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    My Favourite Author

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    My Favourite Author “A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth‚ but if you have good thoughts‚ they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.” -Roald Dahl Roald Dahl has written numerous children’s books in his career as a writer. He had fun playing around with

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    LOVE By Jesse Stuart The short story Love written by Jesse Stuart tells us about a minor happening somewhere on a corn farm from the point of view of one of the character – a boy or a young man‚ whose name isn’t given to us. The story starts with the exposition. We get acquainted with the protagonist‚ his father and their dog‚ Bob‚ who go to the edge of a new corn ground to plan a fence. The setting of the story is established in the exposition. It isn’t profound. We simply find

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    Zervos wrote the poem ‘If I was the son of an Englishman’ in 1985‚ and later wrote the poem ‘Nobody calls me a Wog anymore’ in 1990. And the author Banjo Patterson the writer of ‘The man from Snowy River’ in 1890 with his other notable poems ‘Waltzing Matilda’ (1895) and ‘Clancy of the Overflow’ (1889). ‘If I was the son of an Englishmen’ expresses a stereotypical representation of Australia and Australians as racists and drunks who destroys the kangaroo‚ and ‘the man from Snowy River’ expresses a more

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    The Castle of Otranto

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    novels he refers to. Here’s some help: This novel was first published in 1764. The plot takes place in Italy in the Twelfth century. The main characters of the book include: Manfred‚ the illegitimate Prince of Otranto; Hippolita‚ Manfred’s wife; Matilda‚ 18‚ Manfred’s daughter; Conrad‚ 15‚ Manfred’s son - "the darling of his father"; Isabella‚ Conrad’s fiance; Father Jerome‚ a priest; Theodore‚ a young peasant and the actual Prince of Otranto; and the Knight of the Gigantic Saber‚ Isabella’s father

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    Fever 1789 Book Summary

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    In "Fever 1789" it is told first person by Matilda during a dramatic period of death and sorrow. There is Yellow Fever killing everybody and everything in its path. Matilda gives good descriptions of what is happening in the world around her. One example is trying to take care of her mother when in fact her mother has the fever. The description has her mother

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    The Necklace

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    Tran Huynh Ms. Lavarini English 110 26 September 2013 How Can Id‚ Ego‚ and Superego Cause a Psychological Battle in “The Necklace”? The short story “The Necklace” was published in 1884 in France. It was written by Guy de Maupassant (1850 – 1893) who was considered one of the greatest fathers of the short story. In “The Necklace”‚ the significant historical events and social roles play an important role in the psychological development of the main characters. According to Freud‚ the

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    What techniques does the director‚ Danny DeVito use in the film to illustrate that the character‚ Miss Agatha Trunchbull‚ is malicious and evil (mean)? The film Matilda directed by Danny DeVito was released in 1996‚ on the second of August. The main character of this film are Agatha Trunchbull‚ Jennifer Honey and Matilda Wormwood. Ms Agatha Trunchbull is depicted as a malicious‚ evil character through the use of various film techniques; appearance‚ language‚ personality‚ lighting and camera angles

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    Ambrosio's Sexual Pathology

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    An Analysis of Ambrosio’s Sexual Pathology in Matthew Lewis’ The Monk Matthew Lewis’ The Monk documents the spiritual and emotional disintegration and demise of Ambrosio‚ the esteemed abbot of the Capuchins who falls prey to demonic manipulation and worldly temptation‚ leaving behind him a trail of destruction including rape‚ incest‚ and murder. The basic tenets of Freudian psychoanalysis can be applied to adequately interpret the psychosexuality exhibited by Ambrosio in the novel. Specifically

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    Jonathan didn’t need the money the gov. gave him as a reward. In a similar situation in the story “Avarice” the narrator spoke of this girl that wanted to collect her engagement rings and porcelain buttons for various reasons. The story “The necklace” Matilda has a rich friend that possessed a “Expensive Necklace” and she wanted one just like it and also her same lifestyle. “Civil Peace” is a story about an African man named Jonathan. In the story Jonathan finds some money and turns the money in. In

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    “The Kite Runner” by Khlaed Hosseini reveal that identity is revealed when confronted with overwhelming obstacles. It is through a series of unfortunate events‚ such as death and factors relating to culture and time‚ that the protagonists‚ Amir and Matilda begin their road to self discovery. Following the death of Baba‚ Amir is forced to take responsibility for his actions as he no longer has his father to fall back on. Additionally‚ he is released from any moral obligation he may have felt

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