In the short story of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow you will find two very different men‚ Ichabod Crane and Abraham Van Brunt‚ competing against each other for but one woman’s hand in marriage‚ Katrina Van Tassel. Katrina Van Tassel was a ravishing young lady of only eighteen and the only child of a very wealthy farmer named Baltus Van Tassel. Her father paid little attention to her other than to be proud of her good doings when they were praised by others. Because of her beauty‚ along with the wealth
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Compare and Contrast (The Snyper & The Most Dangerous Game) The story The Sniper takes place during the civil war in Dublin‚ where a single sniper waits on a roof top to eliminate any threat from the oposing forces. This story is very tense right from the beginning as soon as he noticed the enemys watching him and a bullet comes close to hitting him. This story’s opening is one that catches your attention and gets you really focused on the story. The Most Dangerous Game on the other hand starts
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imply that something is going to happen later in the story. We as readers have to infer what that might be. In the short story “The Cranes” the way the author uses “At the shot” it makes us think that the character is shooting at the birds because they flew away‚ but there is another meaning to this sentence. The true meaning of the last sentence‚ “At the shot‚ the two cranes plunged upward‚ their great wings beating the air and their long slender necks pointed like arrows toward the sun.”‚ of the short
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Ichabod Crane and Brom Van Brunt do not like each other because both of them wanted to win over the same girl‚ Katrina Van Tassel. Although‚ they both want the same girl does not mean that have more in common.In fact‚ they are completely different.Ichabod wants to be with at Katrina because he wants love.While‚ Brom wants to be with her because he wants her money and inheritants.Ichabod crane is a clumsy and skinny with big feet.Ichabod was a struggling teacher who always kept his students on good
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PLOT SUMMARY: In Ireland‚ two snipers engage in a civil war. ELEMENT SPECIFIC QUOTE MEANING 1. Mood/Tone “The long June twilight faded into night. Dublin lay enveloped in darkness but for the dim light of the moon that shone through fleecy clouds‚ casting a pale light as of approaching dawn over the streets and the dark waters of the Liffey.” ¶. 1 Negative‚ Dark‚ Aggressive‚ Forceful‚ Sad 2. Point of View “He was eating a sandwich hungrily. He had eaten nothing since morning. He had
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CRANES Cranes are a clade of large‚ long-legged and long-necked birds in the group Gruiformes. There are fifteen species of crane in four genera. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons‚ cranes fly with necks outstretched‚ not pulled back. Cranes live on all continents except Antarctica and South America. Most species of cranes are at the least classified as threatened‚ if not critically endangered‚ within their range. The
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The Sniper has been around since the early 1800’s and first started out with the British army. The First American Snipers were implemented as early as the American Revolutionary War. During this time the Colonists would climb trees and hide amongst the branch’s and leaves to keep concealed‚ and strike the enemy when they were within range. The early rifles used by Snipers were constructed of smooth barrels enabling from making accurate consisted shots. It wasn’t until gun manufactures started to
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The Sniper By: Liam O’flaherty A story about the Irish Civil War. The story takes place in Dublin around the beleaguered Four Courts in the middle of The City where gunfire of heavy guns‚ machine guns and rifles break the silence of the Night‚ spasmodically‚ like dogs barking on lone farms. The long June twilight faded into night. Dublin lay enveloped in darkness but for the dim Light of the moon that shone through fleecy clouds‚ casting pale light as of approaching Dawn over
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Cranes Used in Construction written by:shoaib ameer A crane is a lifting machine that principally works with the use of pulleys and cables. For the construction industry‚ cranes are valuable assets because they make working with heavy machinery and construction materials easy. The invention of cranes made things easy for humankind because without them‚ loading‚ unloading‚ and lifting had to be done by human hands‚ would consume more time‚ and the entire system was not efficient at all. The
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Ms. Regan Honors English 1 February 22‚ 2014 “The Sniper” War can either tear friends and family apart or bring them close together. In “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty‚ the sniper faces a surprise after deciding to go look at the enemy sniper. In the end of the story‚ it explains how the enemy sniper was the shooter’s brother. The theme of “The Sniper” is that war changes people and separates families because the sniper shot his own brother‚ and was mentally effected throughout the story
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