A young boy named Thomas wakes up in a metal cage‚ then realizes it’s an elevator. Thomas has no clue where he is or what’s happening‚ all he remembers is his name. Thomas quickly starts to worry and starts banging on the walls and yelling for help‚ but there was nobody there. The elevator comes to stop and swings open‚ Thomas sees a bunch of boys surrounding him called gladers. The leader of the group is Alby‚ he gave Thomas a tour of the glade and told him everything. As time goes by Thomas learns
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The Old bird‚ A Love Story‚ a sad tale about a heartbroken man named Mr. Newman‚ Mr. Newman has faced many adversities throughout his entire life‚ after having to work for most of his life time and reaching the age of retiring he still needed financial support in the early 60’s‚ when many kids didn’t attend school and worked for money or food‚ just to feed their families‚ even though it was hard enough to get a job at a time where jobs were decreasing due to the fact that the country didn’t have
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In the novel "The Metamorphosis‚" Franz Kafka uses the distortion of turning the main character into a "monstrous vermin" to highlight the already existing distortion that is his relationship with his family. The story starts off with Gregor waking up and finding himself changed from human form into a grotesque creature. One would surely expect this would evoke a mixture of powerful emotions‚ however‚ in Gregors case‚ it’s more of a casual inconvenience. "How about going to sleep for a few minutes
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The paper is a reflection of two stories written on different time spans‚ based on different sets of cultures. The common theme that has been used in the stories is the magical foundations upon which they have been developed which are an old man with wings and a man transforming to a cockroach. In Metamorphosis‚ as written by Franz Kafka‚ is a story of Gregor‚ who experience a physical transformation‚ resulting in him being unable to work and provide for his parents and sister like he used to. He
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Lilo & Stitch is a sweet family film that contains a lot of humor but also tries to teach a lesson about family. It takes place in Hawaii where a little girl named Lilo adopts a creature named Stitch. She does not realize that he is an alien and she assumes he is just a dog. In the duration of the movie‚ Lilo and Stitch work together to help Stitch with his bad temper. While Stitch is living a pet life‚ Agent Pleakley and Dr. Jumba are trying to capture him so he can return to his original planet
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In “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka‚ the style enhances the nightmarish quality of the work. The text states‚ “It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been earlier‚ but when he lay there sighing‚ and was once more watching his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than before‚ it that was possible‚ he could think of no way of bringing peace and order to this chaos‚” (Kafka 12). This is interesting because the situation that Gregor is in is extremely scary and unusual
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Through out one of the greatest Christmas stories of all time‚ it is easy to find the symbolism through the book‚ A Christmas C’arol. But one of my personal favorite symbolism is what the man Bob Cratchet represents along with his horrible relationship with Scrooge. The only character you feel more for Bob Cratchet is his son tiny tim. Through the first arc of the story‚ all you can really think of is how the mean Ebenezer Scrooge treats poor Mr. Cratchet. But what does this sad man represent. Well
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Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest kid on Earth was an interesting read; full of awkward moments‚ discomfort‚ foul language and sadness; not my favorite read. In the opening of the story Superman plays the typical role as the hero and role model‚ especially to Jimmy. On page one Jimmy‚ in this childhood moment‚ is outfitting himself with his own red superhero mask as he prepares himself to meet his idol at the auto-show he attends with his mother. Superman we see here is actually Super-Man‚ a middle-aged
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The concept of living through a siege during a time of war is a foreign concept to individuals that reside in the western world. In those situations‚ a split second decision has the ability to determine one’s entire life path‚ whether they live and prosper or have a special meeting with death itself. In the text The Cellist of Sarajevo‚ a man named Kenan is a civilian trying to survive during a siege. A way he provides for his family is to travel across the city to the brewery to retrieve fresh water
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The Phantom Tollbooth is a book written by the author Norton Juster‚ about a young boy named Milo who was lacking imagination and bored beyond comparison. On page #9‚ Norton Juster said this‚ “There once was a boy named Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself‚ not just sometimes‚ but always‚ and nothing really interested him‚ least of all the things that should have.” Then one day‚ the Phantom Tollbooth appears in his room‚ and Milo drives through in his toy car (not having anything better to
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