A Piece of Wood by Ray Bradbury Look at lines 63 - 85 Q: A4. What happens in these lines? In what ways does the writer try to make this an exciting ending to the story? In the last section of the piece‚ the writer has tried to instil a sense of urgency. Using quicker dialogue coupled with the use of the exclamation mark such as “What do you mean‚ you can’t‚ God damn it!” and “Listen to me‚ listen‚ get your gun ready!” and short creative bursts of description like “the hangers were dusting
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You expected Sam Winchester to taste like coffee and peppermint. The coffee was obvious‚ there was rarely a day that he went without at least one cup‚ usually it was a lot more than one. Dean joked that it was the only unhealthy thing that Sam did regularly. The peppermint came from the mints he would pop between cups‚ the sweet sent clinging to his breath long after the little candy has disintegrated. When you weren’t really thinking about it‚ you would watch the little white mints disintegrate
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Hollis Woods is a young girl who has been to so many foster homes. She is a girl who can often get into trouble a lot . Hollis loves to paint anything around her that she likes. She is a great artist like she is told later on in the story. She got an offer to stay with the Regans family‚ located in the middle of the woods‚ near a lake‚ mountains and hills. She ends up staying there for the summer and enjoys it there. She likes the home and becomes friends with Steve Regan (Mrs. and Mr. Regan’s son)
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My Wood‚ by E.M. Forster is a witty essay depicting Forster’s reaction to the ownership of a small estate he bought with the royalties from a novel he wrote. He cleverly discusses the effects the wood may have on him. Forster conveys a negative attitude toward his experience of acquiring property through the use of biblical allusions‚ word choice‚ and the manipulation of sentences. This passage encourages us to think about the nature of materialism and the seductive power of our possessions.
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their lives and their families that provide most of the focus for his work‚ though‚ especially the difficulties people face in simply trying to live. Mametz Wood was the scene of fierce fighting during the Battle of the Somme‚ one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War. Soldiers of the Welsh division were ordered to take Mametz Wood‚ the largest area of trees on the battlefield. The generals thought this would take a few hours. It ended up lasting five days with soldiers fighting face-to-face
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instance‚ in the film The Maltese Falcon the lead detective Sam Spade is an American hardboiled detective who is rough around the edges. Spade drinks more than usual and gets into physical fights. Unlike the classic age detective Sherlock Holmes from the film A Study in Pink. Sherlock deals with confrontation with witty verbal comebacks expressing his intellectual superiority to everyone he comes into contact with. Although the two characters and their stories are very different from each other they
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Assignment Number: #1 Point Value: 25 point Character Analysis Odysseus- Role: He is the protagonist of The Odyssey and now he struggles to return home. Outcome: Odysseus returns home and lives happily ever after with Penelope and Telemachus until he is killed by Telegonus‚ his son by Circe‚ and taken to be buried at Circe’s home. Personalities: Odysseus is confident‚ has great integrity and had powerful strength and courage in himself. Changes throughout the epic: Odysseus changes throughout
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Sherwood Anderson’s “A Death In The Woods”‚ is a short story about the life and death of an old woman named Mrs. Grimes. The narrator is a man who is recalling this story from childhood. He is haunted by the old woman’s death but it is the story of her life that he needs to tell. Throughout most of the story we are under the impression that the narrator’s memories are fabricated due to the fact that it happened so long ago. The story is rich with details. I believe there are certain occurrences that
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Vincent Van Gogh’s artwork ‘starry night’ is a classic example of the post impressionism movement. Post-impressionist were artist who rebelled against the limitations of impressionism. They developed person styles that focus on emotional‚ structural‚ symbolic and spiritual elements they felt were missing from impressionism. ‘Starry Night’ was created in 1889‚ earlier that year Van Gogh decided to enter the asylum at Saint-Rémy. ‘Starry night’ was inspired by the view from his window in the asylum
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Uncle Sam Gets What He Wants I want you: a three word phrase that immediately brings the image of Uncle Sam to our minds. James Montgomery Flagg is the man behind the curtain‚ pulling the strings behind the subconscious connection we make between this phrase and Uncle Sam. Flagg is the creator of the iconic Uncle Sam army recruitment poster that we have undoubtedly seen reproduced time and time again. The image was originally published as the cover of the July 6‚ 1916 issue of Leslie’s Weekly magazine
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