The Killer Angels is a novel written by Michael Shaara about the events‚ battles and story behind the Confederate army and its participants during the American Civil War. Throughout the novel‚ the tension and suspense is on a constant rise as you learn about the many obligations and challenges that the soldiers‚ spies and generals had to undergo to fight for independence‚ or unity. The Confederates (also referred to as the “South” or the “Grays”) are led by a gentleman who values and morals are
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School shootings are a tragedy that is all too common‚ particularly in the USA. Michael Moore chose to delve a little deeper to find the possible causes of this‚ particularly in relation to the 1999 school shooting at the town of Columbine through the documentary Bowling for Columbine. Based on this documentary‚ the causes of the school shooting are due to the environment: primarily the United States’ violent history‚ then the abundance of guns in the country. The cause of the school shooting was
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There are two distinct kinds of retributive justice. The classical definition embraces the idea that the amount of punishment must be proportional to the amount of harm caused by the offense. A more recent version‚ supported by Michael Davis‚ discharges this idea and replaces it with the idea that the amount of punishment must be proportional to the amount of unfair advantage gained by the wrongdoer. Davis introduced this version of retributive justice in the early 1980s‚ at a time when retributive
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Behrman was a crabby man‚in his sixties‚ who had ‘a Michael Angelo’s Moses beard curling down from the head of a satyr along with the body of an imp’. He lived on the ground floor of the same building as Johnsy and Sue’s. Johnsy‚from California‚ and Sue‚from Maine‚ were two young artists who shared a studio together at the top of a squatty‚a three-storey brick house. The two met at the table d’hôte of an English Street ‘Delmonico’s’ and found that their tastes in art‚ chicory salad and bishop sleeves
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Set in the small country town of Birendulee‚ Michael Wilding’s‚ The Altar of The Family is a dismal illustration that narrates the tale of an isolated and rather innocent boy’s passage to manhood. Constantly falling victim to his father’s belittling‚ David Murray‚ the protagonist of the narrative is coerced into sacrificing his innocence for his rite to passage into manhood‚ in what seems to be ’the altar’ of his ’family’. Through a third person point of view limited to David’s thoughts and feelings
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Away Essay: Away by Michael Gow is a dramatic monologue about a young girl called Meg. Meg is constantly questioning her mother’s movements and choices‚ during what is meant to be a time of happiness and celebration. The monologue follows Meg and her family on their annual family trip to the coast‚ where part of their tradition is to hide each other’s Christmas presents amongst the baggage throughout the car‚ so no one is able to sneak a peek. On their journey Meg realises that her Mother has left
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Stuck: Michael Chabon’s “Wonder Boys” Where do I even start with this book? It is‚ quite honestly‚ one of the best-written books I have ever read‚ ever. I think it took me such a long time to read because the first few pages or so didn’t really attract me‚ in terms of plot‚ but Chabon’s sentences‚ my goodness. His sentences are flawless. I want to marry his sentences. Or‚ in the words of Tracy Jordan‚ I love his sentences so much‚ I want to take them behind the middle school and get them pregnant
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The Neverending Story by Michael Ende follows the story of Bastian Balthazar Bux‚ a young‚ awkward‚ chubby boy. The story starts as Bastian runs into a bookstore in order to run away from his bullies. In the bookstore‚ he finds a book belong to Coreander‚ the bookstore owner‚ called “The Neverending Story.” In the spur of a moment‚ decided to steal it. He hides in his schoolhouse attic and begins to read the book. The “book within the book” takes place in a magical land called Fantastica. The center
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1 Saturday‚ August 30‚ 2014 Michael McManigal Composition Journal Entry #1 " I sit in my room wondering what my parents are doing without me. I know I’m not the only child‚ but I’m the youngest one of all four of my family members. I texted my mom asking her if she wanted to get pedicures and manicures some time‚ I miss seeing her and talking to her about everything. Everything thing and every one here they will talk to you about everything but they won’t take it in consideration they think it’s
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Australian voices: I am‚ you are‚ hold on! What is an Australian? An Australian voice? What can an Australian voice be? To many the definition of an Australian voice will vary from opinion to opinion. One can describe an Australian voice as being a perspective of the Australian culture in relations to Australian values ideas‚ attitudes and actions. To many it may be how a typical Australian is perceived by the rest of the world‚ and the differences between their own culture and that of Australia’s
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