STUDENT’S NAME : JB Spring C. Bacurnay TITLE OF THE BOOOK : Dear John NAME OF AUTHOR : Nicholas Sparks SETTINGS : Hilmington ‚ North Carolina MAIN CHARACTERS : * John Tyree * Savannah Lynn Curtis * Randy Welch * Mr. Tyree * Tim Wheddon * Noodles * Rooster * Gavin McCulley Starks * Bryce Hayes Harris (Cameo) * Braeden Reed Alan * Alan (Age 14) CHARACTER LIKED BEST & REASON : * John ‚ because John did not let go of his feelings although
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Final Analysis Oral Report Hope by Emily Dickinson Can you imagine life with out hope? I think Emily Dickinson may have used hope a lot in her life and that’s why she wrote this wonderful poem‚ to inspire those without hope to give them a perspective from a beautiful bird that hope can change your life in any way you dream it. I choose to analyze the famous poem “hope” by Emily Dickinson‚ Such an interesting and mysterious poet she lived her entire life in Amherst‚ Massachusetts‚ only
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Task 1 LITERARY ANALYSIS: READING POETRY AND WRITING THE ESSAY Pre-writing exercise 1 • Man: This primarily mean adult male but can designate any human being regardless of sex or age. Wikipedia (2011) • Wall: This is an upright structure of wood‚ plaster or any building material serving to enclose‚ divide or protect an area. Wikipedia (2011) • Berlin Wall: This is the wall that separated East Germany from West Germany. Wikipedia (2011) • Wailing Wall of Jerusalem: It is the remnant of the
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What if you loved someone so much but they didn’t know you existed? You could change so much that you lose yourself in the mix. In the short story‚ “Nobody Stole Jason Grayson” by Caroline Mackler‚ the theme of the story is that love can make you do strange things. The characters‚ Abby‚ Jason‚ Daytona‚ and Sloppy Joe all deal with someone that they have fallen for. They also have some reality checks along the way. Each character has an interaction that teaches them what love really is‚ or what love
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and not in a movie’s ability to go on location or add cinematic frills. In opening up Oscar Wilde’s 1895 comic masterpiece‚ ’’The Importance of Being Earnest‚’’ the director Oliver Parker‚ whose more straightforward adaptation of Wilde’s ’’Ideal Husband’’ three years ago found an agreeable balance between period lushness and linguistic precision‚ has gone overboard. What would Wilde have made of the embellishments Mr. Parker has tacked onto the play like a reckless dressmaker tarting up a Chanel
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“Desiree’s Husband” In Kate Chopins “ Desiree’s Baby” the main character Desiree is a fragile human being who was the victim of a few unfortunate circumstances. Her life starts disorder and also ended in disorder. As an infant she was purposely abandoned in a gateway and found by Madame Valmonde who loved her dearly. At the end of her life she was also abandoned by her husband who shuns her once he finds his mother “belongs to the race that is cursed with the brand of slavery”. The character Desiree
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Loving V Virginia Every human should be granted basic civil rights. The constitution itself claims we as American citizens are granted “life‚ liberty and the pursuit of happiness‚” but does the government always allow us these civil liberties? Life‚ yes we are all granted the right to be alive‚ but liberty and true pursuit of happiness maybe not as much. Webster defines Liberty as “The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one’s way of life”.
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LOVING v. VIRGINIA Can you imagine not being able to share your life with the person you love because of the color of your skin? Well‚ this was the case for those who resided in Virginia decades ago. Interracial marriages were not allowed in Virginia and sixteen other states due to the adoption of the Racial Integrity Act of 1924. The sole purpose of this act was to completely prohibit a "white person" marrying other than another "white person". Marriage licenses were not issued until the
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Anne Sexton‚ who is considered one of the Great American Author‚ wrote during the Contemporary period. Anne’s most particular poem collection is titled “All My Pretty Ones(1962) and Live Or Die(1966)”. In each of these poem collections they show us evidence of Characteristics‚ themes‚ and style identified with the Contemporary movement which was extant in American letters between 1945 and 1974. Anne Sexton was one of the best well known Poets in the Contemporary Movement thus‚ still remains one of
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Anna Quindlen’s commencement speech argues to stop assuming other identities to match societies’ expectations. This fantasy sounds perfect at first but reflects a misconception in conformity and in happiness. Anne Quindlen’s simplistic view to” give up the nonsensical and punishing quest for perfection” will only work in a perfect society‚ but society is not perfect. While some conform to the standards of perfection to make others proud‚ most conform out of necessity. “The joker” does not want
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