My Favorite Book Dear judges and respectful competitiors‚ today I am going to talk about My favorite Book. Just like Forrest Gump said‚ “Life was just like a box of chocolate‚ you never know what you’re gonna get.” We may be rich‚ we may be poor. We may win‚ we may lose. But if your are optimistic to confront every adversity coming your way. You can be a winner of your own life. When I was ten years old. I read a book named “The Elephant Man” The Elephant Man. The elephant man’s name
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The three basic plot twists in the novel Great Expectations grip the reader’s attention and add impact to the moral themes of the story. The major twists help divide the story into three parts‚ known in the novel as: The stages of Pip’s great expectations. The first twist appears when the young‚ ambitious orphan Pip‚ finds out that he has a secret benefactor; his dreams of becoming a gentleman are about to come true. Pip is certain that his benefactor is the eccentric‚ old lady from Satis House
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Copperfield and of course‚ Pip’s ’getting away from it all’ in Clarriker’s in Egypt with Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations. All these examples play very minor roles in Dickens’ fiction - they serve as narrative devices and little else. However‚ one other consequence of Britain’s colonial process - the policy of transportation - plays a far more fundamental part in Great Expectations. It is true‚ however‚ that‚ as Donald Simpson asserts in ’Charles Dickens and the Empire’‚ the concept of transportation
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SPEECH Good morning ……. My question to you is “Why are our morals and values such an integral part of our life?”[PAUSE]. Well the answer is that it defines who are and what we want to be in life. We strive to express our identity in the search for belonging to the places and the people we desire to be with but as we all know‚ life can throw unexpected events in the times of struggle between ourselves and our loved ones. * Why do we always seem to return to the people that matters the most
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Great Expectations: PIP’S PERSONALITY CHANGE Most people would assume that through age and maturation‚ a boy with a wonderful heart and personality would further develop into a kind hearted‚ considerate gentleman. In Great Expectations‚ Charles Dickens provides his readers with an example of a boy who regresses in certain aspects of his personality rather than progressing as one would expect. Pip‚ a person who had loved and revered his uncle Joe as a child‚ while maturing‚ finds that his
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The various‚ unqualified mothers of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations inflict major‚ negative consequences on their children in both mental and physical ways. Two of the female characters‚ find themselves ill-equipped for their position because of pride‚ jealousy‚ and a general inability to support their offspring. Furthermore‚ the other two abusive mothers raise their offspring with menace and ruthlessness which leads to major social complications in their childrens’ lives. To begin‚ two of the
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Books are‚ no doubt‚ our best friend. They are food for thought. They console us in our sorrow and make us forget the worries of life. Some read books to idle away their time. Some read books to widen their knowledge‚ while many others read books to enjoy its content. I belong to this category. I enjoy reading good books particularly novels‚ short stories‚ plays‚ etc. My one of the many favorite books is ‘City of Joy’ written by Dominique Lapierre. This is the story of living saints and heroes--
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Settings: KENT: Pip’s hometown of Kent is where the book opens up‚ it “was a marsh country‚ down by the river‚ within‚ as the river wound‚ tweny miles of the sea” (pg 1). Within the town‚ around the churchyards criminals are always presently lurking about and because the town is so near the ocean‚ the mists hung around and not only gave a visual of the murkiness of the area‚ but also represented the ominous atmosphere. LONDON: London is broken‚ every single place described in London‚ including
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Good to Great Book Report The ideas that are given in this book will stimulated my mind into becoming a leader and perhaps enabled me to bring my company ahead of the competitors. It was amazing to see how Collins spent nearly five years in comparing the mediocre companies with great companies. One most notable difference is on how the level 5 leader responds to each situation that the company faces. This book will helped me to understand that if a company becomes big‚ its not because of the skilled
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in poverty or sickness‚ or any other seeming misfortune‚ [will have] all things… work together for good to him in life and death.” Plato argues that the actions of just people will produce serenity in their life and goodwill from others. In Great Expectations‚ by Charles Dickens‚ Pip is kind and caring to Estella; however‚ Estella disregards Pip’s appearance and apparent station in society‚ which she considers beneath her. Pip’s actions and beliefs are vindicated when he lives a happy and peaceful
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