Plot Summary: The H.M.S. Bellipotent ship is nearing home after a long voyage‚ when a British general who is in need of men‚ stops the ship. Lieutenant Ratcliffe conscripts one sailor and that sailor is‚ Billy Budd‚ who is willing to serve his country. As he exits‚ he hollers for the Rights of Man by name and says his goodbyes. On the Bellipotent‚ Billy takes over the job of the foretopman. Claggart‚ who is the master of arms‚ has a appearance that is calm‚ but deep down he has evil intentions.
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resembled the fragile and psychologically disturbed Laura Wingfield in "The Glass Menagerie." His mother resembled Laura’s mother‚ Amanda. Williams himself resembled Laura’s brother‚ Tom Wingfield. Williams was even nicknamed Tom in his youth. Plot Summary Tom begins by introducing the play as a memory play of his own memory of his past. He introduces the character. The start of the play shows the Wingfield family eating dinner. Amanda keeps telling Tom to chew is food‚ and Tom gets thoroughly
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In the book "Looking for Alibrandi"by Melinda Marchetta‚ Josephine Alibrandi’s life is influenced by her mother Christina‚her father Michael‚ while Christina’s life is influenced by the grandma Katia. Josie’s attitudes and way of thinking changes by the influence that her parents have on her. Josie is not the same girl at the end of book as she was at the beginning. "How dare you think that I want to be in your life! I don’t want you anywhere near us‚ especially my mother" (Josie to Michael-
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the eyes of Josephine Alibrandi. Josephine is a 17 year old girl‚ with Italian heritage‚ throughout her life she has faced racial discrimination‚ further more she has encountered many offensive comments directed tat the scandal of her illegitimacy. Throughput her final year in high school‚ she comes to understand who she is and comes to understand what is important to her. For the whole of the novel Melina Marchetta demonstrates the concept of discovery. Josephine Alibrandi is faced with many discoveries
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Niki Hultquist John Green’s Looking for Alaska Green‚ John. Looking for Alaska. Penguin Print Inc.‚ 2005. Print Miles “Pudge” Halter’s life is nothing out of the ordinary. Although Pudge is comfortable with “ordinary” he is willing spice up his life by leaving his current life behind. In search of a “Great Perhaps”‚ Pudge decides to attend Culver Creek Boarding School where his life is turned upside down. Pudge allows himself to try new things and put himself in danger to find a Great Perhaps
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Chapter 1 – Hopewood‚ Virginia‚ 2004 (Pg. 3-26) Plot Summary Lucy and Daniel go to the same high school and Lucy has an attachment towards Daniel who seems to be a stranger to Lucy. They barely knew each other but on the night of their last high school dance‚ Lucy discovers Daniel’s a very complicated person; out of fear‚ Lucy decides to run away from Daniel. Daniel realizes that again he has lost Lucy‚ the woman that he loved for all of his lives. Notes - Conflict: - Irony: Even though
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Othello begins on a street in Venice‚ in the midst of an argument between Roderigo‚ a rich man‚ and Iago. Roderigo has been paying Iago to help him in his suit to Desdemona. But Roderigo has just learned that Desdemona has married Othello‚ a general whom Iago begrudgingly serves as ensign. Iago says he hates Othello‚ who recently passed him over for the position of lieutenant in favor of the inexperienced soldier Michael Cassio. Unseen‚ Iago and Roderigo cry out to Brabanzio that his daughter
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THE PLOT EXPOSITION The novel begins by introducing Miles Halter‚ an introverted kid who decides to leave his home and attends Culver Creek in Alabama‚ in order to seek a Great Perhaps. Starting his first year at Culver Creek High School‚ Chip “The Colonel”‚ his roommate gives Miles the nickname of “Pudge”. His acquaintances with the Colonel‚ Alaska Young‚ “The hottest girl in all of human history” and Takumi‚ a Japanese student with a southern accent eventually blossom into friendships‚ and together
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reader to get in touch with Miles. It makes you feel pity for Miles‚ and in that way you really understand how he feels. The way that John Green has divided the book in “before” and “after”‚ builds up the excitement. There is a “count down” to the plot which tells that something big is going to happen – something that is going to change everything. At the beginning‚ the story takes place at Miles’ home in Florida(p. 3‚ l. 1). But then he moves to at boarding school called Culver Creek Preparatory
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The story starts in London on Tuesday‚ October 1‚ 1872. Fogg is a rich English gentleman and bachelor living in solitude at Number 7 Savile Row‚ Burlington Gardens. Despite his wealth‚ which is £40‚000 (roughly £3‚020‚000 today)‚ Fogg‚ whose countenance is described as "repose in action"‚ lives a modest life with habits carried out with mathematical precision. Very little can be said about his social life other than that he is a member of the Reform Club. Having dismissed his former valet‚ James
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