For many kids‚ summer is the best part of the year. With no more classes or homework‚ summer is the time for fun‚ and no stress over school. But many people are questioning if summer break is necessary. Summer is chosen for a break because of 7 reasons. Hot summer temperatures made the heat in school buildings unbearable in many places. There was a belief that spending time in hot‚ crowded places spread a disease. Also‚ wealthy families often took vacations to escape the summer heat‚ and middle
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Have you ever noticed how early in the year we start school and how late we end the year? There is less time for vacations and therefore less time with your friends. I think we should have less half days in the school year and the school year should start earlier. I believe it would be a good idea if school did get out earlier because you would get a longer vacation. If you did get a longer vacation‚ you would be refreshed and ready for the new year instead of thinking that the school year came
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Summer is a time for fun in the sun‚ family vacations‚ and relaxation. However‚ this can also be a time when students easily lose the knowledge they’ve worked hard to gain throughout the school year. With a lack of routine‚ classes‚ tests‚ and homework‚ students risk falling behind when the school year begins again. Although your kids have definitely earned a summer of fun‚ enrolling in NYC’s FasTracKids summer classes can keep them on the right track for school while still allowing for that vacation
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John Smith Ms. Tracey December 21‚ 2005 Honors English 1st The Wizard of Earthsea Trait Essay Ged’s pride‚ constantly taking advantage of Ged‚ prevents him from ever fully maturing into adulthood. As a wizard‚ Ged was entitled to some pride‚ yet Ged took advantage of this right by biting off more than he could chew. First‚ he roots through Ogion’s spell books to find a spirit-summoning spell to impress a girl he meets in the forest. Then‚ he leaves Ogion for Roke because he believes that
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An Analysis of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” I. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The Norton Anthology of English Literature‚ Vol. I Ed. Stephen Greenblatt and M. H. Abrams. New York: Norton‚ 2006. 162-213. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a romantic poem from the Middles Ages. It is the story of one of King Arthur’s knights‚ Sir Gawain‚ who enters a game with the mysterious Green Knight. The game is an exchange of strokes with an axe‚ but the Green Knight states that a “twelvemonth
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Lanval begins with Lanval leaving the city after the king did not give him any gifts. On his journey he encounters two girls sent by a fairy maiden to bring him to her; they fall in love and Lanval returns to the city promising not to speak of their relationship. However‚ after Queen Guinevere antagonizes him‚ he speaks of his love who claims has a more beautiful appearance than she does. This obviously upsets her‚ and she asks the king to put Lanval on trial. To escape punishment‚ Lanval must show
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Stock characters are stereotypes of people that readers or audience are able to identify‚ due to their frequent appearances in literature--examples are the hero and the maiden. The purpose of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is shown through the breaking of the hero’s stereotype‚ one of the most common stock characters‚ in Sir Gawain. The stock character of the hero in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is Sir Gawain--he is the noblest of all the knights in King Arthur’s court--he was the only one
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In Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven the story’s protagonist‚ Balian‚ is the epitome of a true and perfect knight. Balian hasn’t always been a knight though. He used to be a simple blacksmith‚ but his life changes after his wife committed suicide after they lost their child. Then a knight named Godfrey came to him and told Balian that he was his illegitimate son and that started Balian’s journey to being a great knight just like his father. In order for Balian to be a true and perfect knight he has
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The Five Knightly Virtues of Sir Gawain “Sir Gawain and The Green Knight” is the most known 14th century poem that depicts the Arthurian legend. It has been translated from a Middle English dialect by Simon Armitage; unfortunately‚ very little is known about the original author. Sir Gawain is the protagonist as he is the major source of conflict when he struggles to decide whether his “knightly virtues” are more important than his own life. The ideals of Christian morality and knightly qualities
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John Gardner brought humor to his story‚ “Dragon‚ Dragon” in many different ways. There was a variety of different ways he brought the humor to the reader. This tale takes place in a kingdom from what seems to be a long time ago but yet‚ John Gardner has added some things from modern times. John Gardner has developed some funny and interesting characters to his tale‚ “Dragon‚ Dragon.” The tale starts out with a dragon. But this dragon is no ordinary dragon. This dragon does mischievous things.
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