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    Once upon a time‚ Zim‚ Kim‚ Lim‚ and Sim went to a place called Juicy Burger Land. They went in the morning. When they got there‚ Zim exclaimed excitedly‚ “Yeaaah! Everything is made out of burgers.” Zim and Sim loved burgers‚ so they almost ate all of them. They ate until their tummies got as big as the sun. Zim and Sim couldn’t move because they were too heavy and big‚ so Lim and Kim had to tickle Zim and Sims’s armpits with a feather because that was their ticklish spot. Then‚ all of a sudden

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    Greed is a strong sensation which can distort a person’s personality‚ or reveal the truth about who they really are. This is portrayed in John Steinbeck’s The Pearl‚ through the acts of Kino and the doctor. In the novel‚ simple townspeople‚ Kino and Juana‚ come across a large pearl. What started off as a way to pay for their child‚ Coyotito’s‚ scorpion medication‚ ended up turning them into greedy‚ money hungry people. The Pearl shows us that even a poor man can become greedy when coming across

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    “Compare the ways in which Shakespeare and Browning present characters with hamartia in Othello and a selection of poetry. To what extent does this give the text a sense of catharsis at the end?” The term ’hamartia’ in this context is a reference to a flaw in a protagonist’s character‚ either because of his natural attributes‚ a sin committed by the character‚ his ignorance or naivety‚ or a misunderstanding. This results in the “hero” committing an unfixable error‚ which may result in his downfall

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    the few that can. Here are a few examples of how he shows courage. The first way he shows courage is when he wants to learn to read and write. In chapter nine‚ his master’s wife‚ Mrs. Auld‚ starts teaching him the ABC’s and teaching him how to spell three or four letter words. After only a few lessons‚ Mr. Auld finds out and is furious. After Mrs. Auld is forced to stop teaching him‚ he shows courage in that he continues to learn to read and write. He does this by befriending the white boys in the

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    The Stranger is set in Algiers in the 1940s and depicts the everyday life of a man living in the city. However‚ the man is quite different from the rest of society. His relationships with others are shallow and meaningless‚ he does not care about the wellbeing of others‚ and he doesn’t fit the norms of society. This man‚ Meursault‚ faces many conflicts throughout the novella. A few of the conflicts that occur include the death of his mother and the murdering of the Arab that results in prison for

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    reader insight on how the two met and started dating. It also shows how much they like each other‚ as they walk together to school nearly every day. This will impact the reading because the reader knows the reason for The Wave. Also‚ since the reader is sure that The Wave is representing Nazism‚ and the students don’t know‚ they understand throughout the book that most of the students are doing the wrong thing joining The Wave. This is important because the reader can gauge how bad Laurie’s mom thinks

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    Negative Effects of War In “How to Tell a True War Story‚” Tim O’Brien presents many themes within his story. One major theme is the negative effects of war on a soldier. Many situations arise in the story that bring out the theme to make it easy to understand for the reader. The effects of war can be very harmful to a soldier’s life‚ and he or she can be scarred forever. When Bob Kiley’s friend‚ Curt Lemon‚ dies at the beginning of the story‚ Kiley takes the time to write Lemon’s sister. He

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    by an anxious‚ torturing need‚ whose object is the person alone‚ an absurd‚ irrational need which the laws of this world make it impossible to satisfy and difficult to assuage—the insensate‚ agonising need to possess exclusively” (Proust‚ 1992‚ p. 322). This is the night that Swann acknowledges he is becoming a different man as he does not want Odette going out with other

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    just trying to live his life in tranquility when a wizard named Gandalf comes around and shakes his whole world. Gandalf’s goal in coming to Bilbo’s house is to convince Bilbo to join the expedition. The expedition that he joins will span across the land. However‚ there is a slight notch in Gandalf’s plan. Hobbits hate expeditions. So naturally at first Bilbo refuses to come.Therefore Gandalf will keep trying and eventually Bilbo will join because he isn’t your average hobbit. Whether Bilbo wants this

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    because avenging his father has become a moral necessity for Hamlet. Hamlet’s need to help the ghost starts from the moment he meets him‚ when the ghost describes his current dwelling place as being in “sulphurous and tormenting flames”. Hamlet feels pity towards

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