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    “Take words where you find them‚ Maria. Do what you have to do to keep writing your stories and poems‚ Maria” stated by Mr. Golden‚ telling Maria that she has a gift‚ and that gift is writing. Maria is a young girl who moved to New York from Puerto Rico to go live with her dad to experience the American life. Throughout the book‚ Maria changes and grows. Readers contrast these changes from the beginning‚ middle‚ and to the end. In the beginning of the book‚ Maria is learning to be American and make

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    young people dominate the bulk of his novels. Their failure and frustration are not unfamiliar to anyone. Their attitude of: To be or not to be or ‘Now more than ever seems it rich to die to cease upon mid night with no pain.’ are the feelings that come to the mind of each and every one‚ especially the young people‚ every now and then during the emotional disorder. That’s why suicide is an important component in all the works of Chetan Bhagat. In his first novel‚ Neha’s brother commits suicide‚ Alok

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    graphic novels have engaging art imprinted on them‚ making them more amusing and pleasurable. Furthermore‚ Comics include various types of genres like current events‚ social issues across the globe‚ and some are narrow as subjects like Science fiction‚ History‚ Biology. Such content can grasp a student’s attention and build a momentum of interest to read such compositions. Nancy Frey ‚ an author of “Graphic Novels: The Good‚ The Bad‚ and the Ugly explains‚ “The popularity of the graphic novels is attributed

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    Jasper Jones Novel Study

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    he is secretly raping his daughter and making her life hell causing her to kill herself. Introduction Minor characters can often be seen as meaningless and don’t really have any contribution to the novel. However‚ in many novels they are vital and can often be the key to the theme of the novel. In Craig Silveys Jasper Jones many minor characters have a big impact of the theme of façade verse reality. Silvey demonstrates this concept through the characters of Jasper Jones‚ Jack Lionel and Pete

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    describe a tall and masculine fellow who follows the orders of their smaller and more bright individual. The perception is that Capote created these characters but his novel‚ “In Cold Blood‚” the character’s Perry Edwards Smith and Richard (Dick) Eugene Hickock are real people. That is why Capote’s book is considered a nonfiction novel. On the other hand‚ John Steinbeck writes the book‚ “Of Mice and Men‚” which is about what it means to be human. The main characters George Milton and Lennie Small

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    Partition of India‚ Portrayed in the Novels India suffered the stigma of slavery under British for about three centuries. When it got freedom‚ it was also not without paying the high cost in the form of partition. This historical event is significant in the world history not only as a political occurrence which gave birth to two nations‚ but as the most treacherous occasion for thousand of the men who lost their lives‚ hundreds of women who were raped & treated most ruthlessly and for countless

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    The Natural vs. the UnNatural         In the novel and the movie‚ the Natural‚ many differences in the plot‚ the characters‚ and the theme give both a very different mood and overall meaning. Many small differences add up to give each work a distinctive feel to it and an important moral. Roy’s relationship with Iris‚ the incident when Roy gets poisoned‚ and the ending all effectively display the differences that have such an important bearing on the outcome and effect of the theme.         Iris

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    What ideas about Australia does your novel Explore? Looking for alibrandi is a novel by Melina marchetta that displays ones inner struggle with there own identity. It is set in the eastern suburbs of Sydney and explores various ideas about Australian culture‚ landscapes and stereotypes. Australia is culturally diverse and is accepting of others cultures. Many people that live in Australia have cultural backgrounds other than Australian. In looking for alibrandi‚ Josephine alibrandi is of Australian-Italian

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    Novel Study: Journal Entry 1 pgs. 1-73 The novel I selected is called "Code Orange." My reasoning for choosing it‚ was that it was recommended by a friend. No new information was needed before reading the novel; instead all of it was stated or implied as reading. Mitty‚ the main character is telling the story‚ and the setting is in New York City. The setting doesn’t show much significance to the story though I believe it would unfold different events later through the novel. At the beginning

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    away. It takes place in the middle of winter snow storms. The story is about Paul Sheldon who is the author of a best-selling series of romance novels featuring its popular character Misery Chastain. Since 1974‚ he has finished the first drafts of all his books in the Silver Creek Lodge in Colorado. Finishing his new novel‚ ‘Fast Cars’ he drives to L.A. unaware that the Western Slope of Colorado is going to be hit with one of the biggest snowstorms of the year in a few hours. Determined

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