The author Jerry Spinelli developed Amanda Beale to be a very understanding person in the book Maniac Magee. Amanda is very understanding throughout the book‚ In the beginning of the book‚ Amanda was clearly revealed as understanding because she knew that Maniac wanted to borrow one of her books. Even though they were her only books and she hardly knew him‚ she knew that he was a person she could trust. Also‚ the fact that he looked like a hobo may have alarmed her but‚ she knew that he could be
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Being the eldest child of three‚ Gertrudis was foreshadowed to be rebellious towards her family traditions. After many years of being oppressed by Mama Elena’s traditions‚ Gertrudis’ first lust for progress became evident when she had a reaction to her sister Tita’s quail in a “magic” rose petal sauce. This reaction causes her to have “such strong emotions in her that she runs off with a solider in the revolutionary army and thus away from her mother’s oppression”. (Napierkowski 193). Gertrudis never
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Velee Patel Ms. C. Fornini English IV‚ Period 5 28 April 2014 Faulkner’s Characterization of Dewey Dell in As I Lay Dying William Faulkner’s diction‚ point of view‚ and syntax in his polyphonic novel‚ As I Lay Dying‚ strategically employs the miserably pessimistic yet juvenile voice of Dewey Dell to characterize her as the novel’s naïve victim. The only surviving female in the Bundren family‚ Faulkner presents the hardships that Dewey Dell must endure. In addition‚ as an uneducated girl with no guidance
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The Raft ”His face is so perfectly round that his smile looks like a gash in a basketball.” In this essay I’m going to focus on narrator‚ characterization‚ time aspect‚ symbols and the setting. The short story is written by Peter Orner in 2000. The short story is about a conversation between a 12‚ soon 13 years old boy‚ and his grandfather‚ Seymour‚ who commands a destroyer. It is about war and what a war can do to each individual soldier after killing another human being. “The Raft” takes
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follow the Wolf at the beginning of his narrative. Rather than the wolf be the ominous threat that the reader is waiting for‚ Dahl’s version has readers actively waiting for the arrival of Little Red Riding Hood‚ the first sign of his divergent characterization. Order of character appearances is not the most memorable or telling aspect of Dahl’s piece. The words and phrases he uses while writing about these characters is more revealing. For example‚ Dahl simply refers to the known villain as “Wolf
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Permanent Water Hardness of Water Sources from PSHS-IRC by Indirect Titration Researchers Anna Marie S. Cabatbat Crystal Jill R. Mangsat Jan Michael Maturan Charlene Lou A. Nicer Arian Paul D. Norcio Submitted to the Faculty of the Philippine Science High School – Ilocos Region Campus in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Science and Technology Research 2 March 2013 ABSTRACT This study aimed to determine the permanent water hardness in terms of calcium carbonate
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Characterization and Optimization of Flow Properties in a Micro-distillation device Master Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree MASTER OF SCIENCE in CHEMICAL AND PROCESS ENGINEERING By Dhananjay Mote Advisor: Dr.-Ing. Chafika Adiche Ait Aissa Supervisor: Prof. Dr. -Ing. habil. Kai Sundmacher Faculty of Process Systems Engineering Otto-von-Guericke University‚ Magdeburg‚ Germany and Max-Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems Magdeburg
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Authors create characters in literature using direct and indirect characterization. These characters help bring the novel to life through their words and actions. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the character of Atticus Finch demonstrates the themes displayed in the novel through his courageous determination and unprejudiced kindness. Atticus Finch shows courageous determination by being willing enough to fight for Tom Robinson‚ even though his chances of winning are slim‚ demonstrating
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Zlata’s Diary Author: Zlata Filipoviæ Published: Puffin Books 1995 Setting: September 2‚ 1991 to October 17‚ 1993 Plot Summary: The diary starts on 2nd September 1991. Zlata is an eleven-year-old girl who was used to live an ordinary life. She goes to school‚ plays piano and solfeggio‚ she takes tennis lessons‚ has choir practice‚ watches MTV‚ loves pizza‚ plays with friends and does all the things a child loves to do. Zlata and her parents spend their weekends and free time in Crnotina‚ where
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3.3. Characterization of the S2 VNP loaded liquid SNEDDS 3.3.1. Assessment of self-emulsification efficiency The emulsification time for S2‚ which is the time needed for SNEDDS to form homogeneous transparent mixture upon dilution‚ was 12 sec when 1 gm of VNP SNEDDS was added to 200 ml of 0.1 N HCl. When the same experiment was performed but by using 500 ml distilled water‚ the time required for the complete disappearance of SNEDDS was 14 sec. The emulsification in both media is under grade A of
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