Pretties is the second book in Scott Westerfeld Uglies trilogy. Tally Youngblood is back and is now a pretty. In Tally’s world everyone gets and operation at sixteen that makes them super model gorgeous. Tally now goes to parties all night and basically can do anything she wants‚ but leave the city. Tally’s fun lifestyle is abruptly changed when she is reminded of her past and is forced to remember things that she‚ and everyone else‚ would rather forget. Scott Westerfeld has an amazing ability to
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modernistic style of writing. E.E. Cummings‚ a modernist writer‚ saw poetry in this way; his poem “anyone lives in a pretty how town” shows how he believes poetry is the skeleton of our lives and that it brings about new perspective into people’s lives. Cummings was born in 1894 and died in 1962‚ and throughout his writing career he created more than 2‚900 poems. In the poem “anyone lived in a pretty how town” themes such as a move away from reality‚ alienation and disconnectedness‚ and realistic details are
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We Were Liars is a books that has had a presence on my TBR pile for a year now‚ and although I have had this colossal desire to read it for all that time‚ I found that I never could. There were many occassion where I would pick it up‚ read the first page‚ then slide it back into its dusty spot on the book case. And this happened many times‚ until the High Summer Readathon where I decide to finally dive into it. We Were Liars is not intimidating by any means; being only 225 pages‚ I know it would
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“anyone lived in a pretty how town” Opening Statement In “anyone lived in a pretty how town” by E.E. Cummings‚ the author creates a strong depiction of a pretty town in which two people fall in love. The lilting sound of this poem and the positive word choice help convey the heartwarming happenings of the town‚ and overshadow the darker occurrences and grief. The poem follows the life of "anyone" a single person in the town who meets "noone" and falls in love. As the poem goes on‚ the two characters
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“We Were Liars‚” by E. Lockhart tells the story of a teenage girl named Cadence Sinclair Eastman. As the book begins‚ it is revealed that Cadence suffered from some sort of mysterious accident‚ from which she is still recovering. No matter how hard she tries to remember‚ or how many questions she asks‚ she can never find the answers to what happened that night. In recent years‚ her life has changed drastically. Her father abandoned her‚ and Cadence is extremely torn up by this experience. Her parents
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taking fewer words than novelists and still instilling grand emotions within their readers. In “anyone lived in a pretty how town” by e.e. cummings‚ Cummings uses language in various ways to portray setting‚ mood‚ and meaning. It isn’t just the words he chooses‚ but the order by which he layers them. The setting isn’t described through adjectives‚ but through imagery and nouns. “a pretty how town” creates the setting of a happening town that is active throughout “spring summer autumn winter” (the
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In “The Liar” by Tobias Wolff‚ the main character uses lies as a way of getting revenge on his mother‚ to make him feel better about his father’s death. James is trying to get revenge on his mother‚ because of her mistreatment and lack of presence throughout his childhood. The first time James realizes that his lies have had an effect on her is when he says‚ “She felt lonely in her confusion but didn’t call anyone because she also felt like a failure. My lying had that effect on her. She took it
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Identifying a Pathological Liar Pathological liars - or "mythomaniacs" - may be suffering from histrionic personality disorder or narcissistic personality disorder. The following comments basically reflect a pathological liar who has the characteristics of histrionic personality disorder. Some characteristics 1. Exaggerates things that are ridiculous. F 2. One-upping. Whatever you do‚ this person can do it better. You will never top them in their own mind‚ because they have a concerted
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ALL THE PRETTY HORSES: Rough Draft essay For the first thirty years of his career‚ Cormac McCarthy was a little known but critically acclaimed cult author. Then‚ with the publication of his masterful novel All the Pretty Horses‚ the first book of his Border Trilogy‚ McCarthy finally gained the mainstream audience and awards that had eluded him. Like most of McCarthy’s work‚ All the Pretty Horses has a dark presence about it. One can sense always that misfortune is around the corner‚ just a few
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E. Lockhart composed the novel We Were Liars. The novel narrated by Candence‚ the oldest grandchild of the Sinclair family. The Sinclair family is very wealthy and they own a private island known as Beechwood Island. Every summer‚ the entire family devotes their vacation on the island. However‚ not every summer is the equivalent. During summer fifteen Cadence got in an accident. Unfortunately‚ the “Liars”‚ which include Candence‚ Johnny‚ Gat‚ and Mirren‚ actually have a mystery they veiled until
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