Ender’s Shadow is a novel that occurs in the future during a time of war between the humans and the Buggers‚ an insect-like alien species. The story begins in Rotterdam where we are introduced to Poke‚ a girl in charge of a group of street orphans‚ who encounters Bean‚ the protagonist of the book. At the time‚ Bean was merely four years old‚ but he is intellectually superior to all of the other starving children in Rotterdam. Thus‚ he tells Poke of a way to prevent the stronger kids‚ who are often
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As Bell Hooks speaks about in her essay “Learning In The Shadow Of Race And Class‚” certain college students‚ such as herself‚ appear to have “boundaries” placed upon them that cause great struggle. Typically there is a reason behind these “boundaries‚” and in some cases it may be the fault of the person that is enduring these struggles‚ whether they realize it or not. While Bell is not completely at fault for how she lives her life‚ the way Bell Hooks was raised helped shape the way she would
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In Lyle H. Kendall’s writing of “The Vampire Motif in ‘The Fall of the House of Usher‚’” he relates vampirism to Poe’s story through the Roderick Usher’s letter‚ the Usher family itself‚ and the ending of the story. Roderick Usher‚ main character and the brother of Madeline Usher‚ writes a letter to the narrator where he tells of “bodily as well as mental disorder” within the family and urges him to visit soon. His interpretation of that is the family’s bodily disorder being the vampirism that affects
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Justin Falcone October 19‚2012 Homework # 5 Chapter # 4 Journal In reading chapter 4 in working in the shadows we have seen that Gabriele is on his last week of training. Gabriele is giving the job to cut the four rows of lettuce that are in the path of the machine where the lettuce is stored in the boxes. Gabriele is realizing that 4 rows is a lot and his has to get them done. In this chapter you as the reader really realize all the courage‚ ambition and strength that Gabriel has. Gabriele
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Analyze the character of Count Dracula portrayed in Chapter 3 Count Dracula is the main antagonist of the novel with the same name. In chapter 3‚ his character becomes clearer through Jonathan Harker’s journal. Firstly‚ he was a very prideful of his heritage‚ the Count came from a Royal and Warrior bloodline and he described his race as: “brave races who fought as the lion fights”. And yet even when the events he talked about was hundred years ago‚ the way he told them as if he was there. The
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The Amazing Adventures of Spear and Shadow Chapter One: Discovery “Done!" cried a young wolf named Spear‚ as he lifted a small dagger. He heard the leader‚ Rough‚ calling him. He hurried outside his tent‚ and he said‚ “Yes‚ Sir?” “Last night‚ I saw a young wolf steal our food. You must go to explore the woods. If you find anything‚ report back here. Understand?” said Rough. “Yes‚ Sir‚” said Spear. Spear went out into the woods alone. He heard many strange sounds. He heard CRACK‚ CRACK‚ CRACK! and
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question has been addressed throughout history in many cultures and in many different ways. It is seen often in literature and can be presented through many techniques. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula‚ the eternal struggle between good and evil is played out between two characters who are sharp contrasts to one another‚ Count Dracula and Abraham Van Helsing. These foil characters are used by the author to illuminate an important theme of the novel‚ the power struggle between good and evil. Upon the reader’s first
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In passage #1 of Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula‚ Stoker describes an event in which Dr. Seward‚ Quincey Morris‚ Lord Godalming‚ and Van Helsing decapitate Lucy in her vampiress state in order to truly kill her. Through Dr. Seward’s description of actions done by the men in order to kill Lucy‚ and the pathetic fallacy described after their task was complete‚ Stoker conveys a tone of relief in the passage. The men needed to decapitate Lucy and fill her mouth with garlic in order to truly end her life
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Study Guide King of Shadows by Susan Cooper For the online version of BookRags’ King of Shadows Study Guide‚ including complete copyright information‚ please visit: http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-king-of-shadows/ Copyright Information © 2000-2013 BookRags‚ Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Study Guide 1 Plot Summary King of Shadows by Susan Cooper is a tale about a young boy’s journey to overcome his devastating past in exchange for a hopeful future. Nat is an orphan who escapes into the world of
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Reading/ Literary Analysis Audience: classmates who argues that “Dracula” is not a Gothic genre Purpose: to show them that “Dracula” is a perfectly good example of Gothic genre “Dracula” a novel by Bram Stoker‚ deals with vampire folklore‚ Christian beliefs‚ and mostly gothic elements. Gothic elements are tremendous in this novel as it is seen a lot throughout the novel. The components of classic gothic elements as seen in “Dracula” includes the setting of the novel‚ the tone‚ a villainous character
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