Character Analysis Ponyboy Curtis Ponyboy Curtis is a 14-year-old boy whose world has been turned upside down. His parents were killed in an automobile accident just eight months before The Outsiders story takes place. He lives with his oldest brother‚ Darry‚ who is 20 years old and has legal custody of him and his other brother‚ Sodapop‚ who is 16. Darry characterizes Ponyboy as lacking common sense. Pony agrees with this assessment. He readily admits that he is smart at school‚ but sometimes
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Pranav Chandrasekaran Mr. Paul Dyer English 3rd September‚ 2014 CHARACTER ANALYSIS: PAPPACHI Pappachi is the original patriarch of the Ipe Family. His real name was Shri Benaan John Ipe. Pappachi had lived during the British occupation of India and had worked as the Imperial Entomologist. In British India‚ Britishers formed the dominating class and ruled over the Indians. In such an environment‚ Pappachi had begun to consider Britishers
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Specification A Chapter 1: Section A Anthology Texts Background Touching the Void is a book by Joe Simpson. It is a true story of how he and Simon Yates set out to become the first people to climb Siula Grande in Peru. Following a disastrous accident in which Joe breaks his leg‚ Simon is forced to cut the rope supporting Joe. Simon returns down the mountain‚ believing Joe is dead. Although his leg is broken‚ Joe crawls his way back down the mountain and is eventually rescued. The book is
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should like to have given him something” (36). This demonstrates that Scrooge knows that he has made mistakes‚ and is starting to become a better person‚ with the Ghosts’ help. Scrooge becomes sad‚ finally thinking about someone other than himself. “Spirit‚” said Scrooge‚ with an interest he had never felt before‚ “Tell me if Tiny Tim will live.” “I see a vacant seat‚” replied the Ghost‚ “In an old chimney corner‚ and a crutch without an owner‚ carefully preserved. If these shadows remain unaltered
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an administrator in the Student Activities Office for help. 1. What is at stake for the key parties‚ including those who disagree with you? What is important to them? The key stakeholders are Erica‚ Matt‚ and all present and future members of the Spirit Club. Erica is the protagonist and she needs to decide to either talk to Matt about the missing club money or remain silent to maintain her friendship with Matt. Her decision puts their friendship at stake if she decides to confront Matt or report
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Right to Bear Arms “We should not blame a gun itself for any crime or any acts of violence‚ any more than we can blame a pen for misspelling a word.” Proven by this statement belonging to Robert Bennett but even more notably by the malevolence of the world’s past‚ time after time it has been proven that guns do not kill people; in fact it is the people themselves that do. Remaining stationary and innocuous until a force and a finger consciously pulls the trigger‚ a gun is and will always remain
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Ophelia: Character analysis Ophelia‚ a young beautiful woman‚ is known to be the young daughter of Polonius‚ sister to Laertes‚ and Love interest to Hamlet. In the play‚ Ophelia is stuck between her obedience to her father and her love for Hamlet‚ which seems to possess some tragic consequences. Ophelia is the archetypal obedient daughter‚ a role required to be played by all young women in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. When her father orders her to
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Explore the significance of one of the following minor characters and make a case for why his or her subplot is essential to the story: Transito Soto‚ Pancha Garcia‚ Old Pedro Garcia‚ Amanda. Often‚ stories include many minor characters that start out seeming unimportant but soon are realized to be an extremely essential part of the story. In The House of Spirits‚ there are multiple minor characters that have a great impact on the outcome of certain events in the story. One that seemed to have
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The Right to Bear Arms Imagine waking up in the middle of the night to a complete stranger who is in your house‚ threatening to harm you‚ and your family‚ and you cannot do anything about it. Imagine‚ not being able to go target shooting or hunting‚ because there are laws passed to prevent you from owning a firearm. The truth is‚ more and more people in this country are trying to restrict law-abiding people from owning firearms due to the overwhelming rise in gun related crimes. As law abiding
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the school late at night. The security office gave them permission to enter the premises. They arrived at the floor where‚ they believed‚ Carlos killed himself. They called for his spirit. Few minutes later‚ the tension has been felt but‚ then‚ the specialist said that he couldn’t find Carlos’ ghost and said his spirit is “lost”. But Teresa couldn’t believe on what the specialist said so they went to her house. As they arrived‚ Teresa heard a “psst” but the specialist couldn’t hear the sound. Teresa
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