Rachel Mathews H 102 A 3/30/18 Reading Response 7 I. Quote a. “We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good distance in ten years. Either we do it‚ or they crush us.” b. This quote from the excerpt of Joseph Stalin‚ “On Soviet Industrialization Speech to Industrial Managers‚” February 1931 is significant because Stalin talks about how they will not have the chance of rising to the top and keeping their independence if they lower their tempo at all. He states
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Quote Blending: the Crucible John Proctor is a very dynamic character in the Crucible. He is someone who appears to be righteous to the general public/townspeople but is actually someone who harbors a deep secret: he has committed adultery with Abigail. Proctor is one of the few in the play who firmly believes that Abigail and the girls are frauds and he is strongly against the witch trials. He knows that once he confesses to committing adultery‚ Abigail’s testimonies will be questioned and that
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to the already increasing intensity of what will be the hero’s next move. Beowulf is what is expected of a hero‚ the key to the success of the epic in fact. In a quote found in Beowulf that states‚ “So times were pleasant for people there until finally one‚ a fiend out of hell‚ began to work his evil in the world” (Beowulf). This quote provides an example of how a hero must face danger or a situation in which he/she must show bravery‚ this provides the key to being a hero. A hero would be no such
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[quote]Start this music and keep it playing‚ if it stops just replay. [youtube=https://youtu.be/OLr-BeHFzdU][/quote] It was dark and eerily quiet. That was strange for the man walking on the sidewalk. His name is John Constantine. John is an exorcist‚ demonologist‚ and master of the dark arts. At least that’s what it says on his cards. What it left out was that he works for God himself. He’s been trying to combat what God calls the rising darkness. So far he’s faced demons‚ a necromancer‚ a satanist
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“Of course. I’d almost forgotten. They’d crate me up in a car and deliver me like a parcel of old clothes to that place.” (Laurence‚ 185) Since Hagar has not travelled alone in a very long time she is anxious she may be caught. This is proven in the quote: “He’s not starting the bus‚ though. He looks at me‚ even after I’ve managed to sit down in the nearest seat. What is it? Will he make me go back? Are others staring?” She questions everything even though no one is looking at her curiously. (Laurence
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that they have each other makes them unique. Other characters such as Carlson‚ Slim‚Candy and Crooks all represent the theme of loneliness and friendship in some way. ‘don’t even take a look at that bitch’ various messages are displayed in this quote‚ for example there is a sense of prejudice as George judges Curleys wife right from the start by looking at the way she acts.Also‚ a sense of foreshadowing comes through as he is obviously trying to stop Lennie from becoming attracted to her as it
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“The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example” (Benjamin Disraeli). In this quote Mr. Disraeli is saying a hero is anyone who will be remembered for the dignified examples they set for others. The epic poem of Beowulf‚ rewritten in English by Seamus Heaney‚ is a grade-A caliber source of how people viewed a “hero’ back in Anglo-Saxon times. The Geat hero‚ Beowulf‚ leads his people through his examples of fearlessness and pure strength. These are some of
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immaturity‚ and his phoniness and madman stuff. The first reason for Holden’s flaw is his craziness. He acts this way because he is not normal like others. Something that he repeats constantly throughout the novel is‚ “He is the biggest phony.” This quote shows how Holden thinks and acts towards others. Holden acts this way because who falls in love too quickly with Jane and Sally. He also thinks this way because Jane and Sally equal perfection and he isn’t perfect like them or anybody else. Finally
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This quote shows that when you do something crazy without even pondering over it‚ then there has to be an emotion controlling it. In Timothy’s case‚ the emotion controlling his actions is love. Another smaller action of his compassion is when he signs up for
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