The Game of Shadows Resit Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) is the long awaited sequel to the first Sherlock Holmes film. Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law star in this thrilling action packed film. The storyline is carried on from the previous film; Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr) and his sidekick Dr. Watson (Jude Law) join forces to outwit and bring down the fiercest enemy yet‚ Professor Moriaty (Jared Harris). They face tough challenges to this notorious criminal. Like in the first
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I AM LEGEND(book) The novel’s main character is Robert Neville‚ apparently the sole survivor of a pandemic the symptoms of which resemble vampirism. The author details Neville’s daily life in Los Angeles‚ as he attempts to comprehend‚ research‚ and possibly cure the disease that killed mankind‚ and to which he is immune (Neville assumes this is because he was bitten by a vampire bat who was "infected". Because it was not a human‚ it did not kill Neville‚ instead‚ he became ill for a period of time)
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Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow which was published in company with his other best-known short story Rip Van Winkle in the Sketch Book in 1820‚ is considered one of the earliest examples of American fiction. Having been interpreted from many different points of view‚ this outstanding work is especially famous for its use of folklores and allusions. As most critics focus on the accompanying characters of Ichabod Crane and Brom Bones‚ it is commonly agreed that Irving alludes to the
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The Hound of the Baskervilles The Hound of The Baskervilles begins at 221B Baker Street‚ London‚ England. This story is told by Watson‚ as he and Sherlock Holmes are asked to investigate the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville. This legend leads one to believe that the Baskerville estate and family is cursed by a great black hound‚ but Watson and Mr. Holmes are determined to prove this curse to be no more than an old tall tale. With only one heir left in the Baskerville family remaining
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I have finished reading Legend by Marie Lu. The prompt I have chosen for my Journal Entry is “Describe the author’s craft (language and style). What was good about the author’s writing? What thing might you try to do in your writing that you learned from this author?” Things that I believe the author did well in her writing were the use of perspective‚ character development‚ and foreshadowing. One of the features of Legend was that it was told by two characters in the same story‚ Day and June.
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Stephen Butler Leacock (1869-1944)‚ Canadian author‚ will long be remembered for his best-selling book Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (1912) as well as the numerous awards and honours he received during his illustrious lifetime as author‚ professor‚ lecturer and humourist. Stephen Butler Leacock was born on 30 December 1869 at Swanmore‚ Hampshire‚ England‚ the third of eleven children to Peter Leacock and Agnes Emma (née Butler). The Leacock family did a lot of travelling in their early years
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Throughout the last two weeks‚ I have been reading Marie Lu’s Legend. I am currently on page 200 of the book. This book is about a girl and a boy who live very different lives but eventually come together. The boy’s name is Day and the girl’s name is June. Day is a wanted criminal for the things he has done to the government and he also killed June’s brother. June joins the military and becomes highly ranked quickly soon after her brother’s death. Her job is to find Day and bring him in so he cannot
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow The short story I have chosen to read by Washington Irving is “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” This story takes place in a little village on the Hudson River which by some is called Greensburgh‚ but which is more generally known as Tarry Town. The main character in the story‚ Ichabod Crane‚ who “tarried” in Sleepy Hollow came about for the purpose of instructing the children of the vicinity. The main point of the story began with the arrival
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Summary and Analysis Major Themes Veracity in Storytelling Veracity in storytelling is a defining theme of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” The story is distantly removed from the reader—Crayon has found the story in Diedrich Knickerbocker’s papers‚ who is dead‚ and who at the end of the story writes that he heard it from an old gentleman‚ who claimed to not have even believed half of it himself‚ ultimately getting much of the story from primary or even other secondary
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In “I am Legend” the author picks a mentally and physically strong human being. His name was Robert Neville. Neville is the main character in the novel‚ and most of the story revolves around him. The author picked Neville only because he is indeed a legend of his own; being the last human to survive in a community that was quickly being transformed into vampire like creatures. Neville was a rather tall‚ and had 36 years of life under his belt. He is a English-German descent‚ has blonde hair‚ and
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