Title: The Book Thief Author: Marcus Zusak Text type: Novel The Book Thief is a book about having the courage to stand up for what you believe in and do what you believe to be the right thing. I was extremely impressed at how the actions of Liesel and her foster parents reflected these themes of bravery and morality. I think these themes are relevant in today’s society because people often copy what everyone else is doing even when they know it is not right
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“The Lamp at Noon” by Sinclair Ross Stuck in dust When one thinks of being caged‚ he or she may think of a bird being put in a cage so it can’t fly away. Or a person may think of a criminal caged by their jail cell bars‚ enclosing them off from society. However‚ in the short story‚ The Lamp at Noon‚ written by Sinclair Ross‚ a clear tone of desperation is shown through symbolism‚ confirming the harsh effects that the 1930’s dust bowl had on a family but specifically on a character named Ellen
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Crake; from numbers to words Oryx and Crake is a story that takes place in a not-so-distant dystopian future that Margart Atwood believes we’re heading towards. The world has been taken over by corporations who are driven purely by greed and profit. These corporations have built giant “compounds” where they house their scientists‚ who are referred to as “numbers people” by Jimmy‚ the main protagonist of the story. These “numbers people” are using genetic engineering to “improve” humanity. Anything
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I hope this letter finds you doing well and enjoying your holiday season with your family. With the mix of school‚ family travel‚ family complications and‚ off-season training‚ it has taken me a bit longer than I had anticipated before I was able to write you. But‚ I wanted to write you and say thank you. In all honesty‚ this season turned out almost completely different than I had originally hoped for and anticipated. I didn’t really picture coming off the first play of our first scrimmage tearing
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September 19th‚ 2011 Wes Moore Maryland House Correction Rd. Jessup‚ MD‚ 20794 Dear Wes Moore‚ A. Problem Assessment There are many issues that have led to the outcome in your life‚ from an absent father‚ instability in your living situations‚ your brother being influential‚ yet participating in negative activity‚ and your mother’s lack of involvement. When you sum all of these issues up the main issue that stands out is the lack of support and mentoring that is needed to foster a child’s
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Title: Brokeback Mountain Director: Ang Lee Type of text: Visual/oral text Date Completed: 27/2/2014 Whilst watching the film Brokeback Mountain‚ I became frustrated at the main characters‚ Jack and Ennis. This frustration was because of an evident idea in the film that I agree strongly with‚ ‘sexuality is not a choice.’ This idea made me realise how lucky I am to have been born in an era where society is much more accepting of individuality than in the past. And I felt frustrated because the
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“Ordinary People” Term Paper I feel the most related toward Conrad. As he has problems with being social and has some built up anger from over the years. To me Conrad plays a roll of a person who fights and struggles. Not with just his friends and other people‚ but with his family. Conrad feels apart from his mom as do I‚ for me my mother neglected me when I was younger and paid more attention to my younger brothers. And I feel how Conrad felt when his mother didn’t visit him in the hospital. That
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Elizabeth Bishop poses interesting questions delivered by means of a unique style. Do you agree? Focus on themes and stylistic features. In my opinion‚ Elizabeth Bishop has a unique style of asking interesting questions. Bishop invites us along on the journey with her. She does this by her “painterly eye” which she has been praised for. In her poems she takes the ordinary and turns it into the extraordinary. As a reader‚ I wonder why she goes into so much detail. There is a story behind each of
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it takes to get ahead and get his way. This have happened very often in the history of the world‚ specifically recently with the whole church molestation and child abuse scandals surrounding the Catholic Church. These were instances when Priests‚ Bishops‚ Cardinals‚ and other people of moral authority went against all that they claimed to stand for‚ much like Tartuffe. This theme of morality and ethics in Tartuffe reminded me greatly of the child molestation and abuse scandals that fell over the Catholic
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Rhetorical Analysis: Pre-writing Learning how to identify and analyze rhetorical tools is an important part of the collegiate experience. This handout emphasizes several tools which can aid in the analysis of rhetoric in an effective‚ well-organized paper. Questions to Ask Speakers use rhetorical tools in order to appeal to logic (logos)‚ emotion (pathos)‚ or authority (ethos). Asking yourself specific questions regarding the effect of rhetorical tools you encounter is a good place to
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