Ray Stannard Baker Obituary Ray Stannard Baker died of a heart attack on July 12‚ 1946‚ in Amherst‚ Massachusetts. Ray Stannard Baker‚ journalist‚ author‚ and biographer of Woodrow Wilson‚ was born in Lansing‚ Michigan on April 17‚ 1870. After graduating from Michigan Agricultural College he attended the University of Michigan Law School in 1891. After four years as reporter for the Chicago News-Record (1892-96)‚ he joined the staff of McClure’s Magazine‚ a leader in the New Journalism then
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Literary devices are used to help the reader connect and understand characters and to give those characters depth. Anthropomorphism is a literary device that is the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god‚ animal‚ or object. An example of anthropomorphism is Rudyard Kipling’s "Rikki-tikki-tavi". Rikki-tikki-tavi is a mongoose that is the hero of the story because he saves Teddy and his family‚ who are people who have taken Rikki into their home. Rikki shows his heroic characteristics
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The Characters I choose are Chisnall and Varmint. Chisnall is the main protagonist and the leader of the angel team which is a team that is going to invade Australia and get it back from the aliens that have invaded it. Varmint is the leader of the demon team that is helping the angel team by blowing up things. Chisnall and Varmint are very courageous. They took the fate of the world on their back. Chisnall volunteered to join the angles and Varmint volunteered to join the demons. Along with putting
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Alright alright alright so let’s get right to the subject of Arima. Kaneki and Shachi were both forced on Arima’s eyesight and both seemed to fail when they tried to attack Arima from his blind spot. Now as we read more about Arima‚ we tend to look at his facial expressions instead of other important things‚ like his hands. Arima is ambidextrous as you may or may not have noticed when he’s attacking. In Tokyo Ghoul chapter 73‚ Arima tells Hirako that he has two arms and makes fun of him in a way
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To make sense of what was going through Bayard’s mind during the time of his father’s death we need to start at the most basic level‚ which is Socrates’ character model. Bayard‚ by disobeying the people around him‚ and not killing Redmond‚ was placing his cares in the state of his soul rather than being concerned with upholding his reputation in his community. He knew that to maintain his status of man of
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The Significance beyond the Mark In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” he focuses on two main characters‚ Georgiana‚ a beautiful woman with a “crimson… mark… on her left cheek [in the shape of a] human hand” (Hawthorne 6)‚ and Georgiana’s husband‚ Aylmer‚ which is very obsessed with Georgiana’s birthmark. Hawthorne focuses on these two characters due to the great significance they both have with the mark on Georgiana’s face. In the novel‚ Aylmer wants to remove Georgiana’s birthmark because he
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A monster lurks in the forest; boys are fighting for power; and a war breaks out on a once-peaceful island. In this kind of situation‚ a hero is needed to calm things down. Heroes are normally perceived as many things: astonishingly smart‚ stupidly brave‚ or even with superhuman powers. But a true hero does not measure up to be the perfect being‚ but he is sometimes just another face in the crowd‚ such as Piggy‚ from William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Piggy‚ although very underrated‚ stands a strong
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People have different kinds of character traits. Some traits are tangible like the color of your hair and eyes. These traits describe physical characteristics. Other traits are intangible that describe someone’s personality. In the book Lyddie‚ I have chosen to describe some of the intangible traits of Lyddie and compare them to myself. Lyddie has many different intangible traits in the book. Some of her traits are confidence‚ bravery‚ determination and independence. Lyddie shows her
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to betray others for self benefit at any given opportunity. These traits can be seen in characters used in Tennessee Williams’ plays‚ Streetcar For Desire and Cat On a Hot Tin Roof. Stanley and Big Daddy‚ two crucial domineering and manipulative parental figures‚ mistreat their families and others around them to demonstrate their power and authority. In both of Tennessee Williams’ works‚ he creates characters which use mendacity to hide their true emotions in order to establish their power and authority
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I genuinely did not expect to learn this much from the book Unbroken. The story of Louie Zamperini was unexpectedly much more understandable and relatable than I first imagined. Seeing the main character was a former war hero‚ I found it surprising I was able to connect to him as I happen to be fourteen. In my opinion‚ readers can easily compare similar situations in their life‚ regardless of their age. A point often overlooked‚ Louie is a true survivor. He was stranded forty-seven days on a crammed
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