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    Misleading Ads

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    No time for this To establish that an advertisement is false‚ a plaintiff must prove five things: (1) a false statement of fact has been made about the advertiser’s own or another person’s goods‚ services‚ or commercial activity; (2) the statement either deceives or has the potential to deceive a substantial portion of its targeted audience; (3) the deception is also likely to affect the purchasing decisions of its audience; (4) the advertising involves goods or services in interstate commerce;

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    Adolescent Development The Breakfast Club (1985)‚ displays many stereotypes of adolescents‚ which are more commonly referred to as irrational teenagers. The adolescents cannot help their behaviors‚ to an extent‚ as it is all biological. They are merely trying to figure out their identities‚ and need to experiment with their superiors in that time. Their hormone levels are changing‚ helping them transition from children to adults. Imaginary Audience As adolescents‚ the group in detention all have

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    ’ style of preaching morals is reminiscent of the fables of Aesop and the religious parables of the Old and New Testament. The reader is faced with a life lesson after reading Hawthorne ’s "Young Goodman Brown:" you cannot judge other people. A similar moral is presented in Faulkner ’s "A Rose for Emily." The use of morals combined with elements of Romantic era writing show the stories of Hawthorne and Faulkner to be descendants both of fables and of Romance literature. Nathaniel Hawthorne ’s

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    successful in using satire to show the flaws of each era ’s current views. Voltaire‚ Orwell‚ and Dickens use different forms of satire to make their points. Voltaire and Dickens are very extreme with their depiction of satire‚ while Orwell uses a fable to soften his view. These three authors do a great job of using themes‚ characters‚ and style to satirically show the grey areas of their era.

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    Film Write-up 1 October Sky is a based on a true story about a mining town called Coalwood and one boy’s journey. Homer Hickam is an adolescent boy whose life has been predetermined by his father‚ a foreman at the coalmine‚ to work down in the mines but he has a different plan for his life. In October 1957‚ everything changes when the first artificial satellite‚ Sputnik goes into orbit. After he sees the satellite flying across the night’s sky‚ Homer becomes inspired to learn how to build rockets

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    ORIGINAL PASSAGE More strange than true. I never may believe These antique fables‚ nor these fairy toys. Lovers and madmen have such seething brains‚ Such shaping fantasies‚ that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. The lunatic‚ the lover‚ and the poet Are of imagination all compact. One sees more devils than vast hell can hold: That is the madman. The lover‚ all as frantic‚ Sees Helen’s beauty in a brow of Egypt. The poet’s eye‚ in a fine frenzy rolling‚ Doth glance from

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    for each section. Answer each question thoroughly‚ using complete sentences and details from the novel. As you read and reflect on these questions‚ it is important to remember that The Alchemist is a fable. In fact‚ The Alchemist is subtitled "A Fable about Following Your Dreams." Like most fables‚ The Alchemist has a theme/moral that reflects a universal truth concerning life and human existence. The universal point this story makes is that everyone has a special destiny‚ and yet not everyone tries

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    novel‚ we see that a very different society is actually formed. A cruel dictatorship rules: no animal can speak his mind; all animals work in hunger‚ pain‚ and gross inequality. In a brief two-page essay‚ prove that Orwell’s novel is dystopian fable or allegory which demonstrates the problems of animalism or a similar social/economic system. Please follow the outline below. Fill it out. You will actually write the essay in class on a block day. Since it will be a timed essay‚ you’ll want

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    Grant Wood

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    gradually grew in popularity and is now one of Wood’s best known works. Parson Weems’ Fable was painted nine years later and was to be the first in a series of paintings portraying American historical myths. The second painting was to have been about the story of Pocahontas and Capttain John Smith. About the art Grant Wood wanted to preserve the traditional American folklore represented in Parson Weems’ Fable when‚ during a period following the Depression‚ some intellectuals wanted to do away with

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    The Last Unicorn Themes

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    following entry presents criticism of Beagle’s work through 1997. For further information on his life and career‚ see CLC‚ Volume 7. Beagle is praised for his ability to develop characters‚ his use of incongruous humor‚ and his marriage of traditional fables with modern culture and settings. His novel The Last Unicorn (1968) is consistently cited by critics as a masterpiece in the fantasy genre. Biographical Information Beagle was born April 20‚ 1939‚ in New York City to Simon and Rebecca (Soyer) Beagle

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