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    Author’s use indirect characterization to describe actions and the appearance of a character. Direct characterization states what the character is like. Motivation is how the characters behave the way they do. With this in mind‚ Vera from‚ “The Open Window‚” can be used as an example for direct characterization. She is a 15 year-old girl that can be described as a self-possessed‚ talkative‚ and liar. In Source 2 page 90 ‚the author states‚”Said a very self-possessed young lady of fifteen.” This shows

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    J Rice Thank You For The Broken Heart lyrics was added to the site 14 Nov‚ 2011 and since that time has 1242 hits and voted 5 times. Everything I know about love I learned from you‚ from you And everything I know about pain I learned from you‚ from you You were my only‚ You were my first You showed me lonely‚ and you took me in when I was hurt But the most important thing you ever gave me‚  You was the one that hurt the most So thankyou for the broken heart‚ oh yeah And thankyou for the

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    Writing. Caruso examines the social mores of their respective contexts while combining the traditional conventions of crime writing with their own unique twist. Caruso’s Disturbia depicts a new high tech world of voyeurism; directly parallel to Rear Window but with the added social facts of modernity and new technology to appeal to a younger audience. The protagonist and amateur sleuth Kale‚ being “6 months shy of eighteen” is judged as an undependable

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    The self-portrait The Broken Column was painted by Frida Kahlo in 1944. This work is oil on canvas‚ mounted on masonite‚ and it is 40 x 30.7 cm. The Broken Column is at Museo Dolores Olmedo in Mexico. This painting is one of Kahlo’s most famous iconic self-portraits which represents feminism in its time‚ for it shatters the traditional idealized image of women through it subject matter‚ depiction of female beauty and symbolism. This life-size painting has a horizontal perspective

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    vs. Windows Case Study Abstract The Linux vs. Windows case study presented Windows as the incumbent platform with a first mover advantage and Linux as the challenger. I would like to take a different approach to analyzing these two platforms and see what we can learn. If we assume that the history of Linux starts in 1991‚ Linux is following in the footsteps of Windows. But if we consider the hereditary connection between Linux and Unix‚ the story of Linux now starts in 1969‚ and Windows becomes

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    Winner of the guardian children’s fiction prize‚ Broken Soup by Jenny Valentine is a novel for young inspired readers. Rowan Clark‚ a young 15 year old girl is thrown into a whirlpool of problems where one thing leads to another. Loss‚ grief‚ friendship‚ family and love play a big role in the story. The death of her brother Jack‚ attempted suicide of her mum‚ the unexplained relationship between Jack and her friend Bee and also the mysterious boy named Harper who befriends Rowan. Everything is linked

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    In the 1950’s film Rear Window‚ director Alfred Hitchcock sets his entire work looking through a man‚ L.B. Jeffries’ rear window. Because of his broken leg‚ Jeffries is confined to his apartment‚ and even to his wheelchair. It is here‚ in his apartment‚ that the protagonist watches‚ or even spies on his neighbors. He draws conclusions on these people‚ but from a distance: across the apartment-building courtyard. In addition to this physical distance separating Jeffries from his neighbors‚ his perspective

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    Rear Window is a 1954 suspense film‚ which was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It was written by John Michael Hayes. The film starts James Stewart‚ Grace Kelly‚ Wendell Corey‚ Thelma Ritter and Raymond Burr. The plot of the film is about a photographer who confined to a wheel chair after being in a racecar accident because he was trying to take a picture. Jeffries is the main character the one confined to a wheel chair is also in love with Lisa Fermont his girlfriend. However‚ Jeffries does not want

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    The Wind And Window Flower‚ by Robert Frost‚ can be read on both the literal and symbolic level. On one hand this is a story of windy winter day. Of a window flower and a winter breeze. On the other hand‚ this is a story of heartbreak and unrequited love. A story of a man who falls in love with a woman who is to different from himself and has his heart broken when she will not return his love. The story begins with the narrator telling us to forget about our own love and listen to his story of

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    only allowed on Wednesdays because that was the day before they refilled the water. Saar later experienced racism when she won first place in the art contest at school but was only given the third place prize money. Saar’s piece The Phrenologer’s Window is a representation of how two people can live under the same moon and sun‚ but can be treated and looked at completely differently. Even though Saar experienced racism constantly‚ she never let it affect her in a negative way. Saar often looked

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