The 150 page book ‘Once’ was written by Morris Gleitzman and published by the Penguin group in 2005. It was set in 1942 in the German mountains at the time of the second World War. Summary A ten year old boy named Felix is living in an orphanage in Poland in 1942. Felix finds a carrot in his soup and thinks it is a sign that his parents are coming back to get him. The Nazis come to the orphanage to burn the books in the library. Mother Minka tells Felix that Sister Elwira put the carrot in his
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Rise and Fall of Ambassador car: Introduction: Based on Britain’s Morris Oxford series of cars by the Morris Motors‚ Ambassador was the first car to be produced in India. It started production in 1958‚ and for a long time was the only car to be sold in India. In the fiscal year ending March 2014‚ the company sold only 2‚200 cars out of the 1.8 million cars sold in India that year. Despite the fact that it had over 70% market share at a time‚ how did they lose their grip and slip to a mere 0.12% market
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To effectively answer this question we must begin with why some would think it would negatively impact society. In Morris I. Leibman’s address before the American Bar Association meeting in 1962‚ he reasons that civil disobedience‚ as was seen then in the Civil Rights Movement in the sixties‚ is a threat to the “law society”. He states that “justice delayed is no excuse
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Once and Then was originally two books combined into one. Morris Gleitzman wrote this book from a 10 years old’s perspective. Felix had to grow up before his time and had to take care of a little girl on his journey to find his parents. He lost his innocence and came out of the little bubble he was in before.There were things that he came across and saw things he shouldn’t be seeing at such young age. But Felix’s imagination helped him distract himself from what’s actually happening. He had to make
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The vampire‚ from folklore to literature is described as a “dead person that awakens in the night to suck the blood out of the living”. (Bartlett‚ pg 1) The evolution of the vampire itself has seen drastic changes from the time of the vampire in folklore; where he was seen as a scapegoat‚ being the cause of the plagues and had to be killed to restore a healthy civilization to‚ Bram Stocker’s literary vampire; where the vampire had become the heroic figure and had to be blamed for all the victims
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Obsessive‚ unlawful‚ greedy‚ and unnatural sexual desire establish the core of lust‚ one of the seven deadly sins. Consuming in its very essence‚ it rots away at anything that was once considered pure or moral. Dashiell Hammett ’s "Red Harvest" and Bram Stoker ’s "Dracula" are stories that effectively demonstrate the disastrous and catastrophic effects on society by the unbridled greed‚ ambition and lust of its inhabitants. Most importantly‚ both the characters of Dracula and Dinah Brand use sexuality
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The views of the modern world Bram Stoker’s horror novel‚ Dracula‚ focuses on superstitions that occurred in the modern Eastern Europe. In modern society‚ unexplained theories such as superstition and religion are considered dubious and aberrant. For example‚ myths and the supernatural are considered irrational because one can’t prove it mechanically or scientifically. In Dracula‚ most of the characters are modern people who are narrow minded and clueless about the reality of the world. As Jonathan
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FULL NAME: NGUYEN PHUONG THAO CLASS: TA37A The novel “ Dracula” by Bram Stocker is one of the most famous horror novels in literature history all over the world. This well –known work of art was insight into the mind of many reader generations . Therefore‚ it took for granted that they impressed character Count Dracula on the memory through the attractive written pages of author. Indeed‚ among some first chapters of this novel ‚ no chapter can show
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In Dracula‚ Dracula’s house is shown as a dark‚ gloomy and creepy castle. Bram Stoker shows how the setting is affected by the atmosphere by going into detail of how Jonathan Harker feels when approaching Dracula’s house for the first time. On the trip to Dracula’s house Jonathan noticed the townsmen reacting strangely once they found out that he was heading to Dracula’s castle alone. One of the citizens ended up giving Jonathan a crucifix and told him that it was a charm or guard against the evil
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I was raised with Christian beliefs‚ but I had a difficult time with my faith in my younger days. I was also self-centered and boastful. I tried things that are considered rebellious‚ and most of the time I easily gave in to dangerous and alluring things. I followed my heart where it led me. I started to watch pornography when I was 11. I committed a “one night stand” when I was 16. From time to time I watched nude videos‚ and‚ as time went by‚ the church‚ my family‚ and school became much less important
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