the distance. She gets closer and asks whom it is but no one answers her. She is an old woman and her senses are not like they used to be so she cannot see very well. She reaches up and touches a sleeve but no arm in it. She realizes it is an old scarecrow. She is in a cornfield and goes on her way. The second encounter is when she is drinking from a spring‚ a dog comes upon her and he startles her so she hits him a little
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schoolhouse is “rudely constructed of logs...and partly patched with leaves of old copy books” inferring a unpolished structure (6). Crane is also described as unpolished and not put together because his clothes are baggy and he may be mistaken for a scarecrow. Moreover‚ the school is alone yet still in a “pleasant situation” (6). This is
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Marvel Studios presents in association with Paramount Pictures "Marvel’s The Avengers"--the Super Hero team up of a lifetime‚ featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man‚ The Incredible Hulk‚ Thor‚ Captain America‚ Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security‚ Nick Fury‚ Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D.‚ finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe
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magical tendencies. Dorothy is advised by a good witch to seek out the Wizard of Oz who can help her get back to Kansas; all she has to do is follow the yellow brick road. On her way to Emerald City‚ Dorothy encounters three minor characters: The scarecrow‚ lion‚ and tin man. All of them go to see the wizard to get something they really want (a brain‚ courage and a heart‚ respectively). Once they find the wizard‚ he
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Introduction: How’d He Do That? By understanding the use of memory‚ symbol‚ and pattern it is easy to compare literary works and further understand the meaning behind a piece of literature. Each of these can deepen the understanding of the work‚ making it more enjoyable and more significant. Comprehending patterns and symbols allows you to experience the true meaning of the story. Also recognizing these three things allow you to get pass the nonessential parts of the piece and reveal what the author
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The Michael L Printz Award is awarded each year for a book written and published for young adult readership. The award requires that the winning book exemplifies literary merit and written solely for persons ages 12 – 18. This award does not consider popularity as a criterion‚ nor does it consider titles that are written for adults that appeal to teens. Also not considered as a criterion is the message delivered in the book. In order to be eligible‚ the book must have been published in the United
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millions and then billions of dollars and creates the dark knight: Batman. He fights many villain’s including his own master. Some of the bigger villains that most people know include the Joker‚ Bane‚ Talia Al Ghul‚ the Penguin‚ Mr. Freeze‚ Saz‚ Scarecrow‚ the Riddler‚
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die‚ she just stopped speaking and stared brimming overwhelmed‚ because Elly had pulled up her jumper. Sophie and Elly are teenagers and I think that Sophie is the oldest of them. Elly has an eating disorder and is very skinny and looks like a scarecrow. She has fluffy brown hair and leaking‚ dead brown eyes. She’s mostly a silent girl‚ but when Sophie talks directly about Elly’s thinness‚ she goes into self-defense. Elly had no control over her words and stumble hesitates over every word that came
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Summary W.B. Yeats (1865-1939) is an Irish poet and dramatist. He was a leader of the Irish Renaissance and one of the foremost writers of the 20th century. Yeats is the greatest versatile poet of the century. Yeats was at heart a dreamer‚ a visionary fascinated by folk-lore‚ and the superstitions of the Irish peasantry. He was a symbolist poet. His best known collections from the latter period are: ‘The Tower’ (1928)‚ including the poems ‘Sailing to Byzantium ’and ‘Leda and Swan’ and ‘The Winding
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similar to the Silver and Gold standard in the Gilded age. The Silver standard versus Gold standard was widely debated along with the greenback dollar which had no real wealth‚ just like the Emerald City. Along her journey‚ Dorothy first meets the Scarecrow who wishes he had a brain. Throughout his journey through Oz‚ he uses common sense and flexibility which makes him similar to the Farmers of the Populist party who were unhappy with their situation‚ but weren’t fully informed of the true causes of
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