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    Animal Farm Comparison Essay Snowball is a young‚ smart‚ good speaker‚ who is also idealistic. Leon Trotsky is the other leader of the “October Revolution.” Snowball really wanted to make life better for all while Leon Trotsky was a pure communist and followed Marx. Napoleon was not a good speaker or as clever as Snowball. Joseph Stalin was not a good speaker either and was not educated like Trotsky was. Napoleon was cruel‚ brutal‚ selfish‚ devious and corrupt‚ but Joseph Stalin was the exact

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    Essay #4- Comparison and Contrast “Living in a big city or in a small town” Carmen Herrera College Composition I English 101 A01 Professor R. Soy November 12‚ 2014 1 As we become adults‚ we come across the broad decision of choosing a place we can call home. Many factors need to be taken into consideration other than just finding a place comforting. Some basic but important factors a person must consider are job opportunities‚ access to services‚ and transportation. A big city like New York

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    Macbeth Comparison Essay A quote which really defines Lady Macbeth and Macbeth’s ambition regarding power is "Power does not corrupt men; fools; however‚ if they get into a position of power‚ corrupt power" George Bernard Shaw. Lady Macbeth is more ambitious in terms of gaining power then Macbeth is and that Lady Macbeth will do almost anything to gain power‚ even evil things that she normally wouldn’t do. This is shown when Macbeth and Lady Macbeth learn about the witches’ predictions‚ then

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    Sydney Carpenter Mrs. Keithley ELA 3rd 16 December‚ 2015 Compare and Contrast A Christmas Carol‚ both the play and the movie‚ have many similarities with just as many differences. Although the movie was created as a follow-up to the play‚ there were many times where the movie was completely different. On occasion‚ there would be times where you could follow along to the movie with the script‚ but most of the time‚ it would be somewhat the same.The script compared to the movie is more informing and

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    In the short story “The Dead” by James Joyce‚ the main protagonist‚ Gabriel‚ reminisces on life. Joyce uses symbolism and imagery to describe death in Gabriel’s life. Death is a major theme in the excerpt; as shown in the line‚ “Pleasure of the walk along the river in the snow.” However‚ that same sentence also uses several literary devices such as Imagery. James Joyce paints a picture of the funeral and makes us feel what Gabriel feels‚ we see what Gabriel sees. The words fly off the page and into

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    Although all human beings exist in one universe‚ each may live in their own separate worlds. This is exemplified in the comparison between the worlds of two famous transcendentalists‚ Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau‚ and the contrary world of The Great Gatsby. Thoreau developed his own world by becoming a recluse and secluding himself from society. Emerson built his own world on firm beliefs of self-reliance and God. However‚ the world which exists in The Great Gatsby proves to be very

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    Composition Essay Assignment (100 points/toward essay grade) Final Draft Due: Tuesday‚ February 25th‚ 2014 This essay will practice several of the skills that have been introduced in this class. Try your hardest to show me that you understand the following concepts: Five-paragraph essay structure (introduction‚ body‚ conclusion) Effective paragraphs Topic sentences/closing remarks Coherence‚ unity‚ adequate development Comparison strategy Use of either the block or alternating pattern

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    Mikhaila Kels Essay #4 Comparison The Different Seasons As a new season approaches we all get excited and ready for a new change. Winter and summer are two very different seasons but also have similar characteristics. When winter comes around‚ everyone gets out their scarfs‚ boots‚ and warm clothes to get ready for the cold. In the winter‚ we get excited for snow and of course Christmas. Everyone enjoys Christmas and celebrating the holidays with family and friends. It’s almost like everyone hibernates

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    ------------------------------------------------- Shooting Stars By Carol Ann Duffy ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- “Shooting Stars” is a horrific and moving poem written by Carol Ann Duffy. She adopts the persona of a female Jew speaking out from beyond the grave about her terrifying ordeal before she died in the Holocaust. A powerful impression is left on the reader after reading Duffy’s dramatic monologue and visual descriptions

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    “Imagination in A Christmas Carol” Graham Holderness says A Christmas Carol categorically that the writer’s imagination fails. Scrooge is allowed to slide into a rarefied limbo of Christmas sentiment and Christian charity‚ so abstract as to be empty of life and meaning. His encounter with the three ghosts is far more credible‚ far more realistic‚ than this closing vision of life of permanent goodness‚ which scarcely resembles human life at all. In one respect‚ of course‚ this misses the point

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