Top Ten Quotes 1. “On the day they were going to kill him‚ Santiago Nasar got up at five-thirty in the morning to wait for the boat the bishop was coming on.” (Chapter 1‚ page 3) In the opening line of the book‚ García Márquez reveals the ending of the story: Santiago Nasar is killed. The rest of the story unfolds in reverse‚ as readers learn more of the details of how and why Santiago is killed. This tantalizing sentence provides a good example of García Márquez’s baroque writing style. Three
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called leader‚ and ignores most of things that other people say about him because he does not care which effects the novel positively. Ralph’s leadership starts of with the belief‚ “If this isn’t an island we might get rescued” (Golding 30). This quote seems important because what
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The most controversial aspect of Gone With the Wind is the film’s depiction of race relations. Though freed from the novel’s positive portrayal of the Ku Klux Klan‚ Gone With the Wind’s depiction of slavery remains decidedly simplistic. Adopting historian U. B. Phillip’s “plantation school” view of the institution‚ the film shows slaves as well-treated‚ blindly cheerful “darkies” loyal to their benevolent masters. Slaves are portrayed as normal employees‚ are rewarded with presents like the master’s
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levels‚ the paragraph beginning‚ “The earth seemed unearthly...” is a rich site for the mining of meaning. Read the paragraph and deconstruct the argument that is being developed. Then write an essay that presents that argument and its support. Quote liberally from the text. You have 40 minutes.The earth seemed unearthly. We are used to looking at it like a chained-up monster‚ but there it was monstrous and free. It was unearthly‚ and the men were . . . no‚ not inhuman. That was the worst part‚ knowing
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Bergeron Wendy Wang Sep‚ 23/2013 Quotes: (w/pg#s) or paraphrased summaries w/pg#s quotes Response: question‚ comments-opinions‚ connection‚ prediction (2-5 sentences each) 1. ……said Hazel‚ “I’d have chimes on Sunday-just chimes. Kind of in honor of religion” I don’t know what does this line mean‚ but why would she only have chimes on Sunday? This quote is a T-W quote. This quote means that what Hazel will do when she was the handicap general in Harrison
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David has just been delivered from all of his enemies. Afterwards‚ He writes a song to the Lord praising Him and thanking Him for delivering him out of the hands of his enemies. Sometimes it is easy to forget that God is the one that has taken care of me. This passage reminds me that I need to thank Him and give Him the praise that He deserves. David was a valiant man. However‚ He knew that His strength came from the Lord. Especially as a college student I need to remember
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simile 7. “ Women fought each other like polecats over certain men.” (page 47) -simile 8. “ The wall street crash had a terrible effect on us. Many of the horses had to be taken over by the military. “ (page 48) - 9. “ From the grandstand you could watch them leaving like ants a good hour before the last race‚ having lost all their money.” (page 49) - 10. “Gambling was so crucial to the economy of certain household that semi-respectable women slept with
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Having had two different forms‚ the creature knew what it had lost from one form and what it had gained from another but neither quite satisfied the quest it had made an integral part of its life. Pachooka took the droplet and placed it in the ebony crucible on the fire and watched as sparks began to throw themselves into the darkness of the cave‚ lighting up the shadowed corners. She picked up the satchel that she had rescued from the ignorant HobGoblin and shook it once again‚ like she had done
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loving father that the other kids had. Atticus was a fifty year old lawyer that didn’t have time or energy to even play football with Scout brother‚ Jem. Scout felt like she had nothing to brag or be proud of her father about that is shown in this quote‚ because his daily life was either in the office or into a book. “If your father was thirty you’d find life quite different” “It sure would. Atticus can’t do anything….” (Lee 120) Later on in the story‚ Scout and Jem see a stray crazy dog. Atticus
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Quotations from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Page Quotation Significance 13 no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings – Walton Shows tension between Walton and sister Margaret which common occurrence throughout novel. Also shows how Walton’s arrogance minimises Margaret’s fears and opinion. 13 What may not be expected in a country of eternal light? I may there discover the wondrous power which attracts the needle; and
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