A troubled Asian-American man seeks revenge on the men who severely beat up his brother and put him in a coma. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: JOHNNY‚ an Asian-American man‚ was adopted as a child and raised by his adoptive parents and his brother BENNY. Johnny loves baseball and often daydreams about the game. It comforts him. Disturbed by memories of his past‚ Johnny tries to move forward with his life‚ but his temper and anger get him into trouble. His therapist was helping him‚ until his therapist died.
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Glory During the American Civil War‚ the Massachusetts army engages Confederate forces in a bloody battle. Captain Robert Shaw is injured in the battle and assumed lost‚ but is found alive by a gravedigger named John Rawlins and sent to a field hospital. Shaw visits his family‚ and is introduced to Frederick Douglass. Shaw is offered a promotion to the rank of Colonel‚ and command of the first all-black regiment the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer army. He accepts the responsibility‚ and asks his
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Charley is a boy who was about to begin his freshman year of high school. He is writing his first letter to an unknown friend because he needs to let his thoughts out to someone. He begins his letter by telling how he lost his best friend Michael who passed away‚ and later learns that Michael had commit suicide by shooting himself. Charlie was devastated. Michael death makes him wonder if he also has “problems at home”. Charlie brother went away to college in Penn State and his sister is a senior
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Was this what the Giver was talking about? Jonas pondered to himself. Was this the beautiful sounds the Giver had described before? Could Gabe hear it? Jonas decided he had no choice but to keep going‚ at least until he reached the first house. He felt ashamed to be disruptive on whatever they were celebrating‚ but Jonas knew it was what was meant to happen. Jonas got off the sled‚ with Gabriel still in his arms‚ and began his trek. The distance seemed insignificant now‚ after the long voyage
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How is chapter 5 significant to the novel as a whole? The significance of chapter 5 to the novel as a whole can be observed through the relevance of the writer’s use of language to describe the setting‚ character and what it shows about social and historical influence of ‘Frankenstein’. Mary Shelley wrote and conceived of Frankenstein while she and her husband Percy Shelley were visiting Lord Byron in Switzerland in June 1816. They had spent an evening around the fire telling horror stories. By
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Chapter 1 Summary In chapter one it talks about how hemachromatosis is a hereditary disease and it’s the most common genetic disease for people of European descent‚ in which the body can’t register that it has enough iron. So it keeps absorbing as much of it as possible‚ and this can have very‚ serious side effects (including death). Iron is very important for bacteria‚ cancer‚ and other things to grow. The way this disease is most easily treated is blood letting. Looks like all those crazy blood-letting
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1. Describe the novel’s opening scene. Who are the characters? Where is the action taking place? What is happening? a. The novel opens in the residence of Jeremiah de Saint-Amour‚ who had committed suicide because he feared growing old. The characters are Dr. Juvenal Urbino‚ the deceased‚ a police inspector‚ and a medical student. The scene begins with Dr. Urbino making observations about the room in which they found the body and then briefly observing the body as well. He quickly decides that
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CHAPTER 8 How Did They Make And Use Tools? Technology Summary The physical remains of humanly made artifacts form the bulk of the archaeological record. The artifacts that are found by archaeologists may not represent the range of objects actually used because certain materials preserve better than others. For this reason‚ stone tools and ceramics dominate the archaeological record. Objects made of fabric‚ cord‚ skin‚ and other organic materials no doubt date back to the very earliest archaeological
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Summary: Chapter 1 Katniss Everdeen‚ who tells her story in the first person‚ wakes up. It is the day of the reaping. She sees her little sister‚ Prim (short for Primrose)‚ asleep in bed with their mother across the room. Katniss puts on her clothes to go hunting. The area where she and her family live is called the Seam‚ and it’s part of District 12. They are at the edge of the district‚ which is enclosed by a high fence‚ and Katniss often crawls under the fence and enters the woods outside‚ where
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Chapter 30 - Summary: Juli is deeply troubled by the news of Basilio’s capture and imprisonment. People convince her to approach Padre Camorra and ask him to intercede for the youth. Juli is afraid to follow their advice and approach the friar because he is known to be frisky and quite fond of women. However‚ when news reaches Juli that Basilio is about to be killed‚ the young lady is compelled to go and ask the friar’s help. El Filibusterismo: Summary and Analysis of Chapter 31 (The High Official)
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