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    In The Chrysalids by John Wyndam‚ Waknuk is a community throughly brainwashed by tribulation that causes the citizens to believe “normality” is the main focus in life. Consequently‚ Waknuk became a hostile environment totally intolerant of differences‚ which causes judgment‚ discrimination‚ and alienation to occur in everyday life. This quality of life is clearly evident firstly by the thought group’s constant threat of being discovered‚ secondly‚ the brutal treatment of those who are discovered

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    Review the key literary terms and concepts presented throughout Chapters 1 and 2. (See the end of each chapter for a glossary of terms.) Choose at least four of these terms to discuss in your post. Then‚ find examples of these concepts in the readings from this week. Explain how these examples demonstrate each literary concept as well as the effect which the given technique or form has on a reading of the respective text. Your initial post should be at least 150 words in length. Support your claims

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    Antigone Literary Analysis FCAs1/3/12 Must use 3 words from vocabulary list: Similarities and Differences- highlight 2nd hour Must use minimum of 2 introductory participial phrases- highlight Correct use of literary terminology from Greek drama Who is the Real Tragic Hero‚ Antigone or Creon Essay Describing Who is the Tragic Hero of the Play What is the real definition of a tragic hero? A tragic hero is not specifically a good guy or a bad guy. A tragic hero is defined by his/her

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    Indiana Jones film series‚ Jones is always on the hunt for some mystical artifact. In Raiders of the Lost Ark‚ he is trying to retrieve the Ark of the Covenant; in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade‚ Jones is on a search for the Holy Grail. This plot device dates back to the medieval Arabian Nights tale of "The City of Brass"‚ in which a group of travellers on an archaeological expedition[2] journey across the Sahara to find a brass vessel that Solomon once used to trap a jinn.[3] Several books in the

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    In "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes‚ the literary device being used is dialect to communicate the mothers message on how life may be hard but you have to work through it. Dialect is a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group. Dialect is used to help the reader understand the characteristics of the speaker like the speakers education level. In this case‚ the dialect is from a black‚ working‚ uneducated mother. This poem is about a mother who grew up

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    Outline for Literary Analysis Paper for English 230 I. Introduction: a. Brief intro to each work—title‚ author’s full name‚ and short summary of each b. Topic (relationship with father‚ violence‚ colonialism‚ loss of culture and identity‚ personal development‚ role of missionaries‚ death of innocent‚ child soldiers‚ justice‚ second chances‚ role of women‚ voice‚ native traditions‚ historical accuracy) c. End with a clearly worded thesis that compares how each of the two

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    In literary criticism‚ bildungsroman or coming-of-age story is a literary genre which focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood (coming of age)‚[2] and in which character change is thus extremely important.[3] The term was coined in 1819 by philologist Karl Morgenstern in his university lectures‚ and later famously reprised by Wilhelm Dilthey‚ who legitimized it in 1870 and popularized it in 1905.[1][4] The genre is further characterized by a number

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    Hardware – Input Devices and their function (Keyboard‚ Pointing Devices) David Daxon Jr. College of the Bahamas Abstract Any peripheral (piece of computer hardware equipment) used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system such as a computer or other information appliance. Input devices along with output devices makes up the hardware interface between a computer and a scanner or 6DOF (game) controller. This paper however‚ identifies input devices and their functions

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    Introduction In the novel “The Chrysalids” by John Wyndham‚ religion is the most important aspect of everyones lives. They believe in the true image of god‚ and that all else is the devil and must be killed. For most‚ they would sacrifice their own children for god‚ yet for some people their children are more important. Mothers love their children over their religion. Some examples covered in this essay are Sophie‚ Aunt Harriet and The Spider-Man. First Main Point: Sophie To start off

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    S) A mobile device is a small and handy computing device. Mobile device usually come with a touch or non- touch display with a mini keyboard. Today‚ mobile devices have become popular to everybody since they are convenient. As on the year 2012‚ reports had claimed that more 75% of the world population owns a mobile device. Mobile device are also considered as a computer systems because it uses the Input-Process-Output-Storage (IPOS) model. One of the examples of input in mobile device is their touchscreen

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