Close reading and response to literature Number The Stars -Lois Lowry 1. What are the major themes of this book ? Difficulty of growing up The author Lois Lowry uses the context of World War II as a way of making the difficulties stand out more clearly. The novel focuses on Annemarie Johansen’s personal experiences with growing up‚ but her experiences are common to most young people. Growing up is presented as a struggle for identity. Does Annemarie belong to the world of adults or
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films since Star Wars‚ with his latest film premiering last year. I’m so tired of the LFL brass and the media continually lying to us‚ and much of it has been tracked back to Disney by way of shills and astroturfers. Its surprising not only how quickly after the purchase of Lucasfilm‚ that everything that wasn’t the Original Trilogy began to be discredited; but also that this discrediting was so readily accepted. While Mr. Plunkett laid the ground work for the Prequel hate‚ the Star Wars Expanded
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is very naïve; she needs to prepare herself when she faces the worst. She appeals to me because she reminds me of my niece. All in all‚ she is an inspiring character. Annemarie is extremely clever for a ten year old. Annemarie takes Ellen’s Star of David necklace before the soldiers find it and arrest her. When her mother tells her that her great Aunt Birte died‚ Annemarie knows that there’s no Aunt Birte. Annemarie decides to take the closed‚ concealed road to the woods instead of the open
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Between Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars: Both books have themes of growing up and death‚ more specifically‚ unexpected death at a young age‚ which I know is obvious‚ but I might as well say it. Another thing they have in common is smoking. But‚ the view on smoking in Looking for Alaska is much different from The Fault in Our Stars. In Looking for Alaska‚ smoking is viewed as "normal" and a way to "fit in". But in The Fault in Our Stars‚ it was discouraged and simply used as a metaphor
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This passage is an extract from Joseph O’ Connor’s Star of the sea which was penned in the year 2002. The passage makes use of a third person narrative view point as a result of which the readers are provided with a vivid image of passengers aboard a stormy sea ship. The passage talks about a ship afloat a stormy sea and how the passengers on the deck are caught unaware due to this storm. The author uses a descriptive style of writing with short crisp sentences that heighten the pace of the story
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"Counting Stars" [Chorus] Lately I been‚ I been losing sleep Dreaming about the things that we could be But baby‚ I been‚ I been prayin’ hard Said no more counting dollars We’ll be counting stars Yeah‚ we’ll be counting stars [Verse 1] I see this life Like a swinging vine Swing my heart across the line In my face is flashing signs Seek it out and ye shall find Old‚ but I’m not that old Young‚ but I’m not that bold And I don’t think the world is sold I’m just doing what we’re
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“Yes it’s sad to belong to someone else when the right one comes along.” This song was running in my head while I was reading the story Dead Stars. Reading the story brought me mixed emotions: anger‚ sadness‚ excitement‚ confusion‚ etc. etc. I was not sure if I’ll feel sorry for Esperanza or Julia. However‚ in the end‚ I felt sorry‚ for‚ none other than the main character of the story‚ Alfredo. Alfredo‚ at his 30’s had not yet married but engaged to Esperanza for 3 years. However‚ Esperanza patiently
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Dead Star \ Alfredo Salazar - son of Don Julian‚ a more than 30 years old man and a bachelor. He is engaged to Esperanza but him still fleeting to Julia Salas. \ Esperanza - wife of Alfredo Salazar. She is a homely woman‚ literal minded and intensely acquisitive. She is one of those fortunate women who have the gift of uniformly beauty. \ Julia Salas - sister-in-law of Judge Del Valle. She is the other girl of Alfredo Salazar that remains single in her entire life. \ Don Julian - an old man
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* 1. Dead Stars Paz Marquez Benitez * 2. SynopsisThis story revolves around Alfredo Salazar and two women: Esperanza‚ his fiancéefor four years and a young girl from out-of-town named Julia Salas. Alfredo iscommitted to marrying Esperanza. But he started having second thoughts about hisfeelings when he met Julia in the Judge’s house. But he Aware that all his lovedones-including Julia would not agree if he would not honor his understanding withEsperanza. So he and Esperanza got married And made
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Star Wars One of the most important functions of film music is to create a mood or atmosphere so as to create an aural frame of reference for viewing visual images. As movies and television plays a major role in today’s society‚ film composers have become fascinated in creating meaningful musical film score by experimenting different elements of music in order to enrich‚ enhance‚ develop and dramatise movie action. One of the most popular and successful American orchestral composers of the
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