101 Great Books 101 Great Books Recommended Reading for High School Students and Readers of all Ages (Provided by collegeboard.com) **Denotes titles typically included in the CdS Curriculum Author | Title | Author | Title | ------- | **Beowulf | Ford‚ Ford Madox | The Good Soldier | Achebe‚ Chinua | Things Fall Apart | Goethe‚ Johann Wolfgan von | Faust | Agee‚ James | A Death in the Family | Golding‚ William | Lord of the Flies | Austen‚ Jane | Pride and Prejudice | Hardy‚ Thomas |
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Introduction: Bridge to Terabithia is a story of fifth grader Jesse Aarons. He becomes friend with his new neighbor Leslie Burke . Leslie is a smart‚ talented‚ outgoing tomboy. Jesse is an artistic boy who‚ in the beginning of the novel‚ is fearful‚ angry‚ and depressed. Through the friendship with Leslie‚ he becomes courageous and lets go of his anger and frustration. Title: Bridge to Terabithia Author: Katherine Paterson Main theme: The story starts out simply enough: Jess Aarons
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it; destroy it‚ even after being complete. Also‚ probably the main reason why I chose him was because of the beauty of his musical works. He composed great pieces that are very popular still today. Some examples are the Hungarian Dances and the “Lullaby”!
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How the poets explore the concept of loss in “Mid-Term Break” and “Mother any Distance” In this essay‚ the concept of loss will be discussed in the poems “Mother‚ Any Distance” by Simon Armitage and “Mid-Term Break”; which is an autobiographical poem by Seamus Heaney based in Northern Ireland which looks at denial and regret felt in loss whereas “Mother‚ Any Distance” explores the loss in the relationship of a family. The metaphorical use of “counting bells knelling classes to
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Christopher Mermer American Short Fiction Dr. Guedon-DeConcini Native American Time in Yellow Woman Time is expressed in different ways among many different cultures. To the European‚ time is a linear movement from past to future which involves no backward movement. The present is the now but ultimately the future is an illusion as the future becomes a string of present moments. This is not true in Native American culture. As European time can be seen as a line‚ Native American time is seen as
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Known for various villancicos‚ one of Fernandes most popular works is “Xicochi conetzintle”. The song itself barely reaches one minute in length and takes the form of a lullaby in a way‚ with its lyrics talking about a child falling into a peaceful sleep. Fernandes original wrote the piece in Náhuatl‚ also known as the language of Aztecs and Native Americans who resided in New Spain. One interesting thing I learned about
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I think it is about an only family boy that loves drawing but hides it from people because they would tease his‚ he has sisters and a careless father about him‚ he gets a new neighbor that’s his age it’s a girl her family is sweet
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Dear‚ E.E. Cummings‚ I have unraveled your poem “anyone lived in a pretty how town”. I really enjoyed the uniqueness of the puzzle you created. The narrator of the story tells the narrative as if they don’t care‚ moreover‚ the story itself is about a lot of people not caring. The only people who act out are Anymore and Noone‚ they fall in love and worry about no one but themselves‚ as the disregardful outside world continues to repeat the cycle of life and death by no means. Mr. Cummings‚ I appreciate
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Review 1. What were the rest of the children wearing? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What was Leslie wearing on the first day of school? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. According to the upper grades‚ when
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of lower performance is alarming‚ but through an analysis of the provided information‚ we were able to identify that the decline in performance can largely be attributed to ineffective leadership. The causes of this problem have nothing to do with Leslie as the current leader‚ but with the environment in which she leads. We believe that the following three elements are the main causes of Versutia’s ineffective leadership: an organizational structure that did not fit the changing needs of the company
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