Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy Julian West‚ the main character of Looking Backward‚ was born into a rich family in the late nineteenth century. The gap between the rich and poor was very huge and seemed impossible to fix. Like the other people of his high class‚ Julian thought that he was greater than the poor people‚ and he saw their constant strikes with anger and contempt. He was engaged to Edith Bartlett‚ who was a beautiful and graceful Boston lady. They planned to get married when the
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Naomi Smith Summer 2013 Reading Assignment Honors English 8/3/13 Characterization Analysis In Looking for Alaska by John Green‚ the protagonist‚ Miles “Pudge” Halter‚ is very dynamic. In the beginning of the book‚ Pudge had no friends and was looking for what he calls the “Great Perhaps.” So he goes away to boarding school and meets “The Colonel”‚ Takumi‚ Lara‚ and Alaska. They were all immediate friends but Alaska and Pudge were drawn to each other. Pudge went from only having his mother
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“Looking for Alibrandi” by Melina Marchetta provides useful and valuable insights into cultural misunderstandings between Australian and Italian families‚ relationships and prejudices particularly between Josie‚ her friends and family. Cross-cultural issues are explored in depth in “Looking for Alibrandi”. The novel shows the family traditional values within Josie’s family‚ one of these being Tomato Day. This cultural tradition is important because it fosters greater unity between family members
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The Open Window Framton Nuttel enters the house of Mrs Sappleton. He is a young man from London suffering from nervous exhaustion‚ and he goes to the country side for some prescribed rest. He decideds to call upon Mrs Sappleton‚ an acquaintance of his sister’s. He is shown to the parlour by Mrs Sappleton’s niece‚ Vera‚ who entertains the man while he awaits the appearance of his host. Vera tells a story‚ the terrible tragedy of Mr Sappleton and his sons. He is told how they went out hunting
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Out of My Mind: finish & Wonder: 1-150 Draper’s out of my mind and Palacio’s Wonder both provide stories where the reader can easily become filled with sympathy and pity for their main characters who struggle with some type of disability. I found myself initially feeling sorry for‚ not pity‚ for these characters from the beginning of each novel as I was drawn into Melody’s tornado explosions from frustration (Draper 17)‚ and August’s entrance into this life with his “small anomalies” causing the
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Research and Writing 8 October 2013 The Self-Possessed Niece Enthralling and surprising‚ “The Open Window” by Saki effortlessly captivates any reader’s attention with dynamic and entertaining characters as well as astonishing plot twists. The antagonist‚ Vera‚ the niece of the owner of the home that Mr. Nuttel is visiting‚ is possibly more important than the person about whom the story is composed. Throughout the work‚ there are three characteristics portrayed – undisclosed to the reader until
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The two essays I chose for my final portfolio were Maira Kalman’s “Back to the Land” interpretive essay and Josh Neufled “A.D. New Orleans After the Deluge” interpretive essay. I found it quite easy when it came to deciding which two interpretive essays I would have to choose for evaluation because I was able to analyze both the purpose and audience clearly in the two essays. Also‚ with both Kalman and Neufeld’s essays I received positive responses‚ and felt that I could confidently write about both
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“Cleaning Out My Closet” By Marshall Mathers a.k.a. “Eminem” The song “Cleaning Out My Closet” is Marshal Mathers pouring his heart out. He is getting everything off of his chest and is settling everything he can with his mom. Eminem’s mother abused him and used him in more ways than one and so much so that he can’t forgive her because he’s tired of having to deal with her problems. He loves his brother so much and he is waiting for when he actually discovers what their mom is all about drugs
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Gradually as the child learns that it is a separate being from its mother and other humans it learns to think about its own reactions and responses and how they differ from those of other people. In this stage the child may deliberately test things out by trying a different response than the one approved by other people. Eventually‚ the child settles into a pattern of being able to regulate their own responses and empathize with what others want and how they respond. In this way socialization is a
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and Business Writing HU-101 27th April‚ 2013 What I’m looking forward to? This life is full of excitements and no one can imagine spending it without any aim. Everyone has desire to do‚ to be‚ to take or to achieve something. The whole world is looking forward to something that wants. As being a part of this world I’m also looking forward for something but for my goal to be good petroleum engineer. There was a time when I hadn’t even a slight idea about
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