‘It was up to him to pay back to the world in beauty and caring what Leslie had loaned him in vision and strength’ (Patterson‚ 1995‚ p.141.) Bridge to Terabithia (1977)‚ by Katherine Paterson is a coming-of-age‚ heart-wrenching but exciting book about Jesse Aarons and Leslie Burke who rule an imaginative land called Terabithia to escape the pressures of school‚ bullies and family. In the novel‚ Leslie’s friendship acts as a guide for Jesse as he faces these challenges and difficulties of adolescence
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In the short story‚ The Fly by Katherine Mansfield‚ it tells of a man often referred to as the boss. A man who lost someone very close to him. The boss tries to find a way to cope over his loss whether it’s the bottom of the bottle‚ or just a simple hobby. After years of grieving it seems like the boss can no long cry over his loss‚ no matter how hard he tries. While keeping to himself in his own office‚ the boss encounters a struggling fly who just might teach him the value of life and death. Little
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Hank Williams Jr. EXPLANATION For the second honors component‚ I chose option two‚ which is a biography on a famous Parisian. I decided to research Hank Williams Jr. The reason for my decision is that I was neighbors with Hank for about ten years‚ but I never knew much about him. I would like to know more about what he did‚ and how he personally contributed to Paris. CHILDHOOD Hank Williams Jr. was born in Shreveport‚ Louisiana on May 26‚ 1949. Parents‚ Audrey and Hank Williams originally named their
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"Her First Ball" is a short story written by Katherine Mansfield in 1921. A young girl‚ about 18 years of age called Leila is the protagonist of the story. The story expresses the Excitement and Anxiety of Leila‚ who is extremely self conscious at the prospect of attending her first formal ball. The prose is written in Third person Omniscient‚ where the narrator is not a character in the story nor Leila‚ but tells the story strictly through her eyes only and we read the thoughts going on in her mind
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Miss Brill making up scenarios and ideas about the people around her. She is able to feel better about herself when speaking and assuming things for others. This is really a mask to cover the loneliness she is feeling inside. In “Miss Brill” by Katherine
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The story is written by Katherine Mansfield a famous New Zealand writer. She is well known for her short stories. The analysis of the one of them called A Cup of Tea (1922) which is considered to be one of her latest works you can find below. From the first lines we get acquainted with the protagonist of the story Rosemary Fell. Her appearance is being presented. No you couldnt have called her beautiful Pretty? We have rather vague image here. The author writes she is amazingly well-read in the
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Biography of John Donne John Donne was an English poet‚ satirist‚ lawyer and priest. He is considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His works are noted for their strong‚ sensual style and include sonnets‚ love poetry‚ religious poems‚ Latin translations‚ epigrams‚ elegies‚ songs‚ satires and sermons. His poetry is noted for its vibrancy of language and inventiveness of metaphor‚ especially compared to that of his contemporaries. Donne’s style is characterised by abrupt
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The aftermath of a destructive obsession What happens when the burdens of addiction confront a household; what dilemmas arise inside of a family? The novel Tweaked by Katherine Holubitsky; explores the life of an ordinary teenager‚ Gordie; and his internal struggles with his Brother Chase’s tyrannical addiction to crystal meth. Furthermore‚ Chase’s self-harm tragically cripples his family‚ which composes of Gordie‚ his mother‚ and father. Although it impacts their personal lives it also damages
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Aryabhatta is a renowned mathematician and astronomer of ancient India. He was born in 476 AD in Kerala. He studied at the University of Nalanda. One of his major work was Aryabhatiya written in 499 AD. The book dealt with many topics like astronomy‚ spherical trigonometry‚ arithmetic‚ algebra and plane trigonometry. He jotted his inventions in mathematics and astronomy in verse form. The book was translated into Latin in the 13th century. Through the translated Latin version of the Aryabhattiya
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Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty Robyn Fenty the Barbadian superstar also known as Rihanna started out known as a cookie cutter teen pop star after she moved to the United States at sixteen years old. Born on February 20‚ 1988 in St. Michael‚ Barbados she grew up in a 3 bedroom house with her mom‚ dad‚ three brothers and two sisters. She worked with her father at a vendor booth selling clothes‚ although most of their money went to support her father’s drug and alcohol addictions. She began signing when she
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