The Chrysalids Questions Chapters 1-4 1. Joseph Strorm was a man of local consequence. What does he do‚ besides farming‚ that makes him so important? Joseph Strorm is one who devotes much of his time maintaining religious laws and developing a strong community. He is a significant contributor towards religious efforts‚ for he preaches on Sundays and ensures that every Offence and Blasphemy in his community are dealt with. 2. What evidences does the author give that reveal Joseph Strorm is a
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Katherine Mansfield illustrates in the story the protagonist Miss Brill as a middle aged women with no family that believes she has a social life‚ which consists of watching other people interact with each other. Mansfield parallels Miss Brill with the fur she keeps wrapped up in a box until Sunday. She demonstrates a dynamic character that receives a reality check from the "real" world where she belongs rather than in a chimerical world she made up. Mansfield creates a colorful character who symbolizes
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Reflection A Few Good Men 1. What led Lt. Dan Kaffee to plead not guilty for the two accused marines? Even though Lt. Dan Kaffee has no experience in trial court and always plea his cases out‚ he was convince that there is something not right about the case of two marines that was accused of murder. With the help of other co-lawyer‚ Lt. Commander Jo Galloway and Lt. j.g. Sam Weinberg‚ they find proof about their suspicion. They believe that the two accused marines did not intentionally killed Pfc
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Hamlet Character Sketch As the character‚ Hamlet‚ dominates the play‚ his unending mental burdens of choosing right from wrong‚ procrastinating through inaction‚ and his reliance on passion instead of reason‚ lends the tragedy its philosophical and spiritual dimensions. Shakespeare has elevated Hamlet above the simple figure of an avenger by proving he is an intellectual aristocrat. As a scholar and a thinker‚ Hamlet often reveals the high quality of his mind‚ pondering many weighty matters. He
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream-Character Sketch Essay-Puck Puck is a sprite in Shakespeare’s play‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He serves the fairy king Oberon; Puck is his court jester. He is very obedient and loyal to Oberon; Puck does every task he asks him to do. Puck is a trickster and joker; he plays many tricks on people. In the play Shakespeare introduces him as a “shrewd and Knavish sprite...” (2.1.35). Also as “that merry wanderer of the night” (2.2.45). Puck is the one who creates the drama
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Once upon a time in a faraway castle‚ lived a beautiful little girl named Cinderella and her widowed father‚ Fernando. Cinderella’s mother passed away since Cinderella was born. Slowly‚ her father became so lonely and he decided to get married again. Few months later‚ Fernando married with a widow who has daughter. They looked like a very happy family. But some years later‚ Fernando passed away in a accident. Now‚ Cinderella alone and she had to live with her stepmother and stepsister. Scene 1 At
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A few words of counsel I frequently question myself-’Have I become the scriptwriter of my destiny?’. Many a time ‚the answer to this question is never in the affirmative. I dreamt and still dream of a lucrative career (well‚ not at all a distant utopian dream). I couldn’t crack the MBA examination -Common Admission Test. I always had a longing for excellence but no idea of where to go next and how? Nevertheless‚ I had a longing for glory. As I couldn’t crack CAT‚ the undoing of my
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right-hand man due to his nobility and his loyalty; however‚ these qualities are precisely why the story is such a catastrophe. What stemmed from these traits is the last expected outcome. Caesar’s surprise was so immense‚ he could only mutter these last few words. Brutus’ honorable nobility‚ his loyal patriotism‚ and his naïve and idealistic manner outline Shakespeare’s tragic hero. <br> <br>Honor is an underlying foundation of Brutus and can be clearly seen during the play’s dramatic speeches. Brutus
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Character – Good or Bad? Just like many puritan women‚ Elizabeth Proctor is reserved‚ slow to complain‚ and dutiful. Elizabeth’s moral character proves to be an important factor all through the book. She gives people in the play and people today the example on how to treat others when she said‚ "I have sins of my own to count" (Miller 137). People can’t go around judging others and not check themselves and be rightly so to judge. Before she knew of this she said‚ "I have read my heart" (Miller 137).
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Nicolette Lindberg 11/30/12 IB Biology 2‚ Period 1 Transpiration Lab Background Information- Transpiration is the loss of water from a plant. Plants transpire water out of the stomata in their leaves at a different rate in every environment. The amount of transpiration is affected by the environment‚ how developed the plant is to not lose as much water‚ the surface area of the leaves‚ and how affected the plant is by its environment (Von Bargen). For this experiment‚ the plant we used was (Viola
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