Character Study: Gollum Gollum is an interesting character. Like Smaug‚ the fact that he has been living alone in a cave adds to his wicked personality as the stereotype of cave dwellers go. His magic ring has possessed him to the point that he has lost the trust of everyone‚ as well as not trusting anyone who comes near him. Although the lack of contact with anyone at all has caused him to talk to himself at all times. Even in the rare cases when he finds himself with someone else‚ as he does
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The story‚ “The Lesson”‚ takes place in the early 1970’s‚ in New York City. The main characters: Sylvia‚ her friends‚ and Miss Moore live in Harlem. Sylvia is a young black girl that tries to learn the lesson Miss Moore is teaching to them. Sylvia is annoyed with this because she sees it as Miss Moore taking away their summer vacation. Although as the story progresses she learns the lesson that Miss Moore is teaching and it turns her whole life around. Miss Moore is a person who devotes herself to
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Question 1 - Characterisation In Animal Farm‚ George Orwell uses the names of his characters to reflect their personal traits and what they represent in the book. Napoleon After the death of Old Major‚ Napoleon emerges as a leader corrupted with power. Napoleon never makes a contribution to the revolution and never shows interest in the strength of Animal Farm itself‚ only to the strength of his power over it and the rest of the Animals. His namesake‚ Napoleon Bonaparte‚ also betrayed the principles
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On Christmas Day 1989‚ the city of Berlin got to enjoy a concert for the ages: the "Ode to Freedom‚". A composite event‚ covering centuries worth of work by the composers Schiller‚ Beethoven - and Leonard Bernstein. The purpose of the concert was to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall in a way that would be remembered forever. Bernstein had the soloists and chorus sing in the final movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony that truly symbolized freedom‚ as a gift from the gods to the Germans. Not
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This atypical talent is discovered when‚ as an 8-year-old‚ she inadvertently kills a distant cousin who is leering at women servants in his castle. Her uncle‚ the king‚ recognizes the potential of Katsa’s power and begins to train her. He transforms his niece into his creature‚ his own private female
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Dead parents are extremely common in young adult literature‚ and although these characters are obviously absent throughout the story‚ they are still relevant and necessary to the plot because of the effect they have on their children. Because “dead parents are so much a function of middle-grade and teen fiction at this point‚” it is no surprise that Collins sets up the Everdeen family with one parent deceased (Sales). However‚ instead of viewing deceased parents as enhancing the plot of a YA novel
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1/22/2012 Dmitri Gurov Life for Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov‚ for nearly forty years‚ has been consumed with feelings of boredom and bitterness which have caused him to be blind to the beauty of the world surrounding him. Daily experiences for Dmitri seem mundane and lackluster‚ therefore causing him to seek stimulation in ways that he keeps secret from his wife and the society of men in which he surrounds himself. Dmitri ’s nature exudes an elusive appearance that many women would find attractive
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In the new episode of “The Muppets‚" Joseph Gordon-Levitt was seen serenading the show’s female lead character‚ Miss Piggy. The two started singing together and looked very sweet with each other. According to People‚ the newly format ABC series got another A-celebrity guest with the 34-year-old actor. He just showcased his singing expertise along with the group of puppets. For the latest installment‚ “Going‚ Going‚ Gonzo‚" the filmmaker was a guest at Miss Piggy’s own program “Up Late with Miss Piggy
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‚ T.S. Eliot appeared on the scene of 20th century English poetry as a wonderful innovator with these lines of his The Love-song of J. Alfred Prufrock on the pages of the Poetry magazine in 1915: “Let us go‚ then‚ you and I When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table". These lines immediately revolutionized the intellectual climate of English poetry. Eliot initiated a new brand of poetry of the city‚ poetry essentially cerebral‚ impersonal‚ predominantly
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Appendix 1 LESSON PLAN SCHOOL OF EDUCATION LESSON ORGANISATION Year Level: 9 Time:9:00 – 9:55am Date:12/2/2015 Learning Area: Economics and Business Students’ Prior Knowledge: Basic IT skills Ability to use the internet to research The basic concept of marketing Ability to work independently Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum How and why businesses seek to create and maintain a competitive advantage in the global market (ACHEK041) General Capabilities (that may potentially
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