. After he arrived‚ he dropped down onto the cold‚ grey castle wall‚ crept past the guards‚ and found the crimson red stone displayed in the center of a magnificent room‚ all while Chompy the Dragon circled silently overhead. Next‚ Red Fur the Thief quickly removed the stone and placed it in his worn bag. He then carefully

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    Adolf Hitler is notorious for the slaughter of at least six million people of Jewish descent during the Holocaust‚ but during that era of time in Nazi Germany‚ the German citizens adored and glorified him. During World War II‚ the citizens of Nazi Germany were bigoted towards people of Jewish descent as Adolf Hitler convinced them to do so. The novel‚ The Book Thief‚ written by Markus Zusak‚ occurs during the second world war‚ changing the main character‚ Liesel‚ from an ignorant and monotonous youth

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    people a day view Instagram stories‚ 79% of teenagers use Snapchat once a day‚ and 51% use it at least eleven times a day. In fact‚ teenagers use on average five screens a day (Patel‚ Deep “10 Tips”). This use of social media makes teenagers happier and gives them something to do after school. But is it a problem that young people are finding all this satisfaction in “likes”? All this time spent on social media and screens could end up with a bad outcome and could be bad for their health. Teenagers

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    author would do well to maintain accuracy to the historical record‚ and as such‚ Mark Zusak’s The Book Thief offers profound insight into the social attitudes of all shades of German during the Nazi era. While many historical similarities can be found between the novel and reality‚ a more abstract approach can be used to identify the differences. Though some discrepancies between The Book Thief and the real historical account of WWII are evident‚ the similarities in terms of the power of words‚ the

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    The Book Thief- Profiler Character: Death Ryan Pfanstiel Period 3 Reason for the Drawing: Although most assume Death looks like the Grim Reaper or a scary skeleton thing‚ in The Book Thief‚ Death is not. In fact‚ he even tells us what he looks like when he says‚ “I do not carry a sickle or a scythe. I only wear a hooded black robe when it’s cold. And I don’t have those skull-like facial features you seem to enjoy pinning on me from a distance… Find yourself a mirror while I continue” (Zusak 307)

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    ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ and ‘The Book Thief’ In novels‚ the author creates a focus on a relationship - between enemies or friends‚ a parent and child‚ or husband and wife. In the two texts‚ The Book Thief‚ and The Boy in the Stripped Pyjamas this is a aspect that is featured in both‚ the relationship between children. The Book Thief focuses on the relationship between Liesel and Rudy‚ two of the characters. In The Boy in the Stripped Pyjamas the relationship that is focused on is between

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