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    James Cameron’s film‚ Avatar‚ is a very moving story about freedom and choices. Jake Sully‚ an ex-marine‚ travels to Pandora to fulfil his brother’s dream of being in an avatar body and researching the environment on Pandora. Jake goes through a lot of hard times and ends up having to choose between being human and destroying Pandora‚ or being one of the Na’vi and saving the girl he loves and her people. James Cameron has highlighted choices that we have to make in our world by presenting them in

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    was grandpa jimmy.Grandpa jimmy and grandpa jake were best friends.Grandpa jake was at the door giving kids candy and grandpa jimmy was refilling the candy bowl.Later that night grandpa jimmy thought it would be funny to pull a prank on grandpa jake so he did.Grandpa jimmy put a remote under the rug.One hour passed and grandpa jake has not notice.”Time to act” said grandpa jimmy.Grandpa scremed and said “there is something under the rug” and grandpa jake run so slow to his bedroom.When he got their

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    The Sun Also Rises Summer Reading Gurkirat Singh Topic 1: Character Development Guiding Criteria: Identify 5 episodes from the text that answer any of the following questions in relation to character development: What does the episode tell you about the personality of the character? What does the episode indicate about any character changes that have taken place over the course of the story? What does the episode indicate about the character’s role in the story or position in society? What

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    teenage boy named Jake and his life and adventures at Smokehill National Park. Jake’s father works as the head of this park which is designed to protect dragons. One night while hiking in the park‚ Jake finds a baby dragon (Lois) which was orphaned when a poacher killed her mother. The poacher‚ who was killed by the dragon‚ was the son of very rich and influential people who then set out to bring an end to the park and destroy all dragons. During the course of the story Jake meets more dragons

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    Hemingway’s childhood and his life he was described as a man’s man and he was the big tough guy‚ but that’s not the case in his novels. Throughout Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises‚ Hemingway shows‚ through the characters of Lady Brett Ashley and Jake Barnes‚ that the pre-war gender roles are not entirely true anymore. Even Jennifer Blanch‚ the author of “Gender Identity and the Modern Condition in The Sun Also Rises”‚ thinks Hemingway has a more in depth thought about the whole pre-war/post-war

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    characters’ lives. The characters‚ Jake Barnes and his friends‚ live aimless lives by traveling around‚ drinking alcohol‚ and dramatic love affairs. Jake Barnes and his friends seem to have no home‚ belief‚ and affection towards others. Especially after serving at the military during World War 1‚ these characters

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    her friends‚ and most importantly her family. A character in this story that was one of my favorites is Jake. Jake is also a young child‚ but has so true family to go home to everyday. He barely provided with enough clothes‚ food‚ and shelter to live his own everyday life. Jake is a self-reliant kid who finds himself stealing many things for his own good. In my opinion‚ for the situation Jake is in‚ and the reason for why he steals‚ I don’t see him as a bad kid for stealing. In my eyes‚ he is a bad

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    relationship between a father and his son. In this film the father‚ Jake Shuttlesworth (Denzel Washington)‚ is serving time in prison for murdering his wife. His son‚ Jesus Shuttlesworth (Ray Allen)‚ is the nation’s top high school basketball prospect. The governor‚ being an avid basketball fan‚ has made a deal with Jake that will cut back his sentence if he can convince his son to go to the governor’s alma mater‚ Big State University. Jake agrees‚ but much difficulty lies in dealing with a son who still

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    of the novel as a whole is like that of a major storm‚ such as a tornado or hurricane. Geographically‚ Jake is going fishing in Burguete‚ but through his observer mentality‚ the reader can see how he takes his physical location and translates it to inform his mental state. Jakes says that “up here [Burguete] the country [is] quite barren and the hills [are] rocky” (111). While in Burguete‚ Jake catches fish‚ has light-hearted philosophical talks with Bill‚ and he sleeps well and takes naps in the

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    seen her simply as a bitch‚ and do not view her as a likeable or relatable character in any way. Her alcoholism‚ her use and abuse of men‚ and her seeming indifference to Jake Barnes’s love are just a few reasons why Hemingway’s readers have not been able to stand Brett‚ and do not give her a fair chance. It is clear that Jake is biased in his narration‚ but no one wants to question his opinions and judgments of Brett; in fact‚ since the book was published‚ readers have blindly accepted Jake’s account

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