Writing: Explaining the Literary Idea: Motif In a well-written paragraph with supporting evidence from the text‚ answer ONE of the following questions: • Choose one of the motifs from “The Things They Carried” and explain its significance. • Explain the juxtaposition of order against chaos in “There Will Come Soft Rains.” Follow your teacher’s instructions to submit this assignment‚ and be sure to document your sources. It is easy to imagine the complete chaos and utter despair of the aftermath
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Lord of the Flies‚ written by William Golding‚ has Ralph and Jack Merridew as two of the main characters. As they are on the island‚ they come between the issues of who is chief and who is not. Both characters display some qualities of a leader in different ways. If I were to pick a leader between the two‚ I would choose Ralph for he is organized‚ and thinks of everyone not just himself. When the boys are stranded on the island‚ with no adults‚ there must be someone in charge and there must be rules
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Taylor Lukas January 26‚ 2011 Block H A Little About Me Yesterday I had my first class in English9A with Mrs. O’Donnell. We were assigned a five paragraph essay to do about ourselves‚ honestly I love writing‚ but I hate writing about myself because then I question myself on what to write. You are going to read more about my life and I hope that your expression after you do is‚ "Wow." I am going to simply start off with‚ my full name is Taylor Rose Lukas‚ I am fifteen years young at the
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including jackfruit. Varahamihira‚ the Indian astronomer‚ mathematician‚ and astrologer‚ wrote a chapter on the treatment of trees in his Brhat Samhita. His treatise includes a specific reference on grafting to be performed on trees such as jackfruit. Jack fruit trees are seen in almost all areas of Kerala except sandy areas. Maturing in 35-40 years‚
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29 February 2012 “London’s ‘A Wicked Woman’: A Reading Response” Jack London’s “A Wicked Woman” is a short story depicting the troubled love life of a young woman named Loretta. London rapidly introduces the reader to a large cast of characters in the first two paragraphs. I found this story similar to a modern pulp fiction romance novel. London lures the reader into feeling sorrow for Loretta’s troubles. I had questions roaming in my mind pondering what Billy might have done to Loretta‚ to leave
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Pointless deaths. Countless innocent lives taken. Families devastated. This is war. War is a very harsh‚ unforgiving topic that authors have portrayed differently for year As like any other author‚ Jack London has his own opinion on war‚ and he expresses his own theme in the short story “War”. In his story “War”‚ London’s theme of how impersonal and uncaring war can be is still very evident in warfare and conflict today. London’s theme of how uncaring war and conflicts can be is very evident
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Earthquake Madness and Jack London‚ an Eyewitness Did you know that San Francisco had an earthquake that completely destroyed most of the city in 1906? The Story of an Eyewitness by Jack London is a close up detailed memoir of this event. In 1906‚ there was a major earthquake in San Francisco that destroyed most of the city. After the earthquake many fires broke out‚ forcing people out of their homes and businesses‚ and also there was many fatalities. Jack London uses excellent literary devices when
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Jack Black Plays a Dark R.L. Stine in ’Goosebumps’ the Movie (INTERVIEW) Werewolves‚ mummies‚ an evil clown‚ and monsters -- oh my! R.L. Stine’s ’Goosebumps’ goes from young adult horror novels to the big screen.Starring Jack Black as a fictional version of Stine — one of the bestselling children’s authors in history — Goosebumps gives Black a chance to amuse a younger audience like he did in 2003’s School of Rock. "I am no stranger to entertaining kids‚" Black‚ who is also heard but not seen as
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Jack Junglewood and his tombstone The sound of police cars made noise at midnight on Thursday the 12th. Anna and Jim set out for the mission to find the Lost Tombstone of Jack Junglewood. A dark cloud passed over the crescent moon‚ making the rural graveyard dark and spooky. The light from the police station next door shined bright over the begging of the graveyard. “I want to go home” complains Anna. “I’m so scared something will arise from his tombstone and scare us!” “It’s fine‚ we
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Summer picnics taught me the most valuable lessons of my life. I learned that Cracker Jacks are disgusting‚ discrimination can create love‚ and that I would never be beautiful. My great-grandmother Tillie died a month after I was born. Ottilie “Tillie” Berndt was born in Berlin and came to Minneapolis in 1893. She met Johann “Fred” Kobs in a section of Minneapolis that would be home to generations of immigrants from Sweden‚ Ireland‚ Poland‚ Germany‚ Tibet‚ Cambodia‚ Viet Nam‚ Somalia‚ and Syria.
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