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    phenomenon of the toy fad‚ kids certainly do and this year it is finally the turn of the Fidget Spinner. When I say finally‚ I really mean finally because these super cool little gadgets were actually invented back in the 1980’s by a woman named Catherine A. Hettinger. She dreamt up the idea as a way to keep her child occupied during a period of ill-health and over the following decade refined it into its current format‚ finally releasing it to the market in 1993. So is Mrs Hettinger sitting comfortably

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    Character Analysis: Achilles In Homer’s epic “The Iliad” the main character‚ Achilles‚ is not really the typical run of the mill hero. Even though he is a great warrior he doesn’t come off as one in the epic. His rage constantly comes up when his feelings get hurt or someone insults him. Because of this he stops fighting with his own people all because he has been offended by his commander‚ Agamemnon. It is not till after his friend gets killed in battle that he re-enters the war‚ only again because

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    A Character Analysis: Sammy Sammy is a young teen who works at the grocery store. He is just like any other teen checking out everything going on. One day‚ he spots three teen girls walking through the door. This begins to show Sammy’s true emotions and character in the story “A&P”. Sammy shows that he is very observant‚ different‚ and dissatisfied. Sammy is observant and watches

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    in the Salinas Valley‚ although some episodes happen in Massachusetts and Connecticut. John Steinbeck’s East of Eden depicts humanity’s struggle between virtue and in as a perpetual narrative of human history. Cathy Ames‚ the most controversial character in the novel‚ seems to be the only person of the book incapable of good: she has the characteristics of a born moral monster. She is not. The events that took place in her childhood affected Cathy. We will then see

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    Character Analysis: Odysseus Smart‚ yet Arrogant In books 9-12 of Homer’s The Odyssey‚ Odysseus shows three prominent character traits: quick-wittedness‚ hubris‚ and self control. Odysseus has gone down in stories and history books for his life-saving quick-wittedness. An example of his quick thinking is in the scene where Odysseus and a few of his men are trapped in Polyphemus’‚ a cyclopes‚ cave and Odysseus devises a cunning plan to help them escape. He gives Polyphemus all the liquor he

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    Grendel character analysis Terrorizing a town for 12 years Grendel kills countless men and woman in the epic of Beowulf. Banished to an underwater dwelling when descendants of Cain were banished and killed‚ many warriors faced him but few survived. Many have herd of Grendel and his tale of horror‚ but who is Grendel? Grendel is seen by other people in Beowulf as a monster and a fiend even before his name is mentioned the narrator refers to him as a “powerful monster‚ living down in the darkness”

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    Atticus Character Analysis Atticus is the father of Jem and Scout‚ and one of the main characters in “To Kill a Mockingbird”. He is an outstanding lawyer‚ father and neighbor in the town of Maycomb. The story takes place during the Great Depression‚ and Atticus is an example of a man who worked with justice to maintain his family and educate their children‚ being the only parent they had. Everyone esteems him; no matter their social status he would treat them all as equal. That is something

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    Character Analysis of Clytaemnestra In Agamemnon‚ the first of three plays from the Oresteia trilogy by Aeschylus‚ Agamemnon’s wife‚ Clytaemnestra‚ is portrayed as a strong willed woman. Her strength is evident in various occasions in the play. This characteristic was not typical for women of the time period. This strong women walked the fine line between the roles of a women and man‚ a lover and fighter‚ and a subject and ruler. It is apparent that Clytaemnestra has both feminine‚ and masculine

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    Character Analysis of Agamemnon Power as prime motivation In The Iliad‚ Homer gives us many characters to examine: Some characters are simple while some are complicated‚ some are heroic‚ some are cowards‚ some are motivated by the desire for kleos and plunder while some are motivated by power. Each warrior goes into battle with different responsibilities‚ obligations and motives depending on rank and class. For example‚ a king has different motivations for going to war than a soldier has.

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    approaching the residency “haunted” by the supernatural. As the novel progresses‚ the presence of an unknown girl at 124 intrudes‚ yet again‚ on the lifestyle of Denver and Sethe. This character‚ who is identified as Beloved is ambiguously portrayed and therefore her analysis is the topic of debate and discussion. The character that is recognized at the 124 residency is in fact the reincarnation of Sethe’s first daughter‚ Beloved. The idea of the reincarnated in this novel is well established. Although

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