Zach Ward English Period 1 Final Exam: A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess‚ W.W. Norton and Company‚ New York‚ 1986. A Clockwork Orange is a book set in a nightmarish future society‚ where criminals take over after dark. The book is centralized around a teenager‚ Alex‚ who is the leader of a gang consisting of Alex and his three “droogs” (friends) Georgie‚ Pete‚ and Dim. They steal from‚ beat up‚ torture‚ and sometimes rape their victims. The most inventive part
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English Antony and Cleopatra essay Topic 1: ‘It is hardly surprising that Antony and Cleopatra has at times been read as a parable about empire and duty conflicting with folly and lust.’ (René Weis‚ in her introduction to the Penguin Antony and Cleopatra‚ (London‚ 2005)‚ page xxii.) William Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra is‚ in Rene Weis’ words a “parable about empire and duty conflicting with folly and lust”‚ and we see this through the two main characters of Antony and Cleopatra who
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“From a moral standpoint it would be misguided to equate the failings of a minor with those of an adult.”-Justice Anthony Kennedy. In 1993‚ Christopher Simmons was sentenced to death when he was only 17. A series of appeals to state and federal courts were submitted but each appeal was rejected. Then‚ in 2002‚ The Missouri Supreme Court stayed Simmon’s execution while the U.S Supreme Court decided Atkins v. Virginia‚ where the U.S. Supreme court ruled that executing the mentally ill violated Eight
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On the 29th August 1993‚ twenty one people were killed by police. This massacre occurred in Vigario Geral‚ one of the six hundred favelas in Rio de Janiero. It was as a result of four policemen being killed by local drug dealers‚ that this event came to be. To make matters worse‚ of the twenty one people that were killed‚ none were involved with drug trafficking. Two causes were the killings of the four policemen and the living conditions of the favela residents. Two consequences of the massacre
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In 1775‚ Jerry Cruncher stops the Dover Mail to give a letter to Jarvis Lorry. It tells Lorry to wait for a lady at Dover once he gets there. When Lorry arrives‚ he meets Lucie Manette‚ a young women in London. Lorry tells Lucie that her father‚ who she assumed dead‚ had been found in a prison. They go to Monsieur Defarge‚ who has kept Lucie’s father safe‚ and he lets them inside so Lucie can talk to her father who just made shoes the entire time when he was there. He remembers her even after spending
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In Uncommon‚ Tony Dungy thoroughly explains what it took to achieve his significance. He works every day with athletes who are trying to achieve significance through football. Dungy believes there is a different path to significance. Football isn’t the only way to significance. This book tells lessons on achieving significance that he has learned from his parents‚ his coaching career‚ and his journey with God. Dungy’s purpose for writing this book is to inspire young people to live their lives differently
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Anne slept lightly all night. Her head ached with thoughts about "Sir" de Lurrey. She thought all night and when she awoke in the morning‚ her eyes were puffy and bloodshot. Her head burned with pain. She was exhausted. She felt her throbbing head. She was burning up. She felt warm and was afraid. Anne lived in fear of fevers ever since she was young. She feared a fever would take her life just as it did her parents. Anne lay back down. Later Priscilla awoke. She saw Anne lying in her bed. She
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The eulogy that this man wrote about his wife showed that she had many admirable qualities. By reading the eulogy‚ you could point out the virtues and duties that were expected of a Roman wife during this time period. Turia seemed to display great modesty‚ deference‚ affability‚ and had an amiable personality. The wife looked out for her husband’s fortune and he did the same for her. Turia also was very giving and was committed to her family. She took care of all the household affairs. Turia
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and women are not in the same social hierarchy. A woman is capable of doing the exact same thing a man does‚ it has been proven; yet men feel that they are superior. All of these women who have fought for equality: Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ Susan B. Anthony‚ Alice Paul‚ and many others are the reason I am able to go to school and get the same education as a male. They went through so much suffering so that future generation would have a better life than they did. It took years for people to actually
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COMMENTARY: The Crow Road The passage recounts the funeral ceremony of Prentice’s –main character-grandmother .The passage describes the general atmosphere in the crematorium and Prentice’s reaction to the situation.Bank’s writing has a significant amount of description of the characters and the situation‚ thus grabbing the reader’s attention . He puts more care in physically describing the characters‚ noticeably Prentice’s father “His brown greying brown head was massive above his tweed jacket”
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