The first boy is named Ed‚ an ex-skater who lost the use of his legs in a car accident over a year before the events of the first novel. Gaia is rude to him when they first meet and he falls in love with her on the spot because‚ in his words “nobody’s ever mean to the cripple”. Gaia
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I Am the Messenger was originally published in Australia‚ where it received the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book Award in 2003. When the novel was subsequently published in the United States in 2005‚ it was listed as a Michael L. Printz Honor Book. Markus Zusak received several starred reviews for I Am the Messenger. Positive reviews focus mainly on Zusak’s successful development of a sympathetic character as he struggles to become a stronger person. School Library Journal calls the story
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Characters Hamlet – religious and philosophical‚ thinker not doer‚ moral character‚ scruple‚ multidimesional Claudius – King of Denmark‚ killed Hamlet’s father to usurp the throne. Decisive and manipulative. Gertrude – wife of Claudius and former wife of Hamlet’s father. Smart and sneaky. Polonius – father of Ophelia and Laertes‚ subservient‚ want to win favor of King‚ spy‚ verbose Laertes – Ophelia’s brother‚ hot-headed‚ honorable man‚ likes to party‚ easily manipulated by king Ophelia – unintelligent
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home‚ long for the sight of home” (Homer 1209). Instead of revealing his true feelings and admitting his love and longing for his wife‚ Odysseus knows exactly what to say to appease Calypso whilst getting his way. His skilled mind also acts a deus ex machina when he and his crew are trapped by an angry Cyclops. “Cyclops‚ try some wine. . . . Three bowls I brought him‚ and he poured them down. I saw the fuddle and flush come over him . . . Lifted [a large wooden spike]‚ and rammed it deep in his crater
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Lit 121: Philippine Literature Dr. Estrella T. Golingay April 11‚ 2013 * To discuss the following: * Purposes of literature * Literary standards * Literary values Philippines Literature * Compilation of Filipino writings Purpose: 1. Promote cultural heritage 2. Rhetorical modeling 3. Individual development Literary Values: 1. Technical Values – structure and component of literary piece 2. Affective Values – awareness of emotions‚ mood
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event where each pulls for his favorite team and the gods go into pre-arranged alliances. Some gods team up (Hera and Athena; Apollo and Artemis) and other gods actually go down to the battlefield to help (Ares and Aphrodite). Aphrodite‚ in a deus ex machina‚ swoops down from Mt. Olympus in order to save the life of Paris. Zeus eventually becomes completely fed up with all the bickering the war has caused with the gods and forbids all the Olympians‚ except himself‚ from helping anymore at Troy for
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Together with the decline in public housing went a rise in the percentage of poor African Americans in public housing. In some cities‚ it rises at eighty percent or more.17 The more this happens‚ the more others abandon public housing – physically‚ by moving‚ and politically‚ by rejecting it. As a general rule‚ the government follows the will of the majority. And the will of the majority is that public housing stay put. Public housing‚ then‚ is a program that cannot‚ will not‚ and does not accommodate
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A Long Way Gone – Ishmael Beah - Notes Chapter 2 notes The imagery in this chapter is a jarring contrast to chapter one when Ishmael played music and went to school and had a loving family. It is filled with memories and dream imagery that are horrifying to both Ishmael and the reader. Chapter 3 notes This chapter is filled with contrasts‚ especially the days of peace versus the days of war. There is also the contrast of Ishmael cooking dinner as gunshots ring out throughout the town. There
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uses the telephone as a tool to grab John and Carol out of their conversation whenever they are about to make a connection. John constantly receives phone calls from Jerry and Grace throughout the play. Not only do these calls serve as a form of deus ex machina‚ but also his conversations with these two people are the only instances in the play when either of the two main characters is shown communicating with the outside world. This fact is also important because it helps to establish the idea that
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above or rose out of a trap door from below. In today’s modern entertainment usually a phone call‚ note‚ or piece of dialogue is used to fill in that vital piece of information that allows the plot to come to a conclusion thus a modern version of ’deus ex
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