The novel April Morning by Howard Fast is the story of a young 15-year-old‚ Adam Cooper. He recounts the Battles of Lexington and Concord during the Revolutionary War through his eyes. In the course of a day‚ the people of Lexington’s life’s as they have known it are changed. Moses Cooper is a man with high principles and a leader among the Lexington Committeemen‚ he is a character who is strict‚ loving father to his family and a leader in the community. In the beginning of the story‚ Moses is the
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Good Morning... Listening to what other people say is not a bad idea‚ but it doesn’t mean that we have to believed and agreed to all what they’d said. Their intentions might be in good faith or it might be because they don’t want us to get ahead of them. Or‚ maybe they don’t want to see us being happy and having a good life while they’re dwelling in their miserable life. Every day when the sun rises‚ it brings new hopes‚ new dreams and gives us the chance to change our life. Different opportunities
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Vacationing under the Big Sky In an obscure land lies Lone Mountain Peak. It soars into the Montana sky at 11‚166 feet‚ and towers over the tiny community of Big Sky. This remote area is home to the Big Sky Ski Resort that was built in the 1970’s by the late news broadcaster Chet Huntley. It also houses the newly built Moonlight Basin Resort. The small town of Big Sky has grown to be one of Montana’s most sought out year-round playground for recreationists. During the summer months‚ Big Sky is a golfer’s paradise
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A Gap of Sky Anna Hope’s short story A Gap of Sky is about the teenager Ellie‚ who lives an unhealthy life with drugs and lots of alcohol. At the same time‚ she is about to complete a course of study‚ which her parents forced her to do. Ellie is bewildered about her situation. She knows it’s wrong to give up life‚ but she can’t cope with school and other things that demand her attention. The story begins in medias res as Ellie returned from a wild night out. Later she burrows back into bed. Because
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and violence... experiences that later became central themes of his work" ("Richard Wright" 1). Richard Wright ’s many literary work‚ especially his short stories‚ all deal with those dark themes. One of his most famous short stories‚ "Bright and Morning Star"‚ is a story that: "[. . .] carefully investigates the inner psychology of Aunt Sue‚ a mother of Communists[. . .]" as an essayist summarizing the story ’s plot (Kent 43). In other words‚ the story follows the deadly and dangerous dilemmas of
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Short Story Essay Assignment Sometimes in works of literature‚ pride is a double sided blade which tends to come with selfishness. This is shown in the story “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allen Poe. The character‚ Prince Prospero‚ is a very proud man‚ who rules all that his eyes can see. Unfortunately‚ his pride is easily conveyed as selfishness‚ which is the opposite side of this ‘Double Sided Blade’. Prospero shows both of these qualities in many ways throughout the story. Prospero
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My Friendship Good morning ladies and gentlemen‚ I am grateful having an opportunity to speak-out my side my definition of friendship and its important not only for my own perspective but for each of us. I hope I am able to make justice on this. Although this topic is not anymore unfamiliar to our lives but defining it to the extent that we can expressly define it as what really friendship is‚ surely is another story to each of us. The best way also to see the importance of having friends is through
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A Gap of Sky - Analysis and interpretation The short story by Anna Hope is about a nineteen-year-old girl named Ellie. We’re introduced to Ellie while she is lying in her bed‚ just awoken from what seems to have been a wild night out. It is Monday‚ which means she went out a Sunday‚ which for many people is an unusual day to go party. The first sentence in the short story goes like this: ‘It is dark‚ but the wrong dark.’ Ellie likes the dark‚ but she senses that it is the wrong kind of dark. A
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October Sky Reaching for your dreams is like looking at the Sunday newspaper comics‚ if you look from a far‚ you see the big picture‚ but if you look close‚ all you see are a bunch of dots put together. October Sky is a film based on Homer Hickam’s determination to win a national science fair. He is constantly ostracized by his community and family and does not have much money to support him either. Homer clearly doesn’t have a good chance at even getting to the science fair‚ let alone winning
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Raise Raise the Red Lantern "All the world’s a stage; all of us are taking the elements of plot‚ character‚ and costume and turning into performances of possibilities"(Ward1999: 5) Raise the Red Lantern tells a compelling and sorrowful story of a young women whose life is destined to be ruined in a male-dominated society. This can be an awakening of some sort to any woman. As Ward states in her text‚ women learn the rules of our half of the world as well as those of the other half‚ since
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