“Dark Knight” was a smash hit for it’s fame‚ explosions‚ and chase scenes‚ but what really had me on the edge of my seat was perhaps the most riveting villain I had ever seen. The Joker. The Joker is a mob-backed terrorist with suicidal tendencies and a textbook sociopath. He is not reasonable‚ he’s not afraid of anything‚ and the last thing he cares about in the world is himself. As Alfred explained to Bruce‚ “Some men just want to watch the world burn”. Given the tortured nature of our subject
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The Lovely Bones is a fiction novel written by Alice Sebold. It was published by Little‚ Brown and Company on January 2003. The 372 pages of this novel consist of the main character‚ Susie Salmon‚ narrating the story of her murder and how it affected her family. Susie Salmon was fourteen when she was murdered and raped on that chilly afternoon in Pennsylvania. George Harvey‚ her own neighbor‚ abruptly ended all her teenage hopes and dreams. Now‚ from the pre-heaven where she was located‚ she witnessed
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of the Resistance 5. eze] - high‚ go up 6. fairfarren - farewell‚ fair skies" "May you travel far under 7. Frabjous day - the day Alice slays the Jabberwocky and frees Underland from the oppression of the Red Queen 8. frumious - filthy with a very bad smell 9. Futterwacken - a dance of unbridled joy 10. ga]]ymoggers 11. Gribling - crazy the day Alice will return to Underland 12. gudd]er’s scut - thief’s ass 13. Gummer Slough - a dangerous swamp of thick viscous mud 14. Horunvendush
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Visions of psychological‚ emotional‚ spiritual paralysis and despair run rampant throughout dark romantic literature. Dark Romanticism can be seen as the antithesis of the Romantic ideals that reached their ultimate form in Transcendentalism. Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ two dark Romantics‚ were concerned with the human condition and human nature in a way that few other writers of the time period were. Although strikingly different from the Transcendentalists‚ Hawthorne and Poe emphasize
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“Life is not easy. We all have problems-even tragedies-to deal with‚ and luck has nothing to do with it. Bad luck is only the superstitious excuse for those who don’t have the wit to deal with the problems of life. ” A major theme in "The Other Side of Dark" are the changes Stacy faces when she wakes up from her four year coma. Stacy’s life is turned upside-down including the need to grow up suddenly as she is now seventeen years old instead of thirteen. She must deal with her sister‚ Donna‚ who is now
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contrast‚ such interest: materially and home valued. Cultural heritage is the customs of living which is passed from generations to generations. Mahatma Ghandi once said that‚ “A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.” In Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use”‚ cultural understanding is difficult for most people in today’s society to fully understand. Her characters‚ Dee‚ the Mother‚ and Maggie portray to show how one family member can think they know it all and understand their heritage
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Is Nick Carraway a reliable narrator? Is Nick Carraway a reliable narrator for the story of Jay Gatsby? I don’t believe he is. First of all‚ he has a common tendency of contradicting himself‚ an everyday thing for most people‚ however when telling a story‚ the mere fact that he contradicts himself suggests that he is not always telling the whole truth‚ just the version in his mind that can easily be distorted by his thoughts and feelings towards other characters. The first crucial statement
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this place is.Through all this context‚ you can infer several things about the narrator and even what is going on. He explains that during the time‚ Europeans were mistreated and he goes on to tell how he gets harassed in public so you know the narrator is a European officer. Through this‚ one can conclude that there will be a conflict involving the public and the narrator. in the beginning of the story‚ the narrator establishes how he is received by the public of Burma. He talks about young men
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Mary Shelley uses three narrators in her complex narrative of Frankenstein to create a certain degree of objectivity- the novel starts with an epistolary structure with the letters of Robert to Margaret with include an account of the life of Victor and that of the narrative of the monster through the narrative of Victor. The narrative plot is can be said is made of concentric circles with Robert in the outer most circle‚ Victor in the second circle and the monster in the innermost circle. In the
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At the end of the story‚ the narrator locks herself in her room and continues stripping the wallpaper. She hears cries within the wallpaper as she tears it off. She anticipates jumping out of a window‚ but the bars prevent that; in addition‚ she is afraid of all the women that are creeping about outside of the house. As dawn comes around‚ the narrator has peeled off all the wallpaper and creeps around the perimeter of the room. John kicks down the locked door‚ and eventually breaks into the room
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