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    White Fang

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    During Jack London’s life he has written many great novels‚ perhaps the greatest was White Fang. In 1906 he wrote the legendary novel about a stray wolf reverting to domestication. The majority of this book concerns White Fangs’ struggles with savage nature‚ Indians‚ dogs and white men. However‚ we also see White Fang is tamed by love and turns from a savage wolf into a loving and domesticated dog. White Fang begins with two men traveling through the artic with a dog team and sled‚ followed by a

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    Specially for Englishtips.org Daniel Funkner daniel_daniel@mail.ru White Fang Introduction He learned only about hate. Nobody gave him love‚ so he did not learn about that. A young wolf‚ White Fang‚ is born near the Mackenzie River‚ in north-west Canada‚ in about 1893. One day he meets some Indians and they take him and his mother to their camp. They know his mother because she is half-dog. White Fang begins to learn the ways of men—and of other dogs. The dogs hate him‚ so he hates them. He learns

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    Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby shows irony through character relationships‚ Gatsby’s life‚ and the abundance of alcohol. The Great Gatsby’s irony shines out through Tom’s treatment of Daisy’s affair. Tom has been publicly unfaithful to Daisy time after time‚ yet Daisy’s affair offends him to the core. Tom says‚ “nowadays people begin by sneering at family life and family institutions‚ and next they’ll throw everything overboard and have marriage between black and white” (130). The 1920’s were a decade

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    Fahrenheit 451 has many forms of irony and it is a strong driving force used by Bradbury to push his point across to the reader. There are many instances where Bradbury uses irony to drive the point home. For example‚ the elephant in the room would be the fact that firemen start fires. This is a huge driving force to the theme that society is falling under the spell of censorship. Another good example of irony is how Clarisse is considered antisocial in this novel for being what the reader considers

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    A White Lie

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    Under normal circumstances‚ a lie is always bad‚ even harmful‚ but there are exceptions. When I was very little‚ Mom and Dad were always on business trips‚ so I stayed with my grandmother. I didn’t like to talk with others and to play with neighbors’ kids. They thought I was an unsociable and eccentric child. I just would like to think and behavior by myself. My grandmother was a very nagging person‚ at the very least I thought she was at that time. Every time she wanted to care about me‚

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    Contrast and Irony in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn During the 19th century in Southern society‚ it was uncommon to find a white person who saw racism negatively or even dared to criticize its ways. Society was integrated with the feelings of racism and discrimination of blacks who most whites almost automatically saw as inferior. Rather than conform to these ways of society‚ Mark Twain‚ in his novel‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ instead criticizes the racist nature he viewed in southern

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    White sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) Introduction The white sturgeon is a unique freshwater fish species that plays a significant role in British Columbia’s cultural and social heritage‚ as well as our economy. The white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) belongs to the sturgeon family Acipenseridae. Not only is it the largest sturgeon species in North America‚ it is also the largest freshwater fish species in North America. Physical appearance The white sturgeon has a slender‚ long body

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    The White Lie

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    The White Lie The white lie perpetuates itself in our daily lives; in our relationships‚ in our homes and at our jobs. It is a poisonous seed that once set‚ can stem disastrous outcomes. Everyone has used the little white lie at some point‚ but it is however‚ the work of arrogance and deceit‚ and brings about distrust‚ self degradation‚ and pain. We think that white lies are harmless; nothing would come of them. The grave reality is that this seemingly harmless lie is the root of even more complex

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    the white dress

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    walk in. I hear a loud screeching noise behind me. I quickly turn around to see the door has closed. The house is empty‚ except for a huge mirror t my right‚ but as I look at it I see a reflection‚ but it’s not me. It’s a pale girl wearing an old white dress. Suddenly a loud scream comes from the mirror‚ I turn and run‚ terrified. I push through the door‚ but instead of being outside I find myself in another room‚ alone. I was alone‚ or atleast I thought I was. I hear a soft tapping noise behind

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    Irony in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn For centuries‚ irony has been used as a literary device by writers Thesis: Irony is heavily used in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn through religion‚ racism‚ and the fact that Jim is a free man throughout the majority of the novel. One theme that possesses a rather unsurprising amount of irony is religion. At the very beginning of the book‚ Tom Sawyer gets it in his mind to start up a murderous gang of robbers with the neighborhood kids. One

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