The Shining‚ written by Stephen King is an American horror novel that focuses on Jack Torrance’s life as a recovering alcoholic and his off-season job at the Overlook Hotel. Stephen King himself has struggled in the past with alcoholism and was inspired to write the novel upon his visit to the Stanley Hotel in 1974. After the novel was published in 1977‚ King clearly sets up his reputation specifically as an author of the horror-genre. The novel immediately received enthusiastic praise while readers
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As Hana cares for the wounded soldiers‚ she witnesses gruesome injuries and horrific deaths‚ and these experiences are so traumatic that her personality is unable to recover fully. The omniscient narrator describes Hana’s work during the war as extremely disturbing and harrowing: “Nurses too became shell-shocked from the dying around them.... They would carry a severed arm down a hall‚ or swab at blood that never stopped‚ as if the wound were a well‚ and they began to believe in nothing‚ trusted
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“What was it like to be a captive? I can tell you I was soon sorry that I had asked the river what it was like to travel...For when I was given what I was given what I asked for‚ it was not something I wanted at all.” This is a story of the famous journey of Lewis and Clark with Sacajawea. At age sixteen she is already married‚ a mother and taken from her home community. Sacajawea must find a way to live her life‚ still being a child‚ and help navigate across America with strangers. She tells this
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In the play Disgraced‚ by Ayad Akhtar‚ Emily and Amir’s friends Isaac and Jory call into question each other’s identities and values as they contradict each other’s views on Islam‚ racial profiling‚ and other cultural issues. Throughout the group’s conversation‚ the couple focuses on one other’s factual inaccuracies‚ preconceived notions‚ and moral judgments‚ calling into question their respective opinions and political ideologies. Akhtar uses Jory and Isaac’s questioning of each other’s credibility
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Steven Dodd Professor Kang English 101 28May2015 Peace Meets Ciaos The short story "The Destructors" by Graham Greene collides with good and evil with the surrounds full of destruction. Many scholars have tried to decipher the mean behind this story and have all agreed that it is the best story that Green has ever written. With the knowing and shocking outcomes readers will ponder the nature of what is read. "Graham Greene portrays a world in transition‚ a society moving away from respect for
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Many years ago the colonization in Canada has made a situation and condition that violated the right of indigenous people especially indigenous women. Some of the consequences of colonizer’s act are the violence that indigenous women are still facing. When the colonizers came to Canada‚ they constructed first nation as uncivilized and savages‚ and by this attitude toward them treat them as inferior to themselves. Moreover by laws and acts like Indian Act took many of their freedom and their rights
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The Cursed by Michael Panckridge The Cursed took place in two main places‚ The Brazilian Rainforest‚ and Bridgewater College. In the story the Crusaders of the Light took over the school from the inside to set up their plot to become invisible. The Brazilian Rainforest is a mysterious place that Jonathan explored with Amanda‚ and a team of other explorers. They were exploring to find an invisible tribe which they did find and only Jonathan and Amanda survived‚ her husband died as well. The characters
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Before Leroy’s accident‚ he believed that his marriage was one in good standing. Leroy mentions that his wife‚ Norma Jean “has never complained about is traveling‚ or made any hurtful remarks” towards Leroy. But how could you believe something is all good when you weren’t around most of time to experience it? Even though Leroy believes that their relationship is fine‚ Leroy does admit that he “feels guilty about his long absences from home”. Although Leroy believes his relationship with his wife
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Beside Hansberry’s depiction of Africa through Asagai‚ she also portrays the significance of the ancestral past of African Americans through others characters – such as Beneatha Younger. Throughout the novel‚ Beneatha frequently demonstrate her pride in being able and allowed to study medicine‚ since her deepest desire is to become a doctor. Notwithstanding‚ being African American forms an obstacle in American society. Even her brother Walter Lee is unwilling to support her‚ as he says‚ “Who the
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The Mission by Roland Joffé is a historical drama focused on the power of ones faith and defying the odds of humanity; these ideas coincide that of the philosopher Rousseau. The main characters consist of a mercenary and a missionary who unite to protect a South American tribe and anchor the film’s main conflict between Spanish Jesuit priests and Portuguese colonialists during the 18th century. Although the film reflected Luther’s and Machiavelli’s ideas as well‚ Rousseau’s beliefs are the most clearly
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