Liam Broderick Ms. Rosenka Embedded assessment What would you do if someone spit on you‚ cursed at you‚ and threatened to kill you? In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ in Chapter 22‚ Atticus Finch is faced with this decision. As he was leaving the post office‚ Bob Ewell approached him. Angry and upset that Atticus had publicly humiliated him‚ Mr. Ewell proceeded to spit on‚ curse at‚ and threaten to kill Atticus. Without batting an eyelash‚ Atticus pulled out his handkerchief and did not
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How does Steinbeck present the character of Curley in Of Mice and Men? In Of Mice and Men Steinbeck mainly presents Curley as a mean person who wants authority on the ranch. Although this makes Curley a more hated character‚ Steinbeck makes it clear to the reader that Curley is only mean as a result of being lonely. This loneliness of Curley was typical of men on ranches in 1930s America. Curley wants to get more authority on the ranch. When we first see Curley‚ he is described as closing his
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How does the book of Daniel relate to Revelation? How is John using the imagery of Daniel? The book of Daniel and the Revelation are counterparts of each other. They should be studied together as to get the whole picture of God’s redemptive plan‚ world’s history‚ the future of the world‚ God’s victory over evil at the end of the world‚ and a glimpse into the new heaven and the new earth. Even if these two books are different‚ many parts of the books talk about the same event of world’s history in
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they tend to focus on the big picture rather than specifics. This makes the effects of the revelations and surprises appear greater than they would otherwise have been. Only upon a closer analysis of the story do these foreshadows become evident. In “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and “The Three Strangers” by Thomas Hardy‚ the structure of these stories paved the way for the surprises in the end to become necessary outcomes of what happened and to become essential factors
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1. Blind Man With a Pistol – Chester Hines 2. The French Lieutenant’s Woman – John Fowles 3. The Green Man – Kingsley Amis 4. Portnoy’s Complaint – Philip Roth 5. Ada – Vladimir Nabokov 6. Them – Joyce Carol Oates 7. A Void/Avoid – Georges Perec 8. Eva Trout – Elizabeth Bowen 9. Myra Breckinridge – Gore Vidal 10. The Nice and the Good – Iris Murdoch 11. Belle du Seigneur – Albert Cohen 12. Dark as the Grave Wherein My Friend is Laid – Malcolm Lowry 13. The German Lesson – Siegfried Lenz
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How To Mark A Book" By Mortimer Adler. This essay was very useful. Adler states that you should read "between the lines" and "write between the lines." Reading between the lines is to think out side of what the author is writing and write between the line is to get the most efficient kind of reading. He give to example of owning a book. The first example is basically just being the property owner of the book and not putting it to use. The second example is owning the book‚ reading it‚ marking
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loveable. It’s harder to love them when they’re not.” This quote from an anonymous source expresses how much harder it is to love someone whose not loveable compared to someone who is. It embodies a hidden message made by Markus Zusak about love‚ through the use of Death‚ Hans‚ and Liesel‚ in his book about a family‚ the Hubermanns‚ taking in a foster child‚ Liesel Meminger‚ during the Holocaust in Nazi Germany. In Zusak’s historical fiction novel The Book Thief‚ he promotes his theme of love is more powerful
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To what extent does Steinbeck portray dreams as futile in ‘Of Mice and Men’? In Of Mice and Men‚ the hopes and dreams of the men on the ranch are a continuous focus and theme throughout the novel. John Steinbeck portrays the effects that dreams‚ or lack of them‚ have on the lives of the characters and the outcome of the novel. Steinbeck uses the concept of dreams at once to show hope and aspiration‚ as they invoke companionship with united determination for a better future‚ and to illustrate the
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Women have been judged and told that they “couldn’t do” certain things for hundreds of years‚ especially female athletes. Whether it was for the “emotional level of a woman”‚ or just their supposed “inability to play”‚ they have been unappreciated for what they can do by sexist‚ misogynistic men like Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. He claims that‚ “you know‚ the girls‚ they are more unstable emotionally than us [men]”. I am glad that this idea of female athletes has faded over the years‚ and that women are finally
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to pick on them. It can be seen in the novella. "Then Curley’s rage exploded. ‘Come on‚ ya big bastard. Get up on your feet. No big son-of-a-bitch is gonna laugh at me. I’ll show you who’s yella.’" (Steinbeck 62) Because he has a slower brain‚ people can treat him Lennie disrespect‚ and not think it does not
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