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    featuring strong females. Books with strong women who don’t necessarily know just how much strength they possess are my most enjoyable reads. For my craft analysis final project I’ve chosen two works featuring these types of women; Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (1938) and The DUFF by Kody Keplinger (2010). The two women in these books are at very different places in their lives at the beginning of their journeys nevertheless they both come to the same realization: they are in control of their own happiness

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    Identifying the role of festivals‚ oral traditions in music‚ distinct national dances such as that of the Meo‚ traditional theatre of cheo‚ fine arts and literature such as the famous 3000 verse epic Kieu by Nguyen Du (1766-1820). Festivals: Lunar new year (TET) - Is the most important festivals for Vietnamese people - Celebrated between late January and February - Homeland festival which continues for a week or more - They indulge in eating‚ drink and social activities

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    Through the book Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier‚ the narrator explain the story through the book. Between Rebecca and the narrator they were different. The compare and contrast of the two Mrs. de winter were not similar. These two character are were way opposite without the story. The two Mrs. De Winter were different. One was evil‚ careless‚ and mysteries. And the second Mrs. De Winter was happy and want to make her husband happy. These character Rebecca De Winter was careless and‚ she only love

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    Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg The Family from One End Street by Eve Garnett The Mitfords by Charlotte Mosley The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois Bird by Rita Murphy The Man with The Dancing Eyes by Sophie Dahl The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen The Trick Is to Keep Breathing by Janice Galloway The Napolean of Crime by Ben MacIntyre Like You’d Understand‚ Anyway: Stories

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    In the novel Rebecca‚ du Maurier uses techniques‚ such as dialogue and setting description‚ to create suspense and tension. But in the movie‚ Hitchcock uses different techniques‚ like music and scenery‚ to create the right kind of suspense and tension for his audience. The plots are the same‚ but the techniques are not. In the novel‚ the author uses a lot of dialogue to create the suspense needed to make the storyline interesting. For example‚ on page 259 in chapter 19‚ the narrator is speaking

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    Jealousy The narrator’s jealousy of Rebecca permeates the majority of the novel. Because of her youth and insecurity‚ the narrator is unable to understand why Maxim chooses to marry her. As she learns more and more about Rebecca‚ she begins to compare herself to Maxim’s first wife‚ who seemed to be far more beautiful‚ elegant‚ and sophisticated than she could ever hope to be. The narrator’s preoccupation with Rebecca develops to the point that she concludes that Maxim is still in love with her.

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    Du Maurier’s novel suggests that there is a close connection between fantasy and the romance genre‚ as the conventional romance plot line‚ which is simplistic and exaggerated‚ does not happen in real life. In this novel‚ the narrator appears to be in denial‚ frequently hinting at details and then contradicting herself. This is evident in the narrators inner monologue and her constant fantasies where she idealizes a romantic world in which there is no conflict. "I know we are together‚ we march

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    different for the narrators in these novels. It is true to the gothic genre to have male characters with a mysterious painful past which haunts them throughout the novel. Both Bronte and Du Maurier attempt to justify the crimes committed by their male protagonists Edgar Rochester and Maxim De Winter. Du Maurier seeks to justify why Maxim killed his first wife Rebecca‚ in order to prevent her illegitimate child from becoming the heir to Manderly. The novel is resolved when it emerges that Rebecca

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    latest play‚ ‘Little Mary’ and from this reception he meets Sylvia‚ who is a widow now. Barrie enjoys spending time with Sylvia and her four sons‚ and through this proves to be a great playmate and father-figure for the boys. Sylvia’s mother‚ Emma du Maurier does not like the amount of time Barrie spends with her family. Emma wants to take control of her daughter and grandsons‚ since Sylvia is becoming very weak from an unidentified illness. As Sylvia becomes more and more ill‚ she is unable to attend

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    Katherine Le Mrs. Siems English II 11 December 2015 The Differences Between a Pig and a Human Dictator Some dictators could be cruel‚ but some could be ever more cruel. Such as Napoleon which was a pig from the book Animal Farm by George Orwell. He was the dictator of Animal farm. Another example of a dictator is Wojciech Jaruzelski he was also a dictator. He ruled poland in 1981-1990. Both Napoleon and Wojciech Jaruzelski were dictators but they were different because Jaruzelski rose to power by

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