"The Last Spin" "The Last Spin" by Evan Hunter is an interesting short story that makes the reader think about friendship‚ emnity and waste of life. The story is about two gang members‚ Dave and Tigo‚ who are made to play a suspenseful game of Russian Roulette. Through the use of features such as setting‚ characterisation and creation of tension‚ the author has managed to write a short but meaningful story. The story is set in a dark‚ cold basement. We can assume that it is in America because
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The Cowardly Lion‚ in The Wizard of Oz written by L. Frank Baym‚ had already had courage‚ even though he had thought that was what he’d been lacking. To begin‚ the Cowardly Lion first had courage once he had came out from hiding to threaten Dorothy and her friends‚ which takes courage to do in the first place‚ even though he had scared himself while doing it. After he had scared them‚ the lion decided to follow the trail with Dorothy‚ even though he had not known what was going to happen. This part
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The Last Juror by John Grisham 1. "From day one she was intimidated by me because I was from Memphis and had gone to school up North for five years. I was careful not to wear my Ivy Leagueness on my shoulder‚ but at the same time I wanted these rural Mississippians to know that I had been superbly educated. (page 10)" There are two literary elements that could be categorized in this excerpt. I think that John Grisham highlights his use of satire very vividly early on in the book. He is placing
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Many perceive The Lion King‚ Disney’s most successful movie to date‚ as Disney’s only original movie; the only movie not previously a fairy tale from one country or another. This‚ however‚ is not the case. While The Lion King seems not to be biased on a fairy tale‚ it is in fact strongly based on the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Disney writers cleverly conceal the basic character archetypes and simplified storyline in a children’s tale of cute lions in Africa. To the seasoned reader‚ however
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I would spend my last day with my family and friends. I would buy a whole bunch of things I have always wanted and use them. I would go driving‚ even though I don’t have a license. I would be scared and unhappy that I was probably going to die‚ but I would still try to act happy and have a good last day alive. I would say everything I have always wanted to everyone. I would make sure that I have made friends with everyone I’ve always wanted too. I would own up to everything I have done to everyone
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In The Lion‚ the Witch and the Wardrobe (Lewis‚ 1950/2005‚ Chapter 5‚ p. 24)‚ Lucy excitedly tells Peter and Susan that there is indeed a country that can be accessed through the wardrobe. She mentions that she meets Edmund in the woods and turns to Edmund to backup her story. This portrays her trust towards him as a brother to help her prove to Susan and Peter that what she said is real. However‚ instead of helping Lucy‚ Edmund decided to let her down. He mocked makes fun of her and says that are
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HU 123 LECTURE NOTES BEOWULF Genre A heroic folk epic rooted in the oral tradition of the Anglo Saxons‚ Beowulf is an anonymous poem committed to paper by an unknown Christian monk in 1000 Common Era‚ some 300 years after it was first composed. The manuscript is part of a document known as Cotton Vitellus A housed in a British Library. Beowulf belongs to the epic genre of long‚ narrative poems dealing with heroic deeds against a background of war and the supernatural and themes of grandeur
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I read The Cowardly Lion and The Hungry Tiger written by L. Frank Baum. This story is about a city which was ruled by a princess and the princess was guarded by two great beast known as the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger. The character in this story that caught my admiration is the Hungry Tiger. Firstly‚ this character is job conscious as well as an attention seeker. This aspect of hers can be seen in the text where the Hungry Tiger and her friend the Cowardly Lion recognizes the fact that
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chemicals in our brains. These chemicals trigger a response somewhere in our nervous system‚ and we feel what we call “happy.” However‚ that still doesn’t answer us. Even if there’s no doubt that that’s what happens‚ that still doesn’t tell us why those chemicals are released or those signals are sent. There’s no cause. That only tells us what happens‚ but that’s still not enough. To find why we are happy and what that really means‚ we have to take a look at what makes us feel this emotion. To me‚ it
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Lion‚ a text written by Saroo Brierley is based on his story and experiences on his journey from his home country in India to his now home‚ Australia. The story shows how Brierley belonged to various places in life including his first home in India until he was 5‚ and then eventually moving to his new home in Australia where he lived and is living the rest of his life. Brierley also belonged to a range of people and had two families‚ both his real Indian family‚ Kamla‚ Kallu‚ Gudu and Shekila‚ as
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