Theme: It takes courage to stand up for what you believe is right. 1. “I asked Minerva why she was doing such a dangerous thing. And then‚ she said the strangest thing. She wanted me to grow up in a free country” (Alvarez 39). While Minerva and Maria Teresa are in school at Inmaculada Concepcion‚ Minerva starts sneaking out to secret meetings regarding the unfair government. When she explains to Mate where she had been sneaking off to‚ Mate does not understand and disapproves of the meetings. Although
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Beatrice: Plot: Act 1 a) Supports Catherine’s request to be allowed to take a job‚ “Listen‚ she’s gotta go to work sometime”‚ and then hints at the perverse nature of their relationship to Eddie‚ “she’s seventeen years old‚ you gonna keep her in the house all her life”. She comments on other similar issues to support her claim‚ “First is was gonna be when she graduated high school‚ so she graduated high school. Then it was gonna be when she learced stenographer‚ so she learned stenographer. So
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The theme of war. The novel ‘The Quiet American’ written by Graham Greene is the war novel. Saigon‚ 1952‚ is a beautiful‚ exotic‚ and mysterious city caught in the grips of the Vietnamese war of liberation from the French colonial powers. The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam‚ Laos‚ and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam‚ supported by its communist
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isn’t a fight between good and evil. Sometimes there are just varying levels of evil and the reader has to decide what is worse. The Quiet American is a story about the moral complexities of life‚ and how a simple‚ reductionist view of a conflict‚ of a country‚ or of a person is never possible. Set in Vietnam during the French colonial war‚ the novel is told from the point of view of Thomas Fowler‚ a British journalist. He doesn’t seem to do much reporting‚ for he spends a lot of time smoking opium
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From Farah Ahmedi wanting to escape Afghanistan‚ to Bilbo showing he can help a lot‚ to Walt keeping a promise to Loren‚ it shows they all contain courage to do what is worth it. They want freedom and service for rights. Walt is saving Loren’s gold‚ Bilbo showing he’s 100% Took‚ and Farah escaping the war-torn Afghanistan. Thought of what is best for them IS what makes us want to undertake a mission. Other Side of the Sky Farah was ’in pursuit’ of escaping the war-torn city of Afghanistan. When
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old drunks. I have one friend named Gavin that has been with me since the first time I stepped foot in the orphanage. He is always cracking jokes and care free. I am planning to leave the orphanage ‚ but I have a hunch that Gavin is trying to keep me from something. Backstory Third Person: Ace was abandoned by his parents when he was only 9 months old. He is on a quest to find his parents‚
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Life is sometimes a handful. Life is sometimes a piece of cake. Most people would agree with me that life is a huge ball of stress sometimes. In the book 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher‚ Hannah Baker is experiencing very bad depression and is having very bad suicidal thoughts that nobody knows about. Sadly‚ Hannah ended up committing suicide before my book even started. I am trying to say that Like Hannah‚ we all have our moments‚ we all have depressing and stressful thoughts sometimes. That’s just the
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I chose to analyze this quotation because it reveals how Lily regrets knowing about her mother even after her only goal was to learn more about her mother. Lily lived her life believing her mother always cared for her and would never leave her. However‚ when she realized that T. Ray was right when he said Deborah left Lily‚ this crushes her‚ which is why she regrets ever knowing the hurtful truth.
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“I used to worship you . . . On Thursdays‚ I sat for hours waiting for you . . . I thought about you all the time . . . I didn’t know you were ashamed of me.” (pg. 50 *Mariam’s last words to Jalil‚ her Father*) In Part 1 of A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ Mariam is broken to pieces when she realizes her mother was right all along about Jalil being ashamed of her. He was scared that letting her into his normal life would affect his reputation which he did not want tainted. He did visit her occasionally
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Aditya M. Shah 3rd Period AP Lit Daisy Miller Quotes “I hardly know whether it was the analogies or the differences that were uppermost in the mind of a young American who‚ two or three years ago‚ sat in the garden of the ’Trois Couronnes‚’ looking about him‚ rather idly‚ at some of the graceful objects I have mentioned” (354). James Henry transitions from a lengthy description of the city of Vevey to the introduction of the protagonist of his story. By closing in on a certain character‚ the
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