Analyze the use of metaphor and imagery in the film‚ citing several examples. One parallel is between Ren and the Pied Piper. In legends‚ the Pied Piper is said to have removed the rats from Hamelin with music from his pipe. The villagers refused to pay him‚ and even insinuated that he caused the rat infestation just to extort them. The Piper retaliates by luring the children of
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Crank by Ellen Hopkins Crank by Ellen Hopkins is based on a sixteen year old girl named Kristina‚ who ends up going down the wrong path during a vacation to visit her father. In this writing the theme is loud and clear for the reader; the horror and risks of illegal drugs‚ what the “monster” can do to ones life‚ and how the drugs can set you for downward spiral. Kristina a 16 year old leaves home in Nevada to visit her absent father in Albuquerque for three weeks. Kristina soon meets a boy
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to an extent‚ we associate the educated life of the mind with serious subjects and texts. Gerald Graff agrees that students need to read models of intellectually challenging writing‚ he also finds fault with the schools and colleges for not tapping into the street smarts and integrating them into beneficial‚ academic work. Graff believes that “they would
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Section 1 – Book Info Name of Book: Crank Author: Ellen Hopkins Publisher: Simon & Schuster Where Published: New York‚ New York 10020 When Published: 2004 Number of Pages: 537 Length to read: 3 weeks Section 2 – Authors Purpose The authors purpose in Crank is to inform about the dangers of drugs‚ and how they can affect everyone around you. The whole book is an example of the things that can happen if you were to do those drugs‚ the way she gets addicted and how it consumes her
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In his article Gerald Graff (2001) claims that by connecting non-academic interests to academic study students can become more intellectual and willing to involve themselves in intellectual study. While he doesn’t deny that academic subjects are important he believes suggesting students to analyze the subjects they enjoy they’ll gain more incentive to go into analytical thinking more often. “Students do need to read models of intellectually challenging writing […] if they are to become intellectuals
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Gerard Manley Hopkins’s “Spring” and Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Spring” offer contrasting depictions of spring. Hopkins’s “Spring” is a celebration of nature and the spirituality that comes with seasonal rebirth‚ while Millay’s “Spring” is spiteful and defiant towards poetic conventions about spring. These two poems initially seem to oppose one another‚ but Hopkins’s turn in tone and Millay’s repeating form expose deeper similarities between their concepts. Hopkins’s portrayal of the season in “Spring”
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The Contrast Royall Tyler’s play is called The Contrast because it focuses on the differences between Americans and Europeans and the contrast between upper class society and lower class society for example‚ fashion‚ mannerisms‚ and lingo. The play introduces Jonathan as Colonel Manly’s Yankee waiter during the war. Jonathan’s way of thinking‚ his language‚ and his fashion sense emulates that of his master‚ Colonel Manly. Both Col. Manly and Jonathan appear to be a more humble nature with little
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"Leave Hitler to me‚ sonny - you ought to be out of London‚” was a very prevalent slogan which echoed across Britain back in World War II referencing to Operation Pied Piper‚ an evacuation of several million children‚ that took place early September of 1939 through March of 1946 (Prest; Zimmerman). Although the majority of evacuees had rather pleasant experiences and loving homes‚ others were not as fortunate. Guardians took advantage of them and callously maltreated some‚ while for others the psychological
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The Romantic poet Percy Shelley once wrote‚ “Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world‚ and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar.” Both the Romantic and the Victorian periods of poetry followed Shelley’s vision of poetry as they exposed their respective societal issues. Romantic period lasted from1785 to 1830‚ a time in which England moved from an agrarian to industrial country and overall nationalistic ideals threatened the individuality of the poets and artists
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Ann Hopkins Case Study Webster University Ann Hopkins Case Study Why Was Ann Hopkins Passed Over for a Partnership? Give Examples of Events That Contributed to her Being Passed Over. Ann Hopkins was passed over for partnership for a number of reasons. Some of these reasons were valid areas of concern‚ however much of the justification "had sexual overtones" (Weisel‚ 1991‚ p. 2). Although Thomas Beyer supported Hopkins nomination for partner and supported with what seemed to be a very well-written
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