Star Wars is one of the best modern epics of its time. Starting with the world famous "in media res..."(The story starts in the middle of the action‚ in media res‚ and at a critical point; the events that happened before the narrative’s opening are introduced later on.) It is an epic with a great hero‚ setting‚ and a lot of captivating action. Although many people still think that epics were only written in ancient times‚ interestingly enough‚ many great epics are still being written today. The
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Shanda Reed Mrs. Stausing Honors English II Book Report February 28‚ 2013 Living Dead Girl Breakdown In the book Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott‚ a young girl named Alice deals with several conflicts between herself‚ her abductor‚ and the world throughout her short life. In Alice’s life she is kidnapped and taken away from the life she knows at the age of ten years old by a man named Ray. Ray beats‚ molests‚ and starves Alice on a daily basis. Alice is fighting with herself because she
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The Fault in Our Stars To have a life is an opportunity; to live it happily is a choice. Who is not afraid to die? Who is not afraid to be forgotten? Who is not afraid to leave Earth empty-handed and unprepared? The book “The Fault in Our Stars” possesses a story of life and death. A story that would help us realize that a lot of things can be sacrificed in the name of love and infinite happiness. The book has a power to change the way people think and could alter the way we think of life
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Stars are dying out quicker than they are being born‚ meaning that the universe is dying in a process that is known as universal dimming. For avid fans of Doctor Who‚ this is horrifying news‚ as it means that Donna Noble failed to “Turn Left” and instead chose to turn right at that fated intersection‚ and now the stars are going out because The Doctor is dead‚ and the darkness is coming. An International Collaboration Astronomers from all over the world worked together to make the observations
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poor black child growing up in the deep South‚ Richard Wright suffered poverty‚ hunger‚ racism and violence... experiences that later became central themes of his work" ("Richard Wright" 1). Richard Wright ’s many literary work‚ especially his short stories‚ all deal with those dark themes. One of his most famous short stories‚ "Bright and Morning Star"‚ is a story that: "[. . .] carefully investigates the inner psychology of Aunt Sue‚ a mother of Communists[. . .]" as an essayist summarizing the story
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One bright star Suddenly my eyes were dazzled‚ I could hardly see at all. The music in my ears: such a heavenly call! As I stood I felt a wonder That I’ve never felt before Although my heart was full I just wanted more! And then as we shepherds listened‚ We heard angels sing on high: Our Saviour had been born! Praises filled the sky! So the celebration started As the life of Christ began. The King of love was born for the sake of man. One bright star shone out that night‚ Bringing
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SYNOPSIS OF STAIR CLIMBING ROBOT Abstract: The goal of our project was to design a robot that would climb starirs in a skillfull‚ calculated and efficient manner. Climbing a set of stairs is not a new challenge for robots‚ in fact it is often a common obstacle used by designers to showcase the robot’s skills. Their function as modeled after human movement. The smaller scaled robots‚ such as mine‚ usually use the bruete force method and are not able to successfully climb stairs. In the present
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P1 A Dead Man’s Wish Ryan Bunker I liked going early‚ For some reason it felt right. I don’t know if its just because I am the only one there or maybe just because the road beside the graveyard isn’t as busy with traffic. The reason doesn’t matter‚ Its just a personal tradition of mine I suppose. Anyway‚ I arrived a bit later than I usually did‚ I had to pick up a bunch of flowers from the shop instead of usually just
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Star Wars and The Matrix There holds in heaven‚ if there is a heaven‚ a cabinet so sublime‚ so extravagantly constructed as to hold the two classics: Star Wars and The Matrix. Star Wars was the original space-western journey of the seventies – The Matrix is the Star Wars of the noughties. Luke Skywalker was the well-built‚ blonde haired‚ blue eyed stereotypical American farmer of the time of Star Wars’ production. Today‚ western civilisation considers Neo an idol for modern boys. Neo is the
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There’s not too many folks out there who don’t have any knowledge of the Star Wars universe. The cinematic space opera’s original trilogy has spawned into a global and cultural phenomenon of epic proportions. It’s influenced countless films‚ books‚ TV shows‚ as well as made an impact on the fashion world. Now Star Wars fans can further indulge their deep love of everything connected to the George Lucas franchise thanks to a brand new exhibit currently taking place in a city with its own otherworldly
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