that he cares about the future of his town‚ demonstrates to us that he wants a safe environment for the future generations like the one he is in now. “What is the life of one man against millions of others? I must take solace from that thought. This quote shows us that Emperor Yuan has made a wise decision to execute the inventor and burn his flying machine. Although
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forces him to always be solving mysteries. Many mysteries in the book Chris thinks over completely before finding the answers much like Oskar. “I thought for a little while then I realized I had to find out who killed wellington.” (Haddon 9) This quote shows Chris’ desire to solve this mystery right from the beginning of the book. This mystery leads to more mysteries to solve such as him finding his mother. In the book as Chris feels like he isn’t safe in his own home anymore he goes behind the shed
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desires.” (Shakespeare. I. IV. 57-58) From the quote‚ Macbeth is obviously envious of Malcolm and shows desire for the throne. This desire was sparked by greed and not by fate.
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that the creature would not have caused anymore chaos‚ however Victor believed that it would only cause more destruction with two of them. “Shall I create another like yourself‚ whose wicked-ness might desolate the world! Begone!” (Shelley 123) This quote is really the turning point of the story for Victor since he realizes the true destruction of the creature he has created and realizes he needs to try and put a stop to it. Although unsuccessful in stopping the creature‚ Victor’s decision to not create
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experiment tortured the main character charlie in the worst way possible‚ allowing him to experience incredible feelings such as love‚ pride‚ accomplishment‚ realizations‚ and have them ripped away by the hands of god and left to die. In this specific quote “Algernon died two days ago. Dissections shows my predictions were right‚ his brain had decreases in weight‚ and there was a general smoothing out of cerebral
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Dubose is talking badly about Atticus and Jem takes scouts baton and starts destroying her flowers and is saying that what she saying is not true and that he isn’t what she says‚ like in the quote” “this quote explains that Jem was only defending Atticus when he was being bad mouthed and that Jem wouldn’t let that happen when he is around to hear it. Another time when Jem is showing caring toward his family is when him scout and dill get caught sneaking
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Therefore (and the difficult thing was to not lose sight of all the reasonings that went into this “therefore”)‚ I had to accept the rejection of my appeal.”(Albert 114). This quote supports what I believe is one of the main ideas of the book which life is meaningless. Meursault says it himself that it doesn’t matter when or how we die we’re just going to die. This whole story should be an emotional rollercoaster but instead has
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Melissa Wong P. 4 - ENG 10H Othello section Reaction to the scene (1 per scene) - 15 points total Quote analysis (2 per act) - 30 points total Act 1‚ Scene 1 I was startled by how by Iago’s manipulative nature revealed itself in the first few lines of the play. Shakespeare uses this somewhat backwards introduction to illustrate Iago’s character and the significant role he will play in the attempt to ruin Othello’s seemingly perfect life. It was shocking to discover Iago’s duplicitous intentions
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extolled it; he burned my books at every opportunity‚ I bought more; he abused my mother‚ I tried to help her; he believed all that the white man said about him‚ I did not; he lived for the moment‚ I for the future‚ uncertain as it was” (207). This quote is significant because Mark is realizing how much of a failure his father is and how beliefs and values have led to that failure. His father thought education was worthless‚ he burned Mark’s books‚ he beat his wife‚ and most importantly‚ he believed
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“But come‚ my friend‚/tell us your own story now‚ and tell it truly” (8.642-3). This quote takes place when Odysseus is talking to king Alcinous and king Alcinous asks about Odysseus trip home from Troy. The book ‚The Odyssey‚ by Homer and translated by Robert Fagles. This epic poem is about Odysseus and his epic trip home from Troy to Ithaca his home island. On his way home he and his crew have to go through many difficult trials. Odysseus is a great leader but he treats his crew like wild
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