system” (Lu 245). Legend (© 2011)‚ a dystopian young adult fiction novel written by upcoming author Marie Lu. Before Lu became a full time writer‚ she was an art director for a video game company. This is a book inspired by the television show‚ Les Miserables. The show involved a highly skilled detective hunting down a notorious criminal. Legend is written from the perspective of two different characters with two completely different backgrounds. June‚ the Republic’s prodigious student is finishing
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Who to blame? Fantine is like a little girl who is buying a car‚ where the car company charges high interest‚ and she ends up paying an enormous sum. In Victor Hugo’s novel Les Misérables‚ both society and Fantine are to blame for her decline‚ though society is much more at at fault than she. Firstly‚ Fantine is partially to blame since she is inexperienced and naive. Likewise‚ society is at fault because the population dehumanizes people living in poverty. Moreover‚ society is responsible because
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In any good novel‚ and even in life‚ people can be influenced in both positive and negative ways. In the three novels that we have read so far‚ Great Expectations‚ Lés Misérables‚ and Wuthering Heights‚ the main characters are faced with negative challenges and influences. Positive guides and influences also affect the characters in these books; the positive guides usually end up winning in the end. In Great Expectations‚ the main character of the story was Pip. Some of the negative influences
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In Girl With A Pearl Earring and Les Miserables‚ Griet and Cosette are mistreated by the higher class. Cosette is Fantine’s daughter who is given to the Thenardiers‚ a family of innkeepers‚ because Fantine knows she cannot take care of Cosette. While at the Thenardiers’s inn‚ Cosette is abused and forced to do extortionate tasks she is barely able to do‚ like fetch water in the dark with a bucket larger than her. She is given no mercy‚ because of the “fierce mistress and venomous master” she is being
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Topic: It is said that there are major differences in working and living in a foreign country. Choose a country different from your own. Compare and contrast what it would be like to live and work in this country to that of your own country. Use specific examples and provide evidence from appropiate references to explain your answer. Question Type: Compare and Contrast Introduction: Working and living in home country and in a foreign country have many differences. As a result‚ people need to adapt while
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Victor Hugo‚ the author of‚ “Les Misérables‚” once said‚ “Change your opinions‚ keep your principles; change your leaves‚ keep intact your roots.” This is a quote that can be reassuring to a person who is going through a rough patch in life or when they are at a stance in their life where they have forgotten who they are. When I read this quote‚ I think about where I come from and how it has shaped me to be the person I am today. One way that my roots have affected me is by my speech communities
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wrote the story Le Morte d’Arthur‚ which is a story about medieval times and the day of King Arthur. From those times to the present day‚ a variety of stories have been crafted. Some examples of these stories (which also could be put in movie or television form) would be like Excalibur. In this essay‚ I will be comparing the differences between Le Morte d’Arthur and the movie Excalibur. A major difference between Excalibur and Le Morte d’Arthur is Mordred‚ Arthur’s son. In Le Morte d’Arthur‚
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is the true rationalist because he believes the law is the highest authority‚ sees Jean Valjean as purely evil‚ and because he wholeheartedly believes in the infallibility of the law. Javert believes the law is the highest authority throughout Les Miserables. When his character is first described‚ Hugo states "It will be easily understood that Javert was the terror of all that class which the annual statistics of the Minister of Justice include under the heading: People without a fixed abode" (57)
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438 Chapter 23 Comparison and Contrast: Showing Similarities and Differences Chapter 23 Comparison and Contrast Showing Similarities and Differences Writing Writing Comparison and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . 439 Finding Patterns in Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445 Practicing Patterns of Comparison and Contrast . . . 445 Readings for Critical Thinking‚ Discussion‚ and Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447 Suggested Topics and Prompts for
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Compare and Contrast Fresh Foods vs. Canned Foods Eating is something us as humans do everyday. We live in a world where it is important to eat. We choose what we are going to eat‚ and what we eat affects our bodies. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast the differences between eating fresh foods instead of canned foods. The main differences between both are flavor‚ health benefits‚ cost‚ accessibility. The differences between these two kinds of foods are their flavor. Fresh
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