Introduction Personally‚ I am a big fan of future dystopian stories that explore questions about ourselves as humans. The Last City of America delivers in both regards: it is set in a ravaged America and it follows all sorts of characters‚ constantly challenging you to ask yourself what it means to be good or evil. Summary The Last City of America is a dystopian epic set in future America. A virus called Hephaestus has swept the nation and made conception difficult. In 2025‚ birth rates declined
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innocent man at first‚ until Harold and Joe found out his secret. Being both in the horror genre and the gothic subgenre‚ “The Monkey’s Paw” shows “classic” horror‚ and heavy emphasis on the supernatural. The gothic subgenre is really emphasized as the story
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The first major accomplishment was his victory of Hastings. This is the battle in which William defeated King Harold. After a difficult journey to meet up with each other‚ William’s troop surprised King Harold’s army which began the battle. Both armies fought hard and when it seemed as if the English line would not break‚ William’s troops began to walk away while
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England and the consequences of the Norman Conquest deeply changed British society. At the start of 1066‚ the Anglo Saxon King Edward the Confessor died and had no direct heir. Two rivals were vying for the throne‚ Harold the English baron and William the Norman Duke. Harold was at the time the most powerful nobleman of the country. He was not blood relative to Edward but he was his brother-in-law and one says that at the very moment of Edward’s death‚ the dying king uttered: "Into Harold’s
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of Hastings. What was the Battle of Hastings? A battle fought in south Sussex in October 1066 that determined the successful outcome of the invasion. Harold‚ then-new King of England‚ had legitimately succeeded King Edward the Confessor‚ but William felt the crown was rightfully his because of promises made to him by both Edward and Harold. Authenticity This has never been questioned – * Style is consistent with other 11th-century Anglo-Saxon needlework * First referred to in 1476
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SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUBS reading group guide: JaKe by Audrey Couloumbis Reading Levels: AR 4.0 Pre-reading activity Make text-to-self connections Ask students to complete a short writing activity using the following prompts: How would you define family? Do you have relatives you don’t know very well? Are there people in your life to whom you are not related by blood that you consider part of your family? Write “FAMILY” in large letters on the board or on chart paper. As students share their
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In 1066 the Battle of Hastings began when King Edward the Confessor died leaving Harold Godwinson to be king. This is what triggered the Battle of Hastings; the Norman king William claimed to have been promised the throne of England by Edward. So when word got to the Normans that Harold had been crowned king of England they were outraged and built an army big enough to wipe out the whole of the British army. There are many reasons for the Saxon’s losing the Battle of Hastings but‚ in this essay I
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Born Yesterday | Point | Example | Effect | F | 2 stanzas of irregular length * First stanza talks about positive wishes made by the rest of society which are wished for every child * Second stanza echoes the structure of a sonnet (14 lines long and ends with a rhyming couplet) | In the first stanza‚ the poet talks about wishes of ‘being beautiful’ and ‘of innocence and love’ made by the rest of society‚ whilst the second stanza he wishes for her to be ‘ordinary’ and ‘dull’. | By presenting
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The Battle of Hastings The Battle of Hastings took place in the year of AD 1066 after a dispute over the progression to the English throne. The Battle of Hastings was so significant because it was the battle that changed history. It had a huge impact on the people and their culture‚ the country‚ and the way they were looked upon by the world. It was the hardest for the Saxon people to swallow it‚ and they were stripped of rights and privileges. The Saxons organized many rebellions they
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because of his physical appearance that made him stand out from the crowd. Finally Ron stood up to his bully and although it had not gone the way that he had hoped‚ his courage kept him from being bullied from then on. Harold Hillman on the other hand‚ did not have as happy of an ending. Harold was a gay man in the military before it was acceptable to be open about one’s sexuality in the armed forces. In Harold’s Ted Talk titled‚ Should you fit in or stand out? Finding your authentic voice‚ he speaks about
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