Ryen Figueroa Mr. S. English 12A 4th 15 August 2024 Summary of The Monkey’s Paw "Monkey’s Paw" is a story of supernatural horror by W.W. Jacobs that unfolds the terrors of fate‚ its consequences‚ and danger in meddling with unknown powers. The story gets underway when a visitor by the name of Sergeant-Major Morris happens to pay a visit to the White family home and narrates stories about a mysterious monkey paw that has the power to grant wishes to its owner three times. He‚ however‚ goes ahead to
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summary — Preface In the preface written to accompany the first single-volume publication ofDavid Copperfield‚ Dickens tells us that the completion of the novel is‚ for him‚ both a regret and a pleasure. He rejoices in the completion of the novel because the novel was a long time in coming‚ and he is satisfied that it is finished after two years of hard work. He mourns its completion‚ however‚ because it marks the end of his association with a cast of characters to whom he has become intensely attached
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after. The book begins by defining a crucial conversation and continues in depth to exactly how we handle crucial conversations; We can avoid them‚ We can face them and handle them poorly and We can face them and handle them well. Throughout this summary‚ I will discuss the specifics of Chapter 7 (p.131)‚ which I found to be the most applicable and meaningful currently. Chapter 7 titled‚ State my Path; How to Speak Persuasively‚ Not Abrasively highlights five skills that can help us advocate for
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Summary: The movie started off with a little background about the movie’s timeline and the events that are happening in the movie were in the post-civil war in Spain between the rebels and the fascist government of Spain by the end of the second world war. After the background‚ the narrator was telling a legend about a princess named Moana of the underworld who went up in the mortal world and was blinded by the sun and her memories erased and died as a mortal. However‚ her father the king of the
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Brief summary of the plot: (at least 5 sentences) Tally Youngblood lives a world of the future‚ where humanity was saved from destruction by the newly created world. Tally is 15 almost 16‚ her best friend Peris turned 16 a few months before her so he got the surgery every 16 years old gets when they turn 16‚ the surgery to make them “Pretty” and perfect just like the new world was. Tally was just a few weeks away from being Pretty when she met shay‚ her new best friend. Shay taught her about new
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as performs as‚ Prospero. The story of Felix and the story of Prospero are often parallel to one another. However‚ the conclusion of the play and Atwood’s novel do not seem to line up with one another. Atwood offers a summary of The Tempest at the end of the novel and this summary describes how Prospero ends the play‚ “Prospero finished the play with an epilogue‚ in which he tells the audience that since his magic spells have now been overthrown‚ he must remain imprisoned on the island unless the
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why this instance disturbed Lila so much‚ highlighting the event’s importance. In addition‚ it wasn’t until Chapter 22 that the event was retold. The event was so significant that it “was then that her first inner change took place.” (page 178). In summary‚ the distortion of time hinted to the readers of an important event that is coming and the background knowledge of the event that will later take place‚ casts an ominous presence that will make the reader more
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as Anna‚ Nemo’s one true love; ▪ Sarah Polley as Elise‚ Nemo’s wife with borderline personality disorder in one reality; ▪ Linh Dan Pham as Jeanne‚ Nemo’s wealthy but loveless wife in another reality; ▪ Allan Corduner as Nemo’s psychiatrist; Summary: The film starts by showing the Nemo Nobody in the year 2092‚ as a one hundred eighteen year old man‚ and as the last mortal alive after humans have become ‘telomerized’ and became immortals. He recounts his life story to a student journalist‚ which
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The Green Mile‚ March 1999 Stephen King‚ 1947-? Summary: John Coffey is brought to Cold Mountain accused of rape and murder. It becomes known that he has a healing touch. Paul Edgecombe‚ the superintendent‚ has sympathy for Coffey and later finds out that Coffey is indeed innocent‚ but can find no way to stop the execution. Coffey proclaimed that he “wanted to go” and thus allowed Paul to accept Coffey’s fate as he must‚ and go on with his life. Central Characters: Paul
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Bernard Marx- Bernard Marx could be seen as the outcast of the social group. He isn’t exactly as tall or as involved in “social gatherings” (sexual gatherings) as the other Alpha group members‚ the “rich‚ wealthy” class of the dystopian society. Bernard views the other members of his social class as disgusting human beings with no morals. Bernard is kind of like the “Winston Smith” from George Orwell’s 1984. He questions society and goes against a lot‚ if not all‚ of their ideas. John the “Savage”-
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